Tag: fashion
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Mad Men Era 4: Old House, New Designer
Mad Men has finally returned to the air with the first episodes of Season 5. This week my Mad Men-era series continues with four established Paris houses whose mantles, by 1960, had passed to new designers: Lanvin, Patou, Nina Ricci, and Dior. When I started this series, I mentioned that the Mad Men costume department…
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Deco for Spring
Watching this year’s Oscars red carpet pre-show, I was struck by the Deco details on Louise Roe’s custom Black Halo dress, with its geometric, layered peplum and rhinestone buckle. (Details on the dress here.) Spring’s Deco trend is gathering force. In September, many of the Spring ready-to-wear collections contained references to the Twenties and Thirties.…
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