The fashion capitals are abuzz once again with the energy and excitement of the seasonal catwalk collections. Style is a prevalent force that influences our lives on every level, from the images that form our opinions and ideals, to the furnishings that surround and comfort us. Creation also nourishes the soul, as we discover through our favorite sartorially inspired recipes, and this is why without fashion and style, what would life be?
Lillian Bassman, a legendary fashion photographer who got her start at Harpers Bazaar in the 1940s, is still creating extraordinary images at age 92 – for herself and her legion of admirers.
New York’s fashion set sink their teeth into the American Fashion Cookbook, Assouline’s latest title that reveals the sustenance behind the style.
Industrial design takes a front seat at the catwalk as furniture designers and producers look to fashion for textile trends. From plaids to florals, sartorially inspired furniture is filling the home for a spectacular fusion of fashion and lifestyle.
Breaking away from the classics, this season shoe designers take bold strides, creating works of art, from the ankle down.
East meets West and contemporary art meets classical music at a bold new production of Handel’s Semele. We talk to Lady Linda Wong Davies, founder of the KT Wong Foundation, who commissioned the contemporary Chinese artist Zhang Huan to design and direct this extraordinary opera.
