Not even in your wildest dreams....

....could you conceive of anything like this. The butch biker school girl. Impeccable Kansai Yamamoto look on the runway in 1980.


Former graphics designer Michaele Pollock made this outfit together with Nancy Pollock - just stunning.


Jerry Hall in Versace with a bunch of guys at her feet.


A shot from the same mag but in fact from 1974, by Serge Lutens, it's a take-out from a Dior perfume shoot.

Let there be Yves

These images are from a retrospective of Yves Saint Laurent made in 1982. Looking at these images, that regrettably stems from a source of decidedly subpar quality, it is easy to see why companies go through such trouble to revive/resuscitate brands created by a genius like YSL. But obviously, once the person is gone so is the soul that put that final, crucially important stamp on everything he did.

First off, a return to the 40s from the collection of 1971.


Center is of course Yves Saint Laurent himself with Brigitte dressed in saharan unisex.


The pink Jean Cocteau tribute alongside a runway shot of Jerry Hall and others, all the 1980 collections.


Catherine Deneuve, 1970.

Dangerous and moving

A couple of weeks ago I had the American March issue from 1980. Now, here's the British...

Iman in a beautiful Yves Saint Laurent tulle dress with sequin hearts.


Charles Jourdan ad.


Carol Alt in a Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche outfit described as "Flame net, short and shot with lemon, blue and green design."


Delectable Chanel make-up ad.

Succumbing to the 80s

When I posted this Italian Bazaar cover elsewhere someone responded that Debbie Harry had, in this image, succumbed to 80s fashion. Indeed, in the editorial that accompanies the cover she is modeling the most 80s minis imaginable- and it was early on that decade too, the images below are from August 1980. The jacket on the cover is Versace.

Versace leather jacket (if I interpret the Italian on the masthead correctly).



Apparently, this is a Fendi creation.

March Issue 1980 American style

Gia and Eva Voorhis frollicking in the knits of the spring 1980 collections. Gorgeous guy biting Gia's finger whom I would love to know the name of - he was also in a Versace ad around this time.





Patti Hansen was, as far as I understand, the first model for Calvin Klein jeans....and she did it so well. Unfortunately I don't know the photographer for this one so it's not included in the file name as usual.


Janice Dickinson, making breaking up with her photographer boyfriend look beautiful. 1980 may have been her best year - there was a depth to her then, in addition to the eery energy level.

A hat means so much

Apollonia van Ravenstein sporting a fine one in 1976.

Heavenly

On the 29th of January 1960, Gia Carangi was born. These two shots are from the beginning and peak of her success, respectively.

Bourdin in the heart

Light and Dark - the faces of Gia

Gia for Dior Spring/Summer 1980. I played a little with photoshop to bring out the underlying emotions in her images...



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Mugler 1980

Thierry Mugler ads from an issue of Vogue Paris Spring 1980.

Iman for Yves Saint Laurent

Advertisement in 1980.