Part of: Tumblr Takeover: Back to the Couture
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Day 8: Back to the Couture
published on 13 July 2014
Alexander Fury continues to explore the craft, construction and hidden details of couture on the SHOWstudio Tumblr. Explore the final day of his takeover, which culminates in a peek at the journalist's reference library.
Alexander Fury continues to explore the craft, construction and hidden details of couture on the SHOWstudio Tumblr. Explore the final day of his takeover, which culminates in a peek at the journalist's reference library.
Stockman haute couture bustes
The interior bodice of “Elisabeth”, a dress from Christian Dior’s autumn/winter 1954 collection.
A winter 2010 Dior haute couture gown, alongside Valentino, Chanel and Givenchy, in storage before a Grace Coddington shoot for October 2010 American Vogue
Label of Jean Desses haute couture dress circa 1956
Embroidery on the 1956 Jean Desses haute couture dress
Embroidered masks at Maison Martin Margiela Artisanal, spring/summer 2014
Backstage at autumn/winter 2014 Atelier Versace
Light blue crepe dress with navy stockings, from Christian Dior’s third haute couture collection, spring/summer 1948, in the Dior salons on Avenue Montaigne.
John Galliano’s “Work in Progress” haute couture for the winter 2005 Dior collection, celebrating the centenary of Dior’s birth and the work of the Dior ateliers
John Galliano for Givenchy haute couture, autumn/winter 1996. Just because. Photography by Paolo Roversi.
Hidden fastenings in a couture gown by Marc Bohan for Christian Dior
Christian Dior haute couture toile, autumn/winter 2008
In the atelier before Raf Simons’ Dior debut, July 2012
The ateliers of Givenchy, from a few years ago.
Autumn/winter 2013 by Maison Martin Margiela Artisanal
Label on a Balenciaga haute couture gown, circa 1963. Via WilliamVintage.
Not very couture, but… As I’ve been asked about them a lot, here are my reference books beside where I write. I also now realise it needs to be cleaned. In my defence, generally there is a fortress of boxes there gathering dust to protect the books from my marauding rabbit. I hope you can actually read the titles. The specific ones I love and forgot to mention are Chic Savages and Sultans of Style.
Not very couture, but… As I’ve been asked about them a lot, here are my reference books beside where I write. I also now realise it needs to be cleaned. In my defence, generally there is a fortress of boxes there gathering dust to protect the books from my marauding rabbit. I hope you can actually read the titles. The specific ones I love and forgot to mention are Chic Savages and Sultans of Style.
Not very couture, but… As I’ve been asked about them a lot, here are my reference books beside where I write. I also now realise it needs to be cleaned. In my defence, generally there is a fortress of boxes there gathering dust to protect the books from my marauding rabbit. I hope you can actually read the titles. The specific ones I love and forgot to mention are Chic Savages and Sultans of Style.
The flou atelier, working on spring 2012 Christian Dior haute couture
Against the clock in the Schiaparelli atelier at Place Vendôme, spring/summer 2014 haute couture collection
C'est fini.
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