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Pinafores to Wear and Cherish

Kristen V. Bateman — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 01:47:37 +0000

Pinafores and apron dresses are the new overalls. Welcome to my imaginary aesthetic of frilly bows with little pinafore dresses, white socks and straw hats.

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Consider the Skirt Suit

Kristen V. Bateman — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 18:30:53 +0000

Lately, I can’t stop thinking about my infatuation with the wacky skirt suit. The kind with palatial gilded carved buttons, wicked prints, sick embroidery, shoulder pads up the wazoo and...

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Remembering Maria Blaisse x Issey Miyake

Kristen V. Bateman — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 14:00:00 +0000

Perhaps most interesting is the dialogue of Maria Blaisse x Issey Miyake. Maria Blaisse worked with Issey Miyake on incredibly structural hats for the runway.

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The Everlasting Inspiration of The Color of Pomegranates

Kristen V. Bateman — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 23:59:27 +0000

If you haven't seen The Color of Pomegranates (1969), it's one of the most visually interesting films ever created. Directed by Sergei Parajanov, The Color of Pomegranates is inspired by color and life.

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Remembering Betsey Johnson’s Stores

Kristen V. Bateman — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 20:29:16 +0000

Do you remember Betsey Johnson's stores? Betsey Johnson's boutiques used to be the epitome of experiential shopping. The checkerboard floors, the poppy punk rock posters, the pink walls, the neon signs...

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Need It: Anna Sui Makeup

Kristen V. Bateman — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 01:41:29 +0000

If you lived through the early 2000s, you probably remember Anna Sui makeup. Today, Anna Sui makeup is just as amazing but a little more hard to find.

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Remembering Halston x Elsa Peretti

Kristen V. Bateman — Fri, 28 Aug 2020 01:47:34 +0000

Once upon a time, the famous jewelry designer Elsa Peretti collaborated with the iconic fashion designer Halston, on a line of futuristic cosmetics like you'd never seen before.

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It Must Have Been the Work of Paul Poiret

Kristen V. Bateman — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 02:02:31 +0000

To sum up the work of Paul Poiret, it would be reasonable to call him fashion's last great performer, as well as fashion's first great modernist.

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Remembering Veruschka

Kristen V. Bateman — Tue, 19 May 2020 14:46:03 +0000

Vera Gräfin von Lehndorff-Steinort (born in East Prussia 1939) was a popular model, artist, and actress known as Veruschka. The height to the Veruschka obsession occurred in the 1960s.

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Carl Erickson, Fashion Illustrator to Remember

Kristen V. Bateman — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 21:27:44 +0000

Meet Carl Erickson, the pioneering illustrator known for his work at the for Vogue and Coty cosmetics right after the urn of the century. Living between New York and Paris, Erickson made a name for himself by painting and drawing the way a woman deftly applied kohl liner above her lashes, or another lining her lips with red lipstick while glancing into a delicate gold mirror.

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