The Museum at NYC’s Fashion Institute of Technology has been known to host some pretty fabulous special exhibits, and the only bummer about them is that you usually are not allowed to take photographs of the clothes. This restriction can really take the fun out of it, because if i can’t take pictures, it’s like I wasn’t even there. Fortunately, at the Museum’s current exhibit, Fairy Tale Fashion, photography is not only allow, it is encouraged. And that is a fantastic thing, because this exhibit is just insane.
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Hey what’s up? Today we are having our first official snowfall here in NYC, and it is lovely, but mostly it makes you start pondering how are we going to get through the winter months, and still have fun, without leaving the house. If you are looking for ideas of fun outings you can take in the borough of Manhattan that involve indoor activities, and which are all pretty close to public transportation (i.e. limiting required outside time) then you should plan to head over to the Discovery Center in Times Square for the Star Wars and the Power of the Costume Exhibition, which is just outstanding. Continue reading Photos From Star Wars and the Power of the Costume Exhibition at Discovery Times Square!→
OK, is it just me, or is this thing completely insane? It’s a little cherry-print dress that looks like it’s for a baby girl (in which case it would be adorable), but, it’s for a dog. A dog dress. I’ve heard of dog sweaters, which can actually help a short-haired dog stay warm when outside in a cold climate, but a fancy baby girl’s dress that is meant to put on a dog is just… ridiculous– and also, a little sad.
I’m definitely not what you would call a “Cat Person,” but I sure do love watching a life-size Garfield wander the streets of an unspecified suburban landscape in this charmingly morose video for the song “Pull It Over Me” by Toronto based band, Grounders. In case the minor chord wooziness didn’t give it away, “Pull It Over Me” is a break up song, the occurrence of which puts Garfield in a deep enough funk to, it appears, spontaneously murder someone on the beach and get away with it. Hilarious! Continue reading Video Clip of The Week: Grounders, “Pull It Over Me”→
Fans Queue Up for the Black Lake Video Screening at the Bjork Retrospective at MOMA (All Photos By Gail)
I’ve been aware of the Icelandic singer/performer Bjork since the first album by her band Sugarcubes was released in 1986, but aside from what a person who pays somewhat close attention to modern music can’t help but absorb through the pop culture ether, I didn’t know / care much about her / her music before making the trip to the Museum of Modern Art at an earlier-than-usual hour on March 8th for the opening day of its much-hyped Bjork Retrospective.
