To Paris, with Love: The Global Impact of Paris Fashion

To Paris, with Love: The Global Impact of Paris Fashion

Thursday, July 23, 2015

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Paris is special to me because it's the birthplace of couture and fashion in general. The fashion that comes from Paris, especially haute couture, legitimizes all fashion everywhere else. If it weren't for high fashion there would be no benchmark in which to measure fashion in other cities and at other price points. Paris is important because of its history and traditions, its simplicity, and its commitment to the art and craftsmanship of design.

“Paris is paramount for fashion,always was – always will be.” – Manolo Blahnik

Inspirations: The Influence of Chinese Culture on the Fashion Industry

Inspirations: The Influence of Chinese Culture on the Fashion Industry

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

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Photographed by Chen Man

"Love it or hate it, what we wear is a huge part of how we communicate with the world. And the messages clothes send are bigger than just the 'hipness' of the latest fashion. Garments and accessories have always been a key part of how humans show respect for one another, how sexuality and gender are established, and how values and traditions are honored. Not least of all, clothes are central to personal aesthetics and individuality." - a Brooklyn housewife, in Clotheslines, by Roberta Cantwell, 1981

                                                                                                                      

I love research and fashion. There are so many reasons behind why things in fashion are the way they are and how they got there and it’s so interesting to peel back these layers of the industry’s history. Lately, this past week especially, the Far East has played a major role in the fashion industry. The week started with two major fashion events first the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala whose theme this year was China Through the Looking Glass, an introspective on how Chinese culture has permeated American fashion. Then Karl Lagerfeld showed his Chanel Resort 2016 collection in Seoul, South Korea, using many unique Korean motifs to marry Parisian and Korean fashion in one collection. The fashion industry has a long history with the Far East, China especially, from manufacturing to retail to showmanship and today’s post journeys through the origins this relationship.

Italian Fashion: The History of Missoni

Italian Fashion: The History of Missoni

Thursday, May 7, 2015

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Spring 2009 Missoni Ad photographed by Steven Meisel

"Our philosophy since we went into business has been that a piece of clothing should be like a work of art. It should not be bought for a special occasion or because it's in fashion, but because a woman likes it…and feels she could wear it forever."- Rosita Missoni, New York Post, 1978

Lessons in Life from The Ladies Who Lunch

Lessons in Life from The Ladies Who Lunch

Thursday, February 5, 2015

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Catherine Deneuve

“Anyone with a fair figure, ready cash, fashion savvy and a safecracker's nerve can buy the best that Fifth Avenue has to offer on Seventh Avenue at half the price. The girls at Condé Nast and Harper's Bazaar have known this for years. Likewise the ladies who lunch at Restaurant X, although they'd rather be banished from the banquette than admit they got their Beenes and Blasses on a bargain basis." – Merle Rubine, 1970 New York Magazine

This is the quote that brought the term “Ladies who Lunch” into our vernacular and the term has been used ever since to describe women who lived leisurely lives, served on the boards of museums and charities, and orchestrated the social calendar of the high society crowd.

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