Close The Door [Fashion Feature]

Close The Door

The Days of Three Martini Lunches

The Fifties conjures up images of June Cleaver, women declaring freedom by way of dishwasher, and postwar economic constraints affecting fashion by making it extraordinarily uniform through the burgeoning mass marketed ready-to-wear industry. At least that's what the Fifties look like in the photographs. Had an odd thing happened after the Liberation? Women were able to drive their own cars, and had the right to vote... but most of the fairer sex chose to 'wear clothes that bore nostalgic echoes of the Belle Epoque.' Women were granted choice and a lot of them chose Gone With The Wind. more...

Designers featured in this story:

Azzedine Alaia
Balenciaga
Cherner
Chloe
Jean Paul Gaultier
Jonathan Adler
Lanvin
Mayle
Nuit
Prada
Roche Bobois
Sequin

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Fashion Designers Index

A A La Disposition | Aaron Barak | Abaete | Academy Of Art | accessories | Adept | Adidas | Adrienne Vittadini | AF Vandervorst | Afshin Feiz | Agent Provocateur | Agnes B. | Akiko Ogawa | Alannah Hill Brown | Alberta Ferretti | Alberto Venturini | Aldo | Alessandro Dell'Acqua | Alex Gaines | Alex Grant | Alexander McQueen | Alexander Wang | Alexandra Neel | Alexandre Herchcovitch | Alexis Bittar | Algo | Alice Roi | Alison Daniel | Allegra Hicks | Alma Aguillar | American Apparel | Amuleti J. | Amy Bengston | Andre Courreges | Andre Sarda | Andrew MacKenzie | Angel Chang | Angelo Figus | Ann Demeulemeester | Anna Sui | Anne Bowen | Anne Cole Studio | Anne Klein | Anouska Hempel | Anthony Luciano | Antigel | Antipast | Antonio Marras | April, May Cape | Aqua di Lara | Aquascutum | Araks | Arena CPH | Aristo | Arnold & Arnold | AsFour | Ashley Dearborn | Ashley Isham | Ashley Page | Atelier Monica Carvalho | Atil Kutoglu | Aubade | Aurelio Costarella | Avsh Alom Gur | Azzedine Alaia |
B Michael | Baby Phat | Badgley Mischka | Balenciaga | Banana Republic | Band Of Outsiders | Barbara Gongini | Basia Zarzycka | Basso & Brooke | BCBG Maxazira | Be True | Bearhead | Behnaz Sarafpour | Bel Air | Bellum Classics | Benjamin Cho | Bernard Willhelm | Beth Lauren | Betsey Johnson | Betty Barclay | Betty Jackson | Bettye Muller | bikini | Bill Blass | Bing Bang | Bisaillion Academy | Bless | Blessed are the Meek | Bliss Lau | Bloomingdales | Blumarine | Bonbon Oiseau | Bootzwalla | Bora Aksu | Bottega Veneta | Botticelli | Boudicca | Brazilia Belts | Breed | Brian Atwood | Brian Reyes | Browns | Bruce | Bruno Banani | Bruno Frisoni | Buckler | Burberry Prorsum | Byblos |
C&C | C-Neeon | Cacharel | Cadolle | Calico Juno | Calvin Klein | Calypso | Camilla Staerk | Camper | Carey Williams | Carine Gilson | Carlos Miele | Carmen Marc Valvo | Carol Christian Poell | Carol Tanenbaum | Carolina Bucci | Carolina Herrera | Caroline Baggi | Carpe Diem | Carshoe | Casa da Alessa | Catherine Malandrino | Catherine Rapetti | Catwalk LA | Causse | CC Jewelery Design | Cecle & Jeanne | Celine | Cesare Paciotti | Chado Ralph Rucci | Chaiken | Chanel | Chantal Thomass | Charles Chang-Lima | Charles David | Charles Jordan | Charlotte Sol | Charlotte Weiss | Cheap Monday | Cherner | Chilewich | Chine Collection | Chip & Pepper | Chloe | Choice | Choppard | Chris Aire | Chris Benz | Chris Han | Chrishabana | Christian Dior | Christian Lacroix | Christian Louboutin | Christo Dovas | Chuck Taylor | Cia Maritima | Circus | Clarks | Claudia Ciuti | Claudia Duarte | Cleopatra | Club Monaco | clutch | Colette Malouf | Collette Dinnigan | Comme Des Garcons | Concrete | Conran | CONSTRUKT | Converse | Cornella James | Cornucopia | Corpus | Costello Tagliapietra | Costume National | Couture Net | cruise collection | Crumley New York | cuff | Custo Barcelona | Cutler & Cross | Cyd Jouny | Cynthia Rowley | Cynthia Steffe | Cynthia Vincent |
