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Posts Tagged: fashion history


Posts Tagged ‘fashion history’

Monday, October 25th, 2010

Fashion Illustrators and Authors Bill Donavan and David Downton

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Saturday, October 16th, 2010

The Power of Line. by David Downton

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Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

What is fashion licensing?

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Thursday, October 15th, 2009

Today’s Inspiration: Fashion Photography – 1940s, 50s & 60s

we decided to post another video by Rosebudgarden’s Channel over at YouTube.

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Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

The Guy Behind Calvin Klien.
Yesterday I was at the Strand Bookstore and had a quick glance at the fashion section. I found a book titled Zack Carr. When I thumbed through it I realized he was the guy behind Calvin Klein, his right hand man.

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Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

Real or Fake Bags. “This is the Musée de la Contrefaçon (Museum of Counterfeiting), a fascinating five-room short course in the history of knock-offs, counterfeits and blatant infringements.”

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Friday, October 9th, 2009

The Secret Life of The Sewing Machine.

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Friday, September 25th, 2009

Classic fashion photography from the 1940s through to the 1960s. Models including Dovima and Jean Patchett photographed by famous names like John Rawlings, Irving Penn and Norman Parkinson.
This is courtesy of Rosebudgarden’s Channel over at YouTube.

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Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

“Futuristic Fashion” of the year 2000, as seen in 1930. Towering hair, sleeves that detach with zippers, and dresses made of netting. “Yet another designer goes so far as to believe that skirts will disappear entirely,” gasps this newsreel.
Then again… those cantilevered shoes look somewhat familiar.
Didn’t we see those on runways last year, [...]

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