Will The Real Daphne Guinness Please Stand Up?

January 06, 2012  //  Posted by: Content Keyword RSS  //  Category: Main Content
An exhibition on the socialite's personal style shows that fashion isn't just a means of self-expression, but of disguise and evasion.

Lifestyle › Exhibition in London charts Japan’s influence on the world of haute-couture

November 11, 2010  //  Posted by: Content Keyword RSS  //  Category: Main Content
The first exhibition in Europe to comprehensively survey avant-garde Japanese fashion has just opened at the Barbican Art Gallery in London. The display shows how…

EXHIBITION REVIEW: ‘STATE OF DECEPTION: THE POWER OF NAZI PROPAGANDA’

February 24, 2009  //  Posted by: Content Keyword RSS  //  Category: Main Content
Nazis’ ‘Terrible Weapon,’ Aimed at Minds and Hearts By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN NYT February 23, 2009 WASHINGTON — The most haunting image in “State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda,” a major new exhibition at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum here, may be the first one you see after the introductory videos. At the end of a darkened corridor is a black-and-white photograph on a black background. Underneath, with unornamented simplicity, is a single word: Hitler. It is a cam

Gothic fashions exhibited at clothing and textile collection (The Gateway Online)

November 13, 2008  //  Posted by: Content Keyword RSS  //  Category: Main Content
The University of Alberta has recently embraced the goth subculture by assembling an exhibition of gothic fashion for the U of A’s Clothing and Textile Collection. Boasting over 50 items that represent all spectrums of goth fashion, the collection encompasses fashion adopted by men and women, including accessories, underwear, jewelry, walking sticks, chainmail bikinis, and rock band t-shirts. ...

Painting it Black: Exhibition Shows the Dark Side of Fashion

October 31, 2008  //  Posted by: Content Keyword RSS  //  Category: Main Content
There are certain styles that never die and goth is one of them. It seems that the high school rebel with blood-drained skin and midnight locks continues to haunt artists thirsty for creativity. Ever since the goth subculture emerged in the UK during the 1980’s, its clothing, inspired by death, mourning, and the macabre, keeps coming back to life. Over the years, gothic couture has had several transformations that range from weeping veils to glossy vinyl pants, and is still resurrected on the