Tia Cibani made her first solo debut this year after the designer left Ports 1961 in 2010. Her hotly anticipated line proved to be worth the wait. Inspired largely by a nautical theme, Cibani really paired down her line with a clean color palette: strong navy looks; whimsical peaches and yellows. The models looked perfectly…
Month: November 2012
TIMO WEILAND - NEW YORK - SPRING / SUMMER 2013 FASHION SHOW Timo Weiland found the perfect blend of youth and adult with his Spring/Summer 2013 line, harkening back to familiar fashion inspirations: 1980s/1990s; hip hop; minimalist nightwear. The menswear went the casual and clean route, largely featuring well-fitting garments that made the womenswear standout…
VENEXIANA - NEW YORK - SPRING / SUMMER 2013 FASHION SHOW Designer Kati Stern (with her Louise Brooks bob and Sedgewick-thick eyeliner) proved that when it comes to Venexiana's Spring/Summer 2013 line, sometimes fashion is just as much about sustainable style as it is about progressive design. Stern's line had its eye on a spectrum…
VIVIENNE TAM - NEW YORK - SPRING / SUMMER 2013 FASHION SHOW Vivienne Tam's love of Chinese cosmology fit the larger themes NYFW was seeing most, which was a return to geometry, most specifically circular design. The five elements played the largest roll in the designer's Spring/Summer line, with lace, broderie and crochet patchwork, and…
YEOHLEE - NEW YORK - SPRING / SUMMER 2013 FASHION SHOW Yeohlee Teng's collection of women's garments are focused on geometry and silhouette more than anything else, and the unique shape and fabric make it a fashion week line unlike any other. Teng has stated that architect Andrew Geller's Pearlrtoh House in the Hamptons served…
YIGAL AZROUEL - NEW YORK - SPRING / SUMMER 2013 FASHION SHOW Yigal Azrouel has become known for his equal interest in both reshaping classic menswear and refocusing the future of womenswear, and his 2013 line continued this brave step forward with geometrically unique cuts and dark tones that granted the line a unique seriousness.…
DJ SIMPSON "MIX" AT GALERIA HELGA DE ALVEAR OPEN TO PUBLIC NOVEMBER 7 - DECEMBER 21 DOCTOR FOURQUET 12, ES - 28012 MADRID For over a decade now, British artist DJ Simpson has built up a singular and consistent corpus of work where the pictorial process is the main focus of his investigations. Through a…
JIM SHAW RETROSPECTIVE AT BALTIC CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART OPEN TO THE PUBLIC NOVEMBER 9 - FEBRUARY 17 GATESHEAD, NE8 3BA, UK Los Angeles-based Jim Shaw is one of America’s most important and prolific contemporary artists. Part of a ground-breaking group including Mike Kelley, John Miller and Tony Oursler that graduated from California Institute of…
ADAM BROOMBERG & OLIVER CHANARIN , PARIS PHOTO 2012 / PARADISE ROW GALLERY OPENING RECEPTION NOVEMBER 14 (INVITATION ONLY) OPEN TO THE PUBLIC NOVEMBER 15 - NOVEMBER 18 GRAND PALAIS AVENUE WINSTON CHURCHILL 75008 PARIS Paradise Row is proud to present a number of key works by Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin from their recent…
AMERICANA AT GREY AREA OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, NOVEMBER 6 - DECEMBER 6 New York 547 BROADWAY / 2ND FLOOR, NEW YORK A contemporary look at our country’s visual identity.
Directed by Steven Spielberg, Lincoln is a smart, political drama on the personal, political, and humanistic aspects of Abraham Lincoln’s life. Amidst a civil war, Lincoln pushes the 13th Amendment through the House of Representatives in a legal challenge against slavery and the war amongst the states. This puts political fractions against one another in…
On October 25th, Jimmy Choo’s Sandra Choi & Simon Holloway celebrated the launch of the collaboration with artist Rob Pruitt with a cocktail party at The Fletcher Sinclair Mansion in New York City. Jimmy Choo unveiled the much anticipated capsule collection created in collaboration with contemporary artist Rob Pruitt. The products are set to debut…