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- Short dress
- Saint Laurent, Yves
- Shirt draped red taffeta dress with a typical red/black Gruau background. This pouf style dress is introduced by Christian La Croix (Rene Gruau, illustrator; French Vogue, September, 1981)
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- Three gowns
- Beene, Geoffrey
- Left to right: Redover grey taffeta empire gown in rayon and nylon tulle with embroidered polka dots. Multi-color re-embroidered bodice with swirl print and printed silk organza skirt. Mixed patterned gown, silk taffeta skirt with embroidered point...
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- Evening gown
- Parnis, Mollie
- Machine stitched red sequin dolman sleeve evening gown on red organza (Warren Bradley, illustrator)
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- Lounge wear
- Tice, Bill
- Designed for at-home lounging or sleepwear, these clothes are often worn in the evening in public (Vogue, September, 1980)
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- Evening wear
- Parnis, Mollie
- One of the decade's most popular evening styles shown here in 100% draped silk jacquard is repeated in garment lines at all price levels (Warren Bradley, illustrator)
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- Day and evening dress
- Parnis, Mollie
- Typical day-to-evening cocktail dress of printed silk jacquard (Warren Bradley, illustrator)
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- Evening gown
- Parnis, Mollie
- One shoulder evening gown in 100% printed satin striped chiffon. This is a very popular 1980s style (Warren Bradley, illustrator)
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- Elegant three-piece outfit
- Multi-color silk and linen knit evening wear with jacket (Bob Stone, photographer; Harper's Bazaar, August 1980)
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- Town and Country
- The 80s produce a new term for generational description- the Yuppie or Young Urban Professional. Here is an example (Town and Country, September, 1988)
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- Guitar dress
- Lagerfeld, Karl
- Influenced by the enormous popularity of the guitar as well as the lasting influence of the Surrealist Art Movement, here two great 20th Century creators collaborate (designed for Chloe; Antonio, illustrator)
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- Day and evening wear
- De la Renta, Oscar
- Dressed for day into evening. An elaborate embroidered wool jacket over multi-colored striped silk shirt and wine colored velveteen pleated calf-length skirt (Denis Piet, photographer; Vogue, September 1980)
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- Elegant two-piece
- De la Renta, Oscar
- Clothes at high prices continue to be embellished by extravagant embroideries to justify their cost. The white wool jacket is richly embroidered and appliqued in a tulip pattern with red skirt. However, note that it is the suit that dominates all...
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- Le smoking
- Saint Laurent, Yves
- Black wool and grey pinstripe, pearl grey crepe blouse; an androgynous look. Saint Laurent's design, reinterpreted in many collections, is now a fashion classic (Helmut Newton, photographer)
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- Pants outfits
- Karan, Donna, 1948-
- Pale peach wool crepe pants suit. A deeper peach blazer and black pants in wool crepe (Eric Bowman, photographer; Fashions of the Times, February 2, 1989)
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- Coat ensemble
- Anthony, John, 1938-
- The new woman! Strong, clean lines in wool twill coat and pants with soft cognac silk shirt (Guy LeBaube, photographer; Vogue, September, 1980)
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- Coat
- Miyake, Issei, 1938-
- A brilliantly designed coat for all ages (Daniel Jovanneau, photographer)
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- Furs
- A group of jacket and stroller length Canadian Red Fox furs in various hues. Furs for personal wear became a very political topic (Vogue, December 1981)
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- Elegant coat
- Saint Laurent, Yves
- Cossack coat in gold brocade, jet embroidery and black mink. An example of the Russian Collection and its aura of luxury and folklore (Duane Michals, photographer)
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- Skirt outfit
- Missoni for warm weather. A mixture of knit cardigan print top and striped woven skirt (Andre Carrara, photographer)
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- Wrapped dress
- Saint Laurent, Yves
- Acetate and viscose wrapped white dress. The combination of man-made fibers at this level of fashion illustrate how far they have been perfected (Eric Bowman, photographer; Fashions of the Times, February 26, 1989)
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