Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'christiandior'
June 12, 2007
If you're a vintage couture enthusiast, and we imagine there are quite a few in this city, you probably already know about socialite, philanthropist, clotheshorse and fashion maven Nan Kempner - and how trunks of her wardrobe are being sold tomorrow with items going for $25 and up (and way up). The muse for Yves Saint Laurent inspired as much as she collected, and prior to her death in 2005, the 74 year old filled......
Continue Reading "Sale Of The Century"September 9, 2006
Fashion Week is upon us once again, and even outside of Bryant Park it's hard to not notice. Coinciding with Fashion Week, the Museum at FIT opens a new show, Love and War: The Weaponized Woman. Starting today, and featuring about eighty contemporary garments by designer royalty, this exhibit examines the influence of armor and other military styles on high fashion. The “hard body” concept is also central to the exhibition, "both because hardness is......
Continue Reading "Hard Bodies at FIT"
