In 1965, Edie Sedgwick became the face of Andy Warhol’s Silver Factory. Her "panda eyes" were an approach away from soft, natural gradients. It was a choice that shifted the visual identity of the 1960s Youthquake.
#FashionHistory #EdieSedgwick #TheFactory #1960sStyle #Youthquake #VintageBeauty
Worth Keeping is a new series about the pieces we keep and the stories behind them.
For our first conversation, @Gabis_Vintage and @TaipeiQueen will share garments from their own collections and explore why some pieces stay with us long after others are gone.
Register through the link in bio.
A striking example of 1930s eveningwear. A reminder that some of the most effective evening dresses speak through cut alone.
Available at FashionConservatory.com, where you’ll discover a world of rare and remarkable vintage.
#1930sDress #OldHollywoodGlamour #FashionConservatory #vintagedress
Anyone who’s been loved by a dog knows this to be true. Dogs sit with us through our best days, our worst days, and all the ordinary moments in between. The hair is just a little love left behind.
#ElayneBoosler #FashionQuotes #PersonalStyle #Fridaisthebestdogever
One of the best primary sources we have for Paris couture in the 1910s is Gazette du Bon Ton.
Each issue is filled with vivid print in full color, documenting leading Paris couture houses of the moment.
#FashionConservatory #GazetteduBonTon #fashionHistory #1910sFashion #FashionIllustration
Franco Rubartelli was self-taught, not studio-trained.
In the 60s, he took his wife, Françoise, to the beach and made photographs.
He sent the images to Diana Vreeland, she replied: “Beautiful photos, beautiful model,”
#FrancoRubartelli #FashionPhotography #Vogue #DianaVreeland #1960sfashion
Happy Birthday, Vivienne Westwood!
She believed that conviction without evolution is meaningless. Changing your mind is evidence of thinking, learning, and refusing to calcify.
#VivienneWestwood #HappyBirthday #PunkLegend
Elizabeth Keckley built a high-end atelier in D.C. that catered to the capital's most influential women.
She was one of the few Black women of the 19th century to document her own life.
#FashionConservatory #historicalfashion #elizabethkeckley #marytoddlincoln #fashionhistory #blackhistory
Before photography became the standard, the pages of Vogue relied on the art of Carl Erickson. He prioritized the energy of models to ensure every illustration felt alive.
#FashionConservatory #VintageVogue #FashionIllustration #CarlErickson #FashionHistory #fashioneducation #stylethroughhistory
This 1960s Mr. Mort dress captures a playful side of American ready-to-wear. The style is distinctly youthful, yet polished. A strong example of the kind of fashion that made mid-century ready-to-wear so compelling: expressive, accessible, and tied to the tastes of its moment.
#1960sDress #MrMort
Christine Jorgensen spoke publicly about her transition in the early 1950s, living openly at great personal cost in a world that offered little understanding. Visibility, then as now, is about being seen as who you are, and insisting on that truth.
#ChristineJorgensen #TransRights #HumanRights
In 1967, all the major New York agencies told Naomi Sims her dark complexion was "unmarketable". She then called photographer Gösta Peterson and forged her own path.
#FashionConservatory #NaomiSims #BlackFashionHistory #VintageBlackGlamour #1960sFashion #SupermodelHistory #fashionicons
Long after Gloria Swanson's silent film career, she brought her style and influence into the fashion world. In 1951, she launched the "Forever Young" line with Puritan Dress, catering to petite & mature.
#FashionConservatory #GloriaSwanson #ForeverYoung #VintageFashion #FashionHistory #1950sStyle
Happy Birthday to a true cultural visionary. Spike Lee celebrates another year today, March 20th, and we are looking back at how he uses fashion as a form of activism.
#FashionConservatory #SpikeLee #RedCarpetStyle #BlackFashionHistory #styleicon #fashionhistory
Happy Birthday Alexander McQueen.