D&G | Dana Gakin | Dangerfield | Daniel Hechter | David Chu | David Rodriguez | David Yurman | DDC LAB | Deborah Marquit | Debra Rodman | Deka Ray | Dennis Basso | Designers For Darfur | Development | Diane von Furstenberg | Didier Ludot | Diesel | Diesel Jeans | Dim | Dior | Disaya | Divine Tribe | DKNY | Dolce and Gabbana | Donald Deal | Donna Karan | Doo Ri | Doucette Duvall | Douglas Hannant | Dragana Ognjenovic | Draugsvold | dress | Dries Van Noten | Dsquared | Duarte Jeans | Duckie Brown | Due Farina |
Echo | Echo of the Dreamer | Ed and Bek | Eddie Bauer | Edgar | Elena Vasileva | Eley Kishimoto | Elie Saab | Elisa Jimenez and the Hungerworld | Elise Overland | Elle Macpherson Intimates | Ellen Christine | Ellen Tracy | Emanuel Ungaro | Emilio Pucci | Envers | Equip | Eres | Eric Javits | Erickson Beamon | Erin Fetherston | Ermanno Scervino | Erotokritos | Escada | Esteban Cortazar | Eswera | Etro | Express |
Falke | Fatima Lopez | Favourbrook | Felix Rey | Fendi | Fernanda Sibilia | Fernando Garcia Couture | Fifi Chachnil | Figleaves | Fogal | Form | Fornarina | Francoise Auguet | Frank Tropiano | Frankly Darling | Fray Fray Fray | Frederick's of Hollywood | Free People | Frock NYC | Frost French | Full Circle |
G Series | G Star | Gaetano Navarra | Gaetano Perrone for té casan | Gant | Gap | Gary Graham | Gaspard Yurkievich | Gavin Douglas | Gen Art | Gentry | Georg Meyer-Wiel | Gharani Strok | Giambattista Valli | Gianfranco Ferre | Giles & Brothers by Philip Crangi | Giles and Brother | Gilles Rosier | Gina | Giorgio Armani | GirlProps | Giuseppe Zanotti | Giuseppe Zanotti Design | Givenchy | Gottex | Granvill Millinery Company Aspen | Grey Ant | Gucci | Guess | Guiseppe Zanotti | Gustavo Arango |
H&M | Half & Whirly | handbag | Hanky Panky | Harmon | Havanas | Hay Luv | Hayden-Harnett | Hazel | Heatherette | Heike Jarick | Hello Kitty | Helmut Lang | Hermes | Hickey Men's Suits | Hidy Ng | House of Lavender | Hue | Hugo Boss | Huit |
ID Sarrieri | Imitation of Christ | Ippolita Rostagno | Irregular Choice | Isaac Mizrahi | Isabel Marant | Isabella Fiori | Isharya | Issey Miyake | Issy | Issy Camilleri |
J Mendel | J.Lindeberg | Jaime Hayon | Jalan | James Coviello | Jared Gold Dark | Jasmir Shokrian | Jason Wu | Jayde | Jayson Brunsdon | Jean Paul Gaultier | Jeffrey Chow | Jen Mood | Jenne O | Jennifer Nicholson | Jenny Yuen | Jeremy Laing | Jeremy Scott | jewelry | Jezebel | Jil Sander | Jill Alberts | Jill Platner | Jill Stuart | Jimmy Choo | Joanna Mastroianni | Joanne Hynes | Jodes Designs | Joe's Jeans | John Bartlett | John Galliano | John Hardy | John Rocha | John Smedley | John Varvatos | Jonathan Adler | Jonathan Aston | Jose Barrera | Joseph Aboud | Josephine Salvador | Josh Goot | Jovovich-Hawk | Joy vs. Happiness | Juan Antonio Lopez | Judith Leibe | Juicy Couture | Julez Bryant | Julie Sandlau | Julie Schouvey | Junker and Officials | Junko Shimada | Juno | Junya Watanabe | Jurgen Simonsen | Just In Case | Just Yves |
Kai Kuhne | Kai Milla | Kak & Rae | Kangol | Kara Janx | Karen Millen | Karen Walker | Karkula | Karoo Mark Eisen | Kate Spade | Kati Stern | Kaufmans | Kayique | Keanan Duffty | Keds | Kenneth Cole | Kenneth Jay Lane | Kenzo | Kim Spencer | Krelwear Black Label | Kristen Aronsson | Kristen Lee | Krizia | Kuku |
L.A.M.B | La Crasia | La Loop | La Perla | La Rok | La Vie Parisienne | Lacoste | Lagerfeld Gallery | Lanvin | Larissa Barrera | Laundry Industry | Laura Bonic | Le bon Marche | Le Fetiche | Le Printemps | Leah C Couture | Lee 1 | Lee Angel | Lela Rose | Lenny Swimwear | Lesley Mobo | Lesley Vik-Waddel | Levis | Lewis Albert | Libertine | Linda Loudermilk | Linden Abbott | Linea | lingerie | Lise Charmel | Literature Noir | Liz McClean | Loden Dager | Loewe | Lois Hill | Lola | Lola Rose | Lolita Pompadour | Lonchamp | Look From London | Lori Ann | Lost Art | Louis Mariette | Louis Vuitton | Lover | Luca Luca | Luciano Barbera | Luella | Lulu Guinness | Luna | Lyall Hakaraia |