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21 of the most couture looking shots from the Spring 2015 shows
See the Couture Spring 2015 photos » If you use the word “couture” to describe high fashion, here’s a quick refresher: you’re using it wrong. One of the most commonly misused words in fashion, couture actually means something quite specific: a garment that is constructed by hand from start to finish, made with the finest […]
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The Schiaparelli revamp: Surrealism’s fashion renegade returns to her throne
Photography by George Konig/Keystone Features/Getty Images Even in today’s highly experimental fashion arena, it seems like a fantasy that a shoe-shaped hat could ever be considered high fashion. That, however, was the fantastical world of Elsa Schiaparelli. A true original, “Schiap” was a dominant fashion force in the ’30s and ’40s, and was hailed as a genius by her contemporaries (a 1934 Time article listed her as even more influential than rival Coco Chanel). Best known for pioneering a sense of playfulness and whimsy in fashion, the Italian-born designer captured the time’s Surrealist zeitgeist in collaborations with artists Salvador Dalí and Jean Cocteau.