Post a Totally Random Moment From Fashion History...

[velvetandsilk]

1977 young Muccia Prada came to MIPEL (leather manufacturers' fair) because heard that someone sold somewhat similar handbags to her famous products. The young man is owner "Sir Robert" company, also a bit arogant man and call Patrizo Bertelli. Young woman is angry and argue with this man... and later everything is history...

 

[GoldenPetals]

This is important!

 

[Cocteau Stone]

Well Daphne put it best: “Yesterday I did Gucci, today Fendi soooo…”

 

[GoldenPetals]

Never forget

 

[helmutnotdead]

lol this is so funny

Ondria and Bella fighting in the end of Riccardo's last show at Givenchy.

 

[helmutnotdead]

I don't know if this one qualifies as "random" but Gemma opening the SS 2015 Prada show out of nowhere is probably the biggest modelling surprise from last decade. Lord knows how hard I screamed in front of the screen.

 

[helmutnotdead]

Hedi's debut at Céline. lol I still remember how furious we were at the forum.

 

[helmutnotdead]

Oscar de la Renta calling Cathy Horyn "Stale 3-day-old hamburger" because of her review.

 

[GivenchyHomme]

Oscar de la Renta calling Cathy Horyn "Stale 3-day-old hamburger" because of her review.

Because she called him a hot dog and he completely misunderstood what she meant. Also, remember when she was getting banned from all those shows for her honest reviews.

 

[GivenchyHomme]

When Carine and Vogue Paris were blacklisted from Balenciaga after she supposedly sent a sample jacket to Max Mara to be copied.

Oh, and when the benches broke and the audience had to stand up!


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[Steddycam91]

Lol, I had just remembered the Balenciaga broken benches and was logging on to post about it too.

Here's a video:

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[Armani]

I'm incredibly amazed nobody's posted this one yet:

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[Cocteau Stone]

When Carine and Vogue Paris were blacklisted from Balenciaga after she supposedly sent a sample jacket to Max Mara to be copied.

Oh, and when the benches broke and the audience had to stand up!

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Nicolas and his Balenciaga runways! Reminds me of reading that they had to mop Diet Coke all over for Spring 2007 so the models could walk in their shoes without slipping. Segue this into Natasha Poly telling Coco Rocha that "I never fall" and proceeding not to do so in runthroughs.

Now this got me thinking of the suspense that was Spring 2009 Prada and those silk sockettes. Miuccia trying to wipe out the cast before Paris came along.

 

[blueorchid]

Here are some old fashioned moments that caught my attention (and still haunt me) while digging through the WWD archives a few summers ago

From January 8, 1959... A certain "Roland Karl," head designer at Patou, friends with a certain Yves Saint Laurent at Dior.



February 7, 1961 - Printing a random photo of a guy who looked like (but wasin't) Balenciaga waiting at a bus stop. I think he turned out to be one of his neighbours and was very unhappy (but I can't find the citation).



November 1, 1965 - WWD Followed Yves on a tour of the United States some of the anecdotes were... concerning... "vitamin" injections??? Genuinely shocked this was published.


October 12, 1966 - This super dorky photo of Karl they used for the rest of the 1960s.



... but don't worry, he was criticizing YSL already:



December 6, 1966 - 2 pages of random designers being asked about making clothing out of paper...




February 17, 1977 - Yves sending a deranged "Telexed" message to Eugenia Shepard after a bad review.



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[Kanzai]

The iconic baby gurl moment of RAF SIMONS
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[blueorchid]

OMG I forgot one of my favourites from 1984. Karl Lagerfeld and Pierre Berge have a spat about an interview Karl gave for the magazine Actuel.

March 9, 1984 - quotes from Karl's interview:



March 12, 1984 - Karl claiming he was "misquoted" (the interviewer has the tapes!)



September 17, 1984 - Pierre saying Karl should see a psychiatrist.



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[helmutnotdead]

Kinga cried at the show too! I believe they had to do the final walk twice.

 

[Kanzai]

Thierry Mugler pre accident surgeries was hawt as hell

FRANCE - 1985: Thierry Mugler posing against a mirror in front of Andree Putman sitting in an armchair, 1985 in France. (Photo by Robert DOISNEAU/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

 

[jeanclaude]

Keeping up with Lagerfeld antics: the Chanel HC s/s 1994 Quran dresses:

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Like...how the f*ck did he (and his team) think this was a good idea??

 

[Mr-Dale]

Whenever I feel like I've had an exhausting day, I often think about Natalia Vodianova running the 2013 Paris half-marathon and then closing the (stunning) Givenchy show within hours of finishing. And it wasn't the first time she did that either...I have no right to feel tired lol