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“It is in paintings or in family albums that traces of true fashion can be found.” – Coco Chanel* I love old photos and yesterday my mother emailed me this gem. These are my grandparents, Anthony and Adele Vestcyk. I have never seen this photo before and it was a total eye opener. My [...] I’m sure like most of you; I’m not a huge fan of bubble skirts for a host of obvious reasons. But the spring 2008 Armani Prive collection has several that are a tad different from what we usually see, and I think they are also much more flattering. Here are my faves: One thing interesting about this skirt [...] Every day (actually, several times a day) I read Linda Grant’s blog The Thoughtful Dresser, and her blog is so ingrained in me that I need to read her posts as much as I need my morning coffee. Today she did a post that sums up, brilliantly, what is wrong with fashion, and also why we all sew (not that she meant to, [...] Here on Sewing Divas, we are big fans of Paco Peralta, a fashion designer based in Barcelona. Paco is a master of his art, and his designs embody that wonderful Spanish flair for tailoring we all know from modern masters such as Balenciaga.
A rich history of Spanish court dress, ecclesiastical clothing, and matador costume is infused into Paco’s work, [...]
I love Style.com, although the site is getting so dense that often I just feel overwhelmed…but there’s one fun feature that you may not know about, called “Beauty Icon”. It’s a romp through fashion history with short bios and often a great slide show of 9 – 12 photos. The folks at Style.com never actually state [...] A true Diva highlight of our whirlwind trip to New York this week was a stop to see the Ralph Rucci: The Art of Weightlessness exhibit at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Rucci is currently the only American designer who has been invited by the Chambre Syndicale to show his designs at the haute couture [...] by Diva Phyllis Boy, it feels good to finish a UFO! Divas Ann and Georgene should recognize this jacket – I started it around the time the three of us went to the Chanel exhibit at the Met in the spring of 2005. In my Chanel technique research, several authors mention the “poverty de luxe” and the [...] by Diva Phyllis For many of us fashion bloggers, the latest styles and upcoming trends are an exciting and endless source of interest. And yet for all its supposed superficiality, the meaning of fashion, and our attachment to it, goes much deeper than mere trends or seasonal change. Each of us has memories, sometimes tender, sometimes [...] Okay – I’m not particularly a fan of Demi Moore, but I am a huge fan of Mademoiselle Chanel, and this is casting that works for me. I really can’t think of another actress who could best portray the woman who built the House of Chanel. At the very least, the younger generation of fashionistas [...] |
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