Corset News Archive - 13-Oct-2006
To my eye, the 2005-2006 Louisiana Biennial group exhibit at the Contemporary Arts Center is as American as apple pie. There's the institutional torture, the estrangement from the natural environment, the questionable economics and the candy-colored, materialistic nonsense.
Gone are the days when the festive season marked a skyrocketing of sales for over-the-top, bling-bling ensembles.
?Shopping involves a cost-benefit analysis: think about the future, economize resources, and maximize awesome,? says Maya E. Frommer ?07. With this strategy in mind, Frommer heads towards The Garment District.
There's one time of year when you can dress up like a wench and no one is going to think a thing about it - unless that velvet corset is laced a little too tight. It's called Halloween and it's a time...
CHAMPIONS TROPHY COUNTDOWN JIMMY TO PULL STRINGS
She was the woman for whom one private jet was not enough, and who famously owned more than 100 pairs of Manolo Blahnik shoes. But as her husband, Lord Conrad Black, faces 40 years in jail, can Barbara Amiel use her legendary seductive powers to reinvent herself yet again?
Actually a trio-- and from Brighton, no less-- Fujiya & Miyagi excel at making lockstep motorik liable to get toes tapping and heads bobbing. But they really hit their stride on "Collarbone", the groove-laden second track off compilation LP Transparent Things (Tirk Records).
