In the wake of the controversy surrounding the current The Lake & Stars ad campaign comes this pole dancing video featuring the lingerie brand’s fall/winter 2011 collection. The film, which can also be seen in The Lake & Stars’ new BOFFO pop-up store, is an abstraction of pole dancing. It aims to highlight the strength of women and [...]
Category Archives: Fashion
Sight Unseen Shop
November 10, 2011 – 1:46 pm
SightUnseen, the online magazine devoted to all things design-y, has just launched their latest project, a shop featuring wearable art objects handmade from unusual materials such as copper, rope, powder coated steel, cork, silk, leather, and on and on. So far the artists are mostly known for other endeavors, like Iacoli & McAllister who make [...]
Proof of Purchase
November 8, 2011 – 12:30 pm
This Thursday, November 10, Arts & Sciences Projects presents Proof of Purchase, Christa Joo Hyun D’Angelo’s first solo exhibition in New York City. Proof of Purchase investigates the contradictions embedded in advertising, global consumer culture, and the underlying motives deep within the new millennial psyche. Click “Read More” to see more and see you there.
Rotter & Friends x Dossier
October 16, 2011 – 10:03 am
Dossier‘s most recent issue features T. Cole Rachel in conversation with the legendary Stevie Nicks. In the interview, among other things, Stevie talks about the long-running NYC event Night of a 1000 Stevies, a costume ball full of ethereal Stevie Nicks gypsies. To accompany the feature, Brooklyn-based illustrator Jess Rotter has collaborated with Dossier through [...]
Alec Soth: The Anti-Fashion Fashion Photographer
October 3, 2011 – 6:11 am
I first encountered Alec Soth’s photographs while wandering through the 2004 Whitney Biennial. The series on display, Sleeping by the Mississippi, stirred something in me that I still can’t quite shake; the images, possessed with a steely – and uniquely American – longing, chronicled several road trips Soth took down south, using only the Mississippi [...]
Lacoste La Machine L.12.12
September 27, 2011 – 9:46 am
Stop by Grand Central Terminal this afternoon to catch the final day of the Lacoste La Machine L.12.12 installation. Constructed by world-renowned high-tech collective Tronic, the innovative hexagonal sculpture melds animation and architecture with experiential and interactive design, with the purpose of introducing Lacoste’s Eau de Lacoste L.12.12 fragrance collection. It also allows up the [...]
Conrad Tutek’s Pockets
September 12, 2011 – 8:03 pm
In an age when people readily put the details of their existence, whether mundane or painfully intimate, “on blast” via Facebook and the beleaguered social networking site MySpace, Conrad Tutek just can’t subscribe to the idea of the public confessional. When asked ‘What should people know about you?’ He responded, “Not much really. Enough to [...]
Spring Fashion Week 2012
September 12, 2011 – 8:42 am
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In Conversation with Andria Crescioni
June 27, 2011 – 10:23 am
Designer Andria Crescioni marries tradition with innovation. Describing her work as “modern interpretations of traditional silhouettes – utilizing techniques from the past to create pieces for the present,” the recent graduate of Parsons School of Design creates contemporary garments informed by traditional artisan crafts and natural materials. Fresh from the completion of her Spring/Summer collection [...]
