Designer Inspirations F/W 07.07 - article

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Photo: courtesy of Warner Bros. / Bradford Noble
"Heatherette guest list: Dorothy, Tin Man, Cowardly Lion, Scarecrow, Auntie Em and Glinda. Dress code: over the rainbow - over the top." - Richie Rich and Traver R

 

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Photo: Vogue UK, October-December 1977
"Juxtapositions: architecture with flow, male silhouettes with a feminine sensibility, and an unassuming refinement." - Araks Yeramyan, Araks

 

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"Playing with contrast: a clash between warm and cold, feminine and masculine, old traditions and the distant future." - Wilbert Das, Diesel

 

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"Interiors by the design house Maison Jansen. I was further inspired by their color palette - warm neutrals with bright accents." - Adam Lippes, adampluseve

 

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"'Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: Then stop.' - from 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' by Lewis Carroll" - Alice Ritter

 

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"'From Russia With Love.'" - Kimora Lee Simmons, Baby Phat by Kimora Lee Simmons

 

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"Nancy Spungen and her posse of Shibuya girls go Big Apple crazy! God save the dance hall and the Shangri-La's." - Antonio Berardi, Berardi by Antonio Berardi

 

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Photo: courtesy of Neal Peters Collection
"Jane Fonda in 'Klute,' Diana Rigg in 'The Avengers' and antifashion fashion." - Daryl Kerrigan, Daryl K

 

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"The all-American eclectic style of Millicent Rogers." - Jeff Mahshie and Julie Chaiken, Chaiken

 

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"I was totally blown away by the movie 'The Queen.' Helen Mirren's performance was amazing; her whole look, the whole style, the hats, the handbags, the detail was fantastic." - Charles Nolan

 

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"'... you know, tennis and gymkhana and all that sort of thing, I mean, and dancing in the evenings, but never anything serious, you know...' - from 'Vile Bodies' by Evelyn Waugh." - Chris Benz

 

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"This fall, the Cynthia Steffe girl is a modern mix master - borrowing her dad's clothes and shopping her grandmother's archives in clothes stolen from her boyfriend." - Cynthia Steffe Design Studio

 

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"Color and graphic in 3D." - Custo Dalmau, Custo Barcelona

 

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"Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, Staten Island - Burrows dresses every girl in his world in Basquiat's colors." - Stephen Burrows

 

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"One of my inspirations is the [Russian] Suprematism art movement of the 20th century, with its philosophy and use of geometric elements." - Yigal Azrouel

 

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"Masculine looks in a really feminine way, very 1967 YSL-meets-Biba glam." - Stacey Bendet, Alice + Olivia

 

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"Fall is about reenergizing. The collection will primarily focus on the organic elements of tomorrow while keeping a very strong emphasis on drape, color and texture." - Brian Reyes

 

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Photo: courtesy of Portrait Films / Neal Peters Collection
"Respecting the past, but going forward in a new direction..." - Phillip Lim, 3.1 Phillip Lim

 

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Photo: Jamel Shabazz
"The volume and richness of Eighties hip-hop references (Run-DMC and Public Enemy) meets Seventies Parisian Chic (Bianca Jagger in le smoking)." - Alexander Wang

 

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"We were inspired by two other great cultural revolutionary decades: the glam of the Fifties and the antiformalism and unconventionality of the Eighties." - 6267's Tommaso Aquilano and Roberto Rimondi, Malo