sheepskin

Jil Sander Navy 

apiece apart f/w 2013

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A.P.C.

images from style.com

It's been hot and humid here lately, but regardless I've got fall on the brain. A.P.C.'s fall 2013 collection has a strong 70's vibe and I'm diggin' it. Above are my two favorite looks from the collection. 

vintage cacharel

Cacharel. Cardigan sweater, 1968. 
Costume Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

apiece apart

apiece apart

the hill side

images from Hickoree's

The Hill-Side does an amazing job sourcing beautiful textiles for their accessories collection of ties, pocket squares and scarves. I love anything paisley, and with so many printed versions out there, this woven jacquard paisley is a favorite.

belle de jour

Catherine Deneuve

L' Eléphant Blanc

   

  Images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art 

Designed by Yves Saint Laurent for the House of Dior in 1958. The trapeze silhouette was a precursor to the A-line and the mini of the 1960s. 

Brilliantly described by the MMA in their online collection database: 

Creating the trapeze silhouette for Dior, Saint Laurent has a rigid understructure veiled under a fly-away cage. A boned corset anchors the dress but allows the delusion of a free swinging cone. Seeking a shape for independence, though still tethered, the "Eléphant Blanc" dress also employs a shimmering embroidery on net that requires a finishing flourish to the thread work on a transparent surface. Thus, in both surface decoration and in structure, Saint Laurent gained the effect of ethereal, bouyant freedom while retaining the structure of the couture. From the earliest works at the house of Dior through the designer's accomplishments in his own house, Saint Laurent has practiced and perfected this modernist wielding of couture construction and proficiency to seem wholly unfettered.

Currently on view at the Denver Museum of Art exhibition Yves Saint Laurent: The Retrospective, through July 8th. 

Dior / YSL

              photos from the NGV via gala darling

      Christian Dior 1954 Zelie cocktail dress and Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche c.1972 Le Smoking.

trapunto

Images from the  Victoria & Albert Museum

Trapunto is a 15th century Sicilian raised quilting technique. Above is the most amazing use of it E-V-E-R. 

The Skeleton Dress by Elsa Schiaparelli, designed with Salvador Dali, from her 1938 Circus Collection.

**I'm really looking forward to the Schiaparelli and Prada exhibition at the Met opening tomorrow May 10th.**

steven alan

The Lydia blouse was my favorite piece from the Steven Alan Fall 2011 collection. It is so reminiscent of this 17th century man's robe (jama) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. So beautiful. I regret not getting it.