FASHION | ARMANI’S SPACE AGE VISION :: PARIS FASHION WEEK ::: SPRING 2010
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I came across this getup from Armani in The Globe and Mail and it appealed to me so much that I feel compelled to comment on it.
I know next to nothing about fashion, but I know what I like and these photos reminded me of the future (the one that’s already past).
It’s so rare [...]
Posted at 21:31 on 2010/02/07 | leave a comment | Filed Under: ART + ARTISTS, EXHIBITIONS, FASHION | Tagged: Anne Hathaway, Armani Privé, Claudia Cardinale, Georgio Armani, Jeanne Beker, jellyfish, Paco Rabanne, Paris Fashion Week 2010, thundafunda.com, Tina Turner, visions of the future | read on
FASHION | WHEN THE FUTURE WAS ULTRAMODERN :: VISIONS FROM THE SPACE AGE
“Donyale Luna dans une robe Paco Rabanne” (aluminum plate studded chest dress, 1966). Luna (what an appropriate name for the Space Age) was the first black model of consequence. Hers is a tragic and intriguing story and I’ll be writing more about her in another post.
Rabanne kicked off the Space Age look in 1964. In [...]
Posted at 21:28 on 2010/02/07 | 5 comments | Filed Under: ART + ARTISTS, FASHION, LONDON, PHOTOGRAPHY, SPACE RACE | Tagged: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Andre Courrèges, Blowup, Braniff Airlines, Celia Hammond, David Hemmings, Diana Rigg, Donyale Luna, Edward Mann, Emilio Pucci, Emma Peel, Françoise Hardy, Giorgio Armani, Hussein Chalayan, Jocelyn Rickards, John Bates, John French, Michelangelo Antonioni, Paco Rabanne, PanAm, Patti Boyd, Peggy Moffit, Pierre Cardin, Queen Elizabeth, Rudi Gernreich, Sir Hardy Amies, Stanley Kubrick, The Avengers, visions of the future, William Claxton, Yves Saint Laurent | read on
