我的时装·时刻

认识Giorgio Sant'Angelo也是从淘到这条今天看起来也非常时髦入时的红色阔腿裤开始。（也就是店里正在卖的这条 ）

在Bluetramontana Style 上搜到一篇介绍他的很好的文章：

“ Giorgio di Sant'Angelo (the "di" was later dropped) was a child of the 1960s. Unlike many of the decade's talented new designers— including Pierre Cardin, André Courréges, and Rudi Gernreich—who suffered symptoms of career burnout as the 1960s came to a close, Sant'Angelo soared on a creative high. His formative years, leading up to his move to New York, included an education in the arts in Florence and a studio apprenticeship with Picasso who urged Sant'Angelo to trust his own restless creativity and to keep trying new artistic ventures.

(看了david colman这篇文章 就会发现，Giorgio Sant'Angelo不仅仅是一个时装设计师，他的经历太丰富了，不仅师从过picasso,还学过建筑、法律，以及动画，甚至从事过室内设计，直到后来帮Diana Vreeland做造型)

Sant'Angelo, who had an affinity for the new plastics developed with futuristic technology, designed Lucite jewelry and accessories in colorful geometric shapes. Diana Vreeland, editor of Vogue from 1963-71, found his designs to be in step with her own ideas and gave him carte blanche as a stylist. The results of their association during the late 1960s were stunning examples of the breadth of Sant'Angelo's originality. His concoctions of colored Veruschka were the peak of fashion fantasy. This option of make-believe went beyond mere merchandise shown in a magazine layout. His work was theatrical, exotic, and on some level could be considered performance art; this taste for escapism through dress coincided with the escalation of the Vietnam War beginning in 1968.

Inspired by hippie and street fashions, Sant'Angelo also translated ideas that would fit the marketplace. His love of ethnic clothing was evident, and his gypsy looks included elements of romanticism. Introducing a modern component, he incorporated Lycra body suits with these varied influences. He offered women a chance at self-expression through dress. In 1972 Sant'Angelo left behind his gypsy and Native American inspirations and concentrated on body-conscious designs combining knits and wovens. His 33-piece collection was shown at the Guggenheim Museum and further emphasized Sant'Angelo's commitment to fashion design as an artform. "To me, soul means freedom and inner confidence," Sant'Angelo commented on the collection. "I express it in happy, bright colors, and in simplicity of design." He presented matching knit shirts, tops, trousers, and bras that folded into an envelope for travel. These pieces were based around a body stocking and formed the 1970s American fashion silhouette. "“ We had nothing but some yards of fabric, some stones, and some ropes." Veruschka.

One of Veruschka's most famous shoots. Veruschka, photographer Franco Rubartelli, and then stylist Giorgio di Sant'Angelo were sent into the Arizona desert by Diana Vreeland with nothing but bolts of fabric and fur, and Dynel wigs. The resulting pictures published in July 1968 have become a legendary example in creating something out of nothing.（这组片子其实挺有看《国家地理杂志》的感觉，30年后katie grand也受这套片子启发，为pop拍了一组模特feature prada和john galliano衣服的片子，之后当然还有很多很多后世模仿的例子，比如下面vogue这个naomi的封面 ）

An old advertisement read, "Giorgio Sant'Angelo Spoken Here," a true statement as how he saw his work as a new language in fashion. He admired the ideas of Rudi Gernreich, whose work also contributed key elements to modern design. He also respected the work of Halston, Elsa Peretti, Betsey Johnson, Stephen Burrows, Oscar de la Renta, Yves Saint Laurent, Pierre Cardin, and Valentino. Throughout the 1980s fashion shifts, Sant'Angelo worked on classical refinements of his own concepts. Poised for a timely reemergence as a name in fashion, Giorgio Sant'Angelo died in 1989. A truly original free spirit was lost forever, yet his name lived on with his company, and as inspiration for a new generation of designers making retro the hottest trend of the late 1990s and early 2000s. Among his admirers were David Meister, whose spring 2002 collection was reminiscent of Sant'Angelo styles from throughout the 1970s, as well as Marc Jacobs who winked at the hip decade's duds in his spring 2002 showing.”
Myra Walker

Giorgio di Sant’Angelo and Veruschka, 1969. Photo: Harry Benson.

Giorgio di Sant'Angelo and Moniqe ivan Vooren at a party thrown by di Sant'Angelo, 1972. © Condé Nast Archive/Corbis.

Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Tatjana Patitz, Christy Turlington, and Cindy Crawford in tops, 1990, by Giorgio di Sant’Angelo, British Vogue, January, 1990/
Photograph by Peter Lindbergh

"If you had to pick one designer from the late sixties and the early seventies, he's the one." Harold Koda, curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute.