Corset News Archive - 14-May-2007
HADDON Hall is currently home to an exciting collection of costumes from last year's BBC adaptation of Jane Eyre filmed in the area. (14/05/2007 10:16:36)
ANIMAL MAGNETISM Chiffon giraffe-print halter blouse, $925, at Alessandro Dell'Acqua, 818 Madison Ave.; stretch cotton-twill "Ryan" pencil skirt, $355, at Ralph Lauren, 867 Madison Ave.; Dean Harris wood bracelet, $1,400, at Barneys. ON THE HUNT...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art?s sumptuous survey of the designs of the French couturier Paul Poiret will transform your understanding of the origin of modern fashion.
Proposed: The Lexus LS600h L is the most complicated, most elaborate machine ever to take to four wheels. What "Ulysses" is to light reading and Confucianism is to the simple declarative sentence, this hybrid-powered limousine is nothing less than everything Toyota has ever learned about cars poured into one stupendous, stupefying, "because we can" performance piece.
NEW YORK -- The exhibition "Poiret: King of Fashion," which opened Wednesday at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute, is both graceful and muscular, serving as a thoughtful and enlightening homage to a little-known French designer who was influential in the years before the First Wo...
Despite emancipating women from the corset and revolutionizing early 20th century fashion, French designer Paul Poiret has largely been forgotten by time, overshadowed by rivals such as "Coco" Chanel.
NEW YORK -- Paul Poiret was a pioneer in modern fashion, doing away with the corset and embracing the notion of personal style. He was among the first to use draping in dressmaking and he had no problem putting pants on women.
GIVEN that I am basically quite bearish about the outlook for investment markets over the next couple of quarters, it might seem strange to focus on a financial institution whose fortunes are pretty closely tied to the outlook for the economy.
Mothers, daughters, sisters and even a few husbands spent Mother's Day at a tea Sunday, but the biggest attraction was not sipping tea.
NORWALK - Few of those celebrating Mother's Day yesterday could say they were born two centuries ago.
