Yesterday the brilliant photographer Irving Penn passed away in his Manhattan apartment at the age of 92. Working his camera and artistic vision up until the very end, his amazing career spanned decades. From his first days as an assistant art director at Vogue magazine to the world renowned master of his medium that he [...]
All it took was one stylish Tomato Red dress to catch my eye and get me talking to a lovely stranger at last night’s NY Design Center’s What’s New, What’s Next@200 Lex event. See what an incredible driving force the right color can be.
My “I love your dress” comment led me into a fascinating and [...]
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NYC’s Spring 2010 Fashion Week kicks off with a shopping spree like no other: Okay, it really is too early to be naming next Spring’s specific color trends ( though Neiman Marcus’s Fashion Director Ken Downing did tell NY Magazine that we can expect to see lots of Blue), there is one definite trend [...]
On the advice of a friend, a textile designer no less, I visited the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum this weekend. I had never been to this gem at 91st and 5th ave, an outpost of The Smithsonian housed in an Andrew Carnegie mansion. What a treat ! Visit www.cooperhewitt.org to plan your visit.
The Fashioning [...]
This weekend I was invited to a member’s only night at The Museum of Modern Art, to view the new exhibition ‘Color Chart-Reinventing Color: 1950 to today’.
As a guest of color maven Kim Brown, I was treated to an evening of complimentary wine, a pretty decent DJ, and the best people watching opportunity of the [...]
I woke up last Sunday to the gloom of dense clouds and howling winds. I tried to close my eyes and think of sunny Spanish beaches and bright Paris studios, to no avail. So, as a resourceful girl, I called up my best girlfriend and planned a trip to MOMA. Where better to see the [...]
When I think about Double Bubble, I instantly recall a pink chunk of gum and the enjoyment of chewing it until it was just right for blowing big bubbles. Then I’d carefully put my hands around the fragile bubble to protect it from friends who would rather see it explode all over my [...]
Artists masterfully employ color to evoke emotion and communicate meaning, and in “Liquid Gold,” Bettina Rheims does both magnificently.
If you are in the New York City area any time soon, make sure not to miss this eye-catching exhibition by one of the finest fashion photographers France has ever produced.
Over the past three decades, [...]
***UPDATE: A Splash of Blue exhibition at the Concord Museum in
historic Concord, Massachusetts has been extended through August 12, 2007***
What comes to mind when you think of the color blue? Some might think of their favorite blue jeans, the latest in Bluetooth technology, or the popular children’s program Blue’s Clues. Others may recall a [...]
Is this what ancient sculptures really looked like?
The exhibition includes 21 colored replicas of well-known Greek and Roman sculptures that are decorated with what is believed to be the original color.
These sculptures summarize the findings of long-term analysis and research at the Munich Glyptothek’s ateliers – as well as show a different kind of [...]
