Category Archives: Tastemaker

A piece about someone with major aesthetic influence.

TAIWANESE DESIGNER REDEFINES “OUTDOOR FASHIONS”

Hue is crushing on Sophie Hong. The Taiwanese designer, who got her start in the ’70s, creates wearable clothing out of silk dyed using a traditional Chinese technique. Her unique and beloved silk garments are represented in the Musée Galleria … Continue reading

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SO FAR OUT OF STYLE, IT’S BACK IN STYLE

On a sleety snowy day like today, Hue, like many fashion merchandisers of yesteryear, likes to curl up with a good old paper catalog. (Sometimes a digital catalog will suffice, if it captures the spirit of the paper one.) And … Continue reading

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SUBWAY ILLUSTRATOR PREFERS HER ANIMALS DRESSED

“If you like doing something, find a way to call it work,” said Sophie Blackall, the prolific Australian/Brooklynite illustrator known for her quirky picture of New York City subway riders. At FIT last night, she presented her work and narrated … Continue reading

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WHAT WAS LADY GAGA WEARING IN 2007? (HINT: NOT MUCH)

Flash back to Lollapalooza 2007. Amy Winehouse delivered a legendary performance. M.I.A. brought down the house. And a little-known solo artist named Lady Gaga was performing underground dance music and shaking her booty. This was a year before Gaga’s megahit … Continue reading

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WHICH DESIGNER LOVES HARRY POTTER?

This weekend, October 26 to 28, the Designers and Books Fair is taking place on FIT’s campus. You can watch Valerie Steele, director of The Museum at FIT, interview Donna Karan, or New York magazine’s Wendy Goodman speak with Todd … Continue reading

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