Post a Totally Random Moment From Fashion History...

[Maayan]

Marc Jacobs being fired from Perry Ellis after his "Grunge" Spring 1993 collection.

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[Nimsay]

Jean Paul Gaultiers costumes… then i decided not to post it and i saw people did. .. thats crazy how energy works

 

[runner]

stella made to wait too long, with a pose struck
which made her giggle and snap on the runway (not seriously of course)
maybe she said to him something like go to the bathroom before the show starts.

the video is edited and looks as if nothing especially had happened though.





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[runner]

rei smiling, spoken to by john lurie
he had a light fight with yohji, so I guess he let her know that "we made up".


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[LadyJunon]

stella made to wait too long, with a pose struck
which made her giggle and snap on the runway (not seriously of course)
maybe she said to him something like go to the bathroom before the show starts.

the video is edited and looks as if nothing especially had happened though.


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I really need to start watching archival Valentino shows, they always look so good.

 

[Alquimista]

While we're on the topic of H&M designer collaborations, Versace x H&M felt like a "you had to be there" kind of moment in fashion history. It had everyone in a choke hold during 2012:

I remember watching a conspiracy theorist analysis of it. The good old days!

 

[Maayan]

Shalom Harlow's fall at Atelier Versace Haute Couture SS 1996 show. Luckily, she wasn't called a "b*tch", unlike poor Carolyn

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[Steddycam91]

From the 2001 film Serendipity :



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[GoldenPetals]

LOL I love Molly Shannon.

 

[Steddycam91]

All of the discourse around this cover when it came out...

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[Nimsay]

Whats the discourse.

 

[Steddycam91]

Whats the discourse.

Here's a link to the original thread. Then there's this article and another one. Franca then did an interview with The Cut and discussed the controversy surrounding it.

 

[Nimsay]

Here's a link to the original thread. Then there's this article and another one. Franca then did an interview with The Cut and discussed the controversy surrounding it.

Yeah. This is why europeans sound crazy when they talk about america…

Actually this is a great time to discuss how black americans literally shape fashion and get no credit. In fact we have franca sozzani of all the clowns getting a f*cking attitude about it. Where is giuseppe with the pasta stains ??? Why did you leave out your tasteless. What happened to italian pride. Where is maria in her polyester tracksuit and rats nest hair? Why did you forget their 1982 fiat punto with mismatched panels. What happened Franca?? Why is your italian tastelessness not good enough.

Lets not forget Givenchy by Riccardo was exclusively American Black coded. Not European Black not African Black. American Black. If it wasnt american black coded nobody would want it. I mean have you seen how poorly they imitate american blackness? French and English rap is an atrocity. like its so cringy going to london or paris and seeing people desperately trying to drip like an american from harlem but it doesnt happen ever.

yes this is racist. Yes you look bad because its dripping in passive aggression. I mean they put the MJ skirt from his african inspired stuff here. Clearly the elevator doesnt go all the way up. It normally doesnt for europeans regarding race …

 

[Lola701]

Yeah. This is why europeans sound crazy when they talk about america…

Actually this is a great time to discuss how black americans literally shape fashion and get no credit. In fact we have franca sozzani of all the clowns getting a f*cking attitude about it. Where is giuseppe with the pasta stains ??? Why did you leave out your tasteless. What happened to italian pride. Where is maria in her polyester tracksuit and rats nest hair? Why did you forget their 1982 fiat punto with mismatched panels. What happened Franca?? Why is your italian tastelessness not good enough.

Lets not forget Givenchy by Riccardo was exclusively American Black coded. Not European Black not African Black. American Black. If it wasnt american black coded nobody would want it. I mean have you seen how poorly they imitate american blackness? French and English rap is an atrocity. like its so cringy going to london or paris and seeing people desperately trying to drip like an american from harlem but it doesnt happen ever.

yes this is racist. Yes you look bad because its dripping in passive aggression. I mean they put the MJ skirt from his african inspired stuff here. Clearly the elevator doesnt go all the way up. It normally doesnt for europeans regarding race …

While I agree with a lot of what you say, you have to remember that everything that is coming from America, for Europeans is American and not necessarily coded as Black American with the understanding of the traumas and cultural layers.

Everything is a result of American Hegemony post WW2.

It’s also quite normal for Black French or UK who were born in a western environment where they are a minority to look up to their equivalent from biggest economy of the world.

There’s a black experience in Europe but the black identity in Europe is rooted in national African identities. Essentially black men and women in Europe have the same experience as US blacks but due to their personal identities (a Senegalese is very different from a Gabonese which is even more different from a black French Caribbean), even with colonization (the French colonization was very different from the UK one or the Portuguese one) they don’t live or experience their blackness the same.

And being black American has never been stigmatized in Europe. Which is not the case for Black Africans.

So while I think there’s a lot of ignorance and mimétisme from Europe, there’s either some ignorance or lack of interest too from the US part.

 

[MulletProof]

French and English rap is an atrocity.

you aren't wrong! random but I was at the gym the other day and they had Central Cee's Sprinter on and.. ... I started reflecting on how successful he seems but how that was also just destined to never truly succeed in the US lol. The man is bragging about an SUV!.. like yes, I'm sure pulling up in 'an SUV' in a nameless neighborhood in Britain is cool and all but it isn't rare at all in the US, you need to state WHICH one it is, like what is it, is it a lambo, a maybach? is it a freakin’ FIAT? how are you going to compete with American rappers and the very specific s*it they got from all their 'bricks' when that’s your game? just bye.

 

[Maayan]

Model Dana Patrick, who appeared in Meat Loaf's videos "I'do Anything for Love" and "I'd Lie For You" was approached with music deals when people in the music industry thought it was her singing. The actual artist featured in the songs was Lorraine Crosby, who had an extensive music career of her own. Dana was just lip-synching.
Dana Patrick walking for Christian Dior FW 1992 during her modelling years:

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[blueorchid]

Remembering the speculation about the third actress that was supposed to be on this cover. Rachel McAdams?


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[Cocteau Stone]

A more recent one, but still incredibly random with Kate Moss being the/a (still don't know what it is that she is/was doing in the end) Creative Director for Diet Coke. Make it make sense please and thank you...

 

[eugenius]

This has to be on youtube somewhere. But I remember watching a segment on a Givenchy HC show by Julien McDonald. I think it was "Fashion Television" with Jeanne Beker. The segment showed 2 ladies w/ these wacky hats on, abruptly leaving the show early. The host TRIED to get some commentary from them. One of them wasn't having any of it and kept walking, and the other boldly proclaimed "This is NOT haute couture." Burn.

 

[WinstonH20]

The controversy surrounding this April 2008 cover:

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