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The heat of summer | Phebus, the 70’s packaging
I found this old Phébus candles box… Phébus seems to be a famous french candles brand at the begining on the XXth century. I couldn’t find anything about the brand today, but it seems to be part of Bougies la Française (investigation needed). The box itself seems to have been printed during the early 80s…
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Halt ! Walt !
W< a surprise ! Myriam, assistante de conservation Mode It was just impossible for me to NOT take a picture of Myriam (who work in the storage area in the fashion department at Musée des Arts Décoratifs) when i saw her in her vintage W< top (circa 1995). As you can see below I have…
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A star and stripes
Stripes ! A future star, Anthony Vaccarello, Paris based fashion designer (born in Belgium), former Fendi fur fashion designer and winner of Festival International de la Mode d’Hyeres 2006 (Grand Prix) taught(1) his techniques of working to the students of the Arts of Fashion summer class. It was very graphic, so i made a couple…
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Portrait à la mode | Yohji Yamamoto
Le portrait d’un créateur, d’une personnalité de la mode avec une signature, une citation et le buste tracé d’un seul trait, comme pour en capter l’essentiel… There is a ressemblance with eye of Horus in Yohji Yammoto’s view. Il y a quelque chose de l’œil d’Horus (œil d’Oudjat) dans le regard de Yohji Yamamoto… See the…
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Kenzo in RGB mode
Three colors to create them all… Three photos from the last show of Kenzo during the men’s fashion week (summer-spring 2010-2011) in Paris. Three suits in vivid colors: red, green and blue, like RGB, the additive color system used on our everyday screens. Red Green Blue The use of color is in Kenzo’s…
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August Sander vs Otto Dix
Journalist Sylvia Von Harden, Otto Dix, 1926 Studio portrait of a secretary, August Sander, 1931 An hommage from the photographer August Sander to the painter and friend Otto Dix… Note the insolent modernity of the secretary
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Arts of fashion Foundation | From concept to reality
A sample of the garments made by the students with Aurore Thibout and Laurence Teillet. Now the project (quite conceptual) is nearly complete, the evolution since my first coming is huge and what surprise me more is the diversity. From the concept (a garment from second-hand shirts) to the final result, each student use the…
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Arts of Fashion Foundation | Aurore Thibout & Laurence Teillet, the thinking process
Dears readers see the London based french fashion designer Laurence Teillet and the french fashion designer Aurore Thibout, public prize at Festival de la mode d’Hyères 2006 and both former Maison Martin Margiela teaching and giving great advices during the masterclass of Arts of Fashion here in Paris. In the first video i focus on…
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