Here’s the latest from Gucci…. same thrift shop mix of 70s and 80s garments from yesteryears! I don’t really have a favorite from this collection, but I do appreciate the homage to “Jessica McClintock 80’s prom gowns”. photos: Vogue
Read More »Attico- Fall 2019
Beautiful retro collection by Attico this season! It was a mash up of the late 1970s and 1980s… very Studio 54! Mafia wives rejoice! Attico’s got what you need! photos: Vogue
Read More »Gucci- Spring 2018- Cartoon Glamour
Gucci gave all kinds of 1970s glamour that can only be thought up after smoking cloves laced with cocaine and inhaling fumes of Aqua-Net on the regular. There was ice-skating glamour, tawdry lingerie disguised as dresses, and BUGS BUNNY and SNOW WHITE! They stole the show! Why wouldn’t anyone NOT …
Read More »Gucci – Fall 2017- An Eccentric World of Its Own
Designer Alessandro Michele has no doubt breathed life into the House of Gucci, but has also managed to create a world within a snow globe of a 1970’s disco dolly with a fondness for sequins and ruffles, as well as an array of garish colors. In other words, this is …
Read More »Saint Laurent – Fall 2016- Disco Dolly
Disco hookers and Coke-sniffing 70’s socialites are rejoicing today because they finally have something to wear to their neighbor’s daytime pool party. I mean, they never would go in the pool… just sit by it. in the shade. away from the water. so they don’t get wet. or tanned. Any who, …
Read More »Gucci- Fall 2016- Original 70’s…
Designer Alessandro Michele has really revived the House of Gucci and with his second show, Michele has not only revived it, but also moved along full speed and has caught up with Italian fashion. Right now, I feel Italian fashion is slowly pushing ahead of the French. Don’t get me …
Read More »Gucci- Spring 2016- Back in the Saddle!
Designer Alessandro Michele gave a well-needed makeover at Gucci and it was perfect. To me, Gucci was getting a little boring and conservative. So, this collection was the right balance of country equestrian with 1970’s kitchy wallpaper and drapes. It was extraordinary! I especially liked the troupe l’oeil dresses, …
Read More »Chanel- Spring 2013- Boxy Boxy
First off- I have to say this season wasn’t great for me, but I do LOVE LOVE LOVE the Lego Chanel Clutches above. That’s definitely a masterpiece and something I want to strive to add to my collection. Karl must’ve had a juvenile moment in his office when he came …
Read More »Marc Jacobs- Resort 2012- 1970’s meets Technicolor
All this collection needs is a big ass bonnet and you can totally call this ‘Holly Hobby: The Angsty Teenage Years’. Seriously, it looks like the seventies Goodwill came back to life. What am I saying?? Goodwill today pretty much looks the same as back in the seventies. This is …
Read More »Rochas- Resort 2012- Macaroons + Mental Hospital
If your idea of a resort is a 1970’s mental hospital dipped in pastel macaroon shades then Rochas is for you! Seriously, I sort of love the colors, especially that beautiful green in the second photo. It’s like this one polyester suit I picked up around Easter from Sal’s Boutique …
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