Global Fashion Capitals at FIT

"The globalization of fashion has given rise to new fashion cities that now annually host hundreds of fashion weeks around the world. Each city’s cultural identity and particular economic, political, and social circumstances combine to elevate its designers to international attention. Global Fashion Capitals explores the history of the established fashion capitals—Paris, New York, Milan, and London—and the emergence of 16 new fashion cities."

Lie Sangbong, Christopher Kane, Agatha Ruiz de la Prada:

Mapping Folk City

FOLK CITY: NEW YORK AND THE FOLK MUSIC REVIVAL at the MCNY

Today I went to:

in the NYPost

at the Museum of the City of New York

a Bob Dylan concert poster (left) and a Pete Seeger banjo (right) 

Bob Dylan’s handwritten lyrics to “Masters of War”

Whitney Museum of American Art

These are some of the photos I took of the magnificent views from the terraces of the museum: 

The "306"

about Jacob Lawrence at the Whitney Museum of Art

the "306":

One-Way Ticket: Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series and Other Works

Today I went to MoMA to see: at MoMA

in the New York Times 

the New York Times review

the exhibit
  the detailed exhibit
  an interview with Jacob Lawrence

A Missed Photo Op

Frank Sinatra's daughter and one of his granddaughters were at Saks Fifth Avenue this evening. Nancy and her daughter, Amanda Erlinger, were there on July 23 from 6 PM to 8 PM.

On view was what Saks calls the Sinatra Collection: a group of rare vintage photographs of Ol’ Blue Eyes. There was also a special preview of the limited-edition photography book “Sinatra,” published to celebrate the tenor’s centenary.

This edition is limited to 1,000 copies and will include a previously unpublished photograph and a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board’s three children.

I was unable to attend... and a few great photo ops got away...

The space:

The Long Island Gold Coast

Falaise, Eagle's Nest, the Gatsby Mansion, Beacon Towers, Oheka Castle..... coming soon!

in the NYPost

Falaise

Eagle's Nest

Gatsby mansion

Beacon Towers

Oheka Castle

The Hunger Games at Discovery Times Square

in the NYDailyNews

The Face of Fame at the Lincoln Center New York Public Library

in the NYPost

at the Lincoln Center library

Headshots!

The Seinfeld Apartment

from the NYDailyNews

from the NYPost

"The pop-up is a faithful recreation of Jerry's Upper West Side apartment, complete with now antiquated technology like a clunky desktop computer, CDs and VHS tapes. There are even magazines from the 1990s. The apartment’s front door also swings open, allowing visitors to recreate their own flailing Cosmo Kramer entrance."

I took the M14D bus across 14th Street and as I approached I could see that the exhibit looked interesting...

However, the line was very long and there was a 45 minute wait to enter the exhibit. I was able to look through the glass wall and view the Seinfeld "set." But, I had to abandon hope of seeing the exhibit because it was very hot and I was not up to standing with the crowd and doing the waiting thing. "Why is the line so long," I asked. "Because it is free," was a reply. 

I was about to trudge off... but lo and behold the real life "Kramer" exited the building and I had one great photo op!

I returned the next day and the line was even longer! Yow! I left... and walked home. 

at The Jewish Museum

Laurie Simmons: How We See

the press release

at the Museum of the Moving Image

EXHIBITION: Matthew Weiner's Mad Men (the sets and clothes)

in the NYPost

Saturday Night Live: The Exhibition

in the NYDailyNews