Style Icons: Female,Style Icons: Male »Best of Resort 2013 Part 2
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Posted on July 8, 2012
Spend a Couple Minutes »Colored Laces
Pop of Color
It’s a simple effective way to spruce up old shoes.
I got some colored laces from J. Crew for only $4 a pop.
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Posted on May 21, 2012
Movies »Unzipped
directed by Douglas Keeve (1995)
I adore the documentary Unzipped. I have probably seen it a dozen times and all those times, seen it alone. Of all the passions and tastes Jim and I share, movies about the fashion industry just isn’t one of them so they’ve become a private pleasure.
With this Isaac Mizrahi ode to high fashion being on Netflix instant, I couldn’t help but indulge in another viewing.
Before Project Runway, before any of the many fashion docs, there was this movie. Its inside look at the creative process was truly inspiring and amazing to me as a young woman and still fills me with joy to watch. Mizrahi is charming, the show is excellent (looks as fresh today as then), the cinematography is beautiful and even the score is perfection.
I feel like this movie is almost forgotten and buried behind The September Issue and realty tv but any lover of fashion should see it right away. It’s divine.
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Posted on May 18, 2012
Web Sites »Andre Studios 1930 – 1941
from New York Public Library
Whoever’s in charge the New York Public Library online stuff deserves a big kiss from me.
First I flipped over the menu archives now I’ve found an amazing collection of fashion sketches from the Andre Studios.
While much of the business information about Andres is gone, their drawings remain.
They were extensively employed by big fashion houses who used these detailed sketches as reference material (much like European shopping trips or trend services of today that help everyone knock off each other .)
If you love fashion you could get lost in here for weeks.
Thank you NYPL for making these which were once only available to researchers online for all of us to view and fawn over.
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Posted on March 30, 2012
Style Icons: Female,Style Icons: Male »Best of Couture
Long before pre fall and fall there was Couture and these were my favorite looks:
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Posted on February 29, 2012
Spend a Couple Minutes »Pick Your Oscar Dress
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It’s that time again – to watch the red carpet, scoff through the introductory song (anyone recall the damning performance by Snow White and Rob Lowe or the embarrassing rework of Hey Yeah?)
Its also time to pick our dresses and before Paris Fashion weeks even begun (no fair).
I’m going off kilter and choosing a dynamic, quirky gown from visionary Mary Katrantzou. Add a structured top knot and Rodarte clunky heels to top it off and I’d be set.
What about you? What’s your fantasy Oscar dress? Tell us!
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Posted on February 25, 2012
Style Icons: Female »Lillian Bassman
Photographer
Lillian Bassman passed away recently and I’ve been meaning to commemorate her influential and inspiring career. A giant among men in the fashion photography world, she lent mystery, dreaminess, and drama with her high contrast, geometric and experimental images.
Her photos are moody and intimate, seeming to capture impromptu moments with the models faces often obscured.
While Bassman may not be a name as widely recognized as Avedon or Himmel (both of whom she helped with their careers as an editor at Bazaar) her iconic images are instantly recognizable.
She was 93.
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Posted on February 25, 2012
Movies »Bill Cunningham New York
directed by Richard Press (2010)
Bill Cunningham New York is not a “fashion” movie, per se, but a loving portrait of a man with integrity, individualism and passion.
As one of the original street style photographers – first for Details, then WWD, then the Times, he brought real women and the runway closer together, giving each equal spotlight with his camera.
Still using real (non-digital) film, riding a bike everywhere, refusing to be beholden to anyone, and living in a tiny, cluttered studio – the often cut throat, vain and bitchy world of high fashion has not changed him in the past several decades.
He’s a visual historian of New York and as a person, a true inspiration.
He shows the beauty of a life lived simply, with kindness and passion.
Available on netflix instant.
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Posted on January 30, 2012
Spend a Couple Minutes »Pick Your Golden Globes Dress
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Sure, it’s just the stupid Golden Globes, but choosing a dress is still fun.
Was thinking something young and short and the first look that popped in my head was Louis Vuitton’s iceprincess mini from Spring. Yes, with a little beehive this will do just fine.
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