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Fashion’s Hands-On Trend Extends from the 1930s to Spring 2018

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By Laird Borrelli-Persson
  • Hand motifs in fashion Chloe
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    Chloé, Spring 2018

  • Hand motifs in fashion Arthur Arbesser
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    Arthur Arbesser, Spring 2018

  • Hand motifs in fashion A.W.A.K.E.
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    A.W.A.K.E., Spring 2018

  • Hand motifs in fashion Valentino
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    Valentino, Fall 2017

  • Hand motifs in fashion Hermes
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    Hermès, Fall 2017

  • Hand motifs in fashion Christian Dior
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    Christian Dior, Spring 2017

  • Hand motifs in fashion Undercover
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    Undercover Menswear, Spring 2017

  • Hand motifs in fashion Schiaparelli
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    Schiaparelli Haute Couture, Spring 2017

  • Hand motifs in fashion Valentino
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    Valentino Menswear, Fall 2016

  • Hand motifs in fashion Libertine
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    Libertine, Fall 2016

  • Hand motifs in fashion Holly Fulton
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    Holly Fulton, Fall 2014

  • Hand motifs in fashion Giles Deacon
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    Giles, Fall 2014

  • Hand motifs in fashion Hussein Chalayan
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    Hussein Chalayan, Spring 2010

  • Hand motifs in fashion Comme des Garcons
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  • Hand motifs in fashion Margiela
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    Martin Margiela, Spring 2001

  • Hand motifs in fashion Undercover
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    Undercover,Spring 2004

  • Hand motifs in fashion Schiaparelli
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    Evening ensemble by Elsa Schiaparelli in collaboration with Jean Cocteau, 1937

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
TopicsSpring 2018 Ready-to-Wear