Post a Totally Random Moment From Fashion History...

[Lola701]

The disappearance of Christophe Decarnin.

He brought Balmain back from the dead in 2006, did not attend his show in March 2011 amid reports from NYT that he had "stopped communicating with the company's management" and was officially out a month later.

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source: THEFASHIONISTO.COM

Flash forward to 2014, he became CD of... Faith Connexion; and has been pretty elusive ever since.

He is still involved with Faith Connexion actually. I don’t know in which capacities but he is very much part of that collective.

I think Decarnin wasn’t prepared for success, didn’t expect that kind of success (nobody was at Balmain at the time) and therefore didn’t expect what was coming with such a huge success and it expectations from a business POV.

Balmain was really that old dusty Couture house with it Atelier making those RTW clothes. The first collection had a little buzz in the industry because of the people involved but by the second, they went from hits to hits! And it means dealing with more things on top of the pressure of pleasing the audience.

It’s interesting to see that now he is hidden behind a collective now.

I wonder how his relationship with Emmanuelle has evolved though.

 

[IndigoHomme]

This purrrfect crasher

 

[Steddycam91]

The 1958 film Bonjour Tristesse, starring Jean Seberg and Deborah Kerr, and featuring gowns by Givenchy...


classiq & film and style matters

 

[blueorchid]

This purrrfect crasher

I wonder why her career ended. Did Karl sabotage her to propel Choupette?

 

[Creative]

Paula Yates asking Karl: "What do you like doing in bed?" (but the interview is kind of cute, when he confesses the bad foods he likes)

Gosh it’s crazy to say this, thank god nobody knows who I am in this forum, but I seriously miss him like if he was a friend. I grew up listening to him and never found anyone that thought so alike. I would fall asleep listening to the audio of Un Roi Seul in my iPod (how vintage) when I was young. He was just beyond smart and funny. His voice is heartwarming for me.

 

[GoldenPetals]

This purrrfect crasher

Showing them crusty models how's it's done.

 

[TomBlanksFullFatMiuMiu]

When Rachel Zoe asked Chanel to alter the couture design into more mainstream for Cameron Diaz Golden Globes 2008
I remember watching this from her show
I love both looks

 

[blueorchid]

When Pierre Balmain told André Courrèges that he looked like a Shell gas station attendant

Petite altercation entre Pierre Balmain et André Courrèges | INA

www.ina.fr

 

[jeanclaude]

When Pierre Balmain told André Courrèges that he looked like a Shell gas station attendant

Petite altercation entre Pierre Balmain et André Courrèges | INA

www.ina.fr

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And Balmain was right!

 

[LadyJunon]

Here's a very recent one:

 

[Mrs.T]

Here's a very recent one:

Wait what?

 

[ecnerretneerg]

can we have a thread of these?

I have a magazine with childhood photos of almost every designer at that time

 

[LadyJunon]

I have a magazine with childhood photos of almost every designer at that time

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Ghesquière was blonde as a child? Also, baby Mugler with a skirt is so cute!

 

[Steddycam91]

The sci-fi sweaters from Balenciaga F/W 2012, which took inspiration from the 1980s cult film Liquid Sky...





imdb/bellazon/pinterest/dscene/magazinecult

 

[blueorchid]

My attempt to make this thread full of Karl moments will not be stopped...




wwd

 

[unknown179]

Magdalena Frąckowiak at VS 2015

 

[blueorchid]

More photos of little Karl from the Canal+ documentary about him (which aired earlier this year).








Some from the 1950s (try to spot Yves)

 

[blueorchid]

Some photos of Yves, before Pierre Bergé's ghost haunts me for excluding the genius of fashion.





museeyslparis

 

[blueorchid]

Pierre Cardin





leprogres.fr / fashionnetwork

 

[blueorchid]

Cristóbal Balenciaga (From the book Cristóbal Balenciaga : the making of a master (1895-1936) on archive.org!!!)



He's only about 18 in this photo, on a trip to Paris:



With his nieces & nephews: