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find the beauty on your daily walk! take time to notice the details of your landscape. read more
there is nothing like seeing a great handbag in action. read more
plastics are our future. how can you resist plastic? it is so shiny and pleasing. I have a penchant for plastics. read more
chronicling my quest for the one true Greek Cup read more
have you ever noticed the similarity between nyc fire call boxes and benevolent Kannon, goddess of mercy? read more
every design, fashion and art magazine I read lately features some important directional artist making big contributions to their genre. and where do they live? brooklyn! read more
who says there are no more 'new ideas' in art and design? the newness is in the juxtaposition. read more
this is how I really get things done. with my little green co-worker/task-master. read more
my
clothing & accessories design
east-meets-west minimalism
my concept
useful, economical, modular pieces that can be mix-matched in numerous
ways (because why can't fashion be useful and lasting? I think
it can!) So I say Maximize your Minimalism!
inspiration
furniture (especially chairs from the 50s and 60s), uniforms, repeating patterns, menswear, Oscar Niemeyer,
traditional Japanese architecture, the Rimpa School and Ogata Korin's 8-Point Bridge, Matisse, bromeliads,
succulents and other waxy flora
particular loves
bamboo, coral, moss, woodgrain, silhouettes & other cut-outs, plastic,
low-resolution images, the photo copier, off-registration prints, Max
Ernst's Lunar Asparagus, NYC fire call boxes that look like Kannon, Fauvist color sense, the Noguchi Museum,
pretty much all of Abstract Expressionism
magazines of current
interest
Domino, Elle Decor (British), ARTnews, Art in America, Wallpaper
favorite heel style
the wedge, but a sleek modern interpretation
second favorite
the stiletto
current shoe obsession
alas, the sneaker. (because I live in nyc and walk a ton!) but not too
sneakery of a sneaker. more of a sneaker disguised as a shoe, like a mary
jane style or a high-tech looking black one with a metallic accent. how
about Royal Elastics? I must go try some on. I really like the non-sneakeryness
of their styles.
You see, you didn't have to worry about not getting into Fashion Night Out's The Show, and spending senseless dollars (tickets were $250 and $400!), and worrying about what to wear. No you didn't have to fuss, because you could sneak this strange peak. This video is definitely my favorite bootleg. Isn't the soundtrack just terrible? (And I don't think that's the bootlegger's fault.)
So they've finally done what they've been threatening to do. Sell tickets to a fashion show. And if you're interested in participating in what Fashion's Night Out touts as "the largest public fashion show in New York City history" (New York institutions just love hyperbole), then you best get ready to click at the stroke of 10am tomorrow! Or if you're the wait-in-line-all-night type, you should grab your camping chair or whatever and head on over to the Alice Tully Hall or Avery Fisher Hall box office right now (Lincoln Center, Broadway at 65th Street). Again, tickets go on sale tomorrow at 10am. Here's the box office phone number too: 212.721.6500.
The event will take place on the Josie Robertson Plaza, near the main fountain. Good luck!
*** Update I have a better idea. Just get a dinner reservation at Rosa Mexicano and request to be seated near the window upstairs!
Have you noticed how un-fitted the Fashion's Night Out official Tee is? I know, awkward sentence. But anyway, it is surprising to me how coveted and sought after the tee is, but how shapeless. I have seen a lot of gals 'rock their tee' with ensembles that include blazers, pompom knit hats, tight black leggings, vintage leather mailbags, gladiator sandals, and a hipster boy on their arm. Especially the very day after Fashion's Night Out. People couldn't wait to proclaim that they were there.
If you are in dire need of the tee, I am pretty sure Alter in Brooklyn still has some! Here's the link. I will check on my way home, and update right here.
*** Update, 7pm Yes, as of this posting Alter has at least 3 Fashion's Night Out Tees left!
