Veruschka for Balenciaga - 1966

The style of Cristóbal Balenciaga was a mixture of minimalism, simplicity and drama in powerful colors and dynamic shapes.
His elegant and feminine design was different from other designer by using materials like silk, wool and mohair.

If we take a look back at Balenciaga we could see architectural creations like ballooning shapes shown by the black evening dress from 1966 with model Veruschka....

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1966: Evening dress of silk#model:Veruschka #design: Cristóbal Balenciaga

1967: puristic style # dress of Cristóbal Balenciaga




1967:Veruschka wore an organza bolero and bloomers of Balenciaga# photo by
Irving Penn for Vogue

Isabella Rossellini and her 80s style

Isabella Rossellini was destined to be a star.
Her mother was the famous Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman and her father was the Italian director Roberto Rossellini.
First she has started her career as an actress in Hollywood in movies like "Blue Velvet" with Dennis Hopper.

Later she has begun her lucrative modeling career as she was 28 years old.
In the late 1980s the famous photographer Helmut Newton who was often criticized because of his voyeuristic and legitimately erotic fashion and society pictures has made an unforgettable pic of the couple Isabella Rossellini and David Lynch...

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March 1982: Isabella Rossellini for American Vogue
Bag: Fendi

1986: David Lynch and Isabella Rossellini by Helmut Newton / Los Angeles
 

1987: Isabella for Harper´s Bazaar / USA

Vintage fashion by Louise Dahl-Wolfe

Louise Dahl-Wolfe has studied art and design in San Francisco before focusing on photography.
She has created some of the most iconic fashion images for Harper´s Bazaar from 1936 to 1958 by working closely with the talented fashion editor Diana Vreeland of Harper´s Bazaar in order to show the new concept of sportswear fashion....

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May 1943: Lauren Bacall for Harper´s Bazaar by presenting the new sportswear

1950: Cover of Harper´s Bazaar # Diana Vreeland and Louise Dahl-Wolfe

Paris 1950: Dress of Dior # photo: Louise Dahl-Wolfe

1953: Coat of Balenciaga # photo: Louise Dahl-Wolfe

The luxury fashion of YSL 1971

The haute couture collection of Yves Saint Laurent from spring 1971 has shown the vintage styles of the 1940s era by presenting feminine dresses in combination with high sandals and fake fur jackets.
The designer was inspired of the second World War in order to present feminine details to glamorise the occupation of France in the past...

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