Method of cutting and stitching sleeves, which are joined to the body of a coat or outfit with a diagonal stitch from the base of the neck to the armpit. The name is taken from Lord Raglan (1788-1855), British commander…

Paolo (1947). Italian photographer. After an initial period of interest in news photography, he opened a studio in his hometown of Ravenna, where he dedicated himself to still-life and portrait photography. He moved to Paris in 1973 and it was…

An English term that, especially in France, in the 1920s and 1930s, became indicative of holiday wear, especially beachwear, in the brand new discovery of sunshine and life in the open air, in locations that were certain to become society…

Fashion historians date the birth of Parisian haute couture to the creation in 1858, in the Rue de la Paix, of the maison of Charles Frederick Worth, the favorite couturier of the Empress Eugenie, of the most elegant women of…

In Los Angeles, this is the golden street of luxury shopping: it climbs sharply, twisting along the slopes of Beverly Hills, far from the traffic jams and smog of downtown. In California, the rich have always fled any appearance of…

A French name given at the turn of the twentieth century to the brand-new material viscose, following a disagreement with the silk manufacturers. An artificial fiber derived from chemically modified cellulose, which was marketed both as a silk-like continuous thread,…

Herb Ritts (1952-2002). American photographer. Born in Los Angeles, he went to New York to study economics and art history, but then he returned to California to work for his father’s furniture manufacturing business. Photography represented for him a passion…

A fashion tied up with the musical phenomenon. Chris Blackwell, the founder of Island Records and the mastermind behind the worldwide success of Bob Marley and reggae, owed his initial success to the production of a hit single in 1964,…