(9.11) I want this jacket. You only have through Sunday to go see the extraordinary Todd Oldham exhibit — ‘All of Everything: Todd Oldham Fashion’ — now at the RISD Museum. Drawn from the Todd Oldham Studio archives, a substantial portion of which was recently donated to the RISD Museum, All of Everything features more …
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(5.7) Apparel design seniors at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) will debut their creations on the runway at Collection 2016. Two fast-paced runway shows, 4pm and 7pm, take place at the RISD Fleet Library on Westminster Street this Saturday. The eye-opening designs shown at Collection are juried by a panel of guest critics—professional designers who give …
Shades of Scarlett O’Hara— I saw it in the window and just had to have it. A new exhibition ‘Swagged and Poufed: The Upholstered Body in the Late 19th Century and Today’ opens Friday at the RISD Museum. In 1890, designer William Morris quipped that women were “upholstered like arm chairs.” Buried under folds, ruching, …
An article in The New York Times illuminates the working class roots of the current fashion must-have, the chambray shirt. Turns out chambray in America has a local provenance. The early history of chambray stretches to the French town of Cambrai and a dense linen, cambric, long woven there. It came to the United States …
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Extraordinary garments from the première fashion houses of the early 20th century (there’s an amazing two-piece Fortuny) are on display now in ‘Golden Glamour’ at the RISD Museum. The wall text explains their local provenance. Raised in Newport, Edith Stuyvesant Vanderbilt Gerry . . . Thurston Howell the 3rd . . . lived with her …
Check it out, someone is still making jewelry in the Jewelry District. Artist Hannah Garrison solicits used guitar strings from noted guitarists and turns them into bracelets. Providence-based Wear Your Music also sells key chains, earrings, etc. Participating musicians include Brown alum Lisa Loeb, Les Claypool, Toni Iommi, Robert Trujillo, MGMT, Geezer, Weezer, and Avril …
(5.10) After months of conceptual development, experimentation and meticulous construction, final garments designed by Rhode Island School of Design students will make their runway debut at COLLECTION 2014. Seniors in the RISD Apparel Design program will show their collections this Saturday at the R.I. Convention Center. The designs shown are juried by a panel of …
(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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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 …
(5.18) Collection 2013, the Apparel Design department’s popular fashion show, will take to the runway on Saturday, May 18 at the Rhode Island Convention Center. After months of conceptual development, experimentation, and meticulous construction, students have an opportunity to showcase their one-of-a-kind creations to the public at this annual event. The designs shown in each …
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 …
(5.18) Fashion show Friday night, Collection 2012, the Apparel Design department’s popular fashion show, will take to the runway on Friday, May 18 at the Rhode Island Convention Center in downtown Providence. After months of conceptual development, experimentation and meticulous construction, students have an opportunity to showcase their one-of-a-kind creations to the public at this annual …