Camp! Susan Sontag’s 1964 essay “Notes On Camp,” describes the always conspicuous Camp design-style as embracing, "love of the unnatural: of artifice and exaggeration.” This important essay is the inspiration for the Met’s new exhibit, “Camp: Notes On Fashion,” the purpose of which is described in their exhibit overview as an examination of, “how the elements of irony, humor, parody, pastiche, artifice, theatricality and exaggeration are expressed in fashion.” An opportunity to be unconventional, to think outside-the-box, is rare and welcome to designers of any stripe, and the freedom inherent in the Camp style allows tremendous opportunity for expression and innovation in a virtual carte-blanche to the imagination. From its cultish Rocky Horror Picture Show days to the cultural mainstream and The Metropolitan Museum Of Art, Camp has proven its staying power and achieved a lasting significance in the world of fashion design. Let’s have some fun and open eyes this week as the Vintage Fashion Guild's members push boundaries and walk the fine and often blurry line between fashion and costume. No gimp bracelets or cowboy blankets here!
Mermaid dress green metallic lamé 80s strapless gown XXS Dramatic pleated black chiffon 1960s mini dress & palazzo pant set size XS Avant garde 80s Jeanne Marc outfit 2pc size S-M "Whirlwind" black 1950s cocktail hat coque feathers trim Giant topaz rhinestone choker bib necklace set 80s
Travilla fox trimmed dress with attached cape 1960s felt vest with gold chain fringe and huge flowers Peach hooded cloak Gold leather reversible suit Fredericks of Hollywood jumpsuit and top set
1990s Bustier Top - Face and Checkerboard Pattern - Memphis Style - Pop Art - Laurel - M 1990s Mini Dress Black and White Sequins by Dolce and Gabbana Danish Faux Fur Coat 1970s Mugge Kolpin Design Gunnar Knudsen Ladies S 1980s Yohji Yamamoto Deconstructed Asymmetrical Jacket - M 1990s Jean Paul Gaultier Dress - Black Fish Net Bodice
If Alexander McQueen and Anna Sui had a baby and that baby designed palazzo pants, these 1970s trousers by Adelaar's Aristocrat would be them. Early to mid-1960s "Big Pirette" loungeware by Rudi Gernreich for L'Intrigue, a division of Exquisite Form
What a Fun parade! I dont have nay current pieces available, but I had some unique pieces that sold years ago
