HISTORIAN SEES FASHION AS GRADUAL, INTELLIGENT FIVE STAR LIFT Edition
Consider [Richard] Martin's view of Italian design sensation Miuccia Prada, whose A-line dresses and boxy coats look like they were pilfered from '60s sitcoms "That Girl" or "Bewitched." "I can't stand Prada (designs)," Martin declared during his recent &...
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| Published in | St. Louis post-dispatch |
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| Format | Newspaper Article |
| Language | English |
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St. Louis, Mo
Pulitzer, Inc
25.09.1997
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| Online Access | Get full text |
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| Summary: | Consider [Richard] Martin's view of Italian design sensation Miuccia Prada, whose A-line dresses and boxy coats look like they were pilfered from '60s sitcoms "That Girl" or "Bewitched." "I can't stand Prada (designs)," Martin declared during his recent "Linking Fashion: Past to Future" symposium hosted by Atlanta's chapter of the Fashion Group International. "It's too severe, too ... derivative for me." In "Haute Couture," one of several dozen books that he's written, Martin focuses lovingly on one-of-a-kind gowns designed by the likes of Christian Lacroix and Yves St. Laurent. In his "Linking Fashion: Past to Future" presentation, however, Martin lavished praise on mass marketer Ralph Lauren. |
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| ISSN: | 1930-9600 |