Readers of last year’s post, ‘Taking Care of Haute Couture: Part 1‘ might have noticed my infatuated with haute couture and its conservation. The post back then was inspired by a vintage clothing sale at Christie’s in London; the standout piece being a rare black silk blouse from Dior’s very first collection, ‘La Carolle’…
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Taking care of Haute Couture: Part II
Readers of last year’s post, ‘Taking Care of Haute Couture: Part 1‘ might have noticed my infatuated with haute couture and its conservation. The post back then was inspired by a vintage clothing sale at Christie’s in London; the standout piece being a rare black silk blouse from Dior’s very first collection, ‘La Carolle’…
The novel of a wardrobe.
“…replied Elstir, ‘You see, there are very few good couturiers at present, one or two only, Callot—although they go in rather too freely for lace—Doucet, Cheruit, Paquin sometimes. The others are all ghastly.” – Proust With less than two weeks to go until a weekend trip to Paris and the need for a…
Love is blindness.
So, couture week happened and as always, I am rather late to the party. Surprisingly, it was not Dior that grabbed my heart this season but Maison Martin Margiela. The collection was small, 19 looks to Dior’s 46, and like its newly-invigorated Parisian counterpart, was a breathtaking display of beautifully made, yet thoroughly modern…
The Bachelor Girl 