Style and Fashion
Engineering and Couture: Fashioning Apollo
When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped onto the moon July, 1969, they wore spacesuits made by Playtex: twenty-one layers of fabric, each with a distinct yet interrelated function, custom-sewn for them by seamstresses, whose usual work was fashioning bras and girdles more »
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 »