Thursday, June 3, 2010

American Woman Exhibit: Everything Old Is New Again


from American Woman, Metropolitan Museum of Art
1895


from Ralph Lauren (in Vogue)
2010

7 comments:

  1. I had that first sweater in a hairy, itchy, multicolor knit with MUCH bigger sleeves in 1983. Seriously.

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  2. This is amazing! I can't believe that sweater is from 1895 - and the RL ripped it off and it looks totally modern today?!

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  3. Ralph Lauren is the ultimate borrower of other designs. Has he created an original design ever?

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  4. My hair looks like that every morning!

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