Vivian Maier - Her Discovered Work in Chicago

This was created in dedication to the photographer Vivian Maier, a street photographer from the 1950s - 1990s. Vivian's work was discovered at an auction here in Chicago where she resided most of her life. Her discovered work includes over 100,000 mostly medium format negatives, thousands of prints, and countless undeveloped rolls of film.

Vivian came here from France in the early 1930's and worked in a sweat shop in New York when she was about 11 or 12. She was not Jewish but a Catholic, or as they said, an anti-Catholic. She was a Socialist, a Feminist, a movie critic, and a tell-it-like-it-is type of person. She learned English by going to theaters, which she loved. She wore a men's jacket, men's shoes and a large hat most of the time. She was constantly taking pictures, which she didn't show anyone.


Vivian Maier

Vivian Maier, Self Portrait


http://www.vivianmaier.com/ 

Fashion Institute of Technology - Upcoming Exhibitions

Fashion Institute of Technology - Upcoming Exhibitions

Left: Stephen Sprouse t-shirt and
leggings, 1985, Gift of Stephen
Sprouse, Inc.
Right: Raleigh/Giordana Sport
bicycling ensemble, 1985, Gift of
Raleigh Cycle Co. - Photograph by Eileen Costa ©MFIT.

Sporting Life
Fashion & Textile History Gallery
May 25 - November 5, 2011  















 

Photo © René Hebermacher

Daphne Guinness
Special Exhibitions Gallery
September 16, 2011 - January 7, 2012

1960s Handbook - Whisky a Go Go

1960s Handbook - Whisky a Go Go

 Whisky a Go Go, a music club at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Clark Street in Los Angeles, opened on Jan. 15, 1964.

Lady Gaga to become a V Magazine columnist - Telegraph

Lady Gaga has been on the cover of V Magazine twice in her career and is now set to write for its pages. Photo: V MAGAZINE

Lady Gaga to become a V Magazine columnist - Telegraph
Starting in the summer 2011 edition, which hits the shops mid-May, Lady Gaga, or 'Mother Monster' as she likes to be known, will be imparting her pearls of wisdom in a fashion and arts-based monthly commentary, giving us a little peek inside the performer and style icon's creative brain.

Fashion & Style Saint Laurent’s Other Half - NYT

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/12/fashion/pierre-berge-on-his-relationship-with-yves-saint-laurent.html

By ELAINE SCIOLINO

Published: May 11, 2011

Pierre Bergé, the partner of Yves Saint Laurent, talks about their relationship, the subject of “L’Amour Fou,” a French documentary.

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/05/05/t-magazine/100000000797336/trailer-lamour-fou.html

Alice Springs

From the documentary "L'Amour Fou."                            

Mapping Gothic France - culture

Mapping Gothic France invites you to explore the parallel stories of Gothic architecture and the formation of France in the 12th and 13th centuries...

http://mappinggothicfrance.com/

Festival 2011 - Cannes

CANNES YOU SAY FUN?        

http://www.festival-cannes.com/en.html

"My fascination with the Cannes Film Festival
began in September 1946, when I was 15. I remember
Gérard Philippe extending his hand towards me
without so much as a glance my way, and watching a
film that would become one of my favourites, La
Symphonie Pastorale starring the ravishing Michèle
Morgan.(...)"

FOR 12 DAYS EVERY YEAR IN MAY, THE CITY OF CANNES TRANSFORMS INTO A VIBRANT HUB, AS COUNTLESS PEOPLE FLOCK TO ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST FILM FESTIVALS. COLUMNIST AND FILM BUFF MINOU PETROWSKI HAS FOLLOWED THE FESTIVAL FOR 22 YEARS.The exhilaration of Cannes: Cary Grant and Kim Novak in 1959 - © CORBIS-MIRKINE