Category: Fashion and Travel
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Fashion Travel: Met’s Exhibit-“Death Becomes Her: A Century of Mourning Attire”
Death Becomes Her: A Century of Mourning Attire, the Costume Institute’s first fall exhibition in seven years, is on view in The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Anna Wintour Costume Center from October 21, 2014, through February 1, 2015. The exhibition explores the aesthetic development and cultural implications of mourning fashions of the 19th and early…
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Fashion Travel: NYC Met’s 2015 Costume Exhibitition and Jennifer Lawrence to Co-Chair Its Gala
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced that its Costume Institute’s Spring 2015 Exhibition, Chinese Whispers: Tales of the East in Art, Film, and Fashion, will focus on Chinese Imagery in Art, Film, and Fashion. on view from May 7 through August 16, 2015. The Museum’s world famous Costume Institute Benefit will precede it on May 4,…
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Fashion Travel: NYC Fashion Week Pictures
New York Fashion Week’s display of Spring 2015 clothing designs ended a few days ago. These shows that took place between September 4-11th, 2014 were more spread out across the city this year because, as Bee Shapiro of the New York Times reports, designers have been disappointed with the accommodations at Lincoln Center. Click here to…
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Travel Find: Clutch With Built-In Charger
I just received a nice new product, the Clutchette Power from Chic Buds. It’s a light fashion clutch that has a built-in charger for smart phones and USB devices on-the-go. It can be used separately , but I tried it out by carrying my IPhone and charging cord inside of it so I could find…
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The Met: Zac Posen Discusses Glamour and Charles James Exhibit on June 22nd
Fashion Designer Zac Posen and the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Charles James exhibition co-curator Jan Glier Reeder will be discussing James’s glamour, technique, and enduring impact on fashion in general, and on Posen in particular on June 22, 2014. From elements in Posen’s first collection to gowns he designed for certain guests at this year’s Met Gala,…
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Family Travel: Mom & Daughter Trip to Toronto
My daughter Sarah is going away to college this fall, and I wanted to take one last ” just the girls” trip with her before she fully started her own individual life adventures away from home. But where to go? Because of time constraints, we wanted to travel some place that was relatively close…
Travel Gal Kim Swidler 