Vintage Giorgio Sant Angelo Original Art

 

Giorgio Sant Angelo's design studio created these original watercolors likely in the early 1980s. 

The angular faces are animalistic, echoing the triangular taper of that unmistakeably 80s silhouette.

Giorgio originally began as a stylist for Vogue, when Diana Vreeland suggested he had an eye for design.  He got his start as a designer with "those beautiful Twiggy covers", according to the sketches' owner.

Sant Angelo went on to become an "American Pierre Cardin", influencing the likes of Gianni Versace and Roberto Cavalli. 

For original fashion by these designers, check our current offerings of Sant Angelo - Cardin - Versace and other notable vintage designers.

Vintage Perry Ellis: 1979 & 1980

 More prints from a friend's collection of vintage Perry Ellis original watercolors.
Collections are Summer 1979 and a 1980 fashion collection titled "Party and Parting" with swatches intact.

Summer 1979.  Cursive in lower right reads "Cotton - Poplin Windbreak -
Macbeth Cotton Knit Strip - Lower Brief(s) Cut - Beach... Play."

1980.  Upper left cursive reads "French Angora sleeveless capelet crew -w- Silk taffeta tucked yoke riding skirt.
Wool Shetland cable-sleeved crew - evening white -w- dark garnet velveteen golfers.
Black french angora strapless cable front peplum -w- plaid silk taffeta riding skirt.

 

 

 

1980.  French Angora 3/4-sleeve sweater with Striped Tissue Taffeta Fullest Skirt.

"Party and Parting" detail.

Vintage Perry Ellis ca. 1979

 I was talking to a friend the other day on the phone, and he mentioned he had these original fashion watercolors from Perry Ellis years ago.  "What years, and when can I see them?" were my first questions.  And here's the first of the prints.

 In the close-fitting skullcaps and bandeau straps there's the spirit of an American flapper, like something Chanel would have sketched up in the late 1970s, had she seen fit by then to expose the knee.

Effortless, sporty elegance circa 1979.  We see vintage clothes by Perry's peers, including Ralph Lauren and Bill Blass of the same time period.  We don't see Perry Ellis much.  Perhaps that's because these well-made resort clothes were well-loved and didn't make it to the next generation so often.  In these prints, we can certainly see the chic that would make this so.