Category: fashion
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Color to fight January grays
Here in NYC it’s dreary, dark and gray. I thought talking about color would be a good way to prepare for Spring 2019. I’ve written a lot about color lately, especially the symbolism of colors in clothing. In the graphic design and garment manufacturing worlds, colors have to come from somewhere. The FIT Library…
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The Golden and colorful Globes
It’s award season! At FIT, where it’s all design, all the time, this season begins with the end of Christmas and ends with FIT’s Future of Fashion shows in April. In the meantime, we are curious to see how the bruised entertainment industry polices itself. And we want to sit back and watch pretty, talented…
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Modernity, marriage, and mags, p. 1
Happy New Year! Human beings have celebrated marriage in formal ceremonies for all of recorded history. From the rise of magazine culture in the 19th century, weddings have been celebrated and sold in this format aimed predominantly at women. Magazine coverage of wedding ceremonies, receptions, gowns and social expectations provides a window into changing cultural…