Jul 05

De Agostini Fashion Images from Lebrecht

Posted on July 5, 2012 by lebrecht

When you get up in the morning do you ever think “Who shall I dress up as today?”

Lebrecht has been pondering this question for some time. Our favourite costume is that of a 1920s flapper, but we used to have a colleague who on leaving work would don an early Renaissance costume he had made himself – plus of course playing all the string instruments of that period!

Click on the link here or search under ‘fashion’ on the Lebrecht website to help you source authentic fashion images from ancient times through to the 21st century!

Fashion, Austria, 20th century. Amalie Wallemien: cloth suit with applied silk ornaments and taffeta vest, around 1908.
© De Agostini/Lebrecht Music & Arts

Fashion, France, 19th century. Women’s fashion plate from La Nouvelle Mode, 1899.
© De Agostini/Lebrecht Music & Arts

Fashion, 14th century. Embroidered scarf of Carolingian period.
© De Agostini/Lebrecht Music & Arts

May 10

Vidal Sassoon – obituary pictures

Posted on May 10, 2012 by lebrecht

Vidal Sassoon, the English hairdresser who was famous for his geometric hairstyles of the 1960s, died on 9 May 2012. He rose from poverty, spending some of his childhood in an orphanage in Maida Vale, London and rose to huge acclamation and financial success. He died in Los Angeles.

Vidal Sassoon, photographed at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 21 August 2010

© P.Keightley/Lebrecht

Nov 11

Obituary pictures for Loulou de la Falaise, fashion designer and muse, 4 May 1948 – 5 November 2011

Posted on November 11, 2011 by lebrecht

We have received images of the French fashion designer and muse, Loulou de la Falaise, who died last week. Our photographer, Marion Kalter, captured these intimate shots backstage at Yves Saint Lauren’s last catwalk show in 2001. A long-time inspiration for the designer, Loulou de la Falaise designed jewellery and accessories for his fashion house for more than three decades before launching her own fashion business.