Tuesday, April 29, 2014

A FOOT IN THE PAST - YOUNG AMERICA 1962


Open Season: Resort Sandals




Stop, Study and Applaud





Young Warhol




Young Jean Shrimpton
in Charles Cooper




Young Carmen Dell'Orefice
in Wild cat by Max Bogen
Leather scarf by Adolfo




in double-breasted mink by Alixandre




Young Suzy Parker
in Givenchy - translated by Sloat




Chanel - coiffure by Alexandre of Paris




Young American Boutique
Loomtogs




Sue Brett




Loomtogs




The Young Perfectionist

White suede shift by Highlander




Tricolor suede by Highlander




Maggy Reese wool challis two-piece




Persian-shawl dress by Maggy Reese



Harper's Bazaar December 1962
The Young Perfectionist
Young American Boutique
Photography: Jeanloup Sieff
Stop,Study and Applaud
Photography: Warhol
Suzy Parker in Couture
Photography: Avedon
Jean Shrimpton - The Shirt:Instant Chic
Photography: Saul Leiter

... eyes on the sixties at devodotcom

Sunday, April 27, 2014

ART KANE - OUR MAN IN MANHATTAN


The New Boeing 747

Great cloak 
Lisa Spain

Fawn jersey Cossack suit 
Michael Fish) Mr. Fish, London

Belts
Blades of London

Hat 
Carlo Pallazi




Primary-coloured fine silk shirt in abstract tree design, frilled button cuffs and deep collar. Shiny velvet waistcoat - black snakeskin belt, red and green silk brocade trousers in oriental pattern.
Blades, Burlington Gardens, London





 Norfolk jacket-inspired sand-coloured silk tunic shirt
Yellow on white art nouveau patterned silk neck square
Turnbull and Asser

Cream snakeskin belt - deco rising sun brass buckle
Blades, London

Pale green trousers with yellow windowpane overchecks
Mr. Fish, London

Cream woll wide-brimmed hat
Herbert Johnson, London




White silk trench shirt
Beige and white rope-stranded brass-buckled belts
Turnbull and Asser

Silver-grey trousers with white chalk stripes
Green and brown optic design long silk scarf worn as a hatband
Mr. Fish

Cotton wide-brimmed hat
Herbert Johnson 



Yellow and white floral-design cotton brocade version of the Norfolk suit. 
Blades, London

Silk ascot, green cotton hat with white band and brim binding
Herbert Johnson, London



Our Man In Manhattan
Harper's Bazaar and Queen October 1970
Photography: Art Kane
Photographed in the trophy room of his studio in Carnegie Hall

... eyes on the seventies at devodotcom



Friday, April 25, 2014

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!




The Seventh Sense of Wonderful
Harper's Bazaar December 1962
Jewel: Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany's
Photography: Hiro Wakabayashi

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

ANTONIO LOPEZ - COUTURE SPRING 1973



Saint Laurent

Ecru Jacket,  emerald silk blouse, the sensuous skirt




Ecru linen one-button coat




VALENTINO

White double-faced shirtcoat




Ungaro

The low blouson over a contrasting shirtdress replaces the suit




Mila Schon





The Fitted Silhouette

SAINT LAURENT - GIVENCHY


The yoked "Miller's" shirt, new jacket shape, pants

The Cardigan Suit, flat fanny skirt




VALENTINO

White silk georgette and velvet ribbon




GALITZINE

Shirt at night in blue voile under a transparent cardigan




DIOR

Black printed chiffon, high-rising skirt




GIVENCHY

Fitted jacket, bare midriff, lightly flared skirt




SAINT LAURENT

Emerald gaberdine pants for evening, emerald printed chiffon halter top, printed silk-crepe jacket



LANVIN

White crepe de Chine. Soft pullover, long bias-cut skirt, hint of bare midriff between.



A New Woman Emerging
COUTURE SPRING
Vogue March 1973
Illustration: Antonio Lopez

...eyes on the seventies at devodotcom

Sunday, April 20, 2014

THE CULT OF THE ZODIAC



ABRACADABRA




The Sorcery of the Late-Late Dress

Virgo sheltered in Silver
Kasper for Joan Leslie




Liquid Gold for Midnight Aquarians

Lame poured to a body-aware dress with jewel-encrusted neckline and sleeves by Larry Aldrich




Norell

Bridal pure evening dress hooded in a great cuff of shiny sequins
shaped like moonlight to surround the face. A soft flow of white silk jersey with long, loose-sleeves banded and patterned in diamond shapes with full skirt draped luxuriously as only silk jersey can achieve.




Norell's Tunic shirt at Nightfall

Paved in brilliants as light on moving water, and as fluid. The high-collared tunic's hem and sleeves are bordered in square-cut mirrors: the waist, touched with a white satin sash.




Pisces Bathed in Radiance

Fathoms of sequins - under the planetary influence of Neptune - shimmery white with cross currents of deep brown by Anne Fogarty.




For Gemini, a Brilliance of Contradictory Forces.

Magic Cat's eyes glistening with emeralds competing with a flutter of ostrich feathers - boa, cuffs, hem. A dress that tantalizes with its dual character - like a Rousseau painting. All sophistication and naivete in printed velvet by George Halley.





Planetary Influence: The Moon

Crescents of topaz on white satin by Gustave Tassell



 Libra's Sense of Balance
Grace with Lace

Brown semi-see-through overblouse ruffling at the sashed waist of a voluminous pettipoint silk and worsted skirt. By Harvey Berin




Roman Intrique

Orchid-Pink crepe with gentle angel wings sweeping from deep bracelets of crystal by Eleanora Garnett. The Gentleman, Antonello Aglioti.




Scorpio Rising

Cool and covered. A high-belted shirting of ice-gold net. Splashed with swirls of beads and drizzled glisteners by Malcolm Starr.





Para-Paisley Pervading

Gauzy flame lace with gilt tongues of light. The raised empire waist, flickered with jewelled chains. Neckline, wrist and hem, scalloped with glimmering rims. By Bill Blass for Maurice Retner.




The Clairvoyant Jewels
Monet




The Future in the Palm of Your Hands

Trifari Snake charming ring and golden serpent cuff bracelets sparkling with rhinestones and mock cabochon ruby eyes.




The Zodiac Jewel

Signs circling the arm in enameled gold. The face of Virgo, Capricorn's goat, the cherub twins of Gemini, Aquarius' water bearer, the bul of Taurus, from David Webb's collection of twelve bracelets that make up the well-jewelled year.





La Dolce Vita Beauty
Barocco




The Sunburst Plunge
Irene Galitzine




Dior

The Violet Chrysalis necklaced in gold encasing the body in brilliants.




The Gilded Tunic

Like soft and airy chain mail, feathered with tinsel, ornamented with gold and orange baubles. Festooned with necklaces and chains of gold and coral.




Sybil Connolly





Donald Davies




The Signs of the Times
Ellen Troy for Hudson




Extravagant Court Shoes  

With a sign of the Zodiac to know you by.
Edouard Jerrold




Donald Claflin of Tiffany




A Lion in Winter

A thousand feline eyes sparked forth in jewels on the silken folds of a feather-print dress. Coq and Marabou ruffle the throat, cuffs and hem. By George Halley.


The Cult of the Zodiac
Harper's Bazaar October 1968
Photography: 
Neal Barr
Hiro Wakabayashi



...eye on the sixties at devodotcom