Artist Spotlight: Time Warp Drag
It was the first live show I’d been to all year. Everyone was spaced out for safety, wearing masks, sitting outside the dining hall and yet I barely noticed all that. For the first time in months the restrictions of the pandemic weren’t weighing down on my experience. All I could think about was clapping louder, and how fabulous the queens performing before me were. Did I mention it was a drag show?
The Reemergence of Vivienne Westwood, and Punk Fashion’s Relevancy in 2020
Vivienne Westwood was known as a style icon, specifically having heavily influenced punk fashion in the ‘70s. She was adored by the youths of the time, those who wanted to rebel against the prim and proper “squareness” associated with rule followers and government supporters and find styles that opposed the wide lapels and flared denim they so ferociously despised.
Weekly Roundup
What our staff has been looking at, reading, and thinking about.
Bold, Beautiful, & Black: Black Designers at NYFW 2020
Lovers of fashion flock to New York every February and September to see the upcoming season’s latest collections. Each year NYFW becomes more of a spectacle, but seemingly overlooks the realm of Black designers and creative directors. In honor of fashion week coinciding with Black History Month, here are four Black designers whose designs are a must-see.
Suspended
These inspiring young creatives are climbing to the top of the creative ladder. Witness the suspenseful, electric endeavor of throwing yourself towards your goals.
Anna Van Gheem
Van Gheem’s work comments on the mundanities of everyday life from a tongue-in-cheek approach. Her roots in studying textiles informs both her color and surface design.
Designer Spotlight: Nicole McLaughlin
The young designer who reworks discarded items to give them new life.
The Fabricant: Reimagining Fashion for the Future
How this digital design house quite literally challenges the fabric of fashion.
Rococo Rival: Marie Antoinette’s Fashion Footprint
There has been a recent resurgence of a trend that dates back much longer than a few decades, try a few centuries.
Someone’s at the Door
“an ode to my childhood. When Priscilla knocks at the door, you answer”
Fashion Crush: In the Mood for Love
A cinematic examination of Wong Kar-wai’s color palette of the cheongsam.
Designer Spotlight: Dame Vivienne Westwood
Capturing imagination, promoting innovative design and campaigning for the protection of life on Mother Earth.