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Forward Decides To Go Backwards

A few weeks ago we introduced you to an amazing new online store from Revolve called Forward. Well Forward has decided to take it back to the good old days by offering some really cool vintage clothes from really cool vintage brands. Forward is hosting vintage gear from designers like YSL, Pucci, Burberry and Oscar de la Renta. Head over to Forward and check it out.

Fine Art vs Fashion Design

Artists and designers are quite analogous to one another. Fashion is art and, essentially, art is fashion. That mod-print dress hanging in your closet is no accident; it represents the art and culture of an entire era. Art has been one of this decade’s major fashion influences.

During the swinging 60s, people began viewing fine art in an entirely different light. Pop art and op art became extremely popular as artists like Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Bridget Riley entered the scene. Op art visual illusions created through geometric patterns were turned into fabrics, which eventually were used to make clothing. Cartoon characters and glorified everyday objects made trendy through pop art influenced design on black dresses. Dutch painter Piet Mondrian inspired the most famous dress of this time. Yves St. Laurent designed the “Mondrian dress” in 1965, which was widely copied.

So, next time you throw on an outfit, check out the pattern or print that you’re wearing. Odds are you’re wearing something that once hung on a gallery wall.

Fashion Quotables: Stefano Pilati on Why He’s Such a Prude

“I never touch the idea of sex. Sex one of the most complicated things; it’s too subjective. And if you have subjectivity, you have to balance it out - with you skills, your knowledge, the values of your brand. Sex for me is personal.“  Stefano Pilati designer for Yves Saint Laurent on why he’ll never be as sex crazed as Tom Ford.

Fashion Quotable: Stefano Pilati

Yves Saint Laurent designer Stefano Pilati’s fashion philosophy:

“For me, the main factor is the seduction factor. I want to look at a woman and feel seduced. I never touch the idea of sex. Sex [is] one of the most complicated things; it’s too subjective … Sex for me is personal.”

Thanks NY Mag via British Vogue

Julia Restoin-Roitfeld in Rock & Republic

Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, daughter of the editor of French Vogue Carine Roitfeld, attended the Rock & Republic Party in Paris  wearing a sexy one-shouldered Rock & Republic Spring 2009 mini dress with ruffled detailing on the shoulder. To complete the look, she accessorized the outfit with a bow headband and YSL Tribute heels.

Thanks Fabulousness

Obama. Fashion Icon. Palin. Fashion Reject.

Obamamania has hit the runway, both Jean Charles de Cashelbajac (left) and Sonia Rykel have incorporated their own public endorsement of the future President of the United States into their collections and have given the icon another notch in his fashion belt. (Now if we can only get Michelle out of her H&M dresses).

On a sidenote, Fox News is trying to convince people that that Palin chick is also inspiring runway collections. They are saying that her “signature beehive” is hitting the runways of YSL.  Reality check Murdock, the woman can barely inspire a bowel movement let alone a hair style from the house of the late, great Mr.Laurent. He’s probably turning in his grave as we speak.  

Just to clarify. Here’s what Palin’s shit hive looks like…

And this is what was on the Spring 2009 runway of YSL.

Any questions?

Thanks to Style.com for the awesome picts