Mondrian

Story time: On Saturday, I met a few friends for drinks – one of whom showed up in that Forever 21 Mondrian rip-off and a pair of Bakers’ Tribute to YSL. Since she’s a good friend of mine, I asked her if she was familiar with the origins of her outfit. She responded, “Oh yeah, [...]

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YSL to SF

It’s not often that an important exhibit skips over New York to San Francisco without so much as a stop on the way back. But alas, the newly modern, (well, three years ago) DeYoung museum will host the only US presentation of a forty-year retrospective of Yves Saint Laurent’s work. The exhibition, which opens November [...]

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For reasons unknown, the Mondrian-inspired clothes just keeps rolling in – First, a reader sent in the DVF dress at left in response to yesterday’s Mondrian-inspired finds. Then, Kyle sent us a text saying that he spotted a Mondrian-inspired Louboutin in the window of the FIT museum. And in our Inbox this morning? A Mondrian-inspired [...]

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Confession: We are smitten with the Forever 21 dress at right, inspired by two things at once: The first, of course, is the famous Composition series by Dutch artist Piet Mondrian. The second is a YSL sheath dress from 1965, currently housed in the Met Museum’s archives. “But it’s a copy!” you say, and we’re [...]

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