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The champagne of fashion: froufrou, frivolous, goose bump-inducing, and expensive … but oh so beautiful! Art created for Interview
Interview, July, 2005 by David McDermott, Peter McGrough
It is difficult to think of the word "laboratory" without conjuring in one's head images of bespectacled, lab-coated technicians, bubbling beakers, and someone invariably named Igor at the ready to do his master's bidding. That said, the common denominator for most laboratories is the idea that they are places of invention, surprise, and discovery in the name of progress. In fashion circles, the lab most often referred to is Haute Couture ... a rigorous, riotous world of experimental cutting, state-of-the-art fabric technology, and what amounts to almost obsessive-compulsive handiwork that keeps its technical masters and great artisans on their toes and keeps its
Above: Fashion by DIOR HAUTE COUTURE BY JOHN GALLIANO. All artwork by McDERMOTT & McGOUGH.
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Above: Fashion by VALENTINO HAUTE COUTURE.
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Above: Fashion by CHANEL HAUTE COUTURE.
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Above: Fashion by ARMANI PRIVIE.
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mad scientists' heads firmly in the clouds, which, as the artwork in this story will attest to, is sometimes a beautiful place to be.
Above: Fashion by GAULTIER PARIS.
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