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In 1963, Gaby Aghion (House of Chloe) hired the young, then-unknown Karl Lagerfeld to join her team of stylists. Together they established Chloe’s unique position between haute couture and the everyday accessibility of ready-to-wear, a niche that she called “pret-a-porter de luxe.”
Continue reading Eye On Design: ABC Dress By Karl Lagerfeld for Chloé
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Paco Rabanne presented his first fashion collection in 1966. It was entitled 12 Dresses in Unwearable Materials and included garments made from links of plastic fastened with metal hoops. Rabanne had proven that fabric, needle and thread were not altogether necessary to clothing design, and he quickly gained fame for his defiance of tradition.
Ready-to-wear Dress Circa 1966: Silver and Black Plastic Discs, Metal Hoops. Photographed in the Museum at FIT in Manhattan.
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French fashion journalist and designer Michèle Rosier (1930-2017), the daughter of Elle Magazine editor Hélène Gordon-Lazareff, ran her own popular ready-to-wear label, V de V was short for Vêtements de Vacance or Vacation Clothes. Continue reading Eye On Design: Ready-to-Wear Ski Jacket Circa 1966 By Michèle Rosier