Fashion Blogs

These extremely long overdue pictures from my last trip to Musée du Bonbon Haribo are just too tempting not to share with my fashionista friends. If you’re a Haribo fan and happen to be in Southern France, do pay a visit to Haribo’s one-of-a-kind fashion showcase at the sweet museum and feast your eyes on the edible collection made from the signature gummy crocodiles, marshmallows and black licorice wheels. I’m not really a big fan of this 100-year-old German confectionery brand but its creativi

Cheongsams or qipaos (旗袍) are believed to have the most alluring body-hugging silhouette that highlights feminine curves in the best way ever. Today’s top international designers/brands such as Vivienne Tam and Shiatzy Chen have seeked inspiration from these traditional Chinese dresses for setting the modern oriental trend to celebrate the inheritance of Chinese clothing aesthetics. To promote “Hong Kong Week 2013@Taipei,” Institute of Textiles & Clothing (the Hong Kong Polytechnic University) a

John Paul Gaultier photograph taken by RJ from the Apparel Search Company in December 2013.

If you have not already attended the event, it is not too late.

Event Dates: October 25, 2013–February 23, 2014

Morris A. and Meyer Schapiro Wing and Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Gallery, 5th Floor

The Brooklyn Museum is the only East Coast venue for The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk, the first international exhibition dedicated to the groundbreaking French couturier.

Miss Piggy is Officially having a moment, will appear at Opening Ceremony, Musuem of the Moving Image and in theatres this Fall

Photo by Inez & Vinoodh.

Currently celebrating over 25 years of stellar work with her partner, Vinoodh Matadin, with the retrospective “Pretty Much Everything” at Amsterdam’s Foam Museum, the veteran has learned that for style and fashion, there is no “off” switch. “A lot of people say, ‘Oh, I’m not into fashion. I don’t care about what I wear.’ But when they go for a job interview, they wear something different than [what they would wear] just to go work in the garden or pick up the kids from sc

Image via Flikr/jtuason

The crafty, colorful DIY art we know as tie-dye is typically associated with Grateful Dead shows and hacky sack sporting undergrads. But did you know that this textile technique actually dates as far
back as 500 A.D.? Well, now you’ll be able to see a mesmerizing variety of these vibrant patterns from prehistoric tunics to modern day frocks in San Francisco’s de Young Museum. Where else, right?

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Here is a fashion photo taken by my mother June 4th, 2010 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

We often wonder, does artwork inspire fashion or does fashion inspire artwork? I am not sure if the above image answers that question, but I thought the image must tell us something...

Note: This was not some sort of photo shoot. This person was there enjoying the artwork in the Museum. Their may be a very good explanation regarding her clothing selection for the day, but I am not aware of the

These extremely long overdue pictures from my last trip to Musée du Bonbon Haribo are just too tempting not to share with my fashionista friends. If you’re a Haribo fan and happen to be in Southern France, do pay a visit to Haribo’s one-of-a-kind fashion showcase at the sweet museum and feast your eyes on the edible collection made from the signature gummy crocodiles, marshmallows and black licorice wheels. I’m not really a big fan of this 100-year-old German confectionery brand but its creativi

Cheongsams or qipaos (旗袍) are believed to have the most alluring body-hugging silhouette that highlights feminine curves in the best way ever. Today’s top international designers/brands such as Vivienne Tam and Shiatzy Chen have seeked inspiration from these traditional Chinese dresses for setting the modern oriental trend to celebrate the inheritance of Chinese clothing aesthetics. To promote “Hong Kong Week 2013@Taipei,” Institute of Textiles & Clothing (the Hong Kong Polytechnic University) a

John Paul Gaultier photograph taken by RJ from the Apparel Search Company in December 2013.

If you have not already attended the event, it is not too late.

Event Dates: October 25, 2013–February 23, 2014

Morris A. and Meyer Schapiro Wing and Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Gallery, 5th Floor

The Brooklyn Museum is the only East Coast venue for The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk, the first international exhibition dedicated to the groundbreaking French couturier.

Miss Piggy is Officially having a moment, will appear at Opening Ceremony, Musuem of the Moving Image and in theatres this Fall

Photo by Inez & Vinoodh.

Currently celebrating over 25 years of stellar work with her partner, Vinoodh Matadin, with the retrospective “Pretty Much Everything” at Amsterdam’s Foam Museum, the veteran has learned that for style and fashion, there is no “off” switch. “A lot of people say, ‘Oh, I’m not into fashion. I don’t care about what I wear.’ But when they go for a job interview, they wear something different than [what they would wear] just to go work in the garden or pick up the kids from sc

Image via Flikr/jtuason

The crafty, colorful DIY art we know as tie-dye is typically associated with Grateful Dead shows and hacky sack sporting undergrads. But did you know that this textile technique actually dates as far
back as 500 A.D.? Well, now you’ll be able to see a mesmerizing variety of these vibrant patterns from prehistoric tunics to modern day frocks in San Francisco’s de Young Museum. Where else, right?

(more…)

Here is a fashion photo taken by my mother June 4th, 2010 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

We often wonder, does artwork inspire fashion or does fashion inspire artwork? I am not sure if the above image answers that question, but I thought the image must tell us something...

Note: This was not some sort of photo shoot. This person was there enjoying the artwork in the Museum. Their may be a very good explanation regarding her clothing selection for the day, but I am not aware of the