Category: Exhibitions
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Inside the Lee Alexander McQueen & Ann Ray Exhibition in Sacramento, CA
Ann Ray (French, born 1969), Flesh and Blood,2008. Archival chromogenic print. Courtesy of Barrett Barrera Projects When friendship and fashion merge, the creative process becomes poetry. The stanzas are steeped in soul. The verses stitch together hearts. The Lee Alexander McQueen & Ann Ray: Rendezvous exhibition is a love letter to this kind of collaboration…
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Miss Dior Millefiori Pop-up | The Chic List
Melrose Avenue, a fitting location for the floral fantasy that is the Miss Millefiori Dior Pop-up: The new Miss Dior Eau de Perfume is meant to evoke the scent of “sensual roses,” setting the mood for a love affair between the perfumes of spicy Peony and Lily-of-the Valley, according to Dior’s Perfume Creator, Francois Demachy. For…
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HOUSE OF GUCCI: THE ‘HAUTE’ TIPS I TOOK FROM THE FILM FASHION
The Golden Age of Gucci: The interlocked “G’s” have been the through line of my entire November, from the Gucci Love Parade fashion show I attended with my friend, Mari at the month’s genesis, to the House of Gucci costume exhibition at FIDM, the Gucci Gardenia pop-up at the Grove and the grand finale: seeing…
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going to the getty | the guide and the go-to garb
The cubic white façade looks like a modern Mount Olympus from the 101 Freeway. But it’s not a haven for the gods—even though much of the European art within the Getty Museum’s wings do depict the Grecian and Roman deities in the brushstrokes of the Renaissance masters. When I lived in LA, The Getty Museum…
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Manet and the Fashion Girl on the Move
It was a chance encounter that I came coat-to-coat with Edouard Manet’s “Portrait of Isabelle Lemonnier with a Muff.” Sure, my Sunday visit to the Getty Museum was the product of intentionality, specifically to see their latest exhibition, Manet and Modern Beauty. I came across longtime favorites by the French modernist painter (1832-1883) like “Spring”…
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Suits and Pearson Costume Designer talks Styling Meghan Markle and Gina Torres:
Photo Courtesy of Paley Center for Media Suits and Pearson costume designer, Jolie Andreatta has ‘suited up’ the likes of Gina Torres (Jessica Pearson) and Meghan Markle (Rachel Zane) so well that their looks have not just turned heads: they have turned cameras. Yes, that is correct. Torres, who is known for her luxuriously legal…
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Emmy-Nominated Costumes Showcased at FIDM Museum
Photos by Alex J. Berliner/ABImages If A Series of Unfortunate Events led us to these larger-than-life television costumes, where a sky-blue gown blooms with embroidered whispers of a garden, well then they were worth it. My blogger bestie, Mari Makatsaria and I were like giddy girls in a costume confectionary at FIDM Museum’s 13th Annual…
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Inside Louis Vuitton X With Krischic
The ‘LV’ in LVMH has done it again: brought an immersive experience to Los Angeles that has managed to attract the Instagram generation to the brand like a moth to a fashionable flame. I am always fascinated with Louis Vuitton’s cutting-edge approach to promoting brand awareness. The high fashion house has reigned in the luxury…
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A Couture Tour with Krischic: Guo Pei in Orange County
For Chinese couture designer, Guo Pei, sartorial stories were her rebellion. Santa Ana’s Bowers Museum, which is currently hosting a retrospective of the designer’s work, is an assurance that her story is amplified in one of the capitals of Western Culture and fashion: the west coast. The couturier was born in Beijing in 1967, a…
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Inside the Armani Redbox Pop-up
Everyone has their ‘power’ color: a hue that when you wear it, it makes you feel as if you can take on the world fearlessly. For me, red is that color: it’s powerful, it’s sultry, it’s classic (I’ve written a previous ode to red before). So as you can imagine, stepping inside Giorgio Armani’s redbox…
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