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[pradn]

From Mademoiselle C

Carine & Donatella


Uncle Karl

 

[tourbillions]

now i can put here virginie coming for mary grace's gig in chanel for 5 years.

 

[Lola701]

I'm in a Karl mood. This anecdote about him and Yves (lol) running into Balmain at Le Fiacre... And Karl pretending to be younger than he was while telling the story lol.

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And this part from the same interview:
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Where is it that Karl told the story about Balmain’s mother saying that If her son was gay, she would kill him and a woman screamed « Feu » (or « POW »/« Fire »)?

Too bad Yves never did interviews where he talked about Dior.

I keep thinking about Karl talking about Balmain and how he looked like a banker and from every footage I saw of him, I never got it out of my mind lol.

 

[nejtak]

 

[LadyJunon]

Those subtitles!

 

[GivenchyHomme]

When these immortal words were ushered.

According to Business of Fashion, Lanvin and its owner, Shaw-Lan Wang (whom Lapidus has known for over 30 years), have plans to transform the legacy label into “a French Michael Kors" by potentially expanding it into a lifestyle brand.

Olivier Lapidus was doomed from the very beginning.

And Madame Wang in general. Like a real life Disney villain.

Vogue UK

 

[yslforever]

The banned 1995 Calvin klein ads and luomo vogue

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Why was it banned ? The age of the model ?

 

[Deleted member 116957]

Where is it that Karl told the story about Balmain’s mother saying that If her son was gay, she would kill him and a woman screamed « Feu » (or « POW »/« Fire »)?

Oh yes, I forgot about that one!!! I can't remember where he originally said it. 😂

In the the Karl biography Paradise Now by William Middleton (released last year) the author was able to look at Karl's letters from his youth when he won the Woolmark Prize. In THAT letter, in 1954, he's already criticizing Yves...



Also calling Chanel a stupid old lady lol, imagine if he had known!!:


There's an interview from sometime in the 80s where Karl referred to Chanel as "a mean b*tch" somewhere, too. I'll have to find it lol.

 

[ecnerretneerg]

Why was it banned ? The age of the model ?

The ads depicted amateur p*rn. In retrospect, the campaign vids were very pervy

 

[LadyJunon]

When these immortal words were ushered.

Olivier Lapidus was doomed from the very beginning.

And Madame Wang in general. Like a real life Disney villain.

Vogue UK

The same woman:


Sources: Vogue UK, Wikia

 

[ecnerretneerg]

Helmut Lang’s FW 1998 show presented in online format

 

[eugenius]

Why was it banned ? The age of the model ?

It wasn't the age of the model(s). It had more to do w/ the fact that it looked like child p*rn*gr*phy. Had cancel-culture been around in '95, his head would've have been on the chopping-block.

 

[LadyJunon]

It wasn't the age of the model(s). It had more to do w/ the fact that it looked like child p*rn*gr*phy. Had cancel-culture been around in '95, his head would've have been on the chopping-block.

Saying that heavily implies that he looks (and maybe was) underage.

 

[Steddycam91]

The Beckhams for Emporio Armani underwear...


sandras closet/twitter

 

[Conbothsides]

It wasn't the age of the model(s). It had more to do w/ the fact that it looked like child p*rn*gr*phy. Had cancel-culture been around in '95, his head would've have been on the chopping-block.

There was an FBI investigation: FBI EXAMINES KLEIN JEANS ADS

Steven even mentioned it in his interview with 032c

Did you expect the Calvin Klein campaign to blow up the way it did?

Not at all. It was the period of grunge and I was working in a very isolated world of fashion, fashion photography, and models; to me, that’s what was going on! I didn’t think much further into the world.

Was the FBI totally intrusive?

Yes. I had the whole thing. I think Clinton even mentioned the scandal.

At the time he was going after that and “heroin chic.”

Right, and it’s all so sick anyway. He’s getting blowjobs from someone in the office! No one was shooting dope on the set; no one was f*cking anybody or doing anything sex related. It’s middle America; it’s the world. It’s a sick place out there. So no, I didn’t expect anything.

 

[Scotty]

FashionTV's first face countdowns:

 

[Ludwig]

ID: Models pronouncing the hardest names in fashion (2014)🤣

 

[MulletProof]

^ and what's funny is that it's not 'watanabEE', it's watana-'beh'.. I don't understand native English speakers' obsession with always pronouncing the last E in foreign names as "EE" (VersacEE, guacamolEE) when they're definitely not saying 'how to pronouncEEE'. If you can turn vowels silent or pretend they don't exist, then you can easily turn them into 'EH'. /rant

 

[Steddycam91]

Mary Cosby wearing a Proenza Schouler S/S 2014 coat on The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City 😆


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[Deleted member 116957]

Hedi wearing his sandals