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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 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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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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