{"id":22115,"date":"2013-08-26T09:30:22","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T13:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=22115"},"modified":"2013-08-26T13:15:45","modified_gmt":"2013-08-26T17:15:45","slug":"fashion-repeats-itself-black-white-camo-backwards-heels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/fashion-repeats-itself-black-white-camo-backwards-heels\/","title":{"rendered":"Fashion Repeats Itself: Black & White Camo, Backwards Heels"},"content":{"rendered":"

Designer Stephen Sprouse did camouflage-print designs based on screenprints by Andy Warhol in 1987 and 1988. Sprouse was famous for his use of Day-Glo colors, so if I were going to get a vintage Sprouse camo print, I’d probably go for something like this skirt.<\/p>\n

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Approx. $1,000. Click to purchase.<\/p><\/div>\n

But, last week, this ’80s Sprouse on 1stdibs.com<\/a> caught my eye.<\/p>\n

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$1,200. Click to purchase.<\/p><\/div>\n

UPDATED TO ADD: Gorgeous blogger Gabriala of Style Higher has her own Fashion Repeats Itself moment here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Why? Because Rihanna’s new River Island collection<\/a> features monochrome camo.<\/p>\n

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Click for Rihanna’s collection on River Island.<\/p><\/div>\n

Recently, fashion historian Valerie Steele mentioned to me that camo<\/a> has been in and out of style since the 1960s, so it’s entertaining but not unexpected to see a similar colorway<\/a> crop up again. I was much more surprised to discover these circa-1940 shoes. (They’re in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Collection<\/a> but came to my attention via the blog OMG That Dress!<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Click for more information on these shoes.<\/p><\/div>\n

Don’t they remind you of the backwards heels shown by Marc Jacobs in 2008<\/a>?<\/p>\n

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Click for photo source.<\/p><\/div>\n

The more things change, the more they stay the same!<\/p>\n

UPDATED TO ADD: Gorgeous blogger Gabriala of Style Higher is having her own Fashion Repeats itself moment here<\/a>. <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Designer Stephen Sprouse did camouflage-print designs based on screenprints by Andy Warhol in 1987 and 1988. Sprouse was famous for his use of Day-Glo colors, so if I were going to get a vintage Sprouse camo print, I’d probably go for something like this skirt. But, last week, this ’80s Sprouse on 1stdibs.com caught my…<\/p>\n

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