fashion trends
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“Africa Calling: Plumes and Prints” from The New York Times
Enduring Afrochic! I am investigating the historical origins of the fashion trend that had powerful currency throughout the 20th century. And it seems that “exotic” Africa will continue to inspire in the 21st century. Love and Theft! Love and Theft! Africa Calling: Plumes and Prints Louis Vuitton, by Marc Jacobs, spring/summer 2014, in Paris. Catwalking…
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Avant Tut interest in all things Egyptian
As we read about haute couture, and I reveled in the gloriousness of this practice of hand fabricated garments, I recalled one of my favorite opulent gowns from the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection: this Egyptian Revival 1912 gown by a New York dressmaker that went by the moniker Simcox. I discussed in this garment…
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The Resurgent Fashion of the Thirties
The Resurgent Fashion of the Thirties Here is a link to the September 5, 1938 issue of Life Magazine, particularly an article on Fall Fashions highlighting the (what was in hindsight very brief) resurgence of hoop skirts. Here, too, is a commentary on the article and the RetroSpective show at the Museum at FIT from…
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Magnificent Girls in Their Flying Machines – AMELIA EARHART: FLIGHT FASHION by Amber Jane Butchart
Hush-Kit Aviation World In an attempt to fight the online plagiarism we suffering this artcile has been moved to here. View original post
CAMARA DIA HOLLOWAY 