#fashion pioneer

[crushondonald]

Dame MARY QUANT

11 February 1930 - 13 April 2023

Dame Mary was one of the most influential figures in the fashion scene and is credited with making fashion accessible to the masses with her sleek, streamlined and vibrant designs. 

Making her way as self-taught designer, she began catering for a burgeoning set of young customers who were “tired of wearing the same as their mothers”.

Her customers demanded ever-shorter skirts, and a favourite became the “mini”, named after Dame Mary’s favourite car, the Mini Cooper.

In 2014, Dame Mary recalled its “feeling of freedom and liberation”.

“It was the girls on King’s Road who invented the mini. I was making clothes which would let you run and dance and we would make them the length the customer wanted,” she said. 

“I wore them very short and the customers would say, 'shorter, shorter'.”

She also revolutionised British fashion with hot pants and trousers for women, while using the daisy brand design that became synonymous with her creations.

“It was wonderfully exciting and despite the frenetic hard work we had enormous fun. We didn't necessarily realise that what we were creating was pioneering, we were simply too busy relishing all the opportunities and embracing the results before rushing on to the next challenge."

... may she rest in peace! 🌸

[fashionbooksmilano]

Jeanne Lanvin

Fashion Pioneer

Pierre Toromanoff

teNeues, Augsburg 2023, 224 pages, ca. 120 color & b/w photographs, 23,5 x 30 cm, English & German, ISBN 9783961714421

euro 60,00

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A visually stunning homage to a fashion visionary and the world's longest-running couture company in the world.

Jeanne Lanvin was ahead of her time. The French fashion visionary and resourceful businesswoman from a poor background not only created the first designer fashion line for children - this was colourful and full of lightness at a time when children were still dressed like adults - the first tailored men's collection and the first unisex eau de toilette, she also founded the longest-running fashion company in the world. At times, this employed over 1000 people and included women's, children's and men's fashion, accessories, fragrances, furnishing textiles and decorative objects, and even its own paint factory. The self-taught Lanvin started out as a milliner with her own boutique and managed to become one of the greatest fashion designers of the 20th century with creative energy and inventiveness. She created Art Deco costumes for theatre and film productions, developed the legendary perfume Arpège and a special Lanvin blue based on the shade Fra Angelico blue. Jeanne Lanvin - Fashion Pioneer is dedicated to the extraordinary life and work of this exceptional designer in this richly illustrated coffee table book.

15/04/23

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[meanbrownhoe]

luhshawnay

[theseimmortalcoils]

Vivienne Westwood attends the 2005 Venice Carnival.

(© Giuseppe Cacace / Getty Images)

Vale Dame Vivienne. You will be missed but never forgotten.

[shiftythrifting]

This is mostly things I despise!! All found at thrifts in the Boise, ID area over the last several weeks.

The ripped jeans looking pants were actually leggings made in the worst stretchy cheap material I've felt in my life. Sequin pants also were not fun to touch!

I'm sure the skinfold thickness device has a medical purpose, but encountering one in the wild was a weird jumpscare.

The last three pics are of the same cassette. The case is so melted that it can't be opened.

[rockrivermelody]

It’s been 8 years since David Bowie passed away.

An incredibly unique, talented, beautiful, inspiring, otherworldly soul. The list of words I could use to describe him is infinite. Thank you, for expressing yourself so others could. For creating such touching music that connects with everyone to this day. For your amazingly fearless and beautiful fashion. Thank you for paving the way. Thank you for being brave, daring and bold. And most of all….thank you for being you. You’ll be a hero. Forever and ever….

[streetplaya]

Michael Jackson on the Triumph Tour, 1981.

[chineseredcarpet]

Li Meng for the 5th Pioneer Art Film Festival

[gingerbaci]

Unknown Model for 80s Pioneer Ad - via x

[victorianchap]

🔸 Yamakawa Sutematsu (Oyama Sutematsu) (1860-1919).  First Japanese woman to graduate from university with a bachelor’s degree. Through her position as the wife of Iwao Oyama, who became an elder, she devoted herself to supporting nurse education and women’s education. Picture taken circa 1888 and courtesy of Vassar College Library Special Collections #victorianchaps #japan #pioneer #oldphoto #goodolddays #1880s #fashion #beauty #vintage #retro #nostalgia #history #pastlives https://www.instagram.com/p/CpK5gqADwEP/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[mihai-florescu]

God, your manic pixie girls are being wasted at office jobs

[akkivee]

i think all of bad ass temple would be on theme for a met gala and serving ofc but personally i believe on a spectrum from campy serves to stylish serves, jyushi would be the most camp of the three, hitoya teeters over the stylish/camp line, as does kuukou but he tends to be more solidly on the stylish end

[chicinsilk]

Coccinelle, the famous cabaret artist of the 50s and 60s.

Coccinelle, la fameuse artiste de cabaret des années 50s et 60s.

[meanbrownhoe]

Luhshawnay

[infinitiumme]

Jenny Meirens