The Jazz Age. Prohibition. The Harlem Renaissance. The 19th Amendment. These phrases are all associated with the Roaring Twenties, an era filled with economic prosperity and lots of glitz and glamour. The fashion of the era is a reflection of people’s luxurious lifestyles and liberated minds. There was a fashion revolution in women’s clothing: smaller […]
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Fall Fashion Trends
When I think of Fall, I think of the colorful leaves, the crisp air, and all of the awesome fashion. Fall clothing represents a sophisticated contrast to the fun lightness of summer clothing. The colors are rich, the textures are complex, and the tailoring is sharp. The semester has just started, and I’ve already started […]
Rare and Precious Beauty: Daphne Guinness at FIT
The name Guinness is known widely in the U.S. for beer, not for high fashion. With a new exhibit on Daphne Guinness at the Fashion Institute of Technology’s museum, that may soon change. Daphne is an heiress to the Guinness brewery fortune, but she is also a member of the International Best Dressed List Hall […]
Fashion’s Night Out
Whether people were lining up for autographs from Glee’s Darren Criss and Lea Michele at Saks Fifth Avenue, waiting to be served ice cream from Vera Wang in an ice cream truck, or getting a makeover at one of Manhattan’s many Sephora stores, everyone in New York City on the night of September 8th, 2011 […]
