A certain style in Tom Ford's latest collection was a throwback to Beene's well-known football frocks.
Blog Part Nouveau, or ‘partly new’, delves into fashion history to showcase the inspiration -- be it art, photography or design -- behind some of toda
Those signature round frames were made to pile on.
Cecil Beaton’s off-the-shoulder gown -- worn in "My Fair Lady" -- may have inspired a black satin dress that appeared in the Spring/Summer 2014 collection of Ulyana Sergeenko, the Russian couture patron cum couture designer.
The futuristic-looking visor actually owes much to the past.
A question that stands the test of time: What's black, white and fishnet all over?
If fashion magazines had a favorite time of year, it would undoubtedly be the holiday season.
Blog Part Nouveau, or ‘partly new’, delves into fashion history to showcase the inspiration–be it art, photography or design–behind some of today’s bi
From royal dressmaker Normal Hartnell to the English designer who may have invented the mini-skirt, learn about 10 influential, 20th-century designers you've probably never heard of.
In 1926, Man Ray photographed Kiki de Montparnasse holding an African mask, which later inspired the photo for Jean Paul Gaultier's Classique fragrance ad.
Despite causing controversy, Helmut Newton's fashion editorial featuring casts and braces inspired a similar one 15 years later.
Blog Part Nouveau, or ‘partly new’, delves into fashion history to showcase the inspiration–be it art, photography or design–behind some of today’s biggest fashion moments. It’s fascinating and impossible not to get lost in, so we asked the site’s founder, Lilah Ramzi, to give us a little history lesson each week. Today's lesson is all about groundbreaking icons.
With every new collection comes a fresh slew of movies, eras, and art that has aided in the fashion designer's creative process and we found a few of them for you. So skip the hours spent reading show reviews and click-through for this Fashion Month Spring 2014 recap.
Blog Part Nouveau, or ‘partly new’, delves into fashion history to showcase the inspiration–be it art, photography or design–behind some of today’s biggest fashion moments. It’s fascinating and impossible not to get lost in, so we asked the site’s founder, Lilah Ramzi, to give us a little history lesson each week. This week we learn that Breakfast at Tiffany's never gets old.
Blog Part Nouveau, or ‘partly new’, delves into fashion history to showcase the inspiration–be it art, photography or design–behind some of today’s biggest fashion moments. It’s fascinating and impossible not to get lost in, so we asked the site’s founder, Lilah Ramzi, to give us a little history lesson each week. This week's lesson? More is always more.
Blog Part Nouveau, or ‘partly new’, delves into fashion history to showcase the inspiration–be it art, photography or design–behind some of today’s biggest fashion moments. It’s fascinating and impossible not to get lost in, so we asked the site’s founder, Lilah Ramzi, to give us a little history lesson each week. This week's lesson? Presidential poses never go out of style.
New blog Part Nouveau, or ‘partly new’, delves into fashion history to showcase the inspiration–be it art, photography or design–behind some of today’s biggest fashion moments. It’s fascinating and impossible not to get lost in, so we asked the site’s founder, Lilah Ramzi, to give us a little history lesson each week. This week's lesson? Fashion really is a cycle--and a freewheelin' one at that!
New blog Part Nouveau, or ‘partly new’, delves into fashion history to showcase the inspiration–be it art, photography or design–behind some of today’s biggest fashion moments. It’s fascinating and impossible not to get lost in, so we asked the site’s founder, Lilah Ramzi, to give us a little history lesson each week. In this week's lesson, black Barbie takes on model Lisa Fonssagrives.
New blog Part Nouveau, or ‘partly new’, delves into fashion history to showcase the inspiration–be it art, photography or design–behind some of today’s biggest fashion moments. It’s fascinating and impossible not to get lost in, so we asked the site’s founder, Lilah Ramzi, to give us a little history lesson each week. In this week's lesson, Shalom Harlow takes on the inimitable Coco Chanel.
New blog Part Nouveau, or ‘partly new’, delves into fashion history to showcase the inspiration–be it art, photography or design–behind some of today’s biggest fashion moments. It’s fascinating and impossible not to get lost in, so we asked the site’s founder, Lilah Ramzi, to give us a little history lesson each week. This week? A lesson in modeling on the Tour Eiffel from Lisa Fonssagrives and Marion Cotillard.
It may seem like a clichéd scenario but the photographer/model couple has been a recurring theme throughout the history of fashion and we have identified just 10 of them. Click through for 10 of the probably dozens of photographer-model relationships throughout history.