A benchmark Paris sale of Impressionist and Modern paintings that belonged to French fashion designer Jeanne Lanvin fell well short of pre-sale expectations Monday, in a clear signal the financial crisis is hitting the previously resilient art market.
Christie’s auction house said in a statement it raised euro7.67 million ($9.67 million) at its evening sale of […]
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Here are some fascinating books hitting shelves now or soon. They will broaden your mind and — if you allow — your style.
● “A Bathing Ape” by Nigo (Rizzoli International Publications, $60).
When Nigo founded the BAPE label in Harajuku, Tokyo, some 15 years ago, it was an underground sensation.
Streetwise, cynical, anti-corporate and anti-mass-production — the […]
When Dai Fujiwara was appointed the creative director of the Paris-based Japanese label Issey Miyake, he was worried. It wasn’t that he didn’t feel capable of the job, and it wasn’t that he felt the weight of posterity on his shoulders. He had already worked with the company and its founder, Miyake, for a decade. […]
Anyone who saw members of the public hurling themselves down plastic chutes at Tate Modern two years ago will know that the tubes’ designer, Carsten Höller, has a sense of fun. So it was no surprise to find the installation artist’s latest project – the conversion of an abandoned Victorian warehouse in Islington into a […]
DEAR HELAINE AND JOE: I found this Fred Perlberg “Dance Original” gown in Grandma’s attic many, many years ago. The label is still in the dress. My grandmother passed away before she could tell me about this dress. It is a salmon-colored taffeta floor-length gown with a bustle at the back. The top of the […]
An almost 400% increase in sales of her clothes in an exclusive gallery in Yokohama, and the possibility of selling to shops in Tokyo and beyond, has excited Dunedin fashion designer Donna Tulloch, of Mild Red.
Tulloch travelled to Yokohama, Japan, last month, to show an exhibition, called “Attitude”, of collaborative work between herself and Christchurch […]
A DODGY South Harrow trader found with hundreds of phony designer clothes has been banned from markets across the country.
Police found 726 items of clothing mocked up to look like genuine designers, like Dolce & Gabbana, Moschino and Lacoste, after searching the home of Adnel Avram, also known as Hagi, in January.
Undercover trading standards […]
Don’t be put off by the thought of self-consciously expressive student types or grungy bohemians. The imaginative and varied range of clothing has always attracted the unconventional. But it is a stereotype that vintage style must look as if you’ve just stepped out of a time machine. Vintage clothes can be worn subtly, with the […]
An exclusive two-day exhibition, opening today (Friday) at Melange — the most glamorous and happening fashion designer outlet of the federal capital — captures the mood of the festive season by offering an intriguing blend of hot couture by Hasan Shehryar Yasin (HSY), one of the most acclaimed fashion designer of Pakistan — and intricate […]