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Mary Oliver, To Begin With, the Sweet Grass

Thorn collar by Thierry Mugler

“Working in the atelier [at Givenchy] was fundamental to my career….Because I was a tailor, I didn’t totally understand softness, or lightness. I learned lightness at Givenchy. I was a tailor at Savile Row. At Givenchy I learned to soften. For me, it was an education. As a designer I could have left it behind. But working at Givenchy helped me learn my craft.”

french evening wrap (via the met museum) and blouse and jacket combo (nationality unknown), c. 1900

From Vintage Textile (archived)

© masao yamamoto

She’s a triumph. In the history of Balmoral, no one has ever passed the test with such flying colors.

Prince Lestat, by Anne Rice

Stella Lucia Love Magazine (S/S 2016) ph. Daniel Jackson

Vladimir Klavikho for Harper’s Bazaar Russia, 1998

Jessica Stam / W March 2004 “A Boy Named Sue” by Craig McDean

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Esther de Jong for Givenchy Haute Couture Spring/Summer 1998