#french fashion designer

[resplendentoutfit]

House of Vionnet

Madeleine Vionnet, designer (French, 1876 - 1975)

Below, right: 1938. Below, left: 1931

1924–25 1936-37

Evening dress • 1938–39

1936 1929

1938

1931 1936–37

All images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute, New York City

[fashionbooksmilano]

Martine Sitbon Alternative Vision

Martine Sitbon and Marc Ascoli, Text by Olivier Saillard and Fabrice Paineau and Angelo Flaccavento

Rizzoli, New York 2016, 303 pages, 24x30,8cm, ISBN 978 084 7849383

euro 32,00

email if you want to buy booksinprogressmilano@yahoo.it

The first book on the highly influential French fashion designer renowned for her rock’ n’ romantic style and for reinvigorating the house of Chloé. Martine Sitbon has become an icon among designers and fashionistas, earning her praise from Karl Lagerfeld as being "the only living French designer." Handpicked to breathe new life into Chloé in the mid-1980s, and the first woman to be named designer at the house, while simultaneously working on her own ready-to-wear label, Sitbon has been at the helm of high fashion for decades. Martine Sitbon, sumptuously designed by longtime collaborator Marc Ascoli, deftly illustrates the looks that have built Sitbon’s reputation—including her separates, draped and tucked organza minis, smart trenches, and sexy rocker-girl pieces—and shows how her style has made her not only a woman’s designer, but a designer’s designer, having spent years mentoring such respected tastemakers as Phoebe Philo and Isabel Marant. With never-before-seen sketches and photographs, this book allows readers to gain a better understanding of the designer’s personal universe and inspirations that have until now been largely hidden from view.

22/02/24

[toxxtt]

playing around with some historical french fashions on furina (+ neuvi).. I think she should always get big silly hats

18th+19th century mens fashion is one of my fav fav fav things is ever so this was fun 🫡 love being fashion history neurodivergent

[chupachups]

Blugirl Fall 2004

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*✧･ﾟ

[vintage-tigre]

Françoise Hardy serving absolute cvnt in the iconic gold dress designed by Paco Rabanne, 1967

[spockvarietyhour]

Rene Auberjonois in The Rockford Files "With the French Heel Back Can The Nehru Jacket Be Far Behind?" (original airdate January 5, 1979)

[periodinteriors]

Auguste Garneray (French, 1785-1824), An Elegant Family in a Neo-Gothic Interior, 1820, watercolor.

[the-cricket-chirps]

René Gruau

Advertising illustration for Miss Dior (Collection of Parfums)

Christian Dior, Paris, 1949

[resplendentoutfit]

Jacques Doucet Evening Coats

Wool, silk, rhinestones • 1900-1905 • Metropolitan Museum of Art

Jacques Doucet (French, 1853–1929) was first, and foremost, a connoisseur of art. Additionally, his passion for the refined and exquisite overflowed into his dealings with fashion, making him one of the finest French couturiers during the Belle Époque. The House of Doucet began as a family business, specializing in women's lingerie and laces, as well as articles of clothing for men. Founded in 1817, the company rose to fame under the hand of Jacques. The house was known for its luxurious offerings, which were worn and coveted by royalty, members of the elite society in both Europe and America, and actresses of the stage.

– Metropolitan Museum of Art

Evening coat • Wool, fur, silk • 1902

Flocked silk satin, silk velvet, and fur • 1910

[oninspirationm]

[aworldofpattern]

Team Haiti's opening ceremony uniforms for the 2024 Olympics, designed by Haitian-Italian designer Stella Jean.

The trousers and skirts are printed with 'Passage', an artwork by Haitian artist Philipe Dodard.

'...Stella Jean says she created uniforms on a humble budget for Team Haiti, one of the smallest delegations in the Olympics with just seven athletes...

...The look takes its white, red, and blue hues from the Haitian flag, with the men’s uniform consisting of a light blue jacket, an adaptation of the guayabera shirt worn by men in the Caribbean, vibrant trousers channeling Naïve folk art, and a Fular scarf. The women’s look features a skirt in the same material, paired with a light blue shirt and structured jacket with a cinched waist. Philippe Dodard, an acclaimed Haitian painter, designed the fabric for the trousers and skirt. 

Wearing these uniforms at the Paris Olympics takes on an even deeper meaning for Haiti, once known as Saint-Domingue, a French colony that fought for its independence during the Haitian Revolution, the first successful resistance movement led by enslaved people against the French colonial regime from 1971 to 1804. “It’s hugely symbolic,” says Jean, who is Haitian-Italian, adding that she merged Haitian fabrics and motifs with Western silhouettes as “a tool of counter colonization.”

Jean ran into some issues as she worked to create her designs. Export embargoes in Haiti made sourcing chambray, a cotton-like material, for the women’s shirt difficult. “I used one of my dresses that my grandmother gave to me, because we were not able to source it otherwise. I hope she will forgive me because she's not here anymore,” Jean says, joking that her design unintentionally became more sustainable.

Throughout the process, she recognized the rare opportunity to present the world with a positive news story about Haiti, as the country struggles with a recent history of political violence, coups, and the deadly 2020 earthquake. Ongoing violence at the hands of armed gangs has displaced approximately 580,000 people, per U.N. figures.  

“Haiti has no materials now. We have nothing to sell to the world. Our strength right now is this intangible richness [from] our deep culture,” Jean says. “We are here, we are joyful, and we will be back on our own two feet again.”...' Time Magazine

[sardosycserokyric]

Alfred Stevens, In the Studio, 1888.

[sharpenededges]

Mugler

[morelikeravenbore]

the "hero of hogwarts" but she's this:

[periodinteriors]

Theodore Lebrun, Woman in Pink Reclining on Canape, 1819, watercolor.