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Jean Shrimpton made a major contribution to fashion
The BBC4 drama ‘We’ll Take Manhattan’ shows a young photographer David Bailey in 1962, who got commissioned (by fashion editor Lady Clare Rendlesham) to create a 14 page story for British Vogue in New...
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Granny Takes a Trip, a boutique everybody wanted to be seen in…..
Granny Takes a Trip (Granny’s) was a boutique in the 60ties through mid 70ties, founded by Nigel Weymouth and his girlfriend Sheila Cohen. Nigel was/is a graphic designer, who was mostly responsable...
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Anna Piaggi, one of the last great exotics (part 1)
Anna Piaggi ( (22 March 1931 – 7 August 2012) was one of the last great exotics – a fashion editor in the true and traditional sense of the word, in possession of the finest eye and, most importantly,...
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Anna Piaggi, one of the last great exotics (part 2)
. Anna Piaggi: ‘My nature has always been to be superficial’. Manolo Blahnik dubbed her ‘The world’s last great authority on frocks’. Anna Piaggi stated she had never been photogenic and, as she got...
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Hedi Slimane, Fashion Wizard (part 1)
. News Flashes On Facebook it caused a worldwide negative stir, but Karl Lagerfeld declared: “Paris needs some new things, some stimulation….. I love the idea. I think it’s interesting and it’s...
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Linda Evangelista, the Chameleon
“I love, love, love fashion so much, that’s why I became a model in the first place.” A kind of Stradivarius” of models, Karl Lagerfeld, the Chanel designer, said of Linda Evangelista. “You can play...
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“A bikini is not a bikini unless it can be pulled through a wedding ring.”
This bikini made me a success.” Ursula Andress . . The History of the Bikini The history of the bikini begins far before the official introduction of the bikini swimsuit in the summer of 1946. Some...
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Salvatore Ferragamo, searching for ‘shoes which fit perfectly’
Salvatore Ferragamo was one of the most influential footwear designers of the 20th century, providing Hollywood’s glitterati with unique hand-made designs . Salvatore Ferragamo was born, the eleventh...
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Edward Steichen, a Painter by training turned to Photography
February 14, 2006 a photograph of a pond taken by Edward Steichen sold for more than $2.9 million, easily setting a world record for the highest amount a photograph has sold for at auction, Sotheby’s...
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My Beautiful Vintage Christian Dior Dress Suit
I found this beautiful Christian Dior dress suit about 15 years ago in a second-hand shop (that’s how vintage shops were called at the time). The place belonged to an ex-girlfriend of my neighbour and...
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Marpessa Hennink’s Collaboration with Ferdinando Scianna and Dolce & Gabbana...
Short Biography Among the 80s and 90s top models, the Dutch model Marpessa plays a particular role, thanks to her extrovert personality and her unusual beauty If it is true that the name of a person...
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Oleg Cassini & Grace Kelly, a Fashion(able) Love Affair
Who was Oleg Cassini? Oleg Cassini (April 11, 1913 – March 17, 2006) was a French-born American fashion designer. Cassini dressed numerous stars creating some of the most memorable moments in...
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Yves Saint Laurent Movies 1&2
Yves Saint Laurent, July 1960 . It looks like 2014 is going to be Yves Saint Laurent‘s turn to be immortalized on the big screen. There will be two films coming out about the life of this iconic...
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Adel Rootstein changed the Face of the Mannequin
vintage Rootstein mannequin couple vi. Rewind to the early 1950’s, when a young Adel Rootstein immigrated to London from South Africa (born in Warmbaths, 1930) to discover the city’s fashion scene in...
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The Blitz Club, Music & Fashion Revolution in the 80ties
Steve Strange Steve Strange was born in 1959 in New Bridge, South Wales as Steven Harrington. He moved to London as a teenager and became active in the punk movement. He hung out in the scene known...
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Veruschka in perhaps the Most Epic Fashion Story
Veruschka, Richard Avedon & Polly Mellen . In 1966 Vogue did something extraordinary: a team was to Japan in the middle of winter to shoot perhaps the most epic fashion story of all time. The...
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Marianne Faithfull, the Original Rock Chic (Part One)
Marianne Faithfull is one of the Sixties’ greatest fashion icons and the original rock chic. Once every so often along comes a genuine style icon – someone with such originality and flare that they...
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Lud, a Russian Exile, one of Horst P. Horst’s favorite Models
Lud wearing Cartier jewels, ph. Horst P.Horst .. Lud looked, and was, solidly Russian. She had the cheekbones, the lips at once frankly sensual and playfully amused, the slightly upward slanted eyes...
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Bianca Jagger, the Reigning Queen of Studio 54
Vogue UK December 1974, ph. David Bailey . Bianca Jagger (born Bianca Pérez-Mora Macias, 2 May 1945) is a Nicaraguan-born socialite turned human rights activist. She was born in Managua, Nicaragua. Her...
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Debbie Harry, the Heart of Glass dress
“Heart of Glass” is a dreamy pop hit that at the very least is pleasing to anyone sane and addictive to those who love to dance. And the video delivered so much more: a beautiful blonde front woman...
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