TMD 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Blond Ambition World Tour, Desperately Seeking Susan, Bernard Arnault

• School: URI
• Department: Textiles Fashion Merchandising and Design
• Course: TMD 240
• Professor: Welters Linda

Document Summary

Lagerfeld and lacroix women"s fashion in the 1980s. The era: reagan in the white house. Thatcher at 10 downing street: recession - boom - recession, arab oil money, glitzy. Television: dynasty 1981 - 1989, heather locklear, hair and clothes, nolan miller. Music: madonna 1983, music, dance, fashion, muscular body, shifting image : punk, marilyn monroe, sexpot, gaultier corset for blonde ambition tour. Movies: desperately seeking susan, madonna and patricia arquette. Paris: arab oil money revived couture, karl lagerfeld joins chanel in 1982, bernard arnault acquires lvmh in 1987, christian lacroix. Zandra rhodes: bleached white, black, color streaks. Inspired by 18th century and his native provence. 1987: karl lagerfeld, updated the chanel look, signature styling, ex. Christian lacroix: art history and museum studies, sketcher at patou, widely copied for evening dresses and prom dresse. London & punk in uence: designers, hair, animal prints, black, heels. London & princess diana: wedding dress by emanuel, proponent of british designers.