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Exhibition View, Schiaparelli at the MAD Paris, 2023.

Schiaparelli by Roseberry. A visual feast

As you have seen with my last article on Elsa Schiaparelli, the Italian couturiere caused a stir more than once with her Surrealist Couture during the interwar period. But after …

Header, Schiaparelli and Cocteau, Evening Jacket, 1937, Schiaparelli show, MAD Paris, 2023

Allgemein, AVANTGARDE ART, ICONIC FASHION

Elsa Schiaparelli. When Surrealism became Couture

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Famous COUTURIERE, surrealist ARTIST and Chanel’s fiercest ENEMY: Elsa Schiaparelli fulfilled her many roles – effortlessly as it seems. Today she might not be a huge name like Dior or …

Portrait of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll (Detail) / Gerald Brockhurst / 1931 / © Tate Britain

AVANTGARDE ART, ICONIC FASHION, VINTAGE LIFESTYLE

Portraying intelligent Glamour. The Tate Britain’s six style stars

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Walking through the Tate Britain not only offers vast collections of British Art but also reveals two secret ingredients of many of the portrayed: Style and Charisma! So come with …

ICONIC FASHION

Yves Saint Laurent. About the Art of Fashion

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Discover the Art of the Fashion of Yves Saint Laurent – as fabulously illustrated by the grand Parisian exhibition #YSLauxMusées!

ICONIC FASHION

Bernhard Bilek’s TRÜMMERHERZ. Between rough words and pastel costumes

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Trümmerherz, (c) Alex Gotter Creating costumes probably is the most intriguing but also most complex of all forms of fashion design. Costumes must fit into a story’s narration, its era …

ICONIC FASHION

Kim Kardashian wearing Marilyn Monroe’s dress – an appalling venture

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View of the backsides of Kim Kardashian and Marilyn Monroe / Layout by @hugogloss on Instagram Much has been said and posted about the #MetGala2022 so far! But too little …