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Eye On Design: Silk Macrame Dress By Gabriela Hearst for Chloé

silk macrame chloe maxi dress photo by gail worley
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Chloé’s recent creative directors have been Natasha Ramsey and Gabriela Hearst (20202023). Both women reflect on the cycles of fashion, returning to past styles in ways that explore the richness of the brand’s heritage, as well as the ethics of reuse.

Hearst has renewed Chloé’s bohemian seventies spirit, bringing back maxi dresses, ponchos, and earthy colors, and reviving the environmentalist ethos of that decade.
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Bacon Thing of The Day: Fou Lard Silk Bacon Scarf!

Fou Lard Bacon Scarf
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You know what I just learned? In French, the word Foulard means Silk, but if you divide the word by syllables, you get Fou (Crazy) and Lard (Fat). That is just endless fun, when you consider this is the name of the scarf that looks like a strip of raw Bacon, designed by Swiss artist Natali Luder. This awesome, 100% Silk Crepe De Chine scarf sells for 160 CHF (Swiss Francs) plus shipping (or about $180 Dollars), at This Link.