Photo by Grance DoreWhile Sunday surfing I came across this arresting photo by Garance Dore of Lanvin's Spring 2011 collection...
Yesterday I went to a press preview of the Jan Gossart exhibit at the Met - can you see where this is headed?
Lanvin's fabulous flowie drapery...
Has Alber Elbaz been looking at Neatherlandish painting?
Or is it just me that sees...
These complex draperies...
Repeated in these paintings of Jan Gossart? 
Scrunched...
Red pigment was such a rare commodity for artists back in the 13-14th century - vermilion or cinnabar was usually reserved for the most exquisite of painted subjects like the virgin. But here the artiste has deemed himself worthy of the finest. Is that why I see RED everywhere?
Of course Lanvin loves black too...
As does this Met preview observer draped in noir...
Lanvin designer Alber Elbaz would make a worthy portrait subject for 13th century Jan Gossart don't you think?
Can't you envision the couture sketches pinned to the wall behind his head and fabric swatches/colored threads on his work table..?
Bien sur only a 21st century designer could dream up these fantastical shoes-who knows if they bothered with shoes under all that drapery?
Back in New York a boy braves the cold with not much drapery at all. He better cover up - it's 54 degrees out there.
Bien sur only a 21st century designer could dream up these fantastical shoes-who knows if they bothered with shoes under all that drapery?opens tomorrow at the Metropolitan Museum - a spendid exhibit.
Back in New York a boy braves the cold with not much drapery at all. He better cover up - it's 54 degrees out there.BONJOUR LANVIN/JAN GOSSART!