Thierry Mugler: Couturissime

August 5, 2023.Reading time 12 minutes.

[THIERRY MUGLER: COUTURISSIME] The Brooklyn Museum in New York hosted its first retrospective of French designer, perfumer and published author Manfred Thierry Mugler. The exhibition featured over eight dozen looks, from haute couture to stage wear, sketches, videos, editorials, images from his photography book, even an installation. Entitled Thierry Mugler: Couturissime, the term “couturissme” is […]

Alexandra Popescu-York Spring 2019 Couture Runway Show

November 3, 2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

Date: Saturday, September 8th. Venue: Angel Orensanz Foundation Dividing her time between painting and designing, Alexandra Popsecu-York pulls inspiration from tradition and imagination. Like a scene from Fifty Shades Darker, the collection exuded mystery, luxury and sensuality. Hairstyles featured slick back high ponytails with towering metal hair cuffs, while makeup showcased glass skin coupled with black matte lips, and […]

Salma Hayek for Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet

August 21, 2015.Reading time 3 minutes.

Date: Thursday, August 6. Venue: Apple Store – SoHo Salma Hayek pays homage to her childhood with the introduction to her animated feature film. Her grandfather, a spiritual Lebanese, inspired her with what she recalls the great story of Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet, (a philosophy poetry book, written by an Arab man), and remembers a […]

Remembering Alexander McQueen, Style Icon Tribute Blog (Spring/Summer 1999, 2001-2010) (Page 1)

July 8, 2011.Reading time 7 minutes.

Alexander McQueen was the kind of designer that given scraps of fabric could turn it into a beautiful gown in a span of a television commercial break, a couture-worthy gown out of beach-side seashells or bird feathers. With his boundless visionary talent, he exposed our world to his political viewpoint thru theatrical presentations and unworldly […]