It’s been called a non-color (see renowned creative consultant’s new book: Beige Is Not a Color: The Full-Spectrum World of Carlos Mota). It’s been maligned as a pejorative term synonymous with bland,…
I hate to wade into the gender wars pool, but I’m about to test the waters – I’ll just dip in a toe, if not an entire foot. Let’s just say that…
“Fashion is a world of extremes,” said MFIT Curator Melissa Marra-Alvarez applying Sir Isaac Newton’s third law of motion regarding the ever-swinging pendulum of action and reaction. Design cycles are not immune…
Back in the ’80s when the oversized pages of W were practically my bible. I could never have imagined that one day in the far-flung future I’d actually be a guest at…
Was that Fifth Avenue or the Vegas strip on Monday night? The Met or the MGM? Although there were many interpretations of the Camp dress code it seemed that Elvis, Priscilla plus…
Would you rather be called “basic” or “extra”? It’s a question worthy of Zobmondo yet this “slang-uage” didn’t even exist back in 2001 when the book/board game debuted. Hint: Neither term is…
I remember my first time like it was yesterday. No, not that first time – I’m talking about my initial experience with designer fashion collaborations. It was actually a year before H&M’s…
It’s that time of the year again! No, I’m not referring to paying taxes – it’s something much less painful and much more informative: Fashion Law Institute’s 9th Annual Symposium which was…
My mind is Tiffany-twisted, I got the Mercedes-bends. Seriously, I have not recovered from yesterday’s press preview for “Play it Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll” (opening April 8 through “Rocktober” 1)…
It’s been 20 years since we thought the world would be ending – remember how we feared everyone’s computer would glitch, flights would be suspended mid-air and all manner of chaos would…