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Top Picks: Giambattista Valli, Fall 2011 Couture

Sharon — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 05:04:11 +0000

Galliano’s Sad Finale: Christian Dior Fall 2011 Ready-to-Wear

Sharon — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 04:26:09 +0000

Well, you all know how great a fan I have been of John Galliano’s work for the house of Christian Dior, so this is a sad post. I’m sure you have all heard how Galliano has been dismissed from Christian Dior, after being publicly disgraced in relation to antisemitic and pro-Nazi statements, and he has now checked himself into rehabilitation for alcoholism. Yes, I know. Shock. Disbelief. This was his last ready-to-wear collection for Dior, and as usual, has so much I adore. Apparently the show was a sad affair, with a long speech from the CEO Sidney Toledano and, in place of Galliano’s usual flamboyant strut down the catwalk at the end, a gathering of the collection’s design team, seamstresses and craftsmen on stage, and both cheering and weeping from the audience. As Tim Blanks at Style.com noted, “The only precedent for this situation is Coco Chanel’s postwar denunciation as a Nazi collaboratrice. Her exile from the fashion world lasted nine years.”

Top Picks: Emporio Armani Pre-Fall 2011

Sharon — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 23:16:54 +0000

Top Picks: Armani Prive Couture Fall 2010

Sharon — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 01:13:57 +0000

Alexander McQueen Retrospective Part 11: Spring 2007

Sharon — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 03:53:44 +0000

In tribute to Lee Alexander McQueen, I have been posting a retrospective of past collections, from a SwingFashionista perspective. The best of Alexander McQueen for retro-loving folk. May he rest in peace. In part 11, my top picks from the Spring 2007 ready-to-wear show.

Alexander McQueen Retrospective Part 10: Spring 2006

Sharon — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 04:04:25 +0000

In tribute to Lee Alexander McQueen, I have been posting a retrospective of past collections, from a SwingFashionista perspective. The best of Alexander McQueen for retro-loving folk. May he rest in peace. In part 10, my top picks from the Spring 2006 ready-to-wear show. More to come…

Alexander McQueen Retrospective Part 9: Fall 2006

Sharon — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 03:53:43 +0000

In tribute to Lee Alexander McQueen, I have been posting a retrospective of past collections, from a SwingFashionista perspective. The best of Alexander McQueen for retro-loving folk. May he rest in peace. In part 9, my top picks from the Fall 2006 ready-to-wear show. More to come…

Alexander McQueen Retrospective Part 8: Spring 2005

Sharon — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 03:34:06 +0000

In tribute to Lee Alexander McQueen, I have been posting a retrospective of past collections, from a SwingFashionista perspective. The best of Alexander McQueen for retro-loving folk. May he rest in peace. In part 8, my top picks from the Spring 2005 ready-to-wear show. More to come…

Alexander McQueen Retrospective Part 7: Fall 2005

Sharon — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 03:34:05 +0000

In tribute to Lee Alexander McQueen, I have been posting a retrospective of past collections, from a SwingFashionista perspective. The best of Alexander McQueen for retro-loving folk. May he rest in peace. In part 7, my top picks from the Fall 2005 ready-to-wear show. More to come…

Alexander McQueen Retrospective Part 6: Spring 2004

Sharon — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 03:34:04 +0000

In tribute to Lee Alexander McQueen, I have been posting a retrospective of past collections, from a SwingFashionista perspective. The best of Alexander McQueen for retro-loving folk. May he rest in peace. In part 6, my top picks from the Spring 2004 ready-to-wear show. This show was quite the spectacle:

The show – staged in the Salle Wagram, a nineteenth-century Parisian dance hall – was an exuberantly hilarious reenactment of Sydney Pollack’s Depression-era film They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? Choreographed by Michael Clark over two weeks of intensive rehearsals in London, the narrative involved dancers, models, and audience in a visceral celebration of exquisitely glamorous clothes.