Showing posts with label Yohji Yamamoto. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yohji Yamamoto. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Missing Carolyn Bessette Kennedy

Like a lot of people, I miss seeing Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and often wonder: what would Carolyn be wearing now?

But what she wore was so timeless that all of these years later, her look is still relevant and inspiring - The Row must always have CBK on their inspiration board and I mean that in a good way.  

A few of my favorites...

I am really into the 90s slip dress right now


and isn't the slip with the loafer kind of amazing?  Love the graffiti phone booth too - so New York and pre cell phones!


One of the reasons CBK became such a style icon is because she went her own way and had her own sense of style.  Very great that she chose Yohji



Black was a favorite; it was 90s New York and everyone wore black but she looked so stunning with her super blonde hair, those eyes, the Manolos (when Manolo really did great shoes)


Love the crop jeans with a little flare and the snakeskin shoe (probably Prada) with the 70s chunky heel


In some ways, I think she was aware of Jackie Kennedy's style legacy and was inspired by the head scarves and the cropped flare pants


I also like that she was not looking to be photographed, she did not care if she wore the same shoe or carried the same bag or wore the same coat more then once


I also love that her black Birkin looks soft and worn - not too precious like so many you see along Madison Avenue


Not only did she do super chic in everyday clothes but she also looked beautiful, elegant and sexy in a jacket nipped in at the waist, a little a tight glove.  



She never posed with her hand on her hip.  She knew that she could be sexy in a tee and jeans or a simple white dress that covered her arms and had a high neckline...  I wish we had someone more like Carolyn Bessette Kennedy now and a whole lot less like Kim Kardashian to look to for style inspiration and admiration...


and she loved to smile...




love, kisses and we miss you Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, Juliana

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Mad for Mats Gustafson

I have learned, in buying for RARE vintage, never to say never.  Because you never know.  I never entirely shut the door on a designer - who may not be a favorite of mine - just because you never know when you will see something unexpected and fall in love.  I always want to see before deciding no - or yes.

And you know how I was just writing about Antonio Lopez and fashion illustration?  How fashion illustration was never a particular favorite genre of mine until I saw Joe Eula's drawings for Halston.  Well, never say never, because now I have fallen for the Swedish illustrator Mats Gustafson.

Mats Gustafson saw the work of Antonio Lopez when he was growing up in Sweden and it "triggered something in me that made me think I can do this".  And in 1978 he received a commission from Grace Coddington at British Vogue.

In the 1980s Gustafson moved to New York and started creating illustrated advertising campaigns for Romeo Gigli, Commes des Garçons and Yohji Yamamoto.  (Those were the days!  Love all of those 80s pieces from Gigli, Commes, Yohji...)

Mats Gustafson for Romeo Gigli.  Vogue Italia. 1990


Mats Gustafson for Romeo Gigli.  Swimsuit.  1989

Mats Gustafson for Yohji Yamamoto.  Vogue Italia.  1999

And now Gustafson was commissioned by Raf Simons at the house of Dior to draw some of the pieces from Fall 2013 and Resort 2013 collections...  I will definitely be ordering the book Mats Gustafson Watercolors.

Dior by Mats Gustafson. 2014

Dior by Mats Gustafson.  2014

Dior by Mats Gustafson.  2014

love, kisses and vintage,  Juliana

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

People Wear my Clothes to Make a Statement: Yohji Yamamoto

Do you remember when Caroline Bessette became Mrs. Kennedy?  Which designer did she choose to wear?  Yohji Yamamoto.  It was an unexpected choice.  It set her apart.  And the clothes looked amazing on her.  

I have always loved Yamamoto and when I went to Tokyo for the first time, a visit to the Yamamoto store was on the top of my list of Things to Do and See.  (And it was magical: jackets with wired peplums that floated around the body.  And black.  Lots of black.  Though I wandered out with sand colors and blues somehow).

This is an incredible Yohji Yamamoto sweater dress from the 1980s.  It is oversized with a hood in the back.  Yohji's clothes always have a street chic vibe and a play on scale and this is a perfect example of Japanese urban chic.



Why don't you wear it with... Christian Louboutin studded slippers




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