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Fashion Film Friday: Jodhpur Jackie by Ellen von Unwerth

On March 22, 2013 · Add Comment
Director’s Website: http://www.ellenvonunwerth.com/ Brand Website: http://www.salonilondon.com/ *** This Film for the London based Indian label Saloni was inspired by the photographs of Jacqueline Kennedy’s 1962 tour to India. What would you say this film illustrates about race? The voluminous color in the film is eye catching. Why do most fashion films rely on darker and moodier palettes? [...]
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My dream project: The African American Material Culture Database

On March 15, 2013 · Add Comment
I wrote a grant proposal a month ago and thought I would share it here. The subjects on this blog focus on material culture as a whole and the database would be a good vehicle to help researchers and academics tackle one of the more difficult aspects of understanding history, resources. The working title of [...]
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Moodboard Monday: Skirt

On February 18, 2013 · Add Comment
The skirt has been around in some form for many centuries. The feature of the skirt called the peplum, a design feature that has floated in an out of fashion collections, has an interesting origin. It is derived from the peplos which was a Grecian style of dress for women for a long time. Most [...]
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Fashion Film Friday: Miu Miu’s The Door

On February 15, 2013 · Add Comment
Miu Miu’s The Door has been heralded as the “most stunning” fashion film you will ever see. Jazz infused story that unfolds before your eyes. It is Mui Mui like you have never seen before. This is a story of friends doing what they do best: dragging friends out for a good time. Gabrielle Union’s [...]
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Wishlist Wednesday: Summer Dreaming

On February 13, 2013 · Add Comment
I am in Baltimore and it has fluctuated between 20 and 60 degrees this month. Not only am I confused but I’m missing the warm weather. Next year this time I will be in New York, so I will not complain. In the meantime I am looking forward to my last full summer in Baltimore [...]
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Fashion Film Friday: MR. & MRS. MYTH by Vassilis Karidis & Nicolas Georgiou

On January 25, 2013 · Add Comment
Time: 1:51 Origin: Greece Director: Vassilis Karidis Cast: John Vikian and Eliana Weirich Artistic Director/Stylist: Nicholas Georgiou A well dressed man and woman come off of an up elevator. There is an eerie sense in the filming that something outlandish takes place, it has to be the ominous music. It is part performance are as the odd couple [...]
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Short Essay: Josephine Baker and the Media

On January 22, 2013 · Add Comment
Josephine Baker and the media is an excerpt from a larger paper entitled Josephine and the Isms: Josephine Baker as the personification of Primitivism, Dandyism , Orientalism, and Cubism that I wrote in 2011. The excerpt discusses how the media represents and glorifies and otherwise exploits an individual with fame. Those that know about Josephine [...]
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The Talk: Christopher Kane joins PPR!

On January 19, 2013 · Add Comment
The twitter and blogosphere have been celebrating the new merger between luxury brand conglomerate PPR and British Designer Christopher Kane. Christopher Kane has worked very hard to be on the radar. Bloggers have been ranting and raving about him for several years now and his digital prints and leather has been exalted in magazines and [...]
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Fashion Film Friday: StyleLikeU presents Toxic Women (NWSF)

On January 18, 2013 · Add Comment
My  initial reaction to this fashion film was an eye roll. And the second reaction was of slight disappointment. This is the first Fashion Film Friday in which I have discussed a fashion film I didn’t like. Because only friends and family and some colleagues read this blog I think it is safe to type how [...]
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Sophie Gimbel: Fashioning American Couture

On January 17, 2013 · 1 Comment
On January 22, The Sheila C. Johnson Design Center (SJDC) at Parsons The New School for Design will present “Sophie Gimbel: Fashioning American Couture, an exhibition that explores the career of this seminal, yet little known today, 20th century designer who directed the Salon Moderne at Saks Fifth Avenue and became a champion of American [...]
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Wishlist Wednesday: Art History student

On January 16, 2013 · Add Comment
With the applications finally in I am excited to say I AM FREE of the burden of GRE studying and application forms for now. It was a great learning experience. Most of which I highlighted in several articles that you can read here. In celebration of everything college I put together the first Wishlist Wednesday [...]
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Music and Fashion: Abdu Ali and Amy Reid

On January 15, 2013 · Add Comment
My experience at music shows has changed over the years. I started going to house shows and large venues when I was 14/15 and it helped to shape who I was early on. Now when I go to shows I not only enjoy the music I see what people are wearing and really interpret what [...]
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