Love this very old one because it hearkens back to a time when NYC was terified of Hurricaine Ernesto which turned out to be like a cup of tea. Of course this doesn’t mean that later today Irene wont hit very hard and incredibly dangerous so serious preparation of course all over east coast is mandatory. Still a fun look back from of our earliest seasons, this is very similar to kind of cell we made at Fashion Wire Daily in the very beginning. Photo: Milon Henry Levine (Speed), Illustration Cal Rhodes (With Barbara Konracki)
Archive for August, 2011
One from the Vault: Take THAT Hurricane Ernesto
Friday, August 26th, 2011Dockers Brings in the Big Guns
Friday, August 19th, 2011
Designers collaborate with the Venerable Khaki-esque Brand
Dockers will begin selling a series of designer collaborations next month with the six finalists from the GQ Best New Designers in America showcase, which was held this past February. The participating labels are T by Alexander Wang, which won the competition; Michael Bastian; Patrik Ervell; Warriors of Radness; Riviera Club, and Miller’s Oath.
Each brand created its own take on the khaki, as well as a corresponding top. Beginning Sept. 8, the collection will be available at nine Bloomingdale’s locations in the U.S., the Bloomingdale’s in Dubai and on bloomingdales.com. Most of the khaki designs will retail for $200, with T-shirts starting at $75.
In October, the designs will also become available on dockers.com in the U.S., the U.K. and France. GQ will give a first look at the entire collection in its September issue, on newsstands Aug. 23.
“We basically deconstructed the classic khaki pants by playing with the seams to make it new,” said Alexander Wang in GQ, of his army green design. Patrick Ervell added four pin tucks that suggest pleats and creates volume at the top of the pant while the leg is tapered.
Michael Bastian added a cargo pocket to the front of one leg on his version. “I was inspired by a photo of my two uncles from World War II,” said Bastian. “They wore all khaki, all tucked in.”
Doug Conklyn, senior vice president of global design at Dockers, noted, “We started with the same essential khaki cloth and through wash, finish and cut, worked with each of the designers to create six truly unique khaki propositions.”
Playman: Off Broadway/Aizzah Fatima’s Dirty Paki Lingerie at Manhattan Theatre Fest
Friday, August 5th, 2011
Playman “Dirty Paki Lingerie”
Written and Performed by Aizzah Fatimah
Developed and Directed Erica Gould
at Manhattan Theatre Festival, July 28, 2011
Two 30 year old chic internationals who work in NYC at the United Nations have just seen “Dirty Paki Lingerie” at the Manhattan Theatre Festival. Gunther is from Austria and works as a translator at the Spanish Embassy and Jill, Pakistani-American, a curator of art exhibited at the UN.
Jill: In her one act play “Dirty Paki Lingerie” Aizzah Fatimi creates a poetic bridge between life in rural Pakistan and life as a Pakistani-American and in that itself at its base the play is a powerful 60 minutes of theatre.
Gunther: Writer/Actress Fatima plays 6 characters…all either Pakistani women dreaming of coming to America or already Pakistani-American.
Jill: She dexterously goes between various characters and in doing so creates an environment of passion for religion and humanity and modernity all at the same time.
Gunther: Some people watching the show will wonder…Is Islam, at its core, more antiquated then other religions and less jibing with the modern world?
Jill: I don’t think the play is arguing that but there are clearly antiquated pockets of culture in Pakistani life, and archaic ways on interpreting religion everywhere. The play succinctly shows a modern world juxtaposed to traditional values, which seems to be a corner-stone of Pakistani American life, and Dirty Paki Lingerie, with a keen ear, and some arching wisdom, vividly goes into that.
Gunther: The show puts a great deal of emphasis on relationships and marriage.
Jill: It does that most vividly through the character of Asama a Pakistani mother, brilliantly played, who is constantly on the phone trying to marry off her daughter by responding to classified ads offering to marry off Pakistani American men. She does this over and over again. Asama is very funny.
Gunther: A great moment is when as Ammera, a 20 year old visitor to America, is texting a boy she like son a plane…Ammera’s reactions to her own texts as she sends them really make great comedy and are very very well played.
Jill: Dirty Paki lingerie sits on the cusp of the modern Muslim world…it is a play on the desire to worship and honor religion and deeply celebrate humanity and modernity at the same time. A very real and very powerful theatrical experience…Go see it.
–Playman, Aug 1, 2011
