Category: Celebrations
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Rico Lebrun for McCall’s
This month marks 125 years since the birth of the artist Rico Lebrun. To celebrate, this post is dedicated to his Deco-era fashion illustrations for McCall’s. Born in Naples, Federico “Rico” Lebrun (1900-1964) emigrated to the United States in 1924. He spent five years working as a commercial artist in New York City, creating fashion…
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The YSL Mondrian Dress at 60
It’s Couture Week in Paris, and the Mondrian collection is turning sixty. Yves Saint Laurent presented his iconic Fall-Winter 1965 haute couture collection, Homage to Piet Mondrian, in summer, 1965, making 2025 the 60th anniversary of the Mondrian dress. I first wrote about this collection back in 2012, not long after I first started this…
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