Tag: Prada

  • Designer boxes are refashioned in “Thinking Outside The Box” exhibit

    Designer boxes are refashioned in “Thinking Outside The Box” exhibit

    More than 20 repurposed designer boxes from Gucci to Prada and Tiffany are transformed into a mix of fashion, style, and art by Illustration professor Leslie Cober-Gentry.  The canvases were created in several mixed mediums. Uplifting messages within the works heighten the vibes of the original packaging. Her series is now on exhibit at the…

  • Ugly shoes or “out of the stratosphere?”

    “There are far more ugly pairs [of shoes] in the world than pretty ones,” according to New York magazine’s fashion blog “The Cut,” which recently featured a slideshow, “The 50 Ugliest Shoes in History.”  Tossed from the closet are the ungainly Uggs, smelly-looking Birkenstocks, dependable Doc Martins and other anatomically correct species. It’s those of the uber-fashion…