Join fashion industry leader Fern Mills, the award-winning creator of NY Fashion Week Fern for a look at the inner workings and culture of fashion with the most prestigious and iconic fashion designers working today. See event details.
92nd Street Y is a world-class nonprofit community and cultural center that connects people at every stage of life to the worlds of education, the arts, health and wellness, and Jewish life.
[ Written by Lexie Tiongson. -Thanks to Brooke Hagel for sharing her story and giving advice. Visit her blog, Fabulous Doodles, and her Etsy shop. Images: Copyright Brooke Hagel ]
Brooke Hagel, a fashion illustrator living in New York shares her life as a blogger and artist. Known for having her illustrations featured in “Barbie: The Dream Closet” at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week and the Nate Berkus Show, Hagel has been an amazing influence for aspiring people who want to work in the fashion industry.
Her expertise involves drawing the Sex & the City characters, Kate Middleton in her wedding gown, and designer collections from New York Fashion Week. She has also had her drawings represented at Style Design College in Milan.
Coming from an artistic family, Brooke Hagel always had a passion for art. She was always comfortable and happy with creating something whether it was drawing, painting, sculpting or crafting.
Hagel originally went to college with the hope of becoming a costume designer and wardrobe stylist, but found that the illustration classes and illustrating aspect of the design process was her favorite part.
“Although I knew I loved illustrating I was always told that you couldn’t make a living anymore as a fashion illustrator,” says Hagel.
Lexie Tiongson is a freelance writer living in San Francisco, CA. Her blog, The Elle Tee, is inspired by all her current fashion finds, inspirations, obsessions and trends. To contact Lexie, please e-mail lexietiongson@gmail.com.
FASHION+TECHNY. We’re kicking off our first meetup in NYC. This event seeks to bring together emerging designers, founders of fashion technology companies and those interested in the recent pivotal convergence of fashion and the start-up/digital world.
What: FASHION+TECHNY // A Conversation
When: March 03, 2012, Monday, 7pm
Where: Hotel Chantelle, 92 Ludlow, New York, NY 10012
The Convergence of Technology and the Fashion Industry: How Technological Solutions are Impacting the Future of Fashion, Bradd Bambo, SewMuse
Planning for Progress: A talk from Benita Singh about how she came about founding source4Style and what her goals were with regard to catering to the fashion industry.
We are also excited to be serving Pisco Porton cocktails!
Bringing you more street style from the streets of New York City. This time they did a focus on the Brooklyn Flea Market in Williamsburg. Look at what they found…
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION, organized by The Costume Institute, will celebrate the late Alexander McQueen’s extraordinary contributions to fashion. From his Central Saint Martins postgraduate collection of 1992 to his final runway presentation, which took place after his death in February 2010, Mr. McQueen challenged and expanded the understanding of fashion beyond utility to a conceptual expression of culture, politics, and identity. His iconic designs constitute the work of an artist whose medium of expression was fashion. The exhibition will feature approximately one hundred ensembles and seventy accessories from Mr. McQueen’s prolific nineteen-year career. Drawn primarily from the Alexander McQueen Archive in London, with some pieces from the Givenchy Archive in Paris as well as private collections, signature designs including the “bumster” trouser, the kimono jacket, and the three-point “origami” frock coat will be on view. McQueen’s fashions often referenced the exaggerated silhouettes of the 1860s, 1880s, 1890s, and 1950s, but his technical ingenuity always imbued his designs with an innovative sensibility that kept him at the vanguard.
The exhibition is organized by Andrew Bolton, curator, with the support of Harold Koda, curator in charge, both of The Costume Institute. Sam Gainsbury and Joseph Bennett, the production designers for Alexander McQueen’s fashion shows, will serve as the exhibition’s creative director and production designer, respectively. All head treatments and masks will be designed by Guido.
Anna Wintour
Andre Leon Talley
Gisele Bundchen
Karl Lagerfeld
Madonna
Naomi Campbell [ Above Photos by: Greasy Guide ]
2011 MET Ball in honor of Alexander McQueen. On May 4 - July 31, The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum will unveil Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, an exhibition celebrating the late designer’s “extraordinary contributions to fashion.” Highlighting everything from his Central Saint Martins postgraduate collection in 1992, which took place posthumously in February of this year.
