SHE INSPIRES A Group Exhibition Curated by Indira Cesarine A Portion of Proceeds to Benefit She Should Run EXHIBITION ON VIEW MAY 3 – 20, 2017 THE UNTITLED SPACE 45 Lispenard Street Unit 1W NYC 10013 On May 2nd the opening of SHE INSPIRES at The Untitled Space empowered and educated gallery goers by putting the focus on the women who…
Tag: Michelle Obama
DESIGNERS WEIGH IN ON DRESSING MELANIA TRUMP
With the plethora of controversy surrounding President-Elect Donald Trump, it is no wonder that his wife, future First Lady Melania Trump, receives some slack as well. Whether being criticized for standing by a man making misogynistic comments to her comparative accomplishments of past First Ladies, it was only a matter of time until the fashion…
TRUMP’S MISOGYNY CREATES A NEW FEMALE SOLIDARITY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2KOQfZ0Zd0 On October 19th, at the third and final presidential debate, Donald Trump out-Trumped himself with his most inane insult yet. As democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton, answered a question about social security, Trump interrupted her with the random statement, “Such a nasty woman.” While Trump’s comment was meant to put Clinton in a negative light,…
THE PERPETUATION AND DENIAL OF LOCKER ROOM TALK
The onslaught of videos resurfacing of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has brought up far reaching issues of supposed “locker room talk” and the spaces in which men feel invincible and unable to be held accountable for their actions. In an election where sexual assault has been consistently used as a political tool, these interviews are even…
MELANIA TRUMP’S PLAGIARIZED SPEECH COMPARED TO SIX INSPIRING FIRST LADIES’ WINNING WORDS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcbiGsDMmCM Melania Trump’s speech at last night’s Republican National Convention was supposed to be a glowing introduction to a potential first lady. While her words made quite the impression, it wasn’t the one that her husband’s campaign had hoped for. At first, Trump was applauded for her confident delivery and inspiring words, but it didn’t take…
JANELLE MONÁE THROWS SORORITY PARTY IN VIDEO “ELECTRIC LADY”
On July 30th Janelle Monáe unveiled the music video for her latest dance song, “Electric Lady.” Produced by the Wondaland Arts Society, in the video Monáe plays a sorority girl from the Electro Phi Beta house alongside some recognizable faces as her fellow EPB sisters, including T-Boz, Estelle, Monica, and Kimbra. Not to mention an additional cameo from her…
2014 MET BALL VIDEO COVERAGE: FROM CHARLES JAMES TO MICHELLE OBAMA
This year's Met Ball will celebrate the works of the legendary twentieth-century Anglo-American couturier Charles James. Charles James: Beyond Fashion will explore James's design process, focusing on his use of sculptural, scientific, and mathematical approaches to construct revolutionary ball gowns and innovative tailoring that continue to influence designers today. Approximately seventy-five of James's most notable designs will…
L’WREN SCOTT: THE TRAGIC ENDING OF A CELEBRATED LIFE
Luxury designer L'Wren Scott was found dead today in her New York City apartment of an apparent suicide; she was 49 years old. Scott, who was first discovered at the age of 17, began her career in the fashion industry as a model, working with the likes of David Bailey and Jean-Paul Goude. After working…