Most of us learned how to make paper doilies at some point in our early childhood. Take a piece of paper: fold it in quarters, cut it this way and that, open it up, and like magic: a thing of beauty. At least to the eyes of a 6 year old. Take that same piece […]
It’s almost set in stone: the ticket for opening night of The Winter Antiques Show at The Park Avenue Armory in NYC should come with snow boots and fur coats. The powerhouse names of New York society convene every year, come rain, snow, or lack of towncars at the Armory January 20th for the preview […]
Backstage at the Metropolitan Opera House, Roberto Alagna has just finished with one of his many extemporare appearances: signing DVDs of Carmen in the Met Opera Shop. It’s mid-afternoon, and the remarkable singer gives this reporter a moment of his time. We’ve included his lyric pattern of speech, because in English, it flows more so […]
YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund Announces Manny Chirico & Jeff Kantor as 2011 Honorees; Visionaire Founders, Cecilia Dean, Stephen Gan and James Kaliardos, to Receive First-Ever “Future of Fashion Award” On January 11, 2011 the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund (FSF), the leading nonprofit organization dedicated to investing in students pursuing careers in fashion, will host its 45th Annual YMA […]
Balenciaga. The name sends a frisson of joy to the heart of any fashion heavy in the world. Design students wish they could have studied with him. All of us who know his work admire him. He was a force of nature, drawing upon the cultural heritage of Spain for his design inspiration. Yet the times influenced his work, and […]
