What a costume designer does is a cross between magic and camouflage. We create the illusion of changing the actors into what they are not. We ask the public to believe that every time they see a performer on the screen, he’s become a different person. | | | | | Shelves of fragrance in Budapest, Hungary, 2008. (Sophie) | | | | | | “What a costume designer does is a cross between magic and camouflage. We create the illusion of changing the actors into what they are not. We ask the public to believe that every time they see a performer on the screen, he’s become a different person.”
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| | rantnrave:// For your consideration, some great stories that revolve around fragrance and fashion, including this interview with CHRISTINE NAGEL, perfumer at HERMÈS. Both Nagel and designer NICHOLA FORMICHETTI hold fond memories of THIERRY MUGLER’s ANGEL perfume. Scent is one of the most powerful markers of memory—just look at the numerous studies out there, or just breathe in. On second thought, if you're in NYC, maybe don't (j/k, j/k). Few fashion brands out there haven’t waded into the fragrance game. It's good for raking it in. The job of a nose (not the one on your face) is to interpret the world of scents, breathe it, conceptualize it, then bottle it. Would love to read some in-depth science reporting on mass-market fragrances, particularly in light of this article from MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW on the haircare brand IN LIVING PROOF. For some particularly evocative scents, do point your own nose toward CB I HATE PERFUME, founded by CHRISTOPHER BROSIUS, now headquartered in BROOKLYN’s BUSHWICK neighborhood. Check out the company manifesto… In anticipation of voting day here in the USA (↪ NOV. 8 ↩), don’t miss our REDEF MediaSET VOTING MATTERS for voices across the spectrum of AMERICAN life, on why everyone should step it up (to the voting booth) on Nov. 8. …In button news (yes), WILL.I.AM’s “BUTTON” headphones were released to some measured reviews. Others not so much (but funny). My first impression is that they look like magnetic hard disk drives. Elsewhere, a hotel is testing out physical "like" buttons to measure customers' reactions to new amenities… In the evergreen “green” news, STELLA MCCARTNEY will talk to students at LCF about ethical fashion… This ISSEY MIYAKE campaign looks much like images from the Miyake book EAST MEETS WEST, but in motion (in a good way)… GAP-owned INTERMIX has gone fur free... Oh, and, to all the fans. Fly. The. W. | | | - HK Mindy Meissen, curator |
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| Eleven descendants of suffragists remind us that it wasn’t so long ago that women couldn’t vote for president, much less run for it. | | |
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| Basic items come with care instructions that are anything but basic; permanent press, cold rinse and other mysteries solved | | |
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| “I thought of myself as an outsider,” he says. “...I was always trying to fit myself into other cultures because when you’re a kid, that’s what you try to do.” | | |
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| Hair-care company Living Proof explains how it uses biotech to develop its products. | | |
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| All scents are interesting to her -- except one. | | |
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| From Vogue Arabia to New York Fashion Week, Muslim consumers and designers are demanding global recognition and respect of their cultural and commercial clout. | | |
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| Alexander Fury reflects on the codes of Azzedine Alaïa's design, as exhibited in the S/S17 collection, where signature techniques found fresh iterations | | |
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| Undercover designer and NikeLab Gyakusou collaborator Jun Takahashi has appeared in the promotional campaign for the upcoming Winter '16 range. | | |
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| Want a lesson on the future of shopping? Spend a day with Forerunner Ventures' indomitable founder, Kirsten Green, who runs one of the only all-female venture capital firms in Silicon Valley. She's having her biggest year ever, with no signs of slowing. | | |
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| The artist’s twisted painting The Garden of Earthly Delights has become something of a runway mainstay. | | |
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| The case before the Supreme Court concerns cheerleaderers’ uniforms, but the implications for the world of fashion are vast. | | |
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| Meet the DIY designers and entrepreneurs who are challenging the fashion industry's status quo with looks that span menswear and womenswear. | | |
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| A new show in London chronicles McKnight’s 40-year career and over 190 international "Vogue" covers. | | |
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| Fast fashion is eating the competition's lunch. | | |
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| Retail work is hard, but these companies have cracked the code on keeping employees happy. | | |
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| Inside the virtual salon, it's all about getting the hair right. | | |
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| Brexit has been dubbed by some to be the end of London Fashion Week, and the worst thing to happen to British fashion. But such an un-nuanced view is beneficial for no one. | | |
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| Long hair, baggy suits, sunglasses, cynicism--deadly style. | | |
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| A look at this year's wacky and weird political shirts that have been used to propel candidates campaign. | | |
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| Susannah Frankel remembers the remarkable 13th show from the British designer, which featured intricately carved prosthetics and live spray-painting courtesy of a car manufacturing machine | | |
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