It’s Tuesday

Wrapped

There is a soft place in my heart for head wraps like these…

All images are from bluesforspacegirl (awesome tumblr!)

Savagery at the Met

Alexander McQueen is the designer that made me want to be a designer.  Despite his twisted eccentricities (which I love so much), the beauty of his craft was recognized throughout the world.  He created a mythological persona that captured both the shadow and light of our psyches. His death left an enormous void in the fashion world, and I doubt anyone will ever be able to recreate that unique, magical aesthetic that he shared with us.  If you are in New York, or can afford the ticket to get there, do yourself a favor and check out ‘Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty” at the Met’s Costume Institute.  It opens today.

Images from the exhibit:

And for nostalgia’s sake, here are  a few images from the first collection I saw by McQueen (Fall 2002):

Some Say Wolves Never Die

Beware their wrath.

Portrait

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This Weekend

Tonight:

Annual fashion show, hosted by The Stranger.

Tomorrow:

Actual Pain's spring launch party! Free tattoos, dude.

 

 

 

 

Lindsey Thornburg

Check out the rest of her stuff here

Catwoman Rules

“I don’t know about you Ms. Kitty, but I feel… so much…yummier.”

Klaus Nomi

Klaus Nomi appeared on the NYC scene suddenly, leaping from his spectacular debut at the New Wave Vaudeville show (where the astounded audience had to be told repeatedly that the voice was truly live) to spearhead a futurist movement of militantly fashionable avant-misfits before and beyond any new romantic notions occurred to Spandau Ballet and after Bowie abandoned the future as an archaic concept.

Klaus was a face – elfin and painted as a Kabuki robot.  He was a style – a medieval interpretation of the 21st century via Berlin 1929.  He was a voice, almost inhuman in range, from operatic soprano to Prussian general.  He was a master performer – a master of theatrical gesture.  Above all he was a visionary.  He said the future is based on the needs of the artist, deciding how to live and living that way every minute.  Klaus, the man from the future, lived that way in the present, and held out his hand saying, “Come with me.  You can do it too.”

Excerpt from an article by Kristian Hoffman for East Village Eye, read more here.

Rodarte @ MOCA

Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte now have a solo exhibition up at the Museum of Contemporary Art in LA.  If I was in the area, I would definitely check it out.  If you can’t go, at least watch the video below, in which they talk about their work and you can see some beautiful shots of the exhibition.  I love how their pieces are suspended in air, as if occupied by ghosts.  Here is a section of the press release:

Renowned for its expressive use of textiles, Rodarte creates unusual works through a highly elaborate and intensive processing and reconstruction of materials.  Fabrics are often subjected to unusual, sometimes alchemical methods of alteration – dyed, stretched, stained, burned, or otherwise manipulated – before being reassembled as sculptural ready-to-wear.  Materials are woven, knitted, or layered as assemblages of plaid scraps, vinyl, cheesecloth, wool, or cobweb, Swarovski crystals, macrame, leather, and more.  Rodarte’s designs are inspired by sources uncommonly approached in fashion design – its Spring 2010 collection was based, in part, on the California condor.  Other idiosyncratic influences include local landscapes, Japanese horror films, Boris Karloff as Frankenstein, and the work of Gordon Matta Clark.

Their fame has skyrocketed since taking part in the costume design for Black Swan.  They have, however, been creating beautiful clothes for many years prior to this.  Like good poetry, no detail is lost – every patch, braid, and burn has a story behind it.  Here are a few examples of their work from previous collections:

Fall2011

Fall 2010

Spring 2010

Fall 2008

Fall 2007

Fashion alchemy at its best.

All images are from Style.com