Olympia le Tan for Jalouse



What a great cover of Edie Campbell in an Olympia Le Tan embroidered and appilqued denim jacket for Jalouse. Watch the cute video snippet here…

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Teaser Jalouse Rocks Paris 2011 from Jalouse blog on Vimeo.

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Quote of the day



“I started putting girls in men’s clothes. Yves Saint Laurent had just produced the tuxedo, but who could afford Yves Saint Laurent? So I went to Moss Brothers, where they had a great second-hand department. It didn’t have to fit, just put a gold belt around it and then wear high heels.”
The inimitable Godmother of Styling, Caroline Baker on styling the 70s*, 10 Magazine

*It all sounds very French Vogue…



The Fashion Illustration Gallery launches ecommerce site



The Fashion Illustration Gallery has launched its ecommerce site selling these quite wonderful (and reasonably-priced) works of art. As well as one-off illustrations and prints, there are rare vintage magazines featuring the brushstrokes of some of my favourite illustrators including Andy Warhol (above), Richard Bernstein and Christian Berard. (more…)