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Bob Mackie on Costuming Gucci Muse Elton John: “I Treated Him Like a Male Showgirl”

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By Laird Borrelli-Persson
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    Gucci Spring 2018; Elton John, circa 1975

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    Elton John, 1975; Gucci Spring 2018

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    Elton John, 1976; Gucci Spring 2018

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    Elton John, 1976; Gucci Spring 2018

  • Elton John circa 1970 Gucci Spring 2018
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    Elton John, circa 1970; Gucci Spring 2018

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    Elton John, 1984; Gucci Spring 2018

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    Elton John, 1986; Gucci Spring 2018

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    Elton John, 1986; Gucci Spring 2018

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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