The weekly magazines released their Emmy fashion reports this week, forecasting several new trends in fashion and design. What I liked most about the gowns at the awards show was the use of color. Celebrities branched out from black, white and red, and incorporated fuscia, navy and shimmering gold.
Some of the other trends spotted at the event: intricate lacing as seen on Olivia Wilde's Marchesa gown, glittering stones and metallics seen on Christina Applegate and Sandra Oh, and ornate jewelry pieces such as large brooches.
When I was looking through the fashion pages at the use of color and stones, I thought about our pewter Mother heart and Father star ornaments. We updated them this year with fuscia and sapphire Swarovski crystals with matching chiffon ribbons. They make beautiful gifts for family members and add red-carpet color to your tree!
The landscape of New York is in a constant state of evolution, from the Financial District to the Upper East Side. The island of Manhattan is currently going through an architectural Renaissance, modernizing the look of the city and turning once avoided neighborhoods into shopping and dining meccas. The lastest issue of Elle Decor, describes some of the latest additions to the city including the Bowery's New Museum pictured below, designed by Japanese architecture firm SANAA.
One of my favorite new sites to visit in New York is the High Line park. The urban park is a revitalization of a 1930s elevated freight train track and just opened to the public this past June. Visitors to the city can also stay above the park in the Standard New York Hotel (featured below). Although the skyline of New York City is always changing, the city always remains on the forefront of culture, fashion, architecture and design.
The remastered versions of the Beatles entire catalog was released on iTunes on 09/09/09, on the same day "The Beatles Rock Band" video game also hit store shelves. Their music has lived on for more than forty years, and their eccentric fashion sense that expressed the creativity and individuality of their songs has also proved the test of time.
Bright colors, shimmering fabrics, sequins, glitter and military style fashion jackets are still seen on celebrities today. The Fab Four broke all of the rules in fashion and never stopped experimenting with their own style. Express yourself with some unique designs in your home, on yourself, or even on your Christmas tree this season.
Pewter butterfly with psychadelic yellow glitter epoxy by Gloria Duchin.
This past weekend, my husband and I took a trip to New York City, to view two great exhibits at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The first was a photography exhibit entitled Napoleon III and Paris. Taken from the museum's personal collection, the photographs told the story of the changing landcape in Paris during the Second Empire. The city's narrow streets and medieval buildings were transformed into the broad boulevards and grand public works that define Paris today. The story of the revitalization was told through the photographs.
The second exhibit was Roxy Paine on the Roof: Mailstrom, a 130-foot-long by 45-foot-wide stainless steel sculpture created for the roof garden. The impressive sculpture gives visitors the impression of being immersed within nature.
Our last adventure in New York was to see the documentary, The September Issue, directed by R.J. Cutler about Anna Wintour, the editor-in-chief of Vogue Magazine. September is the Janury of fashion, so R.J. Cutler exposed the process of creating the September 2007 issue of Vogue Magazine that weighed almost five pounds. Currently the movie is only playing in New York City, but the national release is scheduled for this Friday. If you have any interest in the fashion industry, I would recommend seeing it.
