A wonderful cape from the FW 2006//7 collection of Balenciaga [left], that has been inspired by an even more beautiful original design of Cristòbal Balenciaga from 1963. This cape...
Not only Mango has got inspired by the FW2012//13 Isabel Marant collection and this look [left], they have also decided to advertise it choosing the same model that was wearing it in the show [ ...
The expressive prints of Mary Katrantzou [left] are right now an inspiration for everyone... for sure for Zara [right], who has developed several garments of their SS//2012 collection based on them.
I really do like the designs Guillaume Henry usually creates for the French fashion label Carven. But whats the necessity to do an interpretation"/ knoc k-off of the classic and ext...
A photoshoot for Vogue UK by David Montgomery featuring a wonderful dress with a macro-flower print [left]... and an outfit from the FW 2012//13 collection of Marni [right].
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The movie North by Northwest" directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1959, starring a wonderful Cary Grant [left]... has been a strong inspiration for a Helmut Newton photoshoot for Vogue UK f...
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A long time before blogging was invented, German photographer F.C. Gundlach created this photo shoot on the street with model Judy Dent in 1962 [left]... and one of the typi...
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In this scene of American Gigolò" we see Lauren Hutton wearing a wonderful trenchcoat accessorized with a Bottega Veneta clutch [left]... This trenchcoat is the only garment ...
JOHN VS. RAF... some outfits of Christan Diors former designer John Galliano [all lefts] in comparison to looks of Jil Sanders former designer Raf Simons [all rights], who will replace John...
Monsieur Yves Saint Laurent wearing a cute little crochet vest in his home in Paris in 1970 [left]...and a sweater with the same circular crochet centerpiece" from Moschino Cheap and Chics collec...
Le déjeuner sur lherbe" was painted in 1963 by French impressionist Édouard Manet and is exposed at the Musée dOrsay in Paris [left]… while Pablo Picassos interpretation of this painting wa...
Seasons may change, designers and stylists may come and go, but the collections of Balmain [all lefts] and Isabel Marant [all rights] manage somehow and very often to look alike. Also it happens...
Dante Gabriel Rossettis painting Helen Of Troy" exhibited at the Hamburger Kunsthalle in Germany, featuring Rossettis maid and mistress Fanny Cornforth [left]... and the the SS//2012 styling of T...
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Margaretha Geertruida Zelle, better known under her stage name Mata Hari [left], was a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who had been accused to be a spy for Germany during World War I and therefore ...
Occasionally Balenciaga re-proposes in their contemporary collections, like for SS//2012 [right], this beautiful sculptured wedding gown headpiece from 1967 [left]. (function(d, s, id) { var js,...
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The D&G foulard collection for SS//2012 [above] has been a one of the major inspirations for H&M this summer [below]. (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.g...
A wonderful picture of Gianni Versace with his brother Santo and his sister Donatella [left]... and Lady Gaga [right]. (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getEleme...
One of the most iconic collections of Gianni Versace for FW1994//95 photographed by Richard Avedon and featuring dresses made from gold mesh material [above]... might have been a powerful inspiration...
The top model of the sixties Jean Shrimpton photographed in 1966 by Irving Penn [left]... and a picture taken by Richard Bush featuring Abbey Lee Kershaw in the september issue 2011 of iD magazine [r...
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The amazing look and artwork of Japanese Yayoi Kusama [left] might have been a strong inspiration for the Comme des Garçons collection for FW2012//13 [right]. (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.ge...
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