Anarchists of Style: Cher (A Snapshot)
For more than 40 years, audiences have wowed, gasped, and often shaken their heads over Cher’s almost unnaturally perfect physique, exposed in sheer, sparkling, barely-there Bob Mackie ensembles. Her’s...
View ArticleAnarchists of Style: Marchesa Louisa Casati
The enormous agate-black eyes seemed to be eating her thin face. Again she was a vision, a mad vision, surrounded as usual by her black and white greyhounds and a host of charming and utterly useless...
View ArticleAnarchists of Style: Louise Nevelson (snapshot)
Like her iconic sculpture, Louise Nevelson constructed a sartorial style that was at once challenging and playful. Partial to false eyelashes and long gowns, her dramatic presence visually declared her...
View ArticleAnarchists of Style: Iké Udé
Artist, dandy and generous spirit Iké Udé spoke with Worn Through about the art of sartorial excellence, his inspiration to pursue it and the importance of costume as an index of culture. A resident...
View ArticleAnarchists of Style: The Brown Twins (snapshot)
The iconic sisters of San Francisco, Vivian and Marion Brown, have always dressed alike, with the exception of “one short period [when] we decided we didn’t like it.” They share a closet and styling...
View ArticleAnarchists of Style: Theodora, Empress of Byzantium (500-548)
As a young actress, one of Theodora’s notable rolls was in Leda and the Swan. Partially undressed, she lay on the stage as geese plucked at barley seed scattered on her groin. Theodora eventually...
View ArticleAnarchists of Style: Cleopatra
Cleopatra’s ancestors created the great library at Alexandria and built the lighthouse at Alexandria, one of the wonders of the ancient world. But nothing from this dynasty’s legacy matches the...
View ArticleAnarchists of Style: The Pre-Raphaelites (Snapshot)
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, which formed under the leadership of Dante Gabriel Rossetti in 1848, took a notably rebellious stance on contemporary ideas of beauty. They considered la mode—women...
View ArticleAnarchists of Style: Anna Piaggi (1931-2012)
One exceptionally vibrant chapter of fashion history came to an end on August 7, with the death of journalist and fashion iconoclast, Anna Piaggi. She was, according to photographer Bill Cunningham, “a...
View ArticleAnarchists of Style: Anna Piaggi (1931-2012)
She was, “the visual aristocracy of Italy,” said Manolo Blahnik. In the afterlife, Rosita Missoni conjectured, “no doubt she is giving [the angels] advice, perhaps on getting a colored streak in their...
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