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“Camp: Notes on Fashion”—From the Runway to the Met

By Laird Borrelli-Persson
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    Jean Paul Gaultier Spring 1998 Couture

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    Erdem Spring 2019

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    Gucci Spring 2017 Menswear

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    Gucci Spring 2019 Resort

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    Alexander McQueen Fall 2017 Menswear

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    Jayne Wrightsman in Balenciaga, 1966

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    Mary Katrantzou Spring 2011

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    Moschino Spring 2018

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    Viktor & Rolf Spring 2006

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    Thierry Mugler Fall 1995 Couture

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    Photographed by Irving Penn, Vogue, December 1983
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    Yves Saint Laurent

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    Moschino Spring 2017

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    Moschino Fall 2010

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    Versace Spring 2018

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    Versace Spring 1991

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    Moschino Spring 2016

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    Mary Katrantzou Fall 2019

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    Marc Jacobs Spring 2019

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    Armani Privé Fall 2018 Couture

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    Moschino Spring 2016

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    Schiaparelli Spring 2019 Couture

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    Jeremy Scott Fall 2001

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    Gareth Pugh Spring 2016

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    Vaquera Fall 2017

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    Mary Katrantzou Spring 2019

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    Gucci Resort 2018

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    Louis Vuitton Fall 2018 Menswear

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    Versace Spring 1992

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    Moschino Fall 2014

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    Moschino Fall 2014

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    Vetements Spring 2017

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    Burberry Fall 2018

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    Balenciaga Fall 2016

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    Richard Quinn Fall 2018

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    Gucci Spring 2016

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    John Galliano Spring 2001

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    Molly Goddard Fall 2019; Fall 2017

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    Vivienne Westwood Fall 1995

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    Christian Dior Fall 1998 Couture

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    Marjan Pejoski Fall 2001

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    Marc Jacobs Spring 2016

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    Philip Treacy Spring 2003 Couture

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    Moschino Spring 2017

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    Gucci Fall 2018

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    Comme des Garçons Spring 2018

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    Undercover Spring 2018

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    Anna Sui Spring 1994

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    Christian Dior Spring 2001 Couture

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    Tomo Koizumi Fall 2019

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    Off-White Pre-Fall 2018

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    Viktor & Rolf Spring 2019 Couture

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    Moschino Spring 1991

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    Gucci Resort 2018

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    Thom Browne Spring 2017

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    Gucci Fall 2016

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    Jeremy Scott Spring 2011

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    Moschino Fall 2019

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    Libertine Spring 2018

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    Stella McCartney Spring 2001

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    Giambattista Valli Fall 2018 Couture; Fall 2017 Couture

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    Thom Browne Spring 2018 Menswear

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    Thom Browne Fall 2019

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    Paloma Spain Spring 2018 Menswear

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    Jeremy Scott Spring 2012 Menswear

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    Jean Paul Gaultier Fall 1995

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    Thierry Mugler Spring 1992

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    Christopher Kane Spring 2018

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    Christopher Kane Fall 2018

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    Burberry Fall 2018

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    Ashish Fall 2017

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    Moschino Spring 2018

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    Saint Laurent Fall 2016

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    Viktor & Rolf Fall 2005

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    Celine Spring 2013

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    Gucci Fall 2015

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    Stephen Jones for Giles Spring 2012

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    Balenciaga Spring 2018

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    Odile Gilbert for Jean Paul Gaultier Fall 2006 Couture

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    Schiaparelli Fall 2018 Couture

Christian Lacroix is Laird Borrelli-Persson’s fashion raison d’etre; the way he combined romance and historicism set her on the path she is following today. Borrelli-Persson studied literature at Boston College, spending her junior year abroad at Oxford, where she added some art history. After graduation she moved to New York to intern ... Read More
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