Cultural Studies: Elizabeth Edwards Teeters on Her Pedestal
Elizabeth Edwards, considered a saint after her husband’s affair was exposed, is recast as a bully. feeds.nytimes.com |
Awards to honour aboriginal achievers
Inuit artist Kannanginak Pootoogook and Blackfoot cultural leader Tom Crane Bear are among this year's recipients of the 17th annual National Aboriginal Achievement Awards in Regina on Friday. cbc.ca |
Mannequins Take to the Streets to Help Garment District
Thirty-two designers are participating in a public art exhibition that opened on Broadway in Manhattan's garment district on Thursday, which, in essence, is the fashion version of those cow statues that plastered New York a decade ago. feeds.nytimes.com |
Michael Bastian: In the Navy
Michael Bastian is a designer who seems to delight in casting his shows each season with a different archetype from the adult film archives of Falcon Studios. feeds.nytimes.com |
Fashion Ticker: Dennis Basso
MANHATTAN TRANSFER American and European resorts inspired Dennis Basso's first full ready-to-wear collection for spring 2009, the designer told The New York Sun a week before his show at Bryant Park. But the collection he sent down the runway yesterday possessed an edge and energy particular to Manhattan. What else to make of a taupe alligator jacket with short sleeves and a fitted waist, or a gray Russian broadtail jacket with lace inserts? The same could be said of the beautifully tailored... nysun.com |