Black Lace and Givenchy
By BarbaraAnne
The wedding gown Hubert de Givenchy designed for Audrey Hepburn in Sabrina (1954) stunned the fashion world. The strapless gown was the first to have black lace embellishments and embroidered black-and-white flowers on white organdy. Floral templates both… Continue reading
On the Runway for Chanel
By BarbaraAnne
Instead of doing “Lalique, Lalique, Lalique,” as Susan predicted, I’m doing “Chanel, Chanel, Chanel.” Will it pass? Only time will tell.
On E-bay, I saw an haute couture creme silk tunic-jacket from the… Continue reading
The Blouse That Wasn’t
By BarbaraAnne
When is a blouse, not a blouse? When 20/20 hindsight recognizes that a rare, first design of an item represents a marker, which changed the history of ideas.
The nuns at the orphanage taught her to sew. “She… Continue reading
La Belle Romaine
He lived only 35 years and died in Paris of tubercular meningitis in July of 1920, but Amedeo Modigliani’s art lives on. Surrounded by French Impressionist landscapes, he had another vision: painting everyday women, nude, against a plain studio background.… Continue reading
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+Susan Maxwell Schmidt
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Loosely wrapped, creative, nocturnal, eternally blue, reclusive, eccentric, obsessive perfectionist... in other words, an artist.
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