Fashion: Rennes

Here are some lovely items, all from the online store Rennes, check it out today! Everything is handmade by Julia in Boston and most of the accessories are made out of leather. She even takes custom orders, here's a sample of my favorites below! Which one is your favorite?

Photography: The Mentor Show

As some of you may know already, I am a senior at The School of Visual Arts. Next Thursday is the opening of The Mentor Show at the Visual Arts Gallery. I encourage all of you to come! It's going to be great and full of lots of amazing work! Click here for all the info, and to see some of the work, hope to see you there!

Artists to KNOW: Ilona Szwarc

Hello all, so sorry for the lack of postage this week, it's been crazy busy in my life. While it's only the end of February, my last year at the School of Visual Arts is coming rapidly to a close and I have a few shows coming up that I need to prepare for (posts on that to come).

Anyways, while I have been very busy I haven't been too busy to discover cool new things everyday! This week I will be posting one new thing in my life everyday! Hope you guys enjoy all the new discoveries as much as I do!

On Friday, after my philosophy class, I ventured up to the 6th floor too look at the new work that people had been raving about. I had to agree as soon as I saw the first image, it was quite spectacular. The photographer Ilona Szwarc, the title, American Girls. Somehow she was able to photograph all of these girls with their American Girl Dolls. It was really interesting and had me hooked from the start. Here are some examples of her work!

Electronic Noise: Jack White

He's the love of my life, even if he doesn't know it. Jack White is just genius, there is no other way to explain him. It's hard to not know his work as he is involved in so many different projects, his most notable being 50% of the band The White Stripes. He also has an extensive list of songs for film soundtracks. After the White Stripes sent out a letter to their fans last February, announcing the end of their fabulous band we have been waiting for Jack's solo album, and it seems that it is finally here! I just love how simple he makes Rock n' Roll Elegance look in this video. Take a look see at his single, Love Interruption below!

Where ITS At: The Howard Greenberg Gallery

We all heard about her last year as her story made it's way through the photography blogs, her name was Vivian Maier, a nanny all her life, and a closet street photographer. It was not until after her death in 2009 that her photographs were discovered and released into the art community. They are now being shown at The Howard Greenberg Gallery until January 28th. I highly recommend that you go, it's not to be missed!

Artists to KNOW: Jazmin Berakha

Found these embroidery scenes on Daydream Lily today I thought they were so beautiful, being a fan of embroidery I was happy to be surprised by her work, it was really a pleasure looking through her website! It makes me want to finally finish an embroidery project that I started months ago!

Electronic Noise: Lana Del Rey

Here's a beautiful song and music video by Lana Del Rey, she is quickly becoming one of my favorite artists of the year. I had been youtubing the band Oh Land when I came across the suggestion to watch Del Rey's music video, Video Games. Take a listen here 

Electronic Noise: Bo Weavil

Okay so I was listening to a Celebrity Playlist Podcast (free on itunes) by Ben Harper yesterday, when this little number came up, I Love My Baby By Bo Weavil, a 20 something from France. It honestly shocked me to find out that this blues singer was not from the south but from a completely different country! Take a listen (click on the play button) and see if you can discern his accent, there are only a few moments where I can slightly tell.......

I Love My Baby by Boweavil

Where its AT: Aperture

This past Saturday I attended the Family Matters Lecture at Aperture, where the panel consisted of photographers Elinor Carucci, Gillian Laub, and Chris Verene, and was moderated by Susan Bright. It was such a great time, and I intend to start attending more events at Aperture! We ended the day with a walk on The High Line and dinner at The Diner.

Elinor Carucci's Work

 Gillian Laub's Work

 Chris Verene's Work

Here are some pics of my friend and I enjoying the sights!

Electronic Noise- Thistles & Weeds By Mumford & Sons

I know, I know, I am wayyy behind on the Mumford & Sons love affair. I'm not one to listen to what's on the top of the charts, and if I do happen upon a top ten tune, it's usually long after the hype has died down. And yes, I have only just started listening to Mumford & Sons when they won a Grammy for their debut album Sigh No More in what?....... 2010? Even though they have yet to release another album since their first in 2009, I have no doubt that this native London bluegrass band will be able to catch our (or at least my) attention again.

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99 Problems By Hugo

I heard this for the first time the other day watching the film No Strings Attached. I found myself listening to this song in the background instead of the dialogue. One of my favorite things to do with songs I love is go on youtube and find other famous bands/singers that have done covers of it and compare it to the original. I love to see how each artist tries to make it their own. I think that 99 Problems by Hugo is a great example of this. Now don't get me wrong I love the original by Jay-Z just as much, but I love this one too! 

           Another example of a great cover is Rave On by M Ward, originally by Buddy Holly. Or The Rolling Stone's version of Ain't Too Proud to Beg by The Temptations. Check out those videos by clicking on the song titles above! 

Alexander McQueen at The MET

Anyone who hasn't had a chance to go see the exhibit Savage Beauty absolutely needs to go see this show. It was possibly the best show I have ever seen at the MET, and I highly recommend that you go see it!

Exhibition Overview
The exhibition, in the Metropolitan Museum's second-floor Cantor Galleries, features approximately 100 ensembles and 70 accessories from Mr. McQueen's prolific 19-year career. Drawn primarily from the Alexander McQueen Archive in London, with some pieces from the Givenchy Archive in Paris as well as private collections, signature designs including the bumster trouser, the kimono jacket, and the three-point "origami" frock coat are on view. McQueen's fashions often referenced the exaggerated silhouettes of the 1860s, 1880s, 1890s, and 1950s, but his technical ingenuity always imbued his designs with an innovative sensibility that kept him at the vanguard.

Galleries showcase recurring themes and concepts in McQueen's work. "The Romantic Mind" examines his technical ingenuity, which combined the precision of tailoring and patternmaking with the spontaneity of draping and dressmaking. "Romantic Gothic" highlights McQueen's historicism, particularly his engagement with the Victorian Gothic, and dichotomies such as life and death. "Romantic Nationalism" looks at McQueen's patriotic impulses, including his reflections on his Scottish heritage and his fascination with British history. "Romantic Exoticism" explores the influence of other cultures on the designer's imagination, especially China and Japan. "Romantic Primitivism" captures McQueen's engagement with the ideal of the "noble savage," while "Romantic Naturalism" considers his enduring interest in raw materials and forms from nature.

Six McQueen collections that explore his engagement with the Romantic sublime and the dialectics of beauty and horror are featured as groupings in the galleries – Highland Rape(autumn/winter 1995-96), Number 13 (spring/ summer 1999), VOSS (spring/summer 2001), Irere (spring/summer 2003), Plato's Atlantis (spring/summer 2010), and Angels and Demons (autumn/winter 2010-11). "Cabinet of Curiosities" includes various atavistic and fetishized accessories produced in collaboration with the milliners Dai Rees and Philip Treacy, and the jewelers Shaun Leane, Erik Halley, and Sarah Harmarnee. The Cabinet also displays video highlights from ten of McQueen's renowned runway presentations, includingJoan (autumn/winter 1998–99), What a Merry-Go-Round (autumn/winter 2001–02), andThey Shoot Horses Don't They? (spring/summer 2004).

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