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#KpopFediChallenge2025

-- Prettiest fashion mag moment

Ningning looked so beautiful in this vintage Dior dress designed by Yves Saint Laurent which she wore for a Vogue China event.

For his 1959 Autumn Winter collection at Dior, YSL gave this piece the provocative title of....

https://www.instagram.com/p/DQM1B6RiUxi/?img_index=7

#Kpop #KpopStyling #Fashion #FashionHistory #Dior #YvesSaintLaurent #Vogue #Labia #HistoryOfDress

Google is not all bad. They sent me this page showing a bias cut dress from the thirties/forties.

https://g.co/arts/8rrUK26tnXRAhJhX9

#FashionHistory #HistoryOfDress #BiasCut #IndianapolisMuseumOfArtAtNewfields

I know that left thinking people are supposed to deplore Christian Dior's post Second World War "New Look" as reactionary...but I love it!

#FashionHistory #NewLook #ChrstianDior #HistoryOfDress #TwentiethCenturyFashion #FrenchFashion

I love paisley.

https://forums.vintagefashionguild.org/threads/a-pattern-through-time-from-persia-to-paisley-%E2%80%A2-the-vfg-fashion-parade-for-the-week-of-january-27-2025.84281/?_gl=1*ik0wq3*_ga*MTU1MDI1NTg2My4xNzQxNjM3NTkx*_ga_9S6T56LKQ5*MTc0MTYzNzU5MS4xLjEuMTc0MTYzNzYyOS4wLjAuMA..

#Paisley #Pattern #Fabric #Fashion #HistoryOfDress #VintageFashion

One of the great creators of the interwar years. She's a familiar name to fashion historians, but she deserves to be more widely remembered.

#MadeleineVionnet #FashionHistory #HistoryOfDress #Couture

https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/madeleine-vionnet-an-introduction?srsltid=AfmBOopNw-itesBwomVCwsiwmQe6dTw-jFewR0-SP-jeQVZqzGewiz4y

It's only recently that I've learnt that the Mao suit was first developed by Sun Yat-sen.

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20151007-from-red-guards-to-bond-villains-why-the-mao-suit-endures

#ZhongshanSuit #MaoSuit #HistoryOfDress #FashionHistory #ChineseHistory #China #MaoZedong #MensApparel #SunYatsen

I read this account of the rise and fall of Victoria's Secret over the weekend. If you're looking for a cultural studies text on this once iconic lingerie business, this book is not for you. The authors are fashion business journalists and "Selling Sexy" is a well sourced rag trade business history. I enjoyed learning more about the rise of specialty retail in the USA, outsourcing to Asia, and similar apparel industry topics, but others might find this material dry.

Yet the very nature of the business requires the authors to discuss marketing and image, which they do with a good grasp of race, ethnicity, and physique in the development of the various Victoria's Secret fantasy worlds. The narrative also describes, without pretending to explain completely, the still mysterious spell that Jeffrey Epstein cast over VS boss Leslie Wexner. In the final chapters of the book, the authors give a good account of how Victoria's Secret failed to adapt to the new age of #MeToo, the shaming of fatshamers, and Instagram influencers.

Although the book is not supposed to be a coffee table volume, I was disappointed by the paucity and limited range of illustrations, as a larger selection would have more clearly shown the changes in VS marketing over the years.

A rewarding read overall that made me think more about the pressures and desires women face when choosing, combining, or rejecting the pretty, the sexy, and the comfy.

Selling Sexy

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250850966/sellingsexy/

#VictoriasSecret #BusinessHistory #HistoryOfDress #FashionHistory #Lingerie #LeslieWexner #Books

I would love to visit Uruguay.

Looking at the romper style swimsuit with its lowcut back, I would guess that this poster is from the early to mid thirties.

I would welcome any information about this poster.

#Uruguay #Poster #TravelPoster #HistoryOfDress #Swimsuit #Fashion #1930s #Thirties

I recently posted about my hatred for cargo pants.

I don't resile from that judgement, but some posts from @pixelcats expressive of her generosity of spirit reminded me that I need to take care not to be a curmudgeon:

>>[email protected]
Pixelcats⁷
@pixelcats

@tikistitch @celli @croptopjin @brie @purplecoww @asya I remember reading a toot very early on when I first joined Mastodon that said something about the joy of reading overly excited posts about weird niche topics and the people who love them.

And for me that really holds really true. I LOVE hearing about that weird thing you're interested in. Tell me why it's great, tell me how you found it, tell me why it makes you happy. I want to hear all the things.<<

>>[email protected]
Pixelcats⁷ @pixelcats

@tikistitch @celli @croptopjin @brie @purplecoww @asya It might not be my thing to be excited about, but I'll learn something about it or you and I'll feel a little bit of your joy.

And in a world where there is so much to be negative about right now, I say yay for more weird, unhinged joy. 💜,<<

So, in keeping with that more affirmative mode, I put it to you that the Chelsea boot is a thing of beauty and a joy for ever:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_boot

#Shoes #ChelseaBoot #HistoryOfDress #Footwear #Fashion

I loathe cargo pants.

A brief history of cargo pants, the military’s greatest fashion contribution

https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2020/09/12/a-brief-history-of-cargo-pants-the-militarys-greatest-fashion-contribution/

#CargoPants #HistoryOfDress #Costume #Fashion #MilitaryUniform