McQueen understood clothing as psychological architecture. Fashion should liberate the wearer from expectation, from conformity, from the body as a limitation. When it constrains, polices, or disciplines, it has failed its most basic purpose.
#AlexanderMcQueen
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Before fast fashion, there was resourcefulness. During the Depression and WWII, everyday families turned simple feed sacks into beautiful dresses, quilts, and home goods.
#FashionConservatory #VintageTextiles #SustainableFashion #fashionhistory #historicalfashion #americanfashionhistory
"The Great Male Renunciation" was the dramatic late 18th-century shift when men largely traded elaborate finery for the sober, tailored suit.
#FashionConservatory #MensFashionHistory #MenswearEvolution #MenswearMyths #MenswearRevolution #menswearhistory #historicalfashion #menswearculture
Finding beauty means paying attention and choosing to look, even when everything feels heavy. It requires focus and intention to see past the noise, and notice what’s still there. Seeking beauty is work worth doing, because noticing the beauty in the world, the good, is how we endure.
Diana Vreeland dismantled the idea that beauty equals attraction. She believed attraction was constructed through confidence, point of view, curiosity, and nerve.
#DianaVreeland #TasteMaker #FashionIcon
Explore André Courrèges 1960s futuristic vision. Courrèges viewed clothing as architecture for the body. He took the skills he learned at Balenciaga and used vinyl and double-knit jersey to build the Space Age.
#FashionConservatory #AndreCourreges #1960sStyle #FashionHistory #1960sfashion
In the past, a well-made dress was often an investment meant to last for years. Mending, tailoring, and updating silhouettes allowed a single garment to serve multiple seasons of life.
#FashionConservatory #NationalDressDay #VintageSewing #SlowFashionstyle #slowfashion #SustainableFashion
Iris Apfel embraced individuality, intelligence, and age through bold self expression. A lifelong creative force, and unapologetic maximalist, she taught us to be true to ourselves and celebrate our differences from start to finish.
#IrisApfel #maximalism #styleicon
Iris Apfel showed the world how a well-loved wardrobe becomes a historical treasure while achieving global icon status at the same time. Her 2005 'Rara Avis' exhibit at the MET Museum of Art helped change our perspective.
#FashionConservatory #IrisApfel #RaraAvis #MetMuseum #FashionIcon #styleicon
Elizabeth treated high-end couture and relaxed bohemian pieces with the same level of respect and never let the clothes wear her.
#fashionconservatory #liztaylor #elizabethtaylor #fashionicon #styleicon #vintageglamour #vintagefashion #vintagehollywood #vintagehollywoodglamour
“If I don’t have a model in front of me, I don’t have an idea.”
Azzedine Alaïa designed for the body itself. For movement, proportion, and presence. On his birthday, it’s worth remembering how radical that approach still is.
#AzzedineAlaia #Azzedine #Alaia #FashionDesigner
Sally Victor transformed the mid-century wardrobe by solving a major problem for the modern woman: the fragile hat. Her "crushable" designs meant high fashion could finally survive a suitcase.
#FashionConservatory #SallyVictor #VintageMillinery #HatHistory #FashionHistory #VintageFashion
Happy birthday Cindy Crawford! In the late 1980s and 90s, she helped usher in the era of the Supermodel. Her ability to navigate both high-fashion runways and mass-market media made fashion more accessible to the public.
#FashionConservatory #CindyCrawford #Supermodel #FashionHistory #FashionIcon
Happy Birthday Cindy Crawford!
A reminder from one of the most recognizable faces in fashion that perfection has always been an illusion. Supermodels, like the rest of us, are human first. Style, confidence, and presence matter far more than waking up flawless.
#CindyCrawford #supermodel
Before Adolfo Sardiña became a favorite among social elites, he arrived in America from Cuba with a Balenciaga-eye and channeled his talent into the potential of hats.
#FashionConservatory #Adolfo #VintageMillinery #Coty #CotyAward #MidCenturyFashion #CubanDesigners #VintageFashion #VintageHat
