I know Christopher Bailey supposedly got the idea for the SS07 Burberry Prorsum line from early Cecil Beaton photographs, but because I must draw links between things I love, here's where I think it (however derivatively or unconsciously) actually traced a branch of its roots to:
La Balançoire (The Swing), 1876 
Burberry Prorsum Spring/Summer 2007
La Balançoire (The Swing), 1876 
Burberry Prorsum Spring/Summer 2007It actually looks like they sawed off the dress in the painting a bit above the knee, removed the blue bows (half the reason why I'm so fond of it) and made some trivial cosmetic changes. Even the hair looks like the style in the picture. Not that that's a bad thing, mind you, Renoir was and is one of my favourite artists and I don't care if people say his early work is too fluffy, pretty and sun-dappled- I still love it, and I still intend to have a print of Le Bal au Moulin de la Galette on the walls of my first apartment when I get one.
9 comments:
very nice. i love the sleeves on the coat.
I don't have an opinion on Renoir, but I do love that coat. Gorgeous.
Re: Laundry Guy didn't laugh thank god, looked at me strangely, sort of like "oh my god, what a spaz"
i'm obsessed with this coat. i recently saw a girl wearing it on the subway and she must have though i was some kind of freak for staring at it... oh well.
On the subway? Wow..
Love the buttons. You've got fantastic taste in clothes (and art).
Great post and great references...
Mrs F x
A friend of mine recently described fashion as pretentious. He was talking mainly about the unwearable sort of outlandish clothing that one often sees on the runway. And the sort of artsy talk that accompanies much of it.
Do you like that kind of fashion?
damn i love that jacket.
You haven't posted in 5 days and I feel like I'm a little bit lost. Sort of disorientated. I guess this means you can never ever delete this blog because I depend on it.
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