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Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s PUNK: Chaos to Couture at The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Every once in a while f-a-s-h-i-o-n takes itself way too seriously and fails to remember the heart + soul that is the inspiration for its being. There, I have said it.

I wanted to love PUNK: Chaos to Couture at The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. But when you take the grit out of a movement and distance it from its authenticity, what’s left are derivative pieces

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Regarding Warhol: What Would Andy Say About Fashion Bloggers?

Once upon a time, if I was at a party and Andy Warhol turned up, I knew I was in the right place.

Beyond being lucky enough to be old enough (age is good for something) to have grown up with Pop Art and its exposure to appreciate Andy Warhol as the great leveler of pop culture and celebrity… those nights at Studio 54 didn’t

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Alexander McQueen Retrospective Pulls Out All The Fashion Stops

Alexander McQueen must be smiling down on us.Just last week his eponymous label became a household name for non-fashionistas when Kate Middleton walked down the Royal Wedding aisle wearing a Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen gown and changed into a second McQueen dress by for the reception.Then there are the rest of who have been mesmerized by the art of his designs that went

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The Fashion Red Carpet- Celebrities Wearing Dresses That Didn’t Wear Them

"It is getting a little long into the season of schmaltzed up red carpet dresses.A few more big events to go before things peter down for summer and we are all getting rather tired here of looking at stacks of celebrity photos of stars wearing overdone dresses.That's not to say that you can't look unique but just not like you are wrapped up in

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Lost in Fashion Bliss… The Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute goes online

Lost in Fashion Bliss... The Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute goes onlineOne of the best things about being lucky enough to grow up in NYC is to regularly visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Even luckier, is to have a yen for fashion and the privilege to visit its Costume Institute, starting from back in the day that Diana Vreeland ruled.The Costume Institute's recent renovation

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