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...Keeley ’07, for example, rooted his project in visual realism. Keeley began by photographing recognizable images from television, like Oprah and Judge Judy. Photocopying these images onto acid tape and imposing them onto a silk screen prepared him for his final step: fixing them onto cubes representing the television screen from which they originally came...
...variety of low-calorie drinks (Aquafina, Schweppes, and Diet Coke), Whitman theorizes that the atmosphere has a lot to do with the clothes’ appeal. The customers, she says, “are walking in from the library, feeling drab and dumpy.” Posing in silk charmeuse cocktail dresses before the mirror and their friends, they become new people. “You know how it is when you put high heels on,” Whitman says...
...style has not been lost on any of these amateur designers. Wood thinks that a great way to encourage students to create their own designs would be through a class. Already, VES 123r, “Post-Brush,” allows students to create their own designs using silk screening techniques. Wood recommends creating a class focused solely on textile design. “A lot of people are interested in fashion, but they don’t know how to go about doing it,” says Wood. Fashion 101, anyone...
...Rochas, which has been more famous for perfume than clothing, set fashion on a more genteel course last season when he introduced a turn-of-the-century silhouette with floor-length skirts and short, fitted jackets. This season he continued along those lines but added to the mix soft silk pantsuits that looked completely modern...
That mix of student influence and professional talent, like the mix of East and West on the Silk Road, may lead to any number of fusions in the future. The Silk Road Ensemble is used to making it up as they go along; improvisation and the combination of ancient melody with new ideas is the bedrock of what they...