Monthly Archives: June 2010
Abstraction
Resort 2011 collections from Bottega Veneta, Celine, and Stella McCartney Spring 2011 collections by Prada, Jil Sander, Calvin Klein, and Gianfranco Ferre The recent seasons’ pairing down and nod to minimalism has taken on a new and invigorating direction. More … Continue reading
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Emporio Armani, 1988
Photographs by Aldo Fallai For spring 1988, Armani injects his brand of finessed masculinity with late 80s youth and sex.
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Kraut Rock, 2010
The first thing that came to mind when I saw the Celine resort collection was 1970′s Kraut Rock and its aspirations of simplicity, abstraction, and a look towards the future. The second was this old collection by Raf Simons. Hesitant … Continue reading
Sweaters for Summer
Two looks, Missoni on top and Hermes on bottom, from a 1983 L’Officiel. As linen and cotton yarns grow in popularity and fine gauge knits become increasingly cheaper to produce it’s about time we rethink the role of sweaters in … Continue reading
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Nina Ricci, 1966
Adapting ski wear for swim, Nina Ricci takes the Space Age craze of the 60′s to new depths.
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Joan Collins, 1985
Quite the Mad Hatter, Joan discusses her own line of head wear with a persistent and slightly rude Bryan Gumbel.
Jaqueline De Ribes, 1989
The wife a banker, Jacqueline was an aristocrat who understood the needs of her class so thoroughly she went ahead and designed for it, opening up her own salon in 1983. Such a venture could easily become a vomitrocity considering … Continue reading
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Mondrian, 1991
Italian couturier, Francesso Maria Bandini, piggybacks YSL and takes Mondrian’s modernist masterpiece into the 3rd dimension.
