My Heart Goes Boom, Boom, Boom. Paris Fashion Week. Part Three. Grunge is...Dries Van Noten.

Grunge is... being 19 and waking up in the morning, grabbing your boyfriend's soft, worn plaid shirt, and wearing it with an anonymous 1940s  sheer floral chiffon dress you picked up in some five and dime vintage rummage bin and maybe pulling on your own long sleeve striped tee to layer if it is chilly.

Grunge is... Marc Jacobs for Perry Ellis 1992.  Grunge is infamous and inflammatory.  Grunge is expensive and beautifully made.  Grunge gets you fired from designing for the house of Perry Ellis.

Grunge is... resurrected by Dries van Noten for Spring 2013.  I personally think every wardrobe should include a little Dries each season.  It is always so wearable, so well made, so somehow personal. The Dries girl/woman is smart, sexy and creative.  And the Dries girl/woman is a little grunge this coming Spring 2013. 

Girl meet Woman meet Dries meet Grunge...  happiness ensues...

coming Spring 2013

#FF@RareVintageNYC

I've wanted to start a new section on our RARE vintage blog for awhile: my #FFs - but instead of meaning Follow Friday, it will mean my Friday Favorites.  There is a lot that I will be posting on our new column but I thought I would start with the fabulous and fabulously talented Stella Lee who is one of @RareVintageNYC 's favorite stylists.

Stella Lee recently styled a story for Fashion Gone Rogue and the wardrobe came exclusively from yours truly: RARE vintage.  As gorgeous as our Schleppi mannequin is, it is a real treat to see our vintage on a real live model styled brilliantly by Stella Lee and photographed by Angelo d'Agostino.

Thank you Stella!!

#FF @RareVintageNYC:

Marc Bohan for Christian Dior

Pierre Cardin Couture suit with leather detail

Galanos crepe and lace black gown

John Galliano polka dotted pajama Le Smoking ensemble

Marc Jacobs for Perry Ellis beaded ensemble

Oscar de la Renta silk dress

You can see the entire story here.  More #FF RareVintageNYC next Friday!!

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INQUIRY

Infamy Forever! The Marc Jacobs for Perry Ellis Collection

What would John Singer Sargent be without the infamous Madame X painting?  Well, still a great artist.  What would Yves Saint Laurent be without the infamous and famously loathed Forties Collection?  Well, still a great designer.  What would Lindsay Lohan be without her infamy?  Well, if she can get the past the scandal, she will return to also being a good actress with a bit of good old fashion infamy tossed in.  Remember Mean Girls?  

So, what would Marc Jacobs be without the infamous Grunge Collection for Perry Ellis that ended with him being fired? He would still be a great designer.  Scandal is for now, infamy is forever.

Marc Jacobs was inspired by Yves Saint Laurent for a part of the  infamous Grunge Collection.  He is still inspired by YSL - just take a peak at the spring collection on Vogue.com - I felt like I was watching fabulously coifed girls with big flowers (hello Alison!) in their hair try on Saint Laurent at RARE vintage!

Here is a rainbow colored Marc Jacobs for Perry Ellis silk chiffon tie-dye rainbow top.  And I am sure there will be a pot of gold at the end of this rainbow☺!

 Marc Jacobs for Perry Ellis Silk Chiffon Rainbow Top with beaded strings

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