Showing posts with label Gres. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gres. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

DOVIMA AND AVEDON - PARIS 1950










Fath's reversible red satin evening dress, flaring below the knee. The cape is in green - the reverse side of the satin - and held by two cufflike bands of mink











Dior's steel gray ottoman with taffeta panels in lighter grays










Chaumont's white tulle with bias skirt











Chaumont's silk sheath in olive satin











Balenciaga's gold-embroidered sheath, with a chiffon jacket












Gres's arum lily - white satin over lemon jersey
Fath's huge stole over beige faille
Gres's red faille showing white jersey in front
Balenciaga's satin basque, heavily jewelled, over pale pink tulle 












Balenciaga's white satin dress with a tight bodice embroidered with rubies and pearls.






The Evening Fashion at the Paris Openings
Harper's Bazaar September 1950
Photography: Richard Avedon
Model: Dovima



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Tuesday, April 14, 2015

JEANLOUP SIEFF 1962



Essence of Jersey



Madame Gres, a liquid shaft. unexpectably pleated, of pale yellow, white and gray in Guillemin silk jersey, as sheer as chiffon.









Night-Brown Mist



Lanvin-Castillo's short dance dress, sashed in satin with a shifting cloud of scarf. Bianchini silk chiffon.










Palazzo Pink



Carosa, pink satin Roman ballgown. Its single strap fluttered with bows. The skirt, divided by a deep pleat forming two panels.



Invitation to a Gala
Harper's Bazaar October 1962
Photography: Jeanloup Sieff


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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

WHY III LOVE THE MOON












be careful where you look for love...



The Freedom Face - Cathee Dahman in Strega Rings - Richelieu






Strega






Leo Narducci










Edie Gladstone for Deebs - Halston hat - Herbert Levine boots








Anne Klein - Viola Sylbert








Givenchy







Balmain







Dior








Saint Laurent








Gres







Ektor






Cardin







Chanel







just be careful where you look for love ...


Make-up and coiffure, Arnold of Elizabeth Arden



Paris October 1967
Photography: Hiro Wakabayashi



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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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introduction




Courreges




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



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