Corset News Archive - 05-Oct-2007
An article by Michael Kimmelman from The New York Review of Books, October 25, 2007
TheaterThursday, October 4... By Leilani Polk.Dr. Frank-N-Furter wears his transvesticism as comfortably and suggestively as his shiny red lipstick, black corset and string of pearls. This exceptionally memorable character was created by playwright/actor Richard O'Brien when he wrote The Rocky Horror Picture Show stage musical, a tongue-in-cheek send-up of 1950s science fiction and horror movies ...
In the new world of fashion marketing, it's all about flooding the zone. Brands like Stella McCartney and Yves Saint Laurent, which showed their latest ready-to-wear collections in Paris on Thursday, have understood that glossy magazine advertisements are no longer the most effective way of reaching their audience.
PARIS ? Inspired by the idea of the corset, Celine creative director Ivana Omazic's spring collection took a modern look at structure. Linear shapes that echoed the boning of yore were placed on the outside of garments as decoration, but they also did double duty in slimming and emphasizing the waist. Some of the best looks were the simplest: a white satin T-shirt with tiny pleats in the back ...
In the new world of fashion marketing, it's all about flooding the zone.
Giuseppe Verdi's "Rigoletto," opening the Opera Company of Philadelphia season, is considered the first of the composer's mature works. His love of Shakespeare came through in the composer's complex characterizations and stories of conflict between the individual and rigid authority, which made for perfect theatrical drama."Rigoletto" was based on a Victor Hugo play about a complex, philandering ...
STEFANO PILATI's collection for YSL RIVE GAUCHE , shown at the Grand Palais last night, closed a sterling day of spring/summer collections from the designers in Paris; the tulip skirts, wet-look trenches and woollen dresses Pilati sent down the catwalk all went a little way towards honing his creative vision for the label.
has played so much more than a supporting role in modern history. It has been praised for releasing women from the rib-crushing corset. It has been burned (or so the story goes) as a symbol of women's oppression.
History isn't just a hobby and job for Joni House and her husband, Chad Greene. It's a shared passion and a heritage. The couple met 17 years ago at Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site, the state's largest Civil War battlefield, and they were married there in May. The 145th anniversary of the battle will be commemorated with re-enactments Saturday and Sunday. Both House and Greene count ...
