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Lisa Perry's 12 favorite things (Boomer Girl stories)

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Fashion designer Lisa Perry may have been voted "Best Dressed" back in the late 1970s at suburban Chicago's Deerfield High (wearing purple bellbottoms with suspenders in the yearbook picture), but she didn't find her own style until she walked into the Andre Courreges store in Paris 10 years ago.

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Fashion Scoops: French Touch... Ace of Space... Fashion Action... (Women's Wear Daily)

Tue, 27 May 2008 04:02:09 GMT

Fashion Scoops: French Touch... Ace of Space... Fashion Action...FRENCH TOUCH: Word has it the Paris fashion mecca known as Colette, which feted its 10th anniversary last year, is in store for a summer facelift. But fans fearing withdrawal symptoms need not worry. According to a source, the store's entire contents will be uploaded to its Web site during the renovation period.ACE OF SPACE: André...

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1960's Fashion & Stars (Gatochy's Blog)

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:41:00 GMT

... For the summer of 1965 Deneuve wears Space Age white boots in PVC or leather, made fashionable by André Courrèges, were often teamed with mini-skirts." Click image for 996 x 1158 size. "French film star Catherine Deneuve, here seen with her husband, British fashion photographer David Bailey, wears a 1966 white trapeze line coat." Click image for 763 x 1120 size.

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Friday Shoe History Corner: 1960’s Shoes in the Costume Institute (Shoe Blog)

Sat, 29 Dec 2007 01:18:22 GMT

... Age aesthetic of the 1960s, also apparent in garments designed by Rudi Gernreich (1922–1985) and André Courrèges (born 1923). Pierre Cardin Boot - This reminds me of a record attached to the loafer. Date: Autumn/winter 1967 Designed by: Pierre Cardin (French, born 1922) Description: In the 1960s, shoe designers began to experiment with new materials, especially synthetics and plastics....

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V&A Museum of Childhood: A apace odyssey (The Independent)

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:01 GMT

... Pastilli Chair. Fashion found inspiration in the era, too, from the ultra-modern designs of André Courrèges to a futuristic gold minidress designed by Leonard Joseph in New York in 1965.The lead curator for the Space Age exhibition, Esther Lutman, trawled through the museum's collection for childhood objects influenced by space. Among the gems the toy expert discovered were around...

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Exhibition portrays five decades of beauty in Vogue Italia (The Independent)

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 00:00:01 GMT

... the changing face of fashion across the years. In the late 1960s, its pages were dominated by André Courrèges's " space age" look and Mary Quant's mini-skirts. Many of the models from this era had aristocratic connections, including Princess Luciana Pignatelli, Marisa Berenson, whose mother was born Countess Maria Luisa Yvonne Radha de Wendt de Kerlor, better known as Gogo Schiaparelli,...

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Claude Pompidou Dies (Women's Wear Daily)

Tue, 03 Jul 2007 18:11:08 GMT

... fashion statements in the Sixties, wearing trouser suits and adopting avant-garde designers like André Courrèges and Pierre Cardin. She also was a major proponent of modern art, championing the construction of the museum in Paris that bears her surname.Services are set for Friday at the Eglise Saint-Louis en l'Ile.

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