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Two Fashion Favorites, Two Big Magazines

September 29, 2016 by WendyB

My favorite model of all time is Linda Evangelista — and I especially like her Harper’s Bazaar covers from the 1990s, when the late Liz Tilberis was editor in chief. The September 1992 issue electrified the industry.

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I still have the January 1995 cover framed and hanging on my wall.

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Click for original post.

It’s appropriate that the first fashion editorial that Linda has worked on as a stylist is in this September’s Bazaar. The photos star model Raquel Zimmermann, re-enacting Linda’s fashion-obsessed teen years in St. Catharines, Ontario, and her pre-supermodel arrival in New York. There’s even a shot in front of Linda’s childhood home. But way more exciting to me than the photos is the in-depth interview with Linda about those days, which includes this:

“I think I was like 11 or 12 when I sat my mom down in tears, and I said, ‘I need more outfits. It’s so important.’ It sounds silly, but there was no other way to express myself. I needed that blouse with a little ruffle Peter Pan collar to go with the corduroy pants with a wedge. And she was like, ‘I’m on it.’ She did it.”

Good decision, Linda’s mom!

CLICK HERE FOR THE BAZAAR INTERVIEW AND PHOTOS.

Meanwhile, in Vogue, one of my favorite designers, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, is reflecting on his nearly 50-year career with a book called Fashion, Art & Rock’n’Roll.

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A recently worn Castelbajac dress from 2013. Click for original post.

I had a WTF moment at this sentence in the article:

“Today, De Castelbajac is popular among a new gen of attention-seeking talents, including M.I.A., Lady Gaga, and Katy Perry, who are drawn to his work—old and new.”

The Castelbajac stores I used to go to in London and Paris have been closed. Where are these women getting their new Castelbajacs?

CLICK HERE FOR THE VOGUE INTERVIEW.

Do I have to launch a singing career in order to shop Castelbajac? Ugh, I have a terrible voice. Tell the Auto-Tune people to prepare to work overtime because I must have my Castelbajac!

A tag from a Castelbajac jacket. Click for original post.

A tag from a Castelbajac jacket. Click for original post.

 

 

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Filed Under: Castelbajac, designers, Fashion, magazines, models Tagged With: harper's bazaar, jean-charles castelbajac, linda evangelista, liz tilberis, vogue

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