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...from these humble beginnings came her design label Graey. Using couture techniques to make high-end T-shirts, her designs revolve around cleverly placed cut-outs into which a soft lace embroidery of thick-gauge is sown, creating a look that is not only marketable and sophisticated in its sexiness, but also unique in the larger scope of designer tees...
...Louis Vuitton, was lined with giant pulp-romance-novel covers featuring lurid titles like Taipei After Dark and louche images of pinup girls in trashy lingerie. When 12 curvy models strutted onto the runway dressed in opaque white nurses' coats and prim white hats, their mouths covered with black-lace face masks, the audience might have imagined it was witnessing a 3-D rendition of artist Richard Prince's famous nurse-paintings series. And indeed, the real point of the evening was to create a setting for the multicolored handbags done up in silk-screened LV logos created by Prince...
...odds with what is now called fashion intelligence, which means tracking trends, being In, going out. So what does Harlech do? She reads, she thinks, and ever since she joined England's Harpers & Queen as a junior fashion editor post-Oxford, she's had a marvelous way with old lace. That wouldn't lead to a position of influence for most people, but then, most people do not have Harlech's ability to weave romance through clothes. John Galliano was entranced for a dozen years and then Lagerfeld, who hired her away 11 years ago. At Lagerfeld's side during...
...were designing on another planet. Her coping mechanism: "I took out my fashion frustration in bridal." She whipped up couture-worthy collections every season, one time concentrating on bustiers, everything from crumb catchers à la old Dior to Vivienne Westwood--inspired corsetry; the next time exploring every variation of lace. And she created her signature look: elegant, Charles James--style structuring, often adorned with a subtle flourish?a bow made to look like origami or a small cloud of organza...
...powerful Queen, Blanchett dons a succession of costumes: a lavishly embellished yellow dress on her throne, an extraordinary ivory confection with a colossal skirt, and a pale blue frock with an embroidered bolero to entertain in private. Byrne also has a way with beautiful ruffs, those starched and pleated lace collars. Might they resonate in the real world? "I wouldn't be surprised if there was a trend for ruffs or ruffly necks after this film," ventures Byrne. Says Powell: "Tudor style probably won't catch on at the High Street level, but elements are always used, even...