Style and Fashion
DeYoung Style: Balenciaga and Spain
Declared "Fashion’s Picasso," Balenciaga drew inspiration from the color palette of Goya, Velázquez’s courtiers and royalty, the draped fabric in El Greco’s and Zurbarán’s images of saints, as well as the vestments of Spanish nuns and priests more »
Shopping and Sewing at B&J Fabrics
A well known New York City fabric store with a high end selection, international shipping and an online catalog that makes it difficult to choose for clothing and home decorating. Where did we find them? In our treasured Gourmet magazine! more »
How Can You Resist; The Royal Wedding Website
Regardless of recovering economies and Middle East crises, ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the official Royal Wedding website celebrating the marriage of Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton was launched today by St. James’s Palace. The website will follow the progress of designating dresses, tiaras, flowers, attendants and media coverage more »
A Creative Pair in Collage and Fashion
"A long time collector of ‘things' Peter trawls the markets with his wife textile designer Karen Nicol and collects old stamps, faded maps, love letters, labels, buttons, dress making patterns, playing cards, textiles cotton webbing that binds books and paper boxes for the basis of his work" more »