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Allhippy.com Medavog talks BILL BLASS for BOND STREET 1969-1970 Couture

05 Aug 2008

5 Aug, 2008 Hippy Love

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Episode #47Video is to showcase my couture vintage collections that spans 200 years!Bill Blass dress coat with mock neck dates this piece circa 1969-1970.Almost every site that has this label are saying it is 1966 Mod.QUOTE FROM A PRESS RELEASE!"Francisco Medavogs collection started off as a small sampling of some European couture designs to help him study FASHION design. By looking at the French seams and other intricacies, he learned about couture construction through the true masters of design. This hobby quickly became a collection of more than 25,000 fashion items, primarily 20th century European designs, with a number of them extending back to the 1920s and 30s."At first, I didn't quite understand why so many people were interested in seeing these clothes," says Francisco. "For me, the clothes were simply great examples of what I was able to study while at the Fashion Institute. Now, I feel that my collection is the beginning of a wonderful museum collection.""I'd love to open the first American Fashion Museum, devoted solely to fashion and couture, similar to Zandra Rhodes' museum in London."http://www.medavog.comAmong his many honours were seven Coty Awards and the Fashion Institute of Technology's Lifetime Achievement Award (1999).The early seventies was the start of the LOGO MONOGRAM prints of such houses as DIOR GUCCI YSL LANVIN to name a few but BILL BLASS could be one of those rare American labels to ever have such print on their clothes!Crazy Hippy Video

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