Holiday 2012 Wish List
Dear Santa, All I want for Christmas is… La Lilouche Sophia Black Silk Kimono Robe Pure with Heart Cut Out (in Midnight Black), $179 at youngrepublic.com iPad Mini (in Black & Slate), starting at $329, at apple.com Paisie Vintage Style Golden Metal Collar Insert, $30, at youngrepublic.com This City by Ruben Ireland (22 x 22), … Read more
Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty at the MMOA
It’s safe to say that this upcoming exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, by virtue of the extraordinary designer it celebrates, will evidently be well worth the road trip. Entitled, Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, the exhibit will showcase pieces from the late designer’s prolific 19-year career. A show not to be … Read more
Fashion as Art?
Art: n. A visual object or experience consciously created through an expression of skill and imagination. (Encyclopaedia Britannica) Is fashion art? If we base ourselves on the above definition, then it is safe to surmise that yes, it is. While traditional definitions of art have been challenged over time to include contemporary forms of art, namely … Read more
The Psychology of Style
Fashion. Style. Are the two synonymous? Interchangeable? Can the latter exist without the former? It’s sometimes difficult to make the distinction, what with the inundation of periodic trend forecasts, dictates on the latest must-haves, and the ever changing state of prêt-à-porter. It seems as though the lines are blurred. While fashion makes constant reference to the outside … Read more
Yves Saint Laurent: Une rétrospective au MBAM
“Chanel a donné la liberté aux femmes. Yves Saint Laurent leur a donné le pouvoir.”- Pierre Bergé If you live in Montreal, or happen to stop by, do take the time to check out “Love: Yves Saint Laurent”, an exhibit showcasing the groundbreaking work of the late designer. A most fascinating look at 40 years … Read more
Extremes of Style: When Antifashion Becomes Fashion
Posted by Katia on April 19, 2011 · 2 Comments
Fashion is the vehicle through which a particular beauty ideal travels from the towering skyscrapers housing the offices of the industry’s most influential glossies to our mass consciousness. Across the pages of fashion magazines lay perfectly symmetrical faces with flawless, porcelain skin, and long and lean statuesque models of near perfection. It’s odd then to … Read more
Filed under Culture and society, Designers, Extremes of Style, Fashion, Lookbooks and editorials, Musings, News and commentary · Tagged with antifashion, Art, Beauty, design, designers, fashion, Fred Davis, Jean-Paul Gauthier, Mugler, Nicola Formichetti, Rick Genest, skeleton, Style, Vogue Hommes Japan, zombie