Showing posts with label Castillo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Castillo. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

FORTIES FASHION



Principessa Helen Wolkonsky








Donna Milagros del Drago in the Palazzo Rispoli ... Donna Marelia Caracciolo dei Principi de Castagneto ... Principessa Letizia Boncompagni Ludovisi


All four young ladies of Roman society gowned by Contessa Gabriella di Robilant









Wallace Simpson in Mainbocher









Christian Dior's tapered oval shoulder interpreted for America by Larry Aldrich - pearls by Coro











Maud et Nano's "Nursery Maid" hat








Ceil Chapman chiffon and Coro pearls








Veronica Lake in Castillo's long, close coat of dark satin photographed by Avedon




Harper's Bazaar July 1947
Photography: 
Louise Dahl-Wolfe
Richard Avedon




eyes on the forties at devodotcom

Thursday, October 9, 2014

THE WAY WE WORE - SPRING 1968


Who designed this?






Cardin

Ungaro: a butterfly in mink and organdie. Tunic and pants of open-work white organdie with St. Gall embroidery and intervals of ribbon beading under a vest shaped in rounds-of-white mink beaded with red ribbon.

Above: Cardin's black wool crepe harnessed by a Mannoni metal sculpture - a headlight, sculptured in polished steel flashed by a diamond bulb.

Below: Cardin white wool crepe hangs from polished metal straps on a scultured band by Mannoni

Bottom: Ungaro's white stretch overalls with fuzzy-edged plaid running up and down the legs and edging the matching sculpted coat.






Cardin





Ungaro





Givenchy

Funnel-leg jumpsuit of skin-beige nylon pelted with thousands of snowflowers with diamante dew. A white cire sash is tied beneath the bosom.



Sideline: brown ruffled pyjamas. transparent nylon legs  flowing from a snug torso under a bias jacket that opens on a slant.






More Givenchy Genius


Big-cat black spots over tawny transparent organza bared-midriff, funnel-legged pyjamas.





Saint Laurent

Black linen over bareness. Brief tight top over a stretch of midriff, cape and skirt wrapped high at the thigh with a gypsy sash of cerise silk. Flamenco earrings and combs - all Saint Laurent.






Twiggy wears Saint Laurent's white tunic crusted in paillettes and wooden beads, sashed in white satin worn over brown sequinned shorts.






Lady-like transparency in chiffon, a part of  Saint Laurent's new short 'Smoking'- the pants just above the knee.






Saint Laurent's tunic pyjamas thickly clustered with little bunches of pink-and-blue flowers embroidered on lace and edged in pink linen.






Castillo





Castillo's bias toga of brilliant yellow crepe falling in points and folding over a classic narrow dress slit high on the left side. Earrings by Lena Baretti.







GRES


Tobacco linen skirt falls in a fan of pleats over one leg, wraps over one shoulder with a slit for the arm. Tiny shorts beneath.






More Madame Gres Magic - the kite dress, pointed front and back, flowing from the open triangle neckline to the asymmetric hem - deeply slashed at both sides.








Gres' navy bias cape taped in white over a navy jersey maillot skimming the body as fluidly as lotion.






Twiggy in Romany-red organdie Dior
Dior jewelry and shoes






More Dior

Organdie Byzantine robe flows to wide cuffs and wide hem from a mosaic mantle jewelled by ruby, amber, and emerald stripes.








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Courreges




Two Girls In Paris
The Twig and The Tree
Vogue March 1968
Photography: Richard Avedon



... eyes on the sixties at devodotcom

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

SUGAR AND SPICE



and all things nice ...


The Blithe Sleep Dress

top - Van Raalte
above - L'Intrigue


Kayser


Paris When It Floats


top left - Balmain
top right - Patou
above - Nina Ricci


Paris When It Parties

Francoise Dorleac in Cardin


Catherine Deneuve in Dior


Paris When It Burns


top - Gres
above - Castillo


Redhead Rage
Photograph - Art Kane


Trigere's Persian Spiral


Castillo for Elizabeth Arden


The Norell Shape



The Secret Chemistry of Beauty and Fashion
Harper's Bazaar April 1966
Photography: 
James Moore
Francesco Scavullo

... eye on the sixties at devodotcom






Sunday, January 8, 2012

AVEDON AND SHRIMPTON PARIS 1964

COURREGES


TROUSERS ABOUND,REBOUND
ARROW-NARROW
HARDY AMIES
TROUSERS TAKE OVER
MICHAEL
COURREGES
COURREGES
UNDER THE PRODIGAL SIGN OF GEMINI
THE NEW SILHOUETTE ALTERNATIVES
COURREGES
CASTILLO
GINGER UP SHELTER-COLLAR JERSEY
NINA RICCI
ANIMAL MAGIC AT NIGHT, FAUVE GOLD
SAINT LAURENT
STARLIGHT GLEAMS PINK
COURREGES
HIGH FLYING RIBBON
LANVIN
GLISTENING SATIN IN THE SHADOW
BALMAIN
DIOR

BLAZING JEWELS AND SILK
SAINT-LAURENT

LONDON: CHIFFONS RUSH TO MEET THEIR FATE
HARTNELL

CAVANAGH

A great collection of photographs of Jean Shrimpton  illustrating the Avedon "free-moving" style of fashion photography that, just a few short years prior, saw most studio fashion photography highly-posed - models appearing stiff and wooden with exaggerated posturing. We think Avedon's work for the Harper's Bazaar September issues are collections of fine art.