Fashion Has Found Beauty in Other Cultures for Centuries — but Has It Given Due Credit?
A model poses in an ensemble from Dior’s “Madame Butterfly” couture collection for spring 2007, designed by John Galliano.
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Fashion Has Found Beauty in Other Cultures for Centuries — but Has It Given Due Credit?
Image Credit: Dominique Maitre/WWD A model poses on the runway at Dior’s spring 2004 couture show, inspired by Egypt.
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Fashion Has Found Beauty in Other Cultures for Centuries — but Has It Given Due Credit?
Image Credit: Giovanni Giannoni/WWD For the Dior cruise 2020 show, Maria Grazia Chiuri collaborated with several African creatives.
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Fashion Has Found Beauty in Other Cultures for Centuries — but Has It Given Due Credit?
Image Credit: Robert Mitra/WWD A Saks Fifth Avenue window displays a Jean Paul Gaultier ensemble.
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Fashion Has Found Beauty in Other Cultures for Centuries — but Has It Given Due Credit?
Image Credit: PMC Archives A 1994 WWD cover featuring a look from Jean Paul Gaultier’s “trans-Siberian” collection.
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Fashion Has Found Beauty in Other Cultures for Centuries — but Has It Given Due Credit?
Image Credit: Giovanni Giannoni/WWD A model on the runway at KTZ’s fall 2015 men’s wear show in London.
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Fashion Has Found Beauty in Other Cultures for Centuries — but Has It Given Due Credit?
Image Credit: Kyle Ericksen An ensemble with harem pants by Paul Poiret from the Met’s 2007 exhibition.
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Fashion Has Found Beauty in Other Cultures for Centuries — but Has It Given Due Credit?
Image Credit: Kyle Ericksen A Paul Poiret ensemble with Chinese symbols.
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Fashion Has Found Beauty in Other Cultures for Centuries — but Has It Given Due Credit?
Image Credit: Courtesy of Musée des Arts Déc Looks from 1925 by the Callot sisters at the “Touches d’Exotisme” exhibition in Paris.
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Fashion Has Found Beauty in Other Cultures for Centuries — but Has It Given Due Credit?
Image Credit: Steve McCurry/Courtesy of Valent Valentino’s spring 2016 campaign was shot in Amboseli Park in Kenya.
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Fashion Has Found Beauty in Other Cultures for Centuries — but Has It Given Due Credit?
Image Credit: Giovanni Giannoni/WWD A look from Valentino’s African-themed collection for spring 2016.
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Fashion Has Found Beauty in Other Cultures for Centuries — but Has It Given Due Credit?
Image Credit: Guy Marineau/WWD Model Kirat Bhinder in an ensemble from the Russian-inspired collection designed by Yves Saint Laurent in 1976.
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Fashion Has Found Beauty in Other Cultures for Centuries — but Has It Given Due Credit?
Image Credit: Giovanni Giannoni/WWD Dries Van Noten incorporated Asian prints and textiles into his fall-winter 2012 collection.
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Fashion Has Found Beauty in Other Cultures for Centuries — but Has It Given Due Credit?
Image Credit: Wong Maye-E/AP Photo A look from Matthew Williamson spring 2008 that was criticized for its resemblance to Ethiopian national dress.
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Fashion Has Found Beauty in Other Cultures for Centuries — but Has It Given Due Credit?
Image Credit: Dominique Maitre/WWD A flamenco ensemble from Alexander McQueen’s spring-summer 2002 collection.