Christine Zhu

Before Mansur Gavriel…A Brief History of the Bucket Bag

January 30, 2015January 31, 2015 by Christine Zhu

Fashion constantly mines history for inspiration. With so much already out there and so little time between collections, what’s easier than blasting back to the past and adapting something relatively obscure for next season? This was the case for the bucket bag, a small leather pouch with a drawstring closure, which has now become ubiquitous due … Continue reading Before Mansur Gavriel…A Brief History of the Bucket Bag

Born on this day in fashion: Christian Dior and Cristobal Balenciaga, Part II

January 21, 2015January 22, 2015 by Christine Zhu

If Cristobal Balenciaga were still alive today, he would have turned the formidable age of 119. His house, which had its first Paris fashion show in August 1937 and thrives today under the tutelage of American designer, Alexander Wang, is seventy-six years old. Seventy-six years. In three quarters of a century, fashion has been shaken by revolutions, quakes, resurgences, it’s … Continue reading Born on this day in fashion: Christian Dior and Cristobal Balenciaga, Part II