64,810$ Easter #MostExpensiveOutfit Inspired by @AiWw ft. @M_Lhuillier @Chanel @LouboutinWorld @Lanvin @SydneyEvan

Posted on April 3, 2015April 6, 2015 Posted in Art, Fashion, Polyvore, Stylist, The 15th year of the 3rd millenniumTagged 2012, 64, 810, Ai Weiwei, Alber Elbaz, Alexa Internet, antique, ArchDaily, Assad Mounser, belt, Bracelet, chain, CHANEL, charm, Christian Louboutin, clip, Coco Chanel, Coloured Vases, Dress, earrings, Easter, Easter egg, Elsa Schiaparelli, Evening, fashion, Fashion photography, gemstone, Gold, handbag, Herzog & de Meuron, Jacket, Jeanne Lanvin, Jewelry, LANVIN, Lanvin (clothing), Leather, Monique Lhuillier, MostExpensiveOutfit, Necklace, New York City, Paris, polyvore, red, Roger Vivier, Shoes, style, Sydney Evan, Tiffany & Co., Trianon, Turquoise, vintage4 Comments

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#ArtMTL #33FIFA 9 films incontournables du Festival International du Film sur l’art 2015 @ArtFIFA

Posted on March 17, 2015March 19, 2015 Posted in Architecture, Art, Dance, Design, Event, Fashion, Film, Inspirations, Montreal, Music, Photo, The 15th year of the 3rd millenniumTagged 1832, 1834, 1892, 1904, 1923, 1973, 2014, 2015, 52, 89, Academy Award, ANGLAIS, Armani, ArtFIFA, Auguste Bartholdi, Belgique, Book of hours, Bulgarian language, Canada, CELLS, CHANEL, CHANEL VS SCHIAPARELLI, Claude Delay, Clothing, Couleur, Dennis Mohr, DES MONDES, Diarmid Mogg, Dominique Perrault, Donatella Versace, Elsa Schiaparelli, ENTRE CIEL ET TERRE, Fashion week, Festival international du film sur l'art, FRANÇAIS, France, Frank Gehry, Gabrielle Chanel, Gustave Eiffel, Haute couture, Isaac Cornetti, J.R.R.TOLKIEN : DES MOTS, Jean Nouvel, Jean Paul Gaultier, Jeanie Tummon, Karl Lagerfeld, LA STATUE DE LA LIBERTÉ, LE NOIR ET LE ROSE, Le Seigneur des anneaux, LET’S DANCE, Marisa Berenson, Mark Michaelson, Martin Uit den Bogaard, MUGSHOT, Musée national d’Andorre, NAISSANCE D’UN SYMBOLE, NEERLANDAIS, NEON, Norman Foster, Paris, Pinterest, POLOGNE, QUAND LE HIP-HOP DEVIENT ART, Ready-to-wear, Varsovie, Versace, Yves Saint Laurent (brand), Zaha HadidLeave a comment

Reconnu comme l’unique festival spécialisé dans le créneau du film sur l’art en Amérique, et en tant que le plus important de sa catégorie au monde, le Festival International du Film sur l’Art (FIFA) est devenu, au fil des ans, un leader sur la scène culturelle internationale.

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#ThrowbackFashion Wedding dress of silk satin by Charles James, England, 1934

Posted on October 9, 2014October 7, 2014 Posted in Fashion, The 14th year of the 3rd millennium, ThrowbackFashionTagged 1906, 1934, 1978, Alec Hambro, Baba, Barbara, Beaton, bias, Cecil Beaton, Charles James, Choker, cloth, Clothing, Dress, Elsa Schiaparelli, England, fashion, James, London, Marriage, New York, orange-blossom, Paper, Paris, Pinterest, Salvador Dalí, satin, silk, Silk satin, trimmed, Victoria & Albert Museum, wax, Wedding, Wedding dress1 Comment

Wedding dress, 1934
Charles James, born 1906 – died 1978

Miss Baba Beaton wore this dress when she married Mr Alec Hambro on 6 November 1934. It is an early example of the work of the designer Charles James. It anticipates later developments in his style, particularly his approach to complex cut. The beauty of the design lies in its deceptive simplicity and the designer’s complete understanding of the potential of the fabric.

Darts and seams shape the smooth ivory satin, which clings and drapes around the body in order to enhance the graceful figure. James said, ‘all my seams have meaning – they emphasise something about the body’.

Circumference: 66 cm waist, Circumference: 84 cm bust, Circumference: 68 cm diaphragm, Length: 150 cm overall, Length: 40 cm to waist, Width: 40 cm centre back, Width: 42 cm shoulder to shoulder, Length: 62 cm sleeve, over, Length: 52 cm sleeve, under, Circumference: 80 cm hips, Circumference: 18 cm wrist

Silk satin, trimmed with wax orange-blossom, cut on the bias

Although he was born in Britain, James worked as a milliner and custom dressmaker in New York between 1924 and 1929. In 1929 he opened premises in London. During the early 1930s he travelled extensively between London and Paris, establishing a Paris branch in 1934. Like Elsa Schiaparelli he was a friend of the Surrealist painter Salvador Dalí and made use of Surrealist influences in his designs.

