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22 Jun

Lexie Moreland/WWD A mannequin stands with head tilted, a knee jutting from the deep bias chiffon and woven fabric hemline of Papa Oppong’s Takari T, a T-shirt worn as a dress from the Ghanaian-born designer’s celebrated 2021 Yopoo collection, which evokes a Ghanaian woman’s life from birth to marriage to death. A “Ghana Must Go” bag — the ever-present blue, white and red reusable bags which have come to symbolize the forced migration of tens of millions of Ghanaians from Nigeria — sits on the ground next to the mannequin. It’s considered one of two looks from Oppong included within the Brooklyn Museum’s iteration of “Africa Fashion,” the blockbuster exhibition that opened last summer at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, and which...

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7 Apr

Kaws Teams With the Brooklyn Nets on City Edition Uniform

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Fashion, Featured

The Brooklyn Nets wish to the art world for his or her latest collaboration. The NBA team is teaming with Brooklyn, Recent York-based artist Kaws for its 2023-24 Nike NBA City Edition uniform. The uniform marks the beginning of a two-year partnership between the artist and the basketball team. “As a proud Brooklyn resident, I used to be thrilled when the Nets asked me to create a recent uniform design,” Kaws said. “The history, community and keenness of this borough create an energy that inspires my studio practice, the players and the fans. My design goals to capture the vibrancy that we experience day by day when navigating Brooklyn.” Kaws took inspiration from his 10-part art series, called “Tension,” for the City Edition...

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6 Apr

Jane Goodall Sells Out Brooklyn Museum, Steps for Shea:

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When in Brooklyn: Jane Goodall, renowned ethologist and conservationist, made a special appearance on the Brooklyn Museum Tuesday night. Recently celebrating her 89th birthday on Monday, the primatologist appeared alongside media company The Meteor for “A Night of Hope in Motion: Dr. Jane Goodall and Friends.” On the event, she shared her message of hope, surrounded by Jane Goodall Institute’s Roots and Shoots youth program and activists, amongst them 24-year-old Pakistani American climate advocate Ayisha Siddiqa and Sanchali Pal, chief executive officer of Commons, a private carbon footprint-tracking app. Brooklyn will keep the highlight on climate when the Brooklyn Style Foundation presents its seventeenth annual Fashion Week Brooklyn event April 9 to fifteen. Themed to the fiftieth anniversary of hip-hop fashion,...

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11 Dec

Bottega Veneta Partners With Vermont Woodworker, Brooklyn Ceramicist, More

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This holiday season, Bottega Veneta is sharing its platform with 14 small scale artisanal makers all over the world, including a Vermont woodworker, a Brooklyn ceramicist and a Shanghai pasta-maker, all within the name of promoting Italian craftsmanship. The Italian word “bottega” translates in English to workshop, and as one among the more visible bottegas, the worldwide luxury brand decided to launch the campaign to highlight smaller makers last yr. The primary iteration featured bottegas exclusively from Italy, while this yr’s expanded further afield. On the Bottega Veneta website, in its promoting and store windows, including at Bergdorf Goodman in Recent York, the campaign incorporates a Rockledge Farm Woodworks’ ice cream scoop, made on the family- owned farm in Reading, Vermont,...

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