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10 Aug

Art shows to depart the home for in June

Art shows to depart the home for in June
Courtesy of @themuseumofmodernartSIGNALS: HOW VIDEO TRANSFORMED THE WORLD, MOMA, NEW YORK CITScreens – are you able to remember a time without them. Not only have they been transformative, but they’re unavoidable. Before you had these handy, life-changing, portable devices that you just’ll likely (definitely) read this on, artists were experimenting with the potential of technology, screens, and video.Signals: How Video Transformed the World at MoMA celebrates those pioneers, past and present, who use “video as an agent of world change”. With 70 media works on display from the past six a long time, expect to see Nam June Paik (aka the godfather of video art), Sondra Parry, Martine Syms, John Akomfrah, and more, working with CCTV to viral video, broadcast,...
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5 Jul

The Former White House Staffers Helping Fashion Talk Social Impact

The Former White House Staffers Helping Fashion Talk Social Impact
Call it a communications conundrum.  The world shouldn't be just uber connected, but overflowing with lightning rod social issues. And fashion brands are feeling the pressure — from consumers, shareholders, employees, seemingly everyone — to take a stand and make a difference.  But what stand? And what issue? When almost every little thing alienates someone and so many are shouting, just when should corporations wear their hearts on their sleeves and the way do they know what to say and what to not say?  There aren't any easy answers, but a duo of former White House staffers have formed Second Floor Advisors with a watch toward helping corporations work out how one can speak while standing on the intersection of politics, fashion and social...
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23 Jun

Ralph Lauren, Reem Acra Attend White House State Dinner

Ralph Lauren, Reem Acra Attend White House State Dinner
First Lady Jill Biden didn’t just wear a Ralph Lauren gown to Thursday night’s state dinner in honor of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi — the designer was invited to the black-tie affair as well. Decked out in a tuxedo and Recent Balance sneakers, the Recent York-born and -bred Lauren clued in reporters to the incontrovertible fact that he designed the primary lady’s gown en path to the elegant seated dinner within the East Wing, in response to a White House pool report. A White House official later confirmed Lauren was the designer of her gown. But Lauren wasn’t about to share any details about his shimmery emerald-colored evening dress before the large reveal. The pool reporter said, “Asked if he...
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20 Jun

Introducing Duster, a Latest Brand of Crisp House Dresses

Introducing Duster, a Latest Brand of Crisp House Dresses
Several fashion brands have been built on frilly, country and resorty house dresses, Hill House Home, Doen and Natalie Martin amongst them. But Melissa Magsaysay and Andrea Racey wanted something different, crisp but comfortable house dresses that made them feel put together, and is also talking points concerning the must value domestic labor. Enter Duster, the duo’s latest brand of contemporary house dresses with a mission to support the reason behind women’s economic empowerment. For every dress sold (prices are $215 to $240), 2 percent, or roughly $5, will go to Mothers First, a nonprofit fighting for reasonably priced child care, paid leave and equal pay for mothers. “Even pre-pandemic I’ve at all times had swirling in my head these house dresses...
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