The F/W 12 collections were rife with 40s inspiration, with strong-shouldered tailoring, movie-star-worthy furs (and fur stoles), and more than a few references to Marlene Dietrich. Unsurprisingly, Miu Miu's F/W 11 collection was the catalyst for this lingering (40s) fixation, though designers ranging from Donna Karan to Zac Posen and Michael Kors looked to the more sophisticated, adult style of
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'Video Vintage,' a new exhibit at Paris' Centre Pompidou, traces the history and development of video in the context of contemporary art through fundamental archival pieces in the museum's collection from 1963 - 1983. Since its origins in the early 60s, video has touched upon all modern aesthetic movements, ranging from the performance group Fluxus to minimalism to its current
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The Musée des Arts Décoratifs' library is home to many a fashion magazine, a fact currently honored via an exhibition on new acquisitions and old favorites at their imposing space in the Louvre. Fashion publications for mass consumption first appeared in the 18th century; Les Arts Décoratifs' collection is focused primarily on the 19th - 21st century with issues by
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California's Vintage Fashion Expo bowed in Santa Monica this weekend, welcoming 85 vendors of vintage clothing, textiles, and accessories spanning 1850 - 1980. Stylesight's West Coast Correspondent Amanda Gilbert was on hand to survey the merchandise (lots of 20s clothing in particular, thanks to HBO's ever-popular Boardwalk Empire series) and capture the anachronistic street fashion. Below, a series of our
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Austrian-born photographer Ernst Haas, an early master of color photography, is the subject of an exhibition in Zurich celebrating the recently-published Color Correction (Steidl, 2011), a series of heretofore unseen works that were hidden in plain view amongst his vast archives. Celebrated in his time for more commercial & journalistic photography, Haas' photo essays on New York, Paris, and more
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Décor Vintage, Copenhagen
Our seasonal trip up north for Copenhagen Fashion Week yielded more exciting vintage discoveries, namely long-time retailer and Scandinavian fashion-scene-fixture boutique Décor: an excellent gem-filled shop located a short walk from the Norreport metro station in the city center. A selection of vintage clothing, accessories, objets d'art, antique textiles and assorted bibs&bobs from the late 19th century through
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The Vault recently came across this stylish feat of a short film, created for the opening of a shopping center in London in Fall 2011. 100 Years of East London Style features fashion trends throughout the ages from September 1911 to September 2011, capturing the rising and falling hemlines and dramatic shifts in popular dance in an upbeat montage that
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Sale header and post images courtesy of 1stDibs.com
Vintage Luxury is hosting a sale of important Chanel costume jewelry via 1stDibs.com, with a selection of covetable brooches, necklaces, cuffs, and earrings proving for the umpteenth time the enduring appeal of the shrewdly elegant and visionary designer's wares. Dating mostly to the 1950s and 60s (or the period from the house's relaunch
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