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For the fashion enthusiast who sees glamour and femininity in technicolor, we at C.Madeleine’s suggest becoming acquainted with the effervescent English designer, Zandra Rhodes. With a fervent focus on printed textile design throughout her Art School years, since entering the fashion world in the late 1960s, Rhodes’ flair for intense color and unique ethnic inspired prints quickly became her celebrated namesake. While incorporating her bright and eccentric prints upon dramatic silhouettes that were fit for royalty, Rhodes’ pieces ultimately caught the attention of such style mavens as Diana, Princess of Wales, Jackie Onassis, Elizabeth Taylor, and ‘Queen’ front liner Freddie Mercury.

With decades of award-winning designs under her fiercely fabulous belt, Ms. Rhodes’ was questioned by authors Monsef, Safer, and de Niet on which masterpiece she holds with the highest adoration. Featured in their impressively illustrated book, ‘My Favourite Dress’, Rhodes’ honors her famed Ayers Rock print of 1974 as the treasured choice. The popular design that was amongst the closet’s of one Jackie Onassis and sister, Princess Lee Rodiwell, can now be yours to own and cherish for all your fashion forward days to come. Snag this rare piece and other Rhodes gems at the C.Madeleine’s Zandra Rhodes Online Boutique!

Hailed as “a fashion wonder of the world” by the coveted Vogue Magazine, former French Vogue Editor-in Chief, Carine Roitfeld, made her annual visit to the C.Madeleine’s Showroom. Roitfeld, being no stranger to the finest and most extraordinary pieces of fashion the world over, felt right at home while browsing the expansive collection of designer vintage at C.Madeleine’s. From 1950s Christian Dior to 1970s Halston, 1980s Gianni Versace to 1990s Moschino, and everything in between, walking through the most exquisite halls of fashion history the world has to offer evokes a feeling similar to that of perusing the Vogue Accessory Closet of decades before. And the beauty of it all, this exclusive closet is yours to shop as well! Follow in the fashionable footsteps of Carine Roitfeld and shop C.Madeleine’s, either by foot or online at C.Madeleines.com.

Vogue’s contributing editor and world renown fashion maven, Laura Santo Domingo, discusses all her Miami favorites in The Miami Herald, November 2011, and gives a nod to the C.Madeleine’s Vintage Showroom. Find your own fashion treasures and shop C.Madeleine’s online!

The much anticipated Special Edition of Vogue’s Best Dressed Guide has hit newsstands nationwide, and C.Madeleine’s has been awarded the title of best vintage store in the United States. This prestigious issue features only the creme de la creme in every area of fashion and beauty, so we were more than elated to be presented with such an honor.

We just listed this very special glass & bead cameo on a velvet necklace.

Above, Lara Stone on the cover of French Vogue, October 2010.

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Vintage Fashion is in Vogue

British Vogue blogger Laura Bailey stopped in to shop C. Madeleine’s recently and wrote about her expedition and her vintage find for Vogue.com. See the perfect vintage 1950s party dress Laura writes about, selected right off our mannequin and read on for an excerpt of her memoirs of shopping C. Madeleine’s in Miami.

“I did manage to resist sloping down to the Screening Snug for a screening of Vanessa Paradis’ Heartbreaker (tempting) in favour of a magical mystery shopping quest in search of C.Madeleine’s on Biscayne Boulevard. It didn’t look promising – an unprepossessing concrete bunker of a building with a yellow sign advertising the wonders within. But one glimpse inside and the boyfriend knew his afternoon was in trouble. A time limit was imposed immediately and I had to stop gasping and staring and focus fast – a wall of vintage Chanel, a souk full of Sixties Pucci, groaning shelves laden with shoes and trinkets. I felt like Eliza Doolittle, zipping in and out of corsets and Seventies prints, Chanel knits and timeless little black dresses. All lovingly preserved and in pristine condition. One of those rare shopping moments when everything you try feels like its been made for you – not necessarily a good thing. A restrained edit did at least leave me with the perfect party dress for the evening’s festivities – a little white tiered mini with a pale pink sash, very Miami, despite my English pallor.”

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Madeleine at Danny Santiagos Masquerade

Madeleine at the Masquerade

Miami was masquerading Saturday night at superstar stylist Danny Santiago’s formal affair for his 50th birthday at the Glass House in the Design District. Specials guests included C. Madeleine’s Madeleine Kirsh and Chad Cox, fashion instructor and professional photoshoot stylist, and Miami’s fashion industry insiders. Black tie attire and masks were required.

Vintage Vogue Magazine Cover May 1941

A look back at Vogue magazine, an inspirational May 1941 beauty issue cover with vintage appeal

Check out this vintage Vogue cover! The May 1941 Summer Beauty Issue, designed by Horst P. Horst. I believe that’s 69 years ago this month… and still gorgeous!