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detail of Irvine and Fine Kutch coat
In Kutch, tribes have their own defined styles of embroidery-with each stitch executed in a particular order & the handwork is done by women. read more about the embroidery here
Sarah Horton in Irving and Fine's Kutch coat
as seen in Town and Country
Charleston
where?
everywhere-
Irving and Fine
on-
facebook here
at-
house parties
in-
new york
la
dallas
their LAMU Coat
&
finally here-
in VOGUE
& today, at STYLEBEAT here
& though I don't have plans to stitch one- it is interesting to watch-
Both designers have their own fabric companies and are inspired by their travels and ties to India. Other inspirations are paintings by Zubaran.
IRVING AND FINE here
LISA FINE here
CAROLINA IRVING here
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Exquisite! Prestige, class, tradition and embroidery all in one piece. I would personally wear something shorter like the white one.
ReplyDeleteAdding this to my "someday" fashion file. These are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteGaye --
ReplyDeleteAppreciate the kala raksha link and the youtube clip!
Have a creative day.
Courtney
This was wonderful to watch. A true art form!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I think Mia Armstrong's is especially nice.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful embroidery work and informative post - thank you!
ReplyDeleteGaye, I could do that! fffphwarrrr (that translates to No I couldn't actually)
ReplyDeleteIs this not Jacques Grange and Pierre Passebon with Natasha Fraser walking out of Maxim's ?
ReplyDeleteYou should have seen me at Westweek in LA chasing after an adorable young woman in an Irving and Fine jacket/tunic! I made my assistant ask her where it came from........so, so so so chic!!!
ReplyDeleteI went to the website.......there she was! same girl, same jacket/ tunic!
Could I find it?? NO!!!!
Where do we find you?? And more importantly, those jackets/tunics!!!??
Lordy!
Did you ever see this post? This made me laugh! It was from last year........six months ago!!! when I wrote it!
ReplyDeleteI chased a darling woman wearing a coat by Irving and Fine!
No luck!!!
Penelope, they are now online! here http://irvingandfine.com/
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