Clic Bookstore & Gallery will host an in-store book signing for the launch of Antoine Verglas's new book of photography, Show Girl. Antoine Verglas is a Parisian-born, New York-based fashion photographer who got his start as a host on a popular French TV show. After moving to New York in the 90s, Verglas began shooting…
(Art)Amalgamated will present the exhibition Flying Point Beach: The Photographs of John Jonas Gruen and Artwork of The New York School at their gallery in New York from May 17 to June 9. The exhibition will feature over 25 photographs by John Gruen mixed in with paintings from notable Hamptons artists including Fairfield Porter, Jane…
Hermès is celebrating its 175th anniversary with the opening of an exhibition entitled "Leather Forever" at the Royal Academy of Art in London. Managing director of Hermès Thierry Outin explained the fashion house's choice to put on this exhibit saying, "We are celebrating our 175th year, it's the Queen's Jubilee and the Olympics and Hermès wanted…
The Hong Kong International Art Fair celebrates its fifth year, once again showcasing the best in contemporary art at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center from May 17 -20. The Art Fair features work from 266 galleries representing 39 countries all over the world. Hong Kong is the third-largest art auction center in the…
Pertwee Anderson & Gold in London will be hosting an exhibition of Alison Jackson's intimate and iconic portraits of the Royal Family. However, as most people know, Alison Jackson is famed for her photographs featuring royal and celebrity lookalikes rather than the real thing. Most notably, Jackson shot to fame in 1999 after producing black…
The German artist Andy Hope 1930 is currently exhibiting his show "Medley Tour London" at the Hauser & Wirth gallery in London. The exhibition will include "X-Medleys," a new series of paintings that combine graphic elements with re-imagined images from pop culture, which will be presented alongside new and reinterpreted installations. The exhibition is a…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1n3EdETCOU Vidal Sassoon, the English hairdresser known for revolutionizing hairstyling both technically and aesthetically, died after a long battle with leukaemia at age 84 on May 9, 2012 in Los Angeles. Sassoon invented the "wash and wear" philosophy, liberating a generation of women from constant trips to the salon for almost daily upkeep and styling. He is…
The La Jolla Fashion Film Festival is the first international fashion film festival founded in North America, bringing together around a hundred short films with world class filmmakers and fashion personalities. Last year's festival marked the largest gathering of fashion film professionals in history, and the third incarnation of the festival this year is poised…
Dita Von Teese's retro red lips, thick, winged eyeliner, and porcelain skin have long been her personal trademark, but now anyone can get the burlesque siren's look with her new makeup line for Artdeco, a leading German makeup manufacturer. The launch of Dita Von Teese's new line of cosmetics comes just a year after the…
Dark Shadows is Tim Burton's adaptation of the late 60s/early 70s gothic soap opera of the same title. The original Dark Shadows is a melodrama that defined camp film style and has since developed a huge cult following. The show blended soap opera theatrics with supernatural elements, low production value, and bad special effects. Dark Shadows…
Hysteria, the new film by director Tanya Wexler, fictionalizes the real life story of Dr. Joseph Mortimer Granville, a Victorian doctor who invented the first electric vibrator in the 1880s, which was later patented and sold in 1902 by the American company Hamilton Beach. The film examines how Dr. Granville's invention was used to cure…
Conference of the Birds is the new exhibit, curated by Cynthia Reeves, featured at Mana Contemporary in Jersey City, New Jersey. Mana Contemporary is the new 125,000 square foot space that brings together curated exhibits, artist studios, and art storage all under the roof of Jersey City's first contemporary art museum. Conference of the Birds…
The Untitled Magazine was invited this year to Dragao Fashion Week by Textbrasil. The 5 day event took place in the beachside town of Fortaleza, Brazil. It was impressive to see some of the amazing collections coming out of the Brazilian Market. Dragao Fashion Week is considered to be the "creative" Brazilian Fashion Week, in…
Aritst Tom Gidley will be presenting all new paintings and sculptures based around the themes of portraiture and representations of the human body in the show From the Corner of Your Eye to the Corner of the Room at Paradise Row in London. Gidley, in this exhibit, intentionally juxtaposed paintings and sculpture to put them…
The New York Photography Festival for 2012 was given a thematic guideline for the first time, exploring where art and photography intersect with social documentary, examining how the social element influences traditional image-making techniques. This is also the first year that the festival is open to everyone to submit their work. Juried work from the New…
From May 2 to June 2, Andrei Roiter will present his third solo exhibition with the Jack Hanley Gallery, the first to be held in the gallery's new Manhattan location. The exhibition will include paintings, sculptures, and photos by Roiter all relating to the theme of travel as it pertains both to escaping the real…
Galerie Gabriel Rolt and Paradise Row have come together to create a new pop-up exhibition at the Mindpirates gallery in Berlin called Fracture. The exhibition, which includes a divers range of artistic mediums and styles, will coincide with the gallery weekend held annually in Berlin. The exhibition is focused around the theme of ruptures and…
ALEXIS MABILLE - PARIS F/W 2012 FASHION SHOW The Fall 2012 collection of Alexis Mabille was all things bow tie. The collection, appropriately titled “Let Me Be Bo-Bow,” featured bow tie prints, embroideries, earring, and shoes, all commemorating the neckwear that put Mabille on the map at fashion houses like Dior and YSL. Mabille designed…
ALLUDE - PARIS F/W 2012 FASHION SHOW Allude designer Andrea Karg, sought to portray intellectual, bohemian chic in her Autumn/Winter 2012/12 collection. The collection, completely in cashmere, managed to create heavily layered looks that simultaneously fell close to the body, creating a trim, polished silhouette. The colors of the collection were inspired by the “allure of…
ANDREA CREWS - PARIS F/W 2012 FASHION SHOW For her Fall 2012 collection, which also happens to be the 10th anniversary of her label, Andrea Crews focused on the idea of clothing worn for hunting and fishing, and gave it a touch of modern, French sophistication. Crews reimagined traditional outdoorsman garb, utilizing camouflage, quilted nylons,…
