T-shirt technology has come a long way in the last decade. The cut, particularly for females, is more flattering and sophisticated, and the fabrics are finer. Some of those old tees were actually too hot to wear in the summer. Even the sports franchises have finally started to market to the female fans with better […]
(3.19) Sooner or later . . . you’re gonna crash. Make sure you are wearing these crash pants from G-Form. From their headquarters in the Jewelry District, G-Form has been shaking up one industry after another with their Reactive Protection Technology™ — a proprietary composite, that on impact, instantly absorbs over 90% of the energy. The
(2.28) Really interesting French guy. The Providence Athenaeum hosts Fashion Institute of Technology Museum Director Valerie Steele for “Octave Uzanne: La Mode Femme in Fin-de-Siècle Paris.” Octave Uzanne (1851-1931) was a French writer and bibliophile, who is known today (if at all) primarily as the creator of luxurious illustrated books. Yet he was a strange
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Forget the Lasik. Frames are now highly desirable fashion accessories and way too much fun to give up just so you can actually see things . . . all the time. Frankly, a low rez start to the day is not such a bad thing. Stylish myopics, tired of the mass-produced Luxottica labels, can head
Every four years we get to check in with Loudmouth, the American sportswear company established in 2000 by Cranston native Scott “Woody” Woodworth. Mr. Woodworth graduated from Brown University a few decades ago with a degree in semiotics, so these fabrics must mean something. Seen here is the Norwegian curling team now in Sochi. The
At a time of year when the city seems drained of all color, we need this. Meet Nashville native and fashion blogger (Girl with the Flower) Zoe Schlacter, currently a student at the Rhode Island School of Design. Zoe caught my eye in the Feb/Mar issue of Bust Magazine which has a regular ‘Looks’ feature
StyleWeek Northeast 2014 starts tonight with all events being held in one place this time around. Jenna Pelletier at the ProJo has this event covered complete with a schedule of events and list of designers with what to expect from each. StyleWeek Northeast is rolling out the runway once again. The latest installation of the
(10.3) New York street style icon, stylist and model Tziporah Salamon will perform her one woman show: “The Fabric of My Life: A Sartorial Autobiography,” in which Tziporah will use her legendary vintage and designer wardrobe to illustrate the story of her life. This free event is hosted by Wayland Square’s Clad in boutique, which
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(8.18) Having just taken one more stroll through the wonderful Artist/Rebel/Dandy exhibition at the RISD Museum (ends Sunday!) I would like to register a minor quibble, an oversight in the modern practitioners category: How does André Benjamin (aka André 3000) not get a mention? Maybe his name will come up Sunday at the Bow Ties
(8.15) Artist/Rebel/Dandy: Men of Fashion closes this weekend. The RISD Museum is throwing a celebration tonight, Thursday, at “Design the Night” to mark the coming end of the popular exhibit. The Museum marks the final days of this sumptuous show with a free Design the Night celebration on Thursday, August 15, 5-9 pm. Photographer Corey
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A new exhibition Artist/Rebel/Dandy: Men of Fashion opens Sunday at the RISD Museum. Rather than following strict definitions, Artist/Rebel/Dandy features myriad manifestations of the dandy’s style and persona, from the discreet sophistication and consummate elegance of Beau Brummell (1778–1840) to the romantics and revolutionaries of today—including Rick Owens, Patti Smith, Ouigi Theodore, and Waris Ahluwalia.
(2.15) In anticipation of the exhibition “Artist/Rebel/Dandy: Men of Fashion” opening at the RISD Museum on April 28th, the Providence Athenaeum is hosting a series of salons. This Friday, exhibit curators Kate Irvin and Laurie Brewer will present the many perspectives that meet and sometimes collide to illustrate the range of the dandy spectrum. The RISD
Okay, while we are on the topic of design (typography division), aren’t there too many slashes in that date format? I object. Let’s hope the fashion designers in town for StyleWeek Northeast 2013 know better than to overdo the froufrou. There are too many events and too many venues to mention so just go to
Providence has another designer on “Project Runway.” (Jonathan Joseph Peters represented on Season 7.) Joseph Aaron Segal currently teaches Industrial Knitting at RISD while working as a freelance knitwear designer and lead designer for his two brands, World of JAS and Pretty Snake. He could probably retire right now on the success of his Crazy
(11.16) Friday’s Salon at the Athenaeum — “Proust’s Duchesse: The Making and Unmaking of a Society Style Icon” — continues the ‘Proust and fashion’ conversation started Tuesday (see below), this time with Columbia University Associate Professor of French Caroline Weber. Weber examines Proust’s friendship with the three leading salon hostesses and taste-makers upon whom he
Swanning about in the stacks. From the Providence Athenaeum Director of Programs, Christina Bevilacqua, ” Join us for two conversations that reconsider conventional assumptions about both Proust and fashion – in part by showing how Proust “read” and used fashion to write about everything from the frivolous to the profound.” Tuesday’s Salon: Proustfest part 1: