tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post4590199018072224807..comments2024-03-25T22:43:21.934-07:00Comments on Justine Picardie: Beauty and the beastJustine Picardiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16957669049699860596noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-1560414250800269022012-04-04T16:22:21.920-07:002012-04-04T16:22:21.920-07:00I've always admired adaptions and inspired by ...I've always admired adaptions and inspired by stories.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.kamagracentre.com/" rel="nofollow">kamagra</a>Jojo P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04518614435354339861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-44839258179127175862011-03-04T09:31:11.844-08:002011-03-04T09:31:11.844-08:00What a wonderful tribute to your mother -- I'v...What a wonderful tribute to your mother -- I've just read it on your blog. Thank you...Justine Picardiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16957669049699860596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-81153491623157444902011-03-04T03:22:39.068-08:002011-03-04T03:22:39.068-08:00I was delighted to find that the writer of one of ...I was delighted to find that the writer of one of my favourite books has a blog... I always thought professional writers wouldn't have time to do this kind of writing.<br />I am not into fashion at all really, have always made my own, followed my own style, and the older I get, the less interested I become really. Clothes are simply something to stop me getting cold, to hide all the imperfections, the scarring from life-saving surgery, the lumps and bumps.<br />However, 'My Mother's Wedding Dress' is a well-read book, and much loved book, evoking memories as it does of my own mother, to whom I paid tribute on my own blog (www.mrsrunofthemills.blogspot.com)<br />yesterday.<br />So thank you for that book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-71646946187789626242011-03-03T16:00:18.130-08:002011-03-03T16:00:18.130-08:00Rose, those clothes don't stop being beautiful...Rose, those clothes don't stop being beautiful...Justine Picardiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16957669049699860596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-73647507811625292282011-03-03T06:47:56.089-08:002011-03-03T06:47:56.089-08:00I can't really articulate how I feel about wha...I can't really articulate how I feel about what has happened with Galliano. I have almost no ability to cut or make clothes but I have loved his work since I was a little girl- his dresses were the first I ever cut out of magazines, his work was the reason I bought the magazines. I held him up on a pedestal and now of course I can't- but can I stop loving that chartreuse dress Nicole Kidman wore, the brocade coat Cate Blanchett had, the black backless dress Cate wore to her first Oscars, the Madonna outfits that were too beautiful to be real, no I can't.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08459305021803770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-32991050412249839462011-03-02T23:20:59.151-08:002011-03-02T23:20:59.151-08:00I think they these masters of fashion are often to...I think they these masters of fashion are often tortured souls. That's what sets them apart. Think of McQueen, or even Van Gough. At least Galliano has only been sacked and maybe this will save him from some worse fate. A chance to reflect, get help or change!Karen, Surreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09625726401639205655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-33916089122039339572011-03-02T03:18:40.002-08:002011-03-02T03:18:40.002-08:00Kairu -- you've said it all so well, as always...Kairu -- you've said it all so well, as always.<br />NandM: thanks for the realistic perspective.Justine Picardiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16957669049699860596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-49513452892382504292011-03-02T02:40:24.026-08:002011-03-02T02:40:24.026-08:00The rise and fall of John Galliano is something th...The rise and fall of John Galliano is something that does not sit right for most people I think. As with anything in life the fall is greater when the rise was such too. But for me what is most sinister about it is that he was/is so prolific in his industry and nobody, until now, has brought to light his awful views. <br />The case of Ashley Cole and his recent escape from his own misdemeanor is resonating in my mind too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-16434255370209463032011-03-01T21:08:00.801-08:002011-03-01T21:08:00.801-08:00I was in high school when I became interested in f...I was in high school when I became interested in fashion, in no little part due to Galliano's early collections for Givenchy and then Dior, those ravishingly romantic bias-cut gowns that trailed like mist. I remember the American Indian-inspired beadings and the Chinese-influenced embroideries, that acid-green shawl-inspired gown worn by Nicole Kidman at the Oscars one year. They must go back a long way; she wore Dior again this year, when no one else did.<br /><br />Fashion is a terrible sort of beast, balanced as it is on that tightrope between creating art and making money. There is no excuse to say what Galliano did, none at all. If he were not such a large cog within the giant machine of LVMH it would be just another prick getting drunk in a bar. The fashion world (like the Hollywood world) - entangled between art and business as it is - is responsible for the monsters it creates, too much money thrust upon people with no anchor to prevent them from spinning out into space.<br /><br />I'm rambling now, for which I apologize, but when I think of Galliano I also think of Alexander McQueen, and your incredibly moving elegy last year after his death. I remember that early article in American Vogue that described them as the enfants terribles of the Paris Couture. Their shows became increasingly shocking as the years passed, even as they continued to produce airy dreams of gowns that slipped across your gaze like moonlight.kairuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11608839703020585886noreply@blogger.com