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Fuse Visual Arts Review: Todd Oldham’s “All of Everything” — Fashion, Playfully Beautiful

There is an elemental democratic impulse in Todd Oldham’s work: for him, everyone deserves beauty and every outfit deserves to catch the eye.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: All of Everything, fashion, Mary Paula Hunter, RISD, Todd Oldham

Fuse News: “Iris” — The Indelible Style of Iris Apfel

Iris Apfel a witty New York fashion icon, now in her nineties, is living her career to the fullest.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Fuse News Tagged: Albert Maysles, April Lyn Graffeo, documentary, fashion, Iris, Iris Apfel

Short Fuse Movie Review: “Bill Cunningham’s New York”

I, personally, don’t care much about clothes, and was only prevented from turning off to the film by photographer Bill Cunningham’s elemental enthusiasm. It can be tempting to write him off as simple in some way, what with his bright, ready laugh. If so, he’s simple in the best way.

By: Harvey Blume Filed Under: Film Tagged: Bill Cunningham in New York, documentary, fashion, new-york-times, Photography, Richard Press, Short Fuse

Visual Arts Feature: Spotlight on Scaasi — Revisiting an American Couturier

This exhibit is ideal for the budding designer to come and admire dresses with structured tulle, unique hems, bias cut silk, pounds of beads, sequins, and rhinestones, weaved organza and mink accents. Scaasi: American Couturier at the Loring Gallery at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA until June 19, 2011. By Megan Trombino It […]

By: Megan Trombino Filed Under: Featured, Visual Arts Tagged: Arnold Scaasi, fashion, Megan Trombino, Museum of Fine Arts, New England, Visual Arts

Fuse Feature: Flash Back to Fashion Forward

Boston has a chance to stand alongside New York as a prominent fashion capitol. In a town rife with creative brains and ideas, designers here are as eclectic and innovative as counterparts around the globe. So let’s hope next year’s Boston Fashion Week will open its doors to a wider audience of non-fashion-snob-istas. By Yumi […]

By: Yumi Araki Filed Under: Featured, Visual Arts Tagged: Boston Fashion Week, David Neville, fashion, Julian Louie, Marcus Wainwright, Michael De Paulo, Naeem Khan, New York Fashion Week, Phillip Lim, Samira Vargas, The New Yorker Festival, Yumi Araki

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