Borsalino Museum Opens Doors in Its Italian Hometown

10 Apr

HAT-STORY: Borsalino Foundation and the City of Alessandria teamed up for a latest museum, which is able to value the heritage of the historic hatmaker. The exhibition is ready to open to visitors on Wednesday, while the official inauguration will happen a day earlier. The museum will showcase the history of the home ranging from 1857 up until the current day. The museum is split in three fundamental sections: “Antica Casa,” a multimedia installation that traces the fundamental stages within the history of Borsalino, exploring the link with the encircling territory; “Manifattura,” dedicated to the hat production processes, the hat-making techniques of the artisans from Alessandria; and the “Galleria” section, which includes a display of greater than 2,000 hats, organized into eight...

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8 Apr

The Makeup Museum is exploring the sociological history of

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The Makeup Museum is exploring the sociological history of

For Makeup Museum co-founder Doreen Bloch, the history of cosmetics is ‘central to how humans have evolved’ – here she shares glimpses of its prized treasures and divulges how the sweetness trends of today connect us to the past Taken from the winter 2022 issue of Dazed. You'll be able to buy a duplicate of our latest issue here Doreen Bloch was reading through transcripts of telephone conversations between Jackie Kennedy, then first lady, and dermatologist Dr Erno Laszlo when she became confused. The conversation was almost unintelligible, with each Kennedy and Dr Laszlo using cryptic language, trailing off mid-sentence and making oblique references to unspecified “circumstances”. Unsure of what she had stumbled upon, Bloch consulted with presidential...

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6 Apr

Jane Goodall Sells Out Brooklyn Museum, Steps for Shea:

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Jane Goodall Sells Out Brooklyn Museum, Steps for Shea:

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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29 Mar

Claire McCardell’s American Style to Be Spotlighted at Museum

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Claire McCardell’s American Style to Be Spotlighted at Museum

The renewed interest within the work of Claire McCardell continues to be going strong, with the Museum at FIT gearing up for Wednesday’s opening of “Claire McCardell: Practicality, Liberation, Innovation.” Many years have passed because the designer pioneered the American look, but her influence on American sportswear prevails. Zippers, pockets, ballet flats and wrap dresses were all a part of the designer’s arsenals of firsts. Tory Burch, whose spring-summer 2022 collection was inspired by McCardell, is a champion of her work. In some way, 65 years after her death in 1958 on the age of 52, the designer’s work is gaining more interest with recent generations of creatives. Strong-willed and pragmatic, McCardell’s indelible mark — the understated (but not undone) casual American...

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