@ 2024 Manic Metallic Who really holds power when it comes to creative professions? Is it the artists, with all of their trial-and-error over countless years to see what styles, media, and forms work best for the type of art they want to produce and the vision they wish to execute? Is it the…
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Did you know that creating a green dye for clothing used to be virtually impossible centuries ago - and that at one point in history, there was a version of the color's dye that was so toxic that it caused skin blistering, vomiting, and death? We're referring to Paris green, to be exact. And…
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A model walks for Philadelphia fashion brand Lobo Mau; photo © Manic Metallic 2021 We recently had the chance to attend Philadelphia Fashion Week via press credentials, and we decided that this would be a great opportunity to show our audience the manner in which a smaller fashion week operates. We're going to give…
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"In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion"; © Manic Metallic 2021 “America is not like a blanket- one piece of unbroken cloth. America is more like a quilt- many patches, many pieces, many colors, many sizes, all woven together by a common thread.” Rev. Jesse Jackson, 1984 Democratic National Convention It is from this speech…
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Proenza Schouler Spring/Summer 2022; c/o Proenza Schouler We are choosing to release our reviews of New York Fashion Week's Spring/Summer 2022 collections beginning today - as opposed to releasing them while NYFW was in session - for a couple of reasons: We did not want to participate in fashion's continuance of an unsustainable breakneck…
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ILLUME exhibit, designer retail section; © Manic Metallic 2021 The Illume fashion exhibition, centered around the Philadelphia Fashion Incubator (PFI), is currently being hosted at the InLiquid Gallery in Philadelphia, PA. The exhibit is broken into two portions: the primary portion is a retrospective on the work of previous Philadelphia Fashion Incubator participants over…
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(l-r): Gucci Fall 2021; Balenciaga Pre-Fall 2021, Michael Kors Fall 2021; all photos c/o the respective designers April is not generally known for showing a wellspring of fashion collections. This year, however, many brands decided to show this month independent of their usual fashion calendars. Manic Metallic decided that it would be worth it…
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Tonight, I had the pleasure of attending the Fall/Winter collection launch for The Kooples, held at their Meatpacking District boutique. It was a crowded affair, as the brand has a devoted following. As one entered, there was a DJ stationed at the door and full clothing racks waiting to be perused. Right away I…
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To explain the entirety of who André Leon Talley is could take centuries. If one were going to describe him in short form, you could call him a fashion industry tastemaker; that's exactly what "The Gospel According To André" does. It did a wonderful job of displaying André's taste and persona in all of…
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House of Schiaparelli headpiece. Photo © Manic Metallic 2019 Camp is an indefinable fashion concept. The 2019 Met Costume Institute spring exhibition sought to define it somewhat, which is no small task. Enter Susan Sontag. As a writer, she took on the herculean task of doing this in 1964; her work "Notes On 'Camp'"…
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