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Recycling Napoleonic Dresses
Worn out jet stones from Napoleonic dresses are now coming back to life as necklaces or earrings thanks to Catherine Saccard, a jewelry designer based in Lyon. Long passionate about decorative arts and brocantes, Catherine’s Madame des Feuillants line recycles the intricate detailing from 19th century dresses that was sewn along the hems or the [...]
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My friend Joanne Ooi, former Shanghai Tang creative director, gave a passionate talk about creativity in the Internet-era at TEDx Pearl River this weekend. Among the many points she raised was one that had particular resonance to me about creativity. Thanks to the Internet, creative people have access to so many ideas that they tend [...]
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Tags: Joanne Ooi, TEDx, TEDx Pearl River
Bring Back the Dickie Collar
As the break-neck speed of fashion continues to accelerate, I advocate a revival of the dickie collar. A Victorian solution to give an otherwise plain outfit an elegant touch, this lace collar was worn by women around their neck, with the loose end tucked in the shirt. Photographed in Ireland, this collar was essentially an [...]
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Tags: Dickey, Dickie collar, Lace, Victorian, Vintage
From the streets of Tokyo, you can see Japanese have a great eye for mixing and matching improbable old and new items of clothing. Take, for example, the shop assistant above, whom I photographed at the vintage shop Haight & Ashbury. Oyo mixes an ornate 1950s hat, Charleston pearls and a modern marinière-style t-shirt. The [...]
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Tags: "Japan Vintage", "Tokyo Vintage", Japan, Shimokitazawa, Tokyo
A Thai-based collector of Southeast Asian textiles, my friend Rupert dresses everyday in vintage American shirts. Cowboy in style – complete with “pearl snaps”, his shirts were all “Made in USA” during the 1950s to 1970s and purchased in Thailand. How do vintage shirts arrive in Thailand? Rupert explains: The clothes are sent in huge [...]
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The ivy-covered walls of Berkeley Forest, an elegant Georgian home amid fields of sheep in Ireland’s County Wexford, seems an unlikely place to find a private collection of historic textiles and fashion to rival Paris or London. For decades, Countess Ann Bernstorff has gathered period clothes and fabric from her own family’s trunks, auctions and [...]
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Tags: Ann Bernstorff, Berkeley Forest, Ireland, Irish textiles, textiles
Rise And Fall Of The Qi Pao
In their evolution from generous gowns in the Imperial Manchu Court to form-fitting dresses of the 1930s, the Qi Pao is probably China’s most iconic piece of clothing. The full historic range is currently on display at the Hong Kong Museum of History in “Evergreen Classic: Transformation of the Qi Pao” (see poster above). Despite [...]
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Tags: Qi Pao, qipao
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