Macy’s, 1984

If you can imagine a Macy’s with enough awareness and aspirations of innovation that it would not only buy but advertise Issey Miyake’s Plantation.

Calvin Klein, 1984

A step back from his erotically charged advertisement, Klein takes a page from Perry Ellis’ book of natural ease and the good life by the beach.

David Byrne, 1985

David Byrne from “Stop Making Sense”,  photographed by Adelle Lutz

Byrne exaggerates the anatomy defying 80’s silhouette, obscuring his figure within a heavy, flat and abstracted volume.

Chloe, 1984-1985

Karl Lagerfeld shaped it into a venerable brand at a time when ready-to-wear was still creeping in the shadow of couture’s creative (and partly manufactured) supremacy. In the late 90’s it was Stella McCartney and later her associate Phoebe Philo who turned it into a cult label stirring the desires of women around the world. But from 1984 to 1985 there was a short interim when designer Guy Paulin gave the house his own mark, ultimately unsuccessful, his more relaxed and less conveniently feminine look has added depth to the history of the brand’s DNA. Having a look  might help interpret the direction that the current designer, Hannah McKibbon, has taken the house.

John Richmond, 1984

In 1984 John Richmond, a burgeoning designer of the British avant-garde, defied the conventional taste and standard of style that he we would eventually go on to embrace.

Front To Back

top, Gianfranco Ferre, 1983

bottom, Jean Charles De Castelbajac, 1984

Sartorial irony and visual puns transformed into elegance and a severe sophstication — that’s what a good sense of humor and an amazing cutter will do for you.

Pauline Trigere, 1984

A long but informative and endearing interview with the designer that really makes you understand the hopes of dreams unique to 7th Ave and American fashion. If you can stomach the low-fi 80’s video quality you’ll be in for a terrific story and some fantastic clothes.

John Galliano, 1984

John Galliano’s new romantic vision to be snapped up by Browns fashion off the Central St. Martins’ catwalk in 1984.