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Vogue: Zara of 1950s fashion
Vogue readers today want to know where to buy the latest Dior or Lanvin, but a previous generation wanted to sew them. Before the Zara-era, the only way for most women to access haute couture was making it themselves. Reading an October 1951 British Vogue given by a cousin, I was struck by the detailed […]
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Back in high school, Anne-Laure was already passionate about the Silk Road. She dreamed of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and read anything related to Central Asia: from literature to cookbooks. I remember visiting together the Genghis Khan exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum in New York to admire the beautifully woven saddles that once covered Genghis Khan horses. […]
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Starbucks, China World, Beijing: A woman walked away from her latte, leaving a Louis Vuitton bag sitting on her chair. All eyes turned to the bag, which obviously cost a lot of money and was not a fake. Tension mounted until her daughter positioned herself to defend the bag. The action seemed so natural, like […]
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