August 27th, 2010
Fashion’s Night Out have hit us with an ostensibly unfashionable “PSA” featuring some of the world’s top models. But maybe that’s the point. Unlike the rest of New York Fashion Week — which panders to the industry’s elite — FNO is for the casual fashionista; at least that’s what a series of decidedly un-glam, grinning supermodels will have us think. The above trailer features 14 of the industry’s top models directed by world-renowned photographer Peter Lindbergh, in an effort to drum up hype and support for the now annual shopping event.
See a sampling of the night’s festivities, including in-store appearances from the Olsens, Alexander Wang and Janelle Monae, after the jump…
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Tags: Ace Hotel, Alexander Wang, Andre Leon Talley, Anna Wintour, Balenciaga, Barney's, Chanel, daniel barna, Fashion's Night Out, Janelle Monae, Joseph Alturazza, Karen Elson, Karl Lagerfeld, New York, new york fashion week, Opening Ceremony, Ralph Lauren, Rodarte
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August 26th, 2010
Levi’s is helping women to rid their closets of ill-fitting jeans, while simultaneously helping a good cause, with their first-annual “What What Fits” event tomorrow at Bryant Park. Bring an item of clothing that no longer fits (or a piece of unwanted home décor) to donate to Goodwill, and get a free pair of custom-fit “Curve ID” jeans from Levi’s. The event takes place tomorrow from 10am – 4pm at the Fountain Terrace at Bryant Park, but get there early: supplies are limited and the jeans are being given out on a first-come, first-serve basis. As a bonus, Grammy nominated-songtress Janelle Monae will perform tracks from her new CD, and there will be celebrity stylists and Levi’s reps on-hand to help you perfect your look. Not a bad way to spend your lunch hour or Friday afternoon if you ask us.. Click HERE for all the details.
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August 15th, 2010
Neighbor Institutions, Le Palais de Tokyo and Musée d’Art Modern de Paris joined forces earlier this summer to open an exhibition dedicated to young emerging artists called Dynasty. After a long search, the two curatorial teams selected 40 French artists — including those living abroad and foreign artists living in France — to produce a work for each venue. The result is one exhibition with two, almost mirror exhibits.
With the same infatuation for the next young artist-du-jour as The Whitney and The New Museum’s recently-curated Biennale and “Younger Than Jesus” Triennale in New York, Dynasty’s premise is a fashionably hyped one. But their duo object and duo venue idea gives it a structured feel the other two shows lacked. The approach also offers a more comprehensible introduction to the artists’ work and is an apt reflection of one of contemporary art’s overarching themes: the agency of the institution on the production of art.
Amoung many other things, you’ll get to see a coagulation of a year’s worth of ominously hanging museum dust (Yuhsin U. Chang’s “Poussière dans le Palais de Tokyo,” photo at left), a beautiful film on impotence (no joke) filmed in Angola (“Liberdade” by Gabriel Abranted and Benjamin Crotty), cell phone-quality videos of everyday life in Paris (Mohamed Bourouissa’s “Temps Mort”) and a taxidermized hyena (“untitled” by Nicholas Milhé). In other words, there’s something for every taste, form and medium.
The exhibition runs until September 5th in Paris. For more information, check out the “Dynasty” website at www.dynasty-expo.com.
- Chloe Roubert
Tags: Benjamin Crotty, Chloe Roubert, Gabriel Abranted, Le Palais de Tokyo, Mohamed Bourouissa, Musee d'Art Modern de Paris, Nicholas Milhe, Paris, The New Museum, The Whitney, Yushin U. Chang
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July 19th, 2010
New York’s (capsule) fashion trade show kicks off today and to mark the occasion, organizers are launching their first-ever “travel mart,” featuring an exclusive (capsule) collection of travel must-haves designed exclusively for the event.
Five specialty items have been designed by participating show designers, including former J.Press creative director Mark McNairy, UK-based Ally Capellino, Corduroy-fave Jack Spade, and local labels and merchants SHARPS Barber & Shop and Bowery Lane Bicycles. Each item comes tagged with a collectible (capsule) stick pin, and will only be sold at the (capsule) show in New York this week, and online at www.capsuleshow.com and www.oaknyc.com for a limited time.
Our favorite is the Ally Capellino Denim Carry-on Bag (above). This special-edition Alphonse rucksack from the British bag designer comes in a dark-washed denim and is topped off with a leather buckle and a special Ally Capellino x (capsule) branded handle. With plenty of roomy pockets and versatile styling (we’d take it to work or to the cottage), it’s proof that the rucksack is making a comeback.
Also on our list of things to pick up: SHARPS’ handy travel set of no-fuss grooming products, which include shaving essentials, Daily Prep Moisturizing Lotion, shampoo and a full-size “Happy Me All Over Soap Bar” all packaged together in a portable gift (or travel) box (photo at left). It’s a sharp take (no pun intended) on the basic travel and grooming kit.
The (capsule) show takes place today and tomorrow at Center 548 in New York and the (capsule) Travel Mart is now open for business at www.capsuleshow.com and beginning next week atwww.oaknyc.com.
Tags: Ally Capellino, Capsule, SHARPS
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July 11th, 2010
If you’re in Washington, DC this month, you’ll want to check out two incredible evenings of fashion and art at the Textile Museum. The event, sponsored by New York-based arts collective INTERWOVEN, features designers threeASFOUR and Henrik Vibskov, as well as artist Peggy Noland, among others, as they unveil unique textile-focused performance art, fashion presentations and film screenings.
On the evening of July 23rd, New York-based fashion collective threeASFOUR, whose designers hail from Lebanon, Israel, and Tajikistan, will collaborate on a performance highlighting their ethereal and sculptural approach to textile design, while provoking a discussion of an individual’s role within society. Their medium and format: live models and actors onstage (see photo at left), performing a ritualistic altering and reshaping of fabric.
The July 24th program, meantime, will feature the first American appearance by Copenhagen-based design duo Henrik Vibskov and Andreas Emenius. Vibskov (who we profiled in Issue 6) and Emenium are unveiling their site-specific installation called “The Circular Series,” which uses the contrasts of a large, rigid geometric structure to speak to the ideas of human rituals and social constructs.
In addition to the installations, the event will feature a screening of Vibskov and Emenius’ Project 8 (see top photo) and Project 9 (set to an original soundtrack scored by one of our favorite Swedish recording artists, Fever Ray) and threeASFOUR’s video collaboration with Yoko Ono.
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