Tag: Nina Ricci
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Rock the Caftan
Caftans, long, loose-fitting tunics with origins in ancient Persia, have been gaining momentum as an alternative to more structured formal dress. With any luck, there will be some caftans among the goddess gowns at tomorrow’s Academy Awards ceremony. They say Tsarina Alexandra was the first westerner to make a fashion statement in a caftan, when…
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Linda Evangelista
In celebration of Canada Day, this models post is devoted to Canadian supermodel Linda Evangelista. Born in St. Catharines, Ontario to Italian-Canadian parents, Linda Evangelista (b. 1965) was discovered by a scout from Elite at the 1981 Miss Teen Niagara beauty contest. (She didn’t win.) At eighteen she signed with Elite and moved to New…
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