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Moschino:The Italian behind the Name
ALTHOUGH most fashion followers are aware of the name Moschino, the man behind the name - and behind the irreverent Italian label - is perhaps less well known now. Franco Moschino, Italian fashion's...
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Jeremy Scott; Moschino Chandelier
AS A GIANT CHANDELIER dress swayed down a runway smothered with Persian rugs, tinkling past the broken furniture recalling 15th century, Puritan "Bonfire of the Vanities", the Moschino model paused...
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Vivienne Westwood: "Society Criminals" Menswear
Vivienne Westwood kicked off her spring-summer menswear show with a barely clad model, sporting a cropped top and high-cut briefs. Sporting a head wrap, the model finished his look with sandals dressed...
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Vivienne Westwood: "World Punk" Menswear
Vivienne Westwood could be spending exulting in a victory lap. Inspired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the eyes of the world turned back to punk, and so, inevitably, to her. Given that, punk's...
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Vivienne Westwood: "Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe" Menswear
Vivienne Westwood's invite re-created Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe. It isn't hard to imagine her in sympathy with the defiant, inexplicably naked lay on the lawn. That's a very Westwood stance, and in fact,...
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Dame Vivienne Westwood
Born Vivienne Isabel Swire in Glossop, Derbyshire, England, on April 8, 1941. Considered one of the most unconventional and outspoken fashion designers in the world, Westwood rose to fame in the late...
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Vivienne Westwood: "19th Century Dolls" RTW
The sight of Carla Bruni in a faux fur thong was guaranteed to turn heads. What was truly shocking about this show was the fact that Vivienne Westwood’s new silhouette was created with the help of...
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Vivienne Westwood: "Royal Court" RTW
Vivienne Westwood staged her Red Label show at London's Royal Courts of Justice, a venue that at first blush seemed an ill fit. What on earth was England's grand dame of helter-skelter fashion doing in...
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John Galliano: "Historical & Mythical" Menswear
THE word "restraint" isn't in John Galliano's vocabulary. For his autumn/winter menswear show, the designer - responsible for Dior's magnificently insane couture shows - decked his huge, courtyard...
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John Galliano: Back to His Roots
John Galliano briefly boards the number 12 to Oxford Circus, and a passenger’s jaw literally drops. With his otherworldly air, the elusive Maison Maison Margiela designer is the last person you’d...
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John Galliano: "Road Warriors on Venice Beach" Menswear
Like a movie, every fashion show is a collaboration, but John Galliano's productions push that notion to the max. (The body paint alone in this show must have taken teams of people to perfect.) The...
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John Galliano: "Black Swan Ballet" Menswear
Ballet is enjoying a cultural moment, high at the Ballets Russes exhibition at London's Victoria & Albert Museum, low in the campy horrifics of Black Swan.Tipping his cap to the trend, John...
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John Galliano: "Edgar Allen Poe's Masque of the Red Death" Menswear
Backstage, John Galliano was wearing a worn-out leather jacket with a blurry mustachioed face painted on the back. He insisted it was Einstein, but it looked just like Edgar Allan Poe, which worked...
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The Corset reclaimed by the Fashion Industry!
Let loose: how the corset is being reclaimed by the fashion industry !From the Victorians to Vivienne Westwood, the punks to Prada – the corset has a long and chequered history. But now, this underwear...
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Men in Corsets!
Men have been wearing corsets since the 18th Century, and contrary to popular belief, they’ve never stopped! The desire for a shapewear garment whether decorative, super functional, or both, has never...
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Outside Western cultures, men's clothing commonly includes skirts and skirt-like garments; however, in North America and much of Europe, the wearing of a skirt is today usually seen as typical for...
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Men In Skirts are Coming Back!
In an era during which rules seem meant to be broken — and more and more people are calling for gender equality — it should surprise no one that the fashion world is the head cheerleader for change....
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Men in Skirts: The History....
Outside Western cultures, men's clothing commonly includes skirts and skirt-like garments; however, in North America and much of Europe, the wearing of a skirt is today usually seen as typical for...
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John Bartlett: "French Foreign Legin" Menswear
John Bartlett's ongoing celebration of all things male took a turn for the patrician this season with a collection that was as scrupulously neat as a new uniform. He described it as a concerted effort...
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Vivienne Westwood: "Rainbow Unisex" Runway show
You can always count on a Vivienne Westwood show (now headlined by her partner, Andreas Kronthaler) for some wild photos. This season, you would have snapped the model encased in a frame of rainbow...
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