fashion
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Devoted to Dries
Finally the long-awaited trailer has arrived of a new documentary on Dries Van Noten who queerguru has always maintained is the most-underrated fashion designer of his generation. The openly-gay Van Noten from Antwerp allowed German filmmaker Reiner Holzemer to accompany him in his creative process, and his home life, for an entire year. It documents the precise…
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The Dapper Young Kurds
Exactly one year ago a group of some 30 dapper (and extremely handsome) young Kurdish men who live in Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan Region formed the country’s first ever gentlemen’s fashion club called Mr. Erbil. Their aim is not just about bringing western styles to Kurdistan, but helping to resuscitate the local failing…
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Masterworks : Unpacking Fashion @ Met
The new exhibition that opened at NY’s Met Museum last month allows a peek into inside the museum’s extensive fashion archives that they have amassed over its seven decade history. Located in the Anna Wintour Costume Center, the exhibit curated by Andrew Bolton features 60 iconic pieces which include new acquisitions that have never been shown…
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Daniel Lismore’s Theater of Self opens in Miami
Daniel Lismore the man who Vogue Magazine once called ‘London’s Most Outrageous Dresser’ is currently enroute to Miami for his exhibition ‘Theater of Self’ which will open as part of Miami Art Week/Art Basel. The 32 year-old 6’4″ British artist, fashion designer, stylist and self-styled eccentric has never been much of a wallflower “People are going…
