{"id":140,"date":"2017-03-06T21:46:18","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T21:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exhibitions.fitnyc.edu\/paris-refashioned\/?p=140"},"modified":"2017-04-11T15:34:12","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T15:34:12","slug":"fashion-and-celebrity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhibitions.fitnyc.edu\/paris-refashioned\/fashion-and-celebrity\/","title":{"rendered":"Fashion and Celebrity"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\"YvesThe links between fashion and celebrity culture during the 1960s are most often associated with London, with stars such as the Beatles and Twiggy becoming international sensations. Yet there was a vibrant and influential youth culture in France as well. Film stars including Brigitte Bardot and Catherine Deneuve became fashion icons, as did singers such as Fran\u00e7oise Hardy and Sylvie Vartan.<\/p>\n

Brigitte Bardot\u2019s impact on fashion was firmly established in 1959, when she married fellow actor Jacques Charrier in a full-skirted, pink gingham gown by Jacques Est\u00e9rel. While the look of the dress itself was not innovative, the use of humble cotton fabric for a bridal gown flouted tradition. Only one month after her wedding, the New York Times<\/em> reported, \u201cYou can\u2019t buy a yard of checkered gingham in Paris, not even enough for kitchen curtains, since Brigitte picked the fabric for her wedding dress.\u201d<\/p>\n

Catherine Deneuve\u2019s 1960s style was defined by her relationship with Yves Saint Laurent. She wore the designer\u2019s clothing on- and off-screen, such as his original \u201cle smoking\u201d suit and a gown from his renowned \u201cPop Art\u201d collection. She also owned some of Saint Laurent\u2019s more subdued styles, including a navy wool pea coat with brass buttons from 1966. The Museum at FIT\u2019s collection houses an example of this same design.
\nFran\u00e7oise Hardy and Sylvie Vartan were associated with a musical genre known as y\u00e9-y\u00e9<\/em>, which took its name from English-language songs that included the words \u201cyeah, yeah, yeah\u201d \u2013 most famously, the Beatles song \u201cShe Loves You.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Yves Saint Laurent pea coat<\/strong>
\n1966
\nGift of Doris Strakosch
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Similar to the way the term \u201cmod\u201d in England and the United States, y\u00e9-y\u00e9<\/em> became used as a term to describe various aspects of French youth culture. Particular clothing styles were identified as y\u00e9-y\u00e9<\/em> fashion, including trench coats, striped t-shirts, and flat, Mary Jane-style shoes. Two trench coats included in the Paris Refashioned<\/em> exhibition \u2013 one from Saint Laurent Rive Gauche, the other from Andr\u00e9 Courr\u00e8ges\u2019s ready-to-wear line, Couture Future \u2013 were selected to represent an aspect of the y\u00e9-y\u00e9<\/em> style.<\/p>\n

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Left:<\/strong>\u00a0trench coat by Saint Laurent Rive Gauche, circa 1967
\nRight:<\/strong>\u00a0trench coat by Couture Future (Andr\u00e9 Courr\u00e8ges), circa 1968
\nPhoto by Eileen Costa. \u00a9 2017 The Museum at FIT<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Paris Refashioned, 1957-1968<\/em> runs through April 15, 2017 at The Museum at FIT<\/a> in NYC.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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