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Glow, Holiday 1979
View post: Glow, Holiday 1979Perfume: Opium, of course! Yves Saint Laurent’s Chinese tunic got a lot of exposure during the 1979-80 holiday season. The cover of Vogue’s January 1980 retail catalogue also shows a version of this shot. (See Make Mine Vogue.) The pattern is Vogue 2337. Happy holidays, everyone.
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Patterns in Vogue: Gia in Versace, 1979
View post: Patterns in Vogue: Gia in Versace, 19792017 is officially the year of Versace. To mark the 20th anniversary of her brother’s death, Donatella Versace has been returning to the house’s heritage, most notably with a surprise finale to her spring runway show. But if it’s that ’90s supermodel moment—glamazons lip-synching George Michael—that we remember best, let us not forget Versace’s equally…
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