Art
Celebrating the History of Parisian Couture
Paris, Capital of Fashion at the Museum at FIT is a comprehensive visual compendium that can help audiences understand how fashion became foundational to the identity of the city.
John Galliano
Art
The Evolution of Dressmaking, from Hand- to Machine-Made
A clever way of telling if a piece of clothing is a knock-off is to look at the stitching: if it’s crooked, it’s probably been hastily assembled in some sweatshop; if it’s straight, it’s been meticulously formed with the utmost sensitivity to detail in an atelier.
Art
A Documentary Offers a New Look at the House of Dior
In his new film, director Frédéric Tcheng traces the voyage that Raf Simons, the current creative director of the House of Dior, embarks upon when designing his first haute couture collection there.
Opinion
The Trouble with Favela Chic
A Milwaukee bar called Nomad World Pub wanted to create a special place for its customers to watch the World Cup, so it decided to set up a faux favela inspired by Rio de Janeiro’s poverty-stricken mountainside slums.