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Fabulous Museum Exhibits

November 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment

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Richard Avedon, SFMOMA, until 11/29

Dresscodes_headerPortrait of Qusuquzah, 2008

Mickalene Thomas, International Center for Photography

As a fashion designer, I always enjoy visiting fashion related museum exhibits.   This year I had an opportunity to travel and see four awsome exhibits in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco.   Isabel Toledo had a beautiful exhibit  at The Museum at FIT in NY.   Chicago had a historical fashion exhibit,  Chic Chicago: Couture Treasures  from the Chicago History Museum.

Currently on view Richard Avedon, Fashion Photographer at the SFMOMA in San Francisco.    I love Richard Avedon’s fashion photos and SFMOMA is an amazing must see museum.  Dress Codes a photography exhibit  on view in New York at the International Center for Photography until January 10, 2010, should be seen by everyone interested in fashion and art.  I’m really looking forward to checking out the current exhibition at The Museum at FIT,  American Beauty on view November 6 – April 10, 2010AmericanBeauty.WEB3 Ralph Rucci, American Beauty at the Museum at FIT

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Bernina 2008 Fashion Show at the Houston Quilt Festival

November 5, 2008 · Leave a Comment

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Knitwear to Fall For

October 29, 2008 · Leave a Comment

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Fall Trends with Style

October 21, 2008 · 1 Comment

My favorite trends for Fall 2008 from Style.Com

Derek Lam – Fall 2008

Marc Jacobs - Fall 2008

Marc Jacobs - Fall 2008

Giorgio Armani- Fall 2008
Giorgio Armani- Fall 2008
Stella McCartney - Fall 2008

Stella McCartney - Fall 2008

Versace - Fall 2008
Versace – Fall 2008
Doo.Ri - Fall 2008

Doo.Ri - Fall 2008

Marni – Fall 2008

Dolce & Gabanna - Fall 2008

Balenciaga - Fall 2008

Daughters by Obedient Sons - Fall 2008

Vivienne Westwood - Fall 2008

Zero - Maria Cornejo-Fall 2008

Alessandro Dellacqua - Fall 2008

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Vogue Italia – A Black Issue

October 20, 2008 · Leave a Comment

I’m still admiring my July Vogue Italia black issue featuring  beautiful and talented  black models actresses and singers.  The Italia Vogue was so hot that it had to be reprinted due to popular demand. If you missed the issue, check out the fabulous cover photos:

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Texas Conference For Women

October 20, 2008 · Leave a Comment

I attended the Texas Conference for Women in Houston on Thursday with approximately  6,000 women.  The conference closed with  actress, playwright, and poet Sarah Jones.    Ms. Jones shared her amazing  talent and the work she performed in her one woman show Bridge and Tunnel.   She is truly an  amazing performer and spokesperson for UNICEF speaking out on violence against children.

In regard to fashion, Hewlett-Packard, a conference sponsor included a display of “Fashion meets Technology” in their HP computer exhibit.  They displayed the beautiful Vivienne Tam designed computer and matching dress.

The computer goes on sale in December, but the price is still unknown.  Check out the interactive website promoting the fashionable computer at http://www.tech-chic.com/.      Info on the conference and the upcoming 2009 schedule can be found at http://www.txconferenceforwomen.org/.

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Vogue Covers: On Fashion’s Front Page

May 29, 2008 · 1 Comment

Vogue Covers: On Fashion’s Front Page
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For Fashion designers, historians, illustrators, photographers, stylist, and everyone that loves fashion this Vogue book is a “must have” for your library. It includes Vogue’s fabulous covers from 1916 until today with amazing illustrations and photography. Best price is at Amazon.com

From Amazon Editorial Reviews:

“Inventive, glamorous, gorgeous—since the beginning Vogue has set the platinum standard for fashion magazines the world over and has become an icon in its own right. Vogue’s covers sum up the superlative visual ideals of the whole magazine. For the first time, this book brings together in one volume nearly a century of covers both illustrated and photographic. Over 200 stunning images have been selected from an archive of more than 1,500. What sets Vogue’s covers apart is that each is so bold, so beautiful, and so emphatically different. They mark the course of history, chart changing fashions and ideas of beauty, and hold up a mirror to the cultural and social revolutions of the 20th century. Since 1916 Vogue’s covers have celebrated the most striking women of our age, captured by the century’s leading photographers, the greatest artists, and the most inventive fashion. Brilliant, captivating, and full of life, this is the face of the world’s most influential magazine and the original style bible.”

About the Author

“Robin Derrick is the former art director of The Face, Italian Elle, Glamour France and Arena magazines. He now juggles his time between his role as creative director at Vogue and his photography commissions. Robin Muir is a writer, curator, and former picture editor of Vogue. They are the coeditors of People in Vogue and Unseen Vogue.”

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Spring/Summer 2008 Trends

May 27, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Trends for Spring/Summer 2008:   African prints, floral prints, bright neon colors and sheer revealing fabrics.

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How to Wear Prints

May 24, 2008 · 2 Comments

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Fashion Inspired by Art – Spring 2008

May 23, 2008 · Leave a Comment


Categories: Art Inspired · Fashion · Polyvore · Spring/Summer 2008
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