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Category Archives: Then&Now
Then & Now
(left)Francisco Goya, Mourning Portrait of the Duchess of Alba, Duquesa de Alba, 1797 Oil on Canvas.The Hispanic Society ofAmerica,New York City. (right) Jean Paul Gaultier, Spring 2012 Couture. Style.com
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Tagged duchess of alba, Francisco Goya, Haute Couture, hispanic society, Jean Paul Gaultier
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Top: photograph by Cecil Beaton, dresses by Charles James, Vogue, 1948. Bottom: photograph by Mario Testino, Vanity Fair Hollywood issue cover, March 2012.
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Tagged Cecil Beaton, Charles James, Fashion Photography, History of Fashion, Vanity Fair
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Then & Now
(left)Paisley Shawl, Scottish, ca.1870. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2009.300.2326 (right) Givenchy Resort 2012, model Ajak Deng, image from style.com
Then & Now Special Edition: Lady Gaga
I am not a Gaga fan, in fact I am always surprised how many people (who should know better) admire her. Music aside, the Lady has an interesting fashion sense. Some worship her sartorial choices, others think she is nothing but a … Continue reading
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Tagged Alphonse Mucha, annie leibovitz, Art Nouveau, Cecil Beaton, David Bowie, Isabella Blow, Lady Gaga, mario testino, My Fair Lady, philip tracy, Vanity Fair, Vogue
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Then & Now
(left) Gianni Versace Spring Summer 1991, scanned from the book Vanitas Designs. (right) photograph by Steven Meisel, Vogue Italia 2007.
Then&Now
(left) Wallis Simpson, The Duchess of Windsor, in Elsa Schiaparelli’s Lobster Dress, 1937. (right) Isabella Blow in Philip Treacy.
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Tagged Elsa Schiaparelli, Isabella Blow, Lobster Dress, Philip Treacy, The Duchess of Windsor, Wallis Simpson
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(left) Evening dress, Lanvin-Castillo, 1954-55. Collection of The Costume Institute, MET. (right) “Snowflake” evening dress, Alexander McQueen, Fall 2008. Collection of the Museum at FIT.
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Tagged 1950s fashion, Alexander McQueen, Antonio del Castillo, Lanvin, MET, Museum at FIT, The Costume Institute
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Then&Now
(left)Thomas Gainsborough(1727 – 1788), Sarah, Lady Innes, c.1757 oil on canvas. Henry Clay Frick Bequest, Frick Collection. (right) Rodarte, Spring 2007.
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Tagged 18th century, History of Costume, Rodarte, Thomas Gainsborough
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(left) Who Are You Polly Magoo? 1966, director William Klein. (right) photograph by Pierre Dal Corso, 2011.
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Tagged 1960s fashion, photography, Pierre Dal Corso, Who Are You Polly Magoo?, William Klein
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