Here are some creative projects that inspire me in Victoria and Albert Museum Archive. You can see other projects on my Pinterest or on my #ThrowbackFashion.

KNOW YOUR FASHION HISTORY: Charles James, America’s Finest Couturier (fashiontribes.typepad.com)
Meryle Secrest Discusses New Elsa Schiaparelli Biography (wwd.com)
Not making the final cut (thehindu.com)
today’s birthday: Elsa Schiaparelli (1890) (euzicasa.wordpress.com)
Review: ‘Edward Steichen and Art Deco Fashion’ at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (artblart.com)
Charles James: Beyond Fashion’ at the Metropolitan Museum (wnyc.org)
Charles James, the First American Couturier was an Egomaniac (agnautacouture.com)
Vintage Style Icons: Elsa Schiaparelli (weheartvintage.co)
Master of the robes: Charles James exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (fashion.telegraph.co.uk)
Finlayson Sew-Along: Preparing your pattern and fabric (threadtheoryblog.wordpress.com)

#ThrowbackFashion Evening dress in chiné-printed and embroidered silk taffeta and lace, and machine-lace sleeve, designed by Christian Lacroix @Maison_Lacroix, Paris 1996

Posted on September 11, 2014September 7, 2014 Posted in Fashion, Inspirations, The 14th year of the 3rd millennium, ThrowbackFashionTagged 1951, 1996, acidic, Albert Museum Archives, autumn, Christian Lacroix, elaborate decoration, Elsa Schiaparelli, Embroidery, Evening dress, Evening gown, Evening wear, fashion, Fashion show, Formal wear, France, Haute couture, Haute Couture Collection, historical styles, Karl Lagerfeld, Lace, Lacroix, London, machine-lace, Metropolitan Museum of Art, ornate textiles, Paris, Paris fashion shows, Pinterest, silk, Sleeve, taffeta, Victoria, Victoria & Albert Museum, Vogue, Women's clothes1 Comment

Evening dress and sleeve
Christian Lacroix, born 1951

This spectacular dress was given to the Victoria and Albert Museum very shortly after its first appearance on Lacroix’s catwalk in the autumn 1996 Paris fashion shows.

Christian Lacroix opened his haute couture house in 1986. His luxurious fashions, typified by this hooped evening dress, reflect an abiding passion for historical styles, ornate textiles, and elaborate decoration, all of which he translates in a contemporary idiom.

In a striking palette of acidic yellow and pastels, the dress forms part of Lacroix’s “18th-Century Haute Couture Collection,” which draws on a wide range of pre-1968 fashion references. Lacroix describes this collection as elegant and slightly dishevelled: “Nothing seems to be held in place. The fabric is wrapped. It pirouettes around obstinately asymmetrical necklines.”

Place of Origin: Paris, France (made)
Date: 1996 (designed)
Artist/maker: Lacroix, Christian, born 1951 (designer)
Materials and Techniques: Chiné-printed silk taffeta and lace, embroidered with sequins, pastes and beads
Dimensions: [Evening dress] Length: 150 cm, Circumference: 70 cm bust, Circumference: 62 cm waist, Circumference: 170 cm hoop, maximum

Here are some creative projects that inspire me in Victoria and Albert Museum Archives. You can see other projects on my Pinterest or on my #ThrowbackFashion.

Lacroix to Design Special Collection for Schiaparelli (runway.blogs.nytimes.com)
The Gorgeous Haute Couture by Abed Mahfouz 2015 (fashiondivadesign.com)
Paris Haute Couture autumn/winter 2013 (fashion.telegraph.co.uk)
Hotels for Fashion Week (foxnews.com)
Paris Haute Couture: Chanel spring/summer 2013 (dailyrecord.co.uk)
Adriana Lima Rocks the Desigual Spring 2015 Runway Show (fashiongonerogue.com)
Couture history goes under the hammer at Christie’s (guardian.co.uk)
You: How Christian Lacroix Went Bust (newsweek.com)
Christian Lacroix Brings Elsa Schiaparelli Back to Life (thefashionistyle.com)
Christian Lacroix: ‘I am not nostalgic for the past’ (guardian.co.uk)

#ThrowbackFashion Coat 1949 by Elsa Schiaparelli @eschiaparelli (Italian, 1890–1973)

Posted on June 19, 2014June 19, 2014 Posted in Fashion, Inspirations, The 14th year of the 3rd millennium, ThrowbackFashionTagged 1890, 1949, 1973, Coat, Coats, Coco Chanel, Costume, Elsa Schiaparelli, Europe, France, French, Italian, Jean Cocteau, Marisa Berenson, Miuccia Prada, Paris, Salvador Dalí, Surrealism, WoolLeave a comment

Here are some creative projects that inspire me in The Metropolitan Museum of Art – The Costume Institute’s Collection. You can see other projects on my Pinterest or on my #ThrowbackFashion.

ThrowbackFashion-Coat 1949 Elsa Schiaparelli (Italian 1890–1973)