Whether it’s because of Fidel’s failing health or Obama-related bonhomie, but for the first time in its decade-long history, the Havana Biennial is welcoming Gringo artists. Taking place from March 27 to April 30, the Yankees will display their works and mix/mingle with artsy types from some 40 different nations. This years see controversial Aregentine [...]
Posts from ‘March, 2009’
GET READY FOR: A Valentino Moment
Before there was Armani, Versace or Cavalli — there was Valentino, the legendary sartorialist from Rome who basically put Italian fashion on the style map. Although he retired from the runway a few years back, the ultra-extravagant fashionisto remains a perennial pop culture presence — and is soon to be once again all-over-the-place. Why? Because [...]
BRAVA ANNA: Back-to-Back Black Women on the Cover of Vogue
Perhaps it’s the economy. Or call it the Andre effect. But a thaw appears to be in process over at icy-cold Conde Nast. Not only did they put a fat girl — yes, she’s fat and she’s fab — on the cover of their new British fashion mag, Love, but they put a Black woman [...]
DAILY TRANSRACIAL: The Double Club
Selecting a restaurant as our Daily Transracial is certainly novel — but makes a lot of sense when that restaurant is The Double Club in London. The newish boite could not be more multi-culti, talent-packed, on-trend and globally inspired! Here’s a breakdown: + It’s a “pop-up” restaurant — meaning the Double Club will only be [...]
FOR SALE: Gianni Versace's Goodies
Just weeks after the stratospheric sale of designer Yves Saint Laurent’s life-time collection of objets, Sotheby’s is set to auction off yet another fashion-world arty assemblage: Paintings, Furniture and Works of Art from the Gianni Versace Collection. Starting on Wednesday, Sotheby’s London branch will sell of 550 pieces from Versace’s luscious Italian villa on the [...]
AT RISK: Hmong Women
The situation for Hmong women in the Sapa region of Northern Vietnam is not looking good! According to a report in this week’s Economist, young Hmong women are being kidnapped and ferried across the border in to China where they are sold as brides! Apparently, Hmong female beauty is highly revered throughout the region. Nice! [...]
TREND ALERT: Afghani Fashions
Fashion Weeks in the US and Europe are coming to an end — and with them an end to the gloomy retail scene worldwide. But one unexpected bright spot managed to emerge from London: The beginnings of a viable fashion industry in the war-torn nation of Afghanistan. Indeed, a trio of Afghani or Afghanistan-produced lines [...]
SPOTTED: Obama Lunch-Cart
If having his own marijuana strain named after him wasn’t enough, President Obama now has a real Midtown Manhattan lunch cart honoring his presence in the White House. The cart (pictured above) is located in the Fashion District on Seventh Avenue @ West 37th Street and serves a nice range of Middle Eastern midday goodies [...]
SOLD: Fifteen per cent of American Apparel for $80 Million
Sex mad fashion mogul Dov Charney can breathe a sigh of relief. His cash-strapped brand American Apparel has just been thrown an $80 million lifeline from Lion Investment. The move gives the London-based firm a 15 percent share of the SoCal company. News of the bailout sent AA shares up 68 percent yesterday — a [...]
Battlestar Galactica Landing at the UN
In between rescuing Darfur and finding a way to crate peace in the Middle East, diplomats over at the United Nations will welcome some very unusual panelists on March 17th — the team behind the hit TV series Battlestar Galactica. According to reports, the creators and stars of the hit show will appear at the [...]