60's BROCADE TOP

Brocade is a precious fabric worked with a jacquard weave, characterized by interwoven patterns in relief, often in gold and silver. The manufacture of brocade began in China around 400 A.C. Dating back to the Middle Ages, brocade fabric was one of the few luxury fabrics worn by nobility throughout China, India, Persia, Greece, Japan, Korea and Byzantium. Brocades were also an important fabric during the Renaissance, and especially the Italian Renaissance.The complexity and high quality of luxurious silk fabrics caused Italy to become the most important and superior manufacturer of the finest silk fabrics for all of Europe. The almost sculptural lines of the fashions during the Renaissance were paired perfectly with the exquisite beauty and elegance of brocade, damask, and other superior silk textiles.

Il Broccato è una preziosa stoffa lavorata con tessitura a jacquard, caratterizzata da disegni intessuti a rilievo, spesso in oro e argento. La produzione di Broccato inizia in Cina intorno al 400 d.C. Risalente al Medioevo, il tessuto in broccato era uno dei pochi tessuti di lusso indossati dalla nobiltà in Cina, India, Persia, Grecia, Giappone, Corea e Bisanzio. I broccati erano anche un tessuto importante durante il Rinascimento, e specialmente il Rinascimento italiano. La complessità e l'alta qualità dei lussuosi tessuti di seta fecero sì che l'Italia diventasse il più importante e superiore produttore dei migliori tessuti di seta per tutta l'Europa. Le linee quasi scultoree delle mode durante il Rinascimento erano perfettamente abbinate alla bellezza e all'eleganza raffinate di broccato, damasco e altri tessuti di seta di qualità superiore.



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Early 60's Silver Brocade Top

David Bailey for Vogue UK, 1968.

Jane Shrimpton 1966

1963 Harper's Bazaar

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1968

1960 Carven

1968 Jean-Louis Scherrer

Audrey Hepburn

Veruschka, 1967

1968

Grace Kelly and Ranieri di Monaco

1968 Pierre Balmain

Twiggy by Bert Stern, 1967

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LONGCHAMP REMINDS ME OF YVES SAINT LAURENT

Is Sophie Delafontaine, the Coach 1941's creative director, was inspired by Yves Saint Laurent for this suede Safari dress? It reminds me of safari dress wore by Veruschka and by Betty Catroux in 1968. Yves Saint Laurent first introduced the safari jacket in his 1967 runway shows. He was inspired by both the uniforms worn by the Afrika Korps and, more broadly, the outfits worn by Occidental men in Africa. As early as 1969, the safari jacket was also available in a ready-to-wear version at the Saint Laurent rive gauche boutique.It was a big success, source of inspiration until today.

Coach 1984 S/S 2019 Collection   -   Yves Saint Laurent and Betty Catroux at the opening of his Rive Gauche store on Bond Street, London, Sept1969

Veruschka in Yves Saint Laurent safari, 1968 by Franco Rubartelli

Betty Catroux, Yves Saint Laurent and Loulou de la Falaise

Yves Saint Laurent  Safari Suit S/S1968

IT'S NOT JUST A SHIRT

Pearl gray, organza, lace and ruffles, what else is for a woman to even soften between crochet and lace, in a long heartbeat, in a tender trepidation. There is no detail that escapes even impalpable evanescence of fashion as a state of wonder, thoughtful narration of spiritual complacency. It's not just a shirt.

Grigio perla, organza, merletto e rouches, cos'altro serve a una donna per intenerirsi ancora tra trine e merletti, in un lungo palpito, in una tenera trepidazione. Non c'è particolare che sfugga pur nell'evanescenza impalpabile della moda come stato di meraviglia, di narrazione assorta, di compiacenza spirituale. Non è solo una camicia.




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70's Organza shirt with collar and cuffs with frills
Camicia in organza anni '70 con colletto e polsi con rouches

Roberto Capucci

Catherine Deneuve e Yves Saint Laurent

photo:Arthur Elgort 1970

Veruschka 1968

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