FASHION MOMENTS A-L
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Africa
Out of Africa. White Mischief. The Happy Valley. Novelists, ... Click here to read more.
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Andy Warhol
“The only genius with an IQ of 60” is how Gore Vidal summed up Andy Warhol. Click here to read more..
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Baggy Chic
Bulk is not a word that endears itself to fashionistas. They prefer oversized. Click here to read more..
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Balenciaga
Famous names survive long after whatever it was that originally made them famous. Click here to read more...
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Beret
It was no wonder that the actress Marlene Dietrich, her beret set at a jaunty angle, so alarmed....Click here to read more.
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Biker Chic
Why do we all love Marianne Faithfull? Surely it’s because she is a survivor..... Click here to read more.
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Bikinis
In 1946, the first post-war atom bomb was exploded on a island ..... Click read more..
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Breasts
In or out – that’s the story of breasts over the ages. The Minoans exposed them..Click here to read more
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Bridalwear
And the bride wore... black, silver, or any colour she fancied ... Click here to read more.
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Bruce Weber
Designers create the clothes. The fashion mood of the moment, however........... Click here to read more..
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Corset
If, as Cole Porter wrote in 1934, "a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking"......Click here to read more.
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Cross Dressing
As this 1935 picture of Katharine Hepburn proves, a male jacket and trousers ...... Click here to read more.
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David Bowie
Where would modern men be without Bowie? Click here to read more.
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Denim
There are user-friendly and non-user-friendly fabrics… Click here to read more.
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Diamonds
When Marilyn Monroe huskily breathed her way through Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend, Click here to read more..
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Fifties Fashion
It all started with Miuccia Prada. In spring 2003,... Click here to read more...
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Fit New Body
A hit song in My Fair Lady, which opened on Broadway in 1956, had the refrain.....Click here to read more
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Flamboyance
The British sometimes clip their kids around the ear when they catch them showing off...Click here to read more.
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Frilly Shirt
Who can forget the seduction scene in Tony Richardson’s 1963 film Tom Jones.... Click here to read more.
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Gilbert & George
Today we’re used to the idea that artists are as much entertainers as they are creators...Click here to read more..
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Hoods
Girls in the hood are not the same as boys in the hood... Click here to read more...
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Indian Print
We can expect a certain earthiness from the culture that gave us the Kamasutra....Click here to read more.
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Killer heels
The stiletto is an entirely modern invention. Until the middle of the 20th century.... Click here to read more...
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Lace
For much of history, the classes were divided by cleanliness. The richer you were, .........Click here to read more.
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Leggings
Fashion is irrational. We’re all aware of that. But it is also powerful enough.......Click here to read more.