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...Galliano gave the house of Dior a rocking 60th anniversary salute with an over-the-top high drama collection that included 45 supermodels, each decked out as a vision of an artist who had somehow touched Christian Dior's life and spirit. Linda Evangelista in an evocative deep wine taffeta dress a la Caravaggio. Naomi Campbell inspired by Alma-Tadema. There was a pink confection that looked right out of a Fragonard, Amber Valetta in pale blue, a portrait of Renoir. Each dress more elaborate and evocative than the first. Galliano called it a Bal des Artistes, in keeping with...
...still working, fitting dresses on models. Saint Laurent and his aide-de-camp Loulou de La Falaise were yanking huge bolts of color-saturated Abraham silk down from the shelves and spinning out a fantasy scene of a hot summer day in New Orleans circa 1860, complete with big taffeta skirts and wide-brimmed hats. It was as if the fabric were speaking to him?and so vividly that even the model looked as if she might start to melt under the hot Southern...
...Yves Saint Laurent cotton canvas jacket and cotton-silk-taffeta blouse and skirt (212-980-2970 or ysl.com...
With inspiration from the Renaissance and rock 'n' roll, fall fashion runs the gamut, including high-neck taffeta dresses like the one opposite by Chanel (Bergdorf Goodman, 888-774-2424). Chanel brooch (Neiman Marcus, 888-888-4757) and Wolford Velvet de Luxe tights (Wolford, 800-965-3673). This page: Louis Vuitton Shetland-wool pocket top, fox-fur skirt, wool hat and Babouche pump louisvuitton.com) Model: Doutzen Kroes for L'Oréal Paris...
...Hitler's last acts was to get married. His acquiescent mistress Eva Braun (the dictator was in fact impotent) had yearned for years for the respectability of a wedding license, and now she was to achieve it. She wore a black taffeta afternoon dress with two gold clasps at the shoulders. A minor party official with the coincidentally appropriate name of Wagner (Hitler's favorite composer) was brought in from his militia post to perform the brief ceremony. As the law prescribed, both bride and groom swore that they were Aryans. Wagner signed the marriage certificate, glanced at his watch...