“I discovered in 1961 that girls were going to flea markets to buy old peacoats. I personalized them through the cut, the gold buttons… and the beige pants.” – Yves Saint Laurent
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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The Armadillo Shoes by Alexander McQueen
1996: during his time at Central Saint Martins, Alexander McQueen met the one and only Sarah Burton. From that moment on, the two-headed genius team ceaselessly enlarged the possibilities of what fashion could be… Runways were for them the occasion to tell a story, to stage a play. Sometimes poetic, sometimes jarring, the McQueen runways...
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The Gaiter Boots By Givenchy
With Hubert de Givenchy, the fashions elaborated and imagined for receptions and salons finally made it into the streets. He was indeed the first to launch a luxury ready-to-wear line. Ahead of his time, Givenchy advanced the desires of women. Pure lines, slim waists, an elongated body and a swan’s neck: this is what he...
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The Suit According Coco Chanel
“With two black suits and three white shirts – one for the morning, one for the afternoon and one for the evening – every woman could conquer the world, the heart of the man she loves and remain of great elegance.” Coco Chanel
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The PS1 By Proenza Schouler
They met on the benches of Parsons. Today, it’s been 15 years since Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough founded the brand Proenza Schouler. This name was crafted by the two designers from their mothers’ maiden names. Obviously the past is a huge inspiration for them. To conceive their first bag, these two creative types took...
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Karl Lagerfeld About the Sunglasses
“Sunglasses are like eye-shadow: with them, everything looks younger and more beautiful.” Karl Lagerfeld
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The Ralph Lauren Polo
Ralph Lifschitz, later to be known as Ralph Lauren, grew up in the Bronx. Ralph would very soon become familiar with the ready-to-wear universe as a glove salesman at famed New York clothier Brooks Brothers. He was 16 when, eager to put his name on his own creations, he began to design ties. Diametrically opposed...
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The Two-Tone Shoe by Chanel
In the post-WWII frenzy, stylist Gabrielle Chanel decided to revolutionize women’s fashion. Throughout her long line of lovers, throughout her travels, her encounters, and her hobbies, Coco never ceased to observe, to analyze, and to visually dissect the aesthetics and components of the clothing she saw. The story of the two-tone shoe begins on the...
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Spotlight on the Tanktop
First appearing in Paris in the latter half of the 19th century, the tanktop became a bonafide fashion item throughout the postwar decades – assuredly sensual. Marlon Brando sported a simple white one in 1951 in “A Streetcar Named Desire”, very lightweight and tight-fitting, particularly indented both in front and behind the neck, giving tenfold...
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Manolo Blahnik by Kate Moss
“I would wear a pair of diamond earrings, my favorite jeans, and my Manolo Blahnik sandals to the grave.” – Kate Moss