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9.08.2010

9.10.2009

I saw these amazing pictures on Slate today. I love them because they tell so many stories. Most of all, they are real. They show that fashion shows are nerve racking; models sometimes can be lonely. However, they are still dreamy. Maybe that's the magic of fashion.

As Fashion Week commences in New York City, Magnum presents images of the glamour and organized frenzy surrounding fashion shows around the world.

PARIS—At the Rochas' fashion show, 2004.

PARIS—Nina Ricci, February 2008.

PARIS—Dries Van Noten, March 2009.

NEW YORK CITY—Models limbering up backstage before a fashion show in Harlem, 1950.

NEW YORK CITY—Fashion Week, February 2005.

NEW YORK CITY—Zac Posen, February 2008.

NEW YORK CITY—Zac Posen, February 2008

NEW YORK CITY—Fashion Week, September 2004.

MILAN, Italy—Versace, February 2008.

PARIS—Changing during the Christian Dior fashion show, circa 1947.

PARIS—Lanvin, February 2008.

PARIS—1953.

PARIS—Valentino and his business partner Giancarlo Giammetti check Erin's outfit before the show, 2001.

Fashion Shows 2

PARIS—Yves St. Laurent backstage with his friend Loulou de la Falaise, 1985.

PARIS—Jean Paul Gaultier, March 2009.

PARIS—Lanvin, 2004.

PARIS—A Eugene Souleiman hair creation at Stella McCartney, February 2008.

NEW YORK CITY—Fashion Week, September 2004.

PARIS—Yves St. Laurent, February 2008.

MILAN, Italy—Emporio Armani, 2007.

MILAN, Italy—Model Ali Stephens' mother reads a magazine next to Karl Lagerfeld and Anna Wintour backstage at Fendi, February 2008.

ROME—Fashion designer Valentino being congratulated after a show, 1988.

NEW YORK CITY—Marc Jacobs with Victoria Beckham, February 2008.

All pictures from Slate

9.07.2009

Ruffle Dresses/Skirts

Anyone remember Leanne Marshall's design for the Project Runway Season 5 finale? Those ruffled dresses/skirts were really nice. Although it's hardly anything new :)

Just Cavalli Fall 2007 RTW
picture from style.com

Cocktail Dress
Creation date 1980 Materials silk organza In 1980, Women Wear Daily gave Halston a new nickname: "Mr. Ruffle." His ruffle technique was called a paradox because "while virtually every piece of clothing sports some sort of flourish or ruffle, the best of these also possess a cleanly sculpted feel." Individually cut petals are paired, gathered and stitched all over the skirt to create a voluminous look.
Picture and text from tfs

Different ruffle dresses and skirts still appear in numerous shows. Louis Vuitton Fall 2009 RTW.

Picture from style.com

8.10.2009

Timeless Look: Zizi Jeanmaire

The great French dancer and muse of Yves Saint Laurent has a really timeless and elegant beauty.

Malandrino Fall 2007 Ready-to-Wear

NEW YORK, February 7, 2007

By Meenal Mistry

Malandrino's models walked with slick black caps of side-parted hair: a gamine 'do in homage to Zizi Jeanmaire, the French prima ballerina who lit up fifties Europe with her magical Carmen.

Like the Spring show, which had a (slightly questionable) zing of eighties flavor, this was undeniably a retro moment, mining the sixties of Zizi's heyday (funnel-collared coats and graphic tunics) as well as the twenties (straight flapper dresses trimmed with marabou). For the most part, though, Malandrino avoided the dusty vintage pitfall, the one exception being a purple A-line coat that looked like it came off the rack at Resurrection. Pretty draped-jersey pieces, the least nostalgic look, tipped a hat not only to Jeanmaire but also to Malandrino's own dance background.

Over the past year, the designer has moved away from crafty fare and toward a cleaner look. Perhaps to fill a tactile void, she allowed herself to play with volume everywhere you turned—in the ballooning sleeves of a knit blazer, chic blouson jackets, and an iffy bubble evening gown.

In short, Malandrino packed into the collection everything that a modern-day Jeanmaire might tuck into her traveling trunks, from a sexy daytime suit to a kicky little beaded houndstooth shift for aperitifs avec her own modern-day Roland Petit.

From Style.com