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Coming Up Roses: 25 of Our Favorite Floral Prints

By Laird Borrelli-Persson
  • Zendaya Coleman in roseprinted Dolce Gabbana 2017
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    Photo: Neil Rasmus / BFA / REX / Shutterstock
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    Zendaya in Dolce & Gabbana, 2017

  • Carla Bruni in a roseprint Valentino dress 1992
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    Photo: Bertrand Rindoff Petroff
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    Carla Bruni in Valentino, 1992

  • Sarah Jessica Parker in Sex and the City The Movie 2007
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    Photo: James Devaney / WireImage
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    Sarah Jessica Parker in Sex and the City 2007

  • Kim Kardashian West in Givenchy with Kanye West 2013
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    Photo: Karwai Tang / FilmMagic
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    Kim Kardashian West, in Givenchy, with Kanye West, 2013

  • A Paul Poiret evening dress illustrated by Georges Lepape
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    Photo: Eileen Tweedy / REX / Shutterstock
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    A Paul Poiret evening dress illustrated by Georges Lepape

  • A roseprint dress by Jacques Fath
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    Photographed by Henry Clarke, Vogue, April 15, 1954
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    A rose-print dress by Jacques Fath

  • Emma Stone in Lanvin 2012
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    Photo: Gennadi Avramenko / Epsilon / Getty Images
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    Emma Stone in Lanvin, 2012

  • Lauren Bacall in a roseprint dress circa 1945
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    Photo: John Kobal Foundation / Getty Images
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    Lauren Bacall, c. 1945

  • Maggie Cheung in In the Mood for Love 2000
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    Photo: © Miramax / Courtesy Everett Collection
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    Maggie Cheung in In the Mood for Love, 2000

  • Cara Delevingne in Dolce Gabbana 2015
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    Photo: Juan Naharro Gimenez / Getty Images
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    Cara Delevingne in Dolce & Gabbana, 2015

  • Naomi Campbell in Christian Lacroix 1988
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    Photo: Daniel Simon / Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
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    Naomi Campbell in Christian Lacroix, 1988

  • Alex Sandor in Balenciaga Spring 2008
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    Photo: Marcio Madeira
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    Alex Sandor in Balenciaga, Spring 2008

  • Rihanna left in River Island with Melissa Forde 2013
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    Photo: REX / Shutterstock
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    Rihanna, right, in River Island, with Melissa Forde, 2013

  • Maria Callas with Jean Cocteau 1960
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    Photo: RDA / Getty Images
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    Maria Callas with Jean Cocteau, 1960

  • Querelle Jansen in Prada Fall 2005
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    Photo: Marcio Madeira
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    Querelle Jansen in Prada, Fall 2005

  • Princess Diana in Catherine Walker 1988
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    Photo: Tim Graham / Getty Images
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    Princess Diana in Catherine Walker, 1988

  • Ania Trublaska in Giambattista Valli Fall 2008
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    Photo: Marcio Madeira
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    Ania Trublaska in Giambattista Valli, Fall 2008

  • Amber Valletta 2006
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    Photo: Peter Kramer / Getty Images
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    Amber Valletta, 2006

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    Photo: TM and Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved./ Courtesy Everett Collection
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    Marilyn Monroe in Something’s Got to Give, 1962

  • Christy Turlington in Christian Lacroix Haute Couture 1992
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    Photo: Victor Virgile / Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
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    Christy Turlington in Christian Lacroix Haute Couture, 1992

  • Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture 2007
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    Photo: Camera Press Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo
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    Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture, 2007

  • Uma Thurman in Chanel Haute Couture 2003
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    Photo: Jean-Paul Aussenard / WireImage
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    Uma Thurman in Chanel Haute Couture, 2003

  • Rose prints inspired by Replica Hermes Bag Reviewss archive from the magazines collaboration with Karl Lagerfeld and Lord Taylor.
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    Photo: Jai Odell. Stylist, Jasmine Hassett; hair and makeup, Rebecca Plymate
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    Rose prints inspired by Vogue’s archive, from the magazine’s collaboration with Karl Lagerfeld and Lord & Taylor.

Christian Lacroix is Laird Borrelli-Persson’s fashion raison d’etre; the way he combined romance and historicism set her on the path she is following today. Borrelli-Persson studied literature at Boston College, spending her junior year abroad at Oxford, where she added some art history. After graduation she moved to New York to intern ... Read More
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