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Style for Christmas: She’s So Unusual
The Garb Wire’s themed ‘gift guide’ reflects who we are, crazed style obsessives who swing well to the left of the ordinary. For inspiration this year I selected album titles from Rolling Stone Magazine’s Top 500 Albums of all Time list published in 2012. The first edit, She’s So Unusual, is the name of Cyndi Lauper‘s debut album of […]
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The Met’s Spring 2017 Blockbuster Exhibition: Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons
The Costume Institute’s spring 2017 exhibition will be Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons, open to the public from May 4 through September 4, 2017. See 120 examples of Kawakubo’s womenswear designs for Comme des Garçons, from her first Paris runway show in 1981 to her most recent collection. The exhibition will be arranged thematically rather than chronologically, […]
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Memoirs of a Geisha: Style Ideas for Spring
Memoirs of a Geisha was a 2005 American epic film adaptation of an original novel of the same name by Arthur Golden. The story reveals how Sayuri transcended her fishing-village roots and transformed into one of Japan’s most celebrated geisha. But with this success, Sayuri also learns the secrets and sacrifices of the geisha lifestyle. Though the story line may be far from our […]
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