I’m a bit bleary-eyed this morning as I stayed up until the wee hours totally engrossed in the last 4 episodes of Signe Chanel that I had saved on my DVR.
This fascinating documentary series by Loic Prigent gives an inside look at the creation and execution of Chanel’s Fall/Winter 2004-2005 collection. Watching Karl Lagerfeld sketch was watching true genius at work. Watching the talented seamstresses tirelessly…
A couturier must be…
…an architect for design
…a sculptor for shape
…a painter for color
…a musician for harmony
…a philosopher for temperance
This describes the “Balenciaga spirit” as professed on the Balenciaga website and boy, does it ever capture the essence of this great designer!
Take today’s VPOD for instance, an haute couture 1960s coat by Balenciaga. The design is architectural, displaying balance and precision, as well as sculptural with…
Oh, to be a dress in Betsey Bloomingdale’s closet and to be surrounded by Givenchy, Balmain, YSL, Courreges, Galanos, Valentino–it’s enough to make a fashionista’s head spin!
And now you can catch a glimpse of Betsy Bloomingdale’s wardrobe in the exhibit High Style: Betsy Bloomingdale and Haute Couture which opens this week at the FIDM Museum in downtown Los Angeles. There are over 60 ensembles from this International…
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