“The glamour reflects a certain self-confidence. A glamorous woman is always elegant, but she is also mysterious and disturbing. She is brilliant, almost untouchable.” Ralph Lauren
Category: Fashion & accessories
Because most desired works are anchored in a trajectory of icons throughout history, anecdotes and personalities who have raised them to the rank of cultural...
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Jelly Sandals
The story of plastic beach sandals is a French one, beginning in 1946 in Auvergne. One man, Jean Dauphant, began fabricating knives with handles made of plastic instead of horn. This modification was an economical solution, adapted to the difficult times of the immediate postwar period, as well as a small revolution in itself. For...
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The Oxford Shoe Zizi by Repetto
Paris. 1947. The story of Repetto was just beginning. Rose Repetto, mother of choreographer and dancer Roland Petit, conceived her first pointe and demi-pointe shoes with her son’s direction. Thanks to a reversed sewing technique, she made them with an unequalled comfort, ideal for executing pas-de-bourrées, arabesques, and other entrechats. These slippers wouldn’t take long...
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The Shirt, a Classic Touching the Myth
The history of this garment – whose name derives from the Latin word camisa, a garment which is worn on the skin – dates back to ancient Egypt. It seems to have drawn its origin in a piece of Egyptian fabric pierced by a single hole for the head: the Kalasiris. In coton, linen, wool or in...
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The Réjane By Moynat
Pauline Moynat founded her eponymous brand in 1849, deciding to set up shop right by the Comédie Française. This was no accident; she herself was a lover of theater. With her immense talent, she would soon become the official supplier of Parisian theaters. In the 1880s, throughout a series of backstage encounters and show viewings,...
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The Borsalino
While French fashion of the Second Empire was triumphing and high-form hats were king, one hatter created a small revolution in Italy. After working in the hatter Camagna, then paying his dues in Paris, Giuseppe Borsalino founded his own atelier in 1857 in Alessandria, south of Turin. There he conceived a hat who’s felt was...
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Vivienne Westwood Pirate Boots
“Shoes must have very high heels to put a woman’s beauty on a pedestal.” Vivienne Westwood is unequalled for developing shoes with ingenious style and with a more than audacious instep. These shoes-cum-works of art have established themselves as collector’s pieces since the 80s. But the legend of Vivienne Westwood began 10 years earlier. In...
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Saint Laurent’s Le Smoking
« For a woman, Le Smoking is an indispensable garment with which she’ll always be in fashion, because it’s all about style, not fashion. Fashions come and go, but style is forever. » Yves Saint Laurent
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Margherita Maccapani Missoni About Missoni Zig-Zag
“In those days, ready-to-wear didn’t exist and knitwear wasn’t considered a trendy product, but Rosita poured all her love of fashion into it and Ottavio his innate sense of color and comfort.” Margherita Maccapani Missoni
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Chanel’s Matelassé Motif
Coco Chanel’s story is imbued with mysteries and things left unsaid, secrets that purportedly forged the legend of the Dame aux Camélias. The same goes for the matelassé motif. It was used for the first time during the conception of her emblematic handbag, the 2.55 – no word on its original inspiration. Once more, it’s Chanel...