DON'T DO BASIC OR BORING

I am not a believer in basic or boring.  Let me rephrase that.  I have no problem with basic, but I just don't like boring.  Take for example this Givenchy silk dress.  It's very basic in it's silhouette: a sleeveless scoop neck shift with a wide sash belt.  However, it refrains from being boring because of the pop-ish primary floral print.  Suddenly this day dress will have you day dream of running barefoot through a wild flower patch.  Reality comes calling.  Just wear this effortlessly through summer with sandals or princess heels and bring a little joy into everyone's life around you since a flower a day, keeps the doldrums away!

-Cameron

Givenchy Nouvelle Boutique silk floral print dress, c.1970's. Modern size 4. SOLD

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PERFECT TO WEAR FOR VERSAILLES 73 2.0

Last night's secret LA screening of the new fashion documentary Versailles '73 at Soho House was quite the scene.  Raf Simons, Marisa Tomei, Camilla Staerk, Garcelle Beauvais, David Meister, Jennifer Tilly, Magda Berliner, Christa B. Allen, Kevan Hall, Tracee Ellis Ross, and JC Obando are just some of the bold names who were at the SRO screening.  As a matter of fact, an early bird screening was added by overwhelming demand.  The next top is Atlanta on 4 September.  A lot of the super models from the film that helped change the course of American fashion and broke the color barriers on the runway will be in attendance.  A few days after that, the show comes to NYC for a huge premiere and a theatrical run.

I keep blogging about designers who were part of the Big Ten invited to show in Versailles.  Hubert de Givenchy was one of the privileged few representing the French.  This 1970s goat fur coat of rust and black could have very well been designed around 1973 by Monsieur Givenchy.  Although many may think of Givenchy of the past as being purely Audrey Hepburn, he definitely channeled his inner rocker with this design that has a 1940s-meets-Marilyn Manson sensibility...something I can wrap my head around!  You don't need to be a goth chic or a glam rocker to wear this jacket.  It goes with everything.  Gowns, jeans, LBDs.  It will make your outfit!  Besides, my dream is to recreate the legendary Versailles fashion show next year with a crop of current designers, so start planning your outfits!

-Cameron

 

Givenchy Nouvelle Boutique goat fur in rust and black, c. 1970s.  Modern size 2. SOLD
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A PERSIMMON IS THE NEW BERRY

Actually persimmon isn't necessarily the new berry, as it's always been a berry...just an oversized berry.  Sort of like the shape of this Givenchy crepe blouse with lattice sleeve treatment.  This one size fits most top is simply delicious.  It's one of those shapes that manages to have no shape!  This may sound like an oxymoron, but this will look good on a multitude of sizes and worn with a multitude of bottoms.  Certainly the accompanying skirt will give you the full look but the bottom is not as democratic as the top.  I am sure many of you have that same feeling about your tops and bottoms at certain points in your life, too!  Please wear this with white jeans.  Or with tiny shorts.  Or throw it over a bikini bottom.  Whatever you do, know that this sure doesn't look like anything Ricardo Tisci designs for Givenchy these days!  And it has that delicious Nouvelle Boutique label.  Love that label.  Love this look.  It's so damn effortless and elegant.  I am so craving a dried persimmon right now...
-Cameron

Givenchy persimon crepe 2 piece, c. late 1970's.  Marked size 36, top open modern size, skirt is more like a 2. SOLD

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FUZZY WUZZY

Leave it to Hubert de Givenchy to design the ultimate "Fuzzy Wuzzy" faux snow leopard maxi coat that manages to be outrageous, functional, and extremely flattering. Maxi coats and faux fur can often make for a combo that leaves the wearer looking, well, maxi and actually quite literally a bit too "fuzzy wuzzy." This coat is cut lean and mean and long. It has a notch collar, pockets at the hip, and a collar that can be worn spread wide over the shoulders or up to keep your neck warm. We had the coat re-lined (the original owner said the coat stopped traffic and apparently she stopped a lot of traffic so we refreshed the lining). If you are looking for the impact of fur but without fur, love to see spots, and don't mind causing a commotion while channeling the softer side of Creula de Vil, snap up this early 1970s coat before the fall.

Givenchy Boutique for Bergdorf Goodman maxi faux snow leopard coat, c. early 1970s. Marked size 40, modern 4 to 6 (relined to match original lining)

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