Camara Dia Holloway
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The Catwalk of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
http://clothesonfilm.com/the-catwalk-of-the-hunger-games-catching-fire/33470/ 15 Nov ’13 When you are costuming the biggest franchise release of the year and creating a capsule range to run alongside it for a major online retailer, it is clear a normal approach to the task is not going to work. Ex-stylist and one time assistant for Michael Kaplan, Trish Summerville, one of…
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Halston’s Penney’s Serenade
“Who needs cashmere?” So said the legendary Halston on June 7, 1983, as he made his way through the racks of pieces he had designed for Halston III, his lower-price line for J.C. Penney. Looking back, the pact made Halston a pioneer in the world of high-low fashion , but it was ruinous for him…
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The company behind “Slack Power”
Hoping to tap into the burgeoning consumer market of the postwar era, Siegel launched the company’s first brand, H.I.S (a play on his father’s initials [Henry I. Siegel]), in 1956. The company’s line of branded casual wear targeted teen and college-aged baby boomers with denim jackets, corduroy pants, shorts, sportcoats, and suits. By the mid-1960s,…
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Costuming the Blaxploitation Hero | Clothes on Film
Black Caesar: Blaxploitation Gangster 1 Nov ’13 The gangster genre’s central protagonist (antagonist?) is conspicuous in his journey from street kid to street king by coveting the finest fabrics and tailoring that money can buy. He becomes a vain, petty man destroyed by inability to reconcile his old simpler world with the politics of his…
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Jacqueline Kennedy’s Smart Pink Suit, Preserved in Memory and Kept Out of View
This article brings up a host of issues surrounding the exhibition of fashion that supplement those treated by Valerie Steele in “Museum Quality: The Rise of the Fashion Exhibition,” Fashion Theory, Volume 12, Issue 1 (2008). By CATHY HORYN in The New York Times, November 14, 2013 On the plane back to Washington, in her pink Chanel suit, caked with…
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Exhibition | Club to Catwalk: London Fashion in the 1980s
Originally posted on Fashion, Textile & Costume Librarians: Exhibition – Club to Catwalk: London Fashion in the 1980s Place: Victoria & Albert Museum, London Dates: 10 July 2013 – 16 February 2014 Description: “Discover the creative explosion of London fashion in the 1980s in a major exhibition at the V&A. Through more than 85 outfits, Club to…
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Exhibition | ‘Hello, My Name Is Paul Smith’
Originally posted on Fashion, Textile & Costume Librarians: Exhibition: ‘Hello, My Name Is Paul Smith’ Location: The Design Museum, London Dates: 15 November 2013 – 09 March 2014 Description: “The Design Museum takes you into the world of fashion designer Paul Smith, a world of creation, inspiration, collaboration, wit and beauty. Celebrating his career to…
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Exhibition | Isabella Blow: Fashion Galore!
Originally posted on Fashion, Textile & Costume Librarians: Exhibition – Isabella Blow: Fashion Galore! Place: Somerset House, London Dates: 20 November 2013 – 2 March 2014 Description: “This autumn, Somerset House, in partnership with the Isabella Blow Foundation and Central Saint Martins, is proud to present Isabella Blow: Fashion Galore!, a major…
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Afterthought: The Black Model
With jewels like these, why bother wearing clothes? http://ow.ly/qNdIY Photo by Coppi Barbieri, styled by Claudia Mata; W Magazine November 2014.
CAMARA DIA HOLLOWAY 