Author: Cassidy Zachary

Cassidy Zachary is a fashion historian, research consultant and writer living in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She also works as a costumer in film and television. Her first book entitled Fashion and the Art of Pochoir, written with co-author April Calahan, is to be published by Thames & Hudson later this year.

Born on this day in fashion history: Natacha Rambova

by Cassidy Zachary

Happy birthday to Natacha Rambova, born on this day in 1897. Rambova is best remembered for her contentious marriage to famed 1920s heartthrob Rudolph Valentino, but it is perhaps less well-known that she had a successful costume and fashion design career. Born in Utah as Winifred Shaugnessy, Rambova would not acquire her more alluring Russian-sounding moniker until she became … Continue reading Born on this day in fashion history: Natacha Rambova

Fashion Film Friday: Marie Schuller’s “White” for couture duo Dice Kayek

by Cassidy Zachary

“White” represents the third collaboration between fashion filmmaker Marie Schuller and the sisters behind the couture line Dice Kayek. In the film, Schuller invites the viewer into a surrealist dreamscape inhabited by two nymph-like models wearing various ensembles from the designers’ AW14 collection. Schuller and the designers previously collaborated on the fashion film shorts “Noir” … Continue reading Fashion Film Friday: Marie Schuller’s “White” for couture duo Dice Kayek