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A #Cocteau profile with flowing locks of gold bugle beads on a linen #ElsaSchiaparelli jacket from fall #1937 #Lesage

A #BillBlass suit with trompe-l'oeil embroidered WWD head by #Lesage from summer #1987. Chalk white sequins were sprayed with grey ink to create shadows.

Nan being Nan in a #SaintLauret billowing cape of yellow silk faille

Sunflowers at home

A teal blue #ArnoldScassi cape coat in wool shot by #RichardAvedon for #HarpersBazaar September #1958 #CanadianBorn #Scassi

#LouiseNevelson in front of one of her own sculptures in an #ArnoldScassi coat made of paisley wool scarves lined in chinchilla, #1973 #CanadianBorn #Scassi

Ombré feathers cover a strapless dress and the lining of a white coat designed by #ArnoldScassi, #1959 #CanadianBorn #Scassi

Presents from across the pond.

Juliet Browner wrapped in scarf, #ManRay, #1945

Debo's tabletop #garden photographed by #FrançoisHalard

The ivory silk label and "Yves" to return when #HediSlimane dips his toe into #couture- this one is from my collection. #newcouture #yvessaintlaurent

#frommyshelf, Art/Fashion, Biennale di #Firenze's inaugural #1997 exhibition of which #IngridSischy was one of three artistic directors- among the collaborations: #JennyHolzer and #HelmutLang, #Versace and #Lichtenstein, #MiucciaPrada and #DamienHirst

#BruceConnor's #Bombhead included in #CameraAtomica, an exhibition of nuclear photographs curated by John O'Brian @agotoronto (at AGO - Art Gallery of Ontario)

#Fortuny's pleated #Peplos packed to perfection via @jacqwg

Birthday girl and upcoming @metmuseum #AnnaWintourCostumeCentre's fall exhibition subject #JacquelinedeRibes by #RichardAvedon for #HarpersBazaar, #1955

Also on @textilemuseumofcanada, #FridaKahlo: Through the Lens of #NickolasMuray. 'Frida in the dining area' was a favourite, taken in #Coyoacán in #1941

#1950's skirts emblazoned with #AndyWarhol's cheerful prints including 'happy bug day', 'melons' and 'William tell apple' @textilemuseumofcanada's #ArtistTextile show