A nice DIY idea from a recent House & Garden: Customize a basic blazer by replacing the regular lining with decorated scarves (or hire a tailor to do it for you).
Emerging FW07 Trends: Constructivism
Above: Constructivist works by Ivan Puni & Antoine Pevsner.
Russian Constructivism inspired many designers this fall. Like Art Deco (another major runway reference), Constructivism obsessively played with industry and technology (think of the creative use of synthetics/plastics this season), bold colors, & geometric forms.
At right, FW07 accessories, from top: Junya Watanabe, Marni, Pucci.
Unlike Art Deco, however, Constructivism was resolutely non-representational. Not merely decorative, it was art with a political purpose, specifically the construction of the ill-fated socialist state.
For more info on the movement, read the Constructivism Wikipedia article here; read more here and here. Constructivist Aleksander Rodchenko was particularly influential; read his Wikipedia article, go through his MOMA exhibit website, and see his worker jumpsuit (another big fall trend). For more visual inspiration, check out related art movements at Merrill C. Berman Collection (Modernism); Decopix: The Art Deco Resource; Pochoir Prints (Art Deco & Art Nouveau), and an excellent V&A Art Deco exhibit site (with Quicktime panoramas).
Examples from major FW07 shows (left to right, row by row): Carolina Herrera, Hussein Chalayan, Alberta Ferretti, Proenza Schouler, Hussein Chalayan, Alberta Ferretti, Etro, Chloe. Not shown: FW07 Marni, Vera Wang, Missoni, Emilio Pucci, Marc Jacobs, Junya Watanabe; SS07 Miu Miu. See full images & collections at Style.com.
Tsumori Chisato Ads
Japanese designer Tsumori Chisato and Paris design shop Surface to Air have produced an amazing series of ads the past few seasons. Beautiful clothes and fabrics mixed with excellent art direction = joy & bliss. Above and below examples are from Chisato’s A/W ’06 & A/W ’05 campaigns.
Clip-On Earrings
The New York Times wrote in January about the return of button clip earrings, a style last popular in the late 1960s. I love the retro button styles, but find clip-ons intolerable for extended wear. Even the ones that proclaim they “Don’t Pinch!” pinch.
The NYT article has a tip, however, that should make clip-ons more bearable:
“Pull your lobe from the edge away from your face and clip the earring where the lobe meets the jaw line. This makes your cheekbones do most of the work, taking weight off the lobe so it won’t stretch.” (Link)
These were my grandmother’s. I love the design–the green/white combination, the stylized petals, the contrasting gold back.
Recipe: Edamame Salad with Radish
Note: This is a modified version of a recipe by Cynthia Sass, RD, that first appeared in Prevention (Aug 05).
Serves 4
2 cups cooked, shelled edamame
1/3 cup sliced scallions
1 cup, or one bunch, diced celery
4 large radishes, finely chopped
1 cucumber, diced
1/4 cup rice wine vinegar*
1 1/3 tbsp canola oil
Juice from 1 large lemon
3 tbsp honey
1 1/2 tsp black pepper (or to taste)
Prepare first five ingredients, and mix in a large bowl. Then whisk remaining ingredients together, pour over edamame mixture, and toss to coat. Cover and chill for half an hour before serving. Keeps for several days.
*The recipe calls for rice wine vinegar, but we’ve used the more readily available rice vinegar with good results. The two are slightly different, however: here’s an explanation.
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