Lace, knits go subversive in New York exhibition
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NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - On the surface, it's an art exhibition that would make any grandmother proud, with a knitted christening blanket and miniature cardigans, but a closer look might make granny's hair curl.
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Lingerie items have become âdisplay pieces,â and corsets, slips, panties and camisoles are as extravagant in their design as Louboutin platforms or a YSL tote.
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Isaac Mizrahi, the fashion designer, was a congenial host for this production, which was mounted by the Guggenheim Museumâs Works & Process series.
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The pair of shows at the Museum of the City of New York reveals the competing visions of the city behind the romantic and creative partnership of Yvonne Jacquette and Rudy Burckhardt.
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Fashion has become a more democratic industry, trying to offer something for everyone. The spring styles previewed so far at New York Fashion Week have targeted pretty young things, working girls, dancing divas and, occasionally, regular women.
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Since it started in 1943, Fashion Week has been one of New York City's most exclusive events. That exclusivity has irritated some critics, who believe the event has all but taken over Bryant Park.
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NEW YORK, Feb 7 (Reuters Life!) - On the surface, it's an art exhibition that would make any grandmother proud, with a knitted christening blanket and miniature cardigans, but a closer look might make granny's hair curl.
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New York Fashion Week, that biannual ritual of luxury and excess, came this week at an odd time.
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Celebrities and high fashion go hand-in-hand. Here are some of the big names making news (or not) at New York Fashion Week.
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Art is imitating news in New York, where a new exhibit features artists interpreting real world events in a day's time.
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Among the designers at Fashion Week on Wednesday, most Â but not all Â seemed to understand that the marriage of fashion and politics generally demeans both.
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Vera Wang owns the artsy look at New York Fashion Week.
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At Performa 07, New York Cityâs performance art biennial, most of the events fall somewhere in between dance and theater, in the vast, anarchic ocean of blarney and bliss that is contemporary art.
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Three notable exhibitions on the Upper East Side pivot around Minimalism, one of modern artâs most enduringly popular styles.
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Life & style: In pictures: A unique take on New York fashion week by acclaimed war photographer Oded Balilty.
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Arts & entertainment: A new Paris exhibition showcases the work of Gustave Courbet, Edward Steichen and Alberto Giacometti.
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Sculptures and prints by Louise Bourgeois, including her monumental "Maman" spider, went on show in Havana this weekend in the first major exhibition in Cuba by a contemporary U.S. artist.