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| 1960's Carven dress The House of Carven was established in 1945 in Paris, France by Carmen de Tomasso, a woman who renamed herself, Madame Carven. While her background was in interior design and architecture, Carven cultivated her interest in designing clothes due to of all things, her own height! A mere 5' 1," Carven found it challenging to find clothes that fit her small figure and used her design background to problem solve in fashion. She created clothes that lengthened the figure, maintaining an interest in the budding apparel category of Sportswear, that was new to the women's market at that time. |
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| Carven Collection, Spring 2011 I am in love with these voluminous shorts!! Guillaume Henry, the current designer for the House of Carven, faces the challenge of following Carven's aesthetic, while re-interpreting her vision of sportswear in a modern age. The Carven website describes him as "the guardian of the heritage of the Couture years," creating "chic, feminine, and pared-down fashion, free from ostentation." The silhouette of his collection is vastly different from the 1960's design showed above, but captures a casual ease to sexiness, symbiotic with the French, yet with a sophisticated edge to sportswear. |
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| Vintage Carven (photo taken from etsy.com-seller: paperdollgirls) Carven's muse was a "woman who was free and unshackled by convention," as she offered accessible luxury that followed with "Parisian chic." |
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| Vintage Carven photo taken from etsy.com-seller: paperdollgirls |
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| Vintage Carven photo taken from etsy.com-seller: paperdollgirls |
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| Vintage Carven photo taken from etsy.com-seller: paperdollgirls |
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| Didier Ludot is a vintage couture clothing store in Paris that features Carven designs. |
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| Here and below are some of my favorite looks from Guillaume Henry's Spring 2011 Collection. His concept was "Classic student gets lost in the halls of the Louvre," inspired by "travel, without getting too literal, [and] built on nerdy, collegiate chic with proper tailoring." -Henry |
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| Modern Trenchcoat with a vintage vibe and an collared dress with handkerchief hemline |
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| Yay poofy short and French Minnie Mouse shoes! Even though the shoes are much more elegant that Minnie Mouse, that's what they remind me of... The Blouse on the left reminds me of a western shirt. |
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| The drapery is reminiscent of the statues at the Louvre, while the cutouts, and negative space make the clothes modern. |
Links:
http://www.hintmag.com/post/carven--september-29-2010
http://vintagefashionguild.org/fashion-history/carven-of-paris/
http://www.etsy.com/people/paperdollgirls?ref=ls_profile
http://ace.openingceremony.us/entry.asp?pid=1071
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