For those familiar with the art world and its various happenings, the European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) stands for high design, high class, and high wealth. The mood is set when you walk through the doors of the storied Park Avenue Armory on New York’s Upper East Side: the exquisite florals, the champagne, the…
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Frieze New York 2026 closed on May 17th at The Shed, and the most interesting showings tended to come not from the all-star galleries. They came from galleries that may not have as much broad name recognition. Participation came from 68 galleries based in 26 countries, with visitors numbering roughly 25,000 from 75 countries.…
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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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Couture is a fashion art form that is typically thought of as existing only inside of French borders; indeed, the French began to legally protect the practice of “haute couture” in 1945. Governed by the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture (which also gets to decide what companies qualify as “haute couture”), haute couture…
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Much has been made about Gucci Garden since its opening in 2011 in Florence. Formerly known as the Gucci Museum, it was re-christened under its new name in 2018 by the Alessandro Michele-led Gucci. The Gucci Garden complex contains a host of exhibition spaces (the centerpiece of the museum), a boutique where one can…
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“Anna: The Biography”, the newest work by fashion and culture journalist Amy Odell that has taken bestseller lists everywhere by storm, was not contributed to on a first-hand basis by Anna Wintour herself. Anna did, however, provide Odell with a list of contacts with whom she could connect and interview. How nice of her.…
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“In America: An Anthology Of Fashion” – currently on display in the American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York – is the museum’s second installment of a two-part series meant to shine a spotlight on American fashion and all that it stands for. But did it succeed? It depends on…
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For Manic Metallic’s recent attendance at the New York Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2022 collections, we wanted to take care to cover design talent that isn’t already cloaked inside of an aura of hype. We made an effort to see a few selected shows where the design talent was clearly visible – and where the…
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“Tis but thy name that is my enemy; Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What’s Montague? …O, be some other name! What’s in a name? that which we call a rose By Any Other Name would smell as sweet” Romeo and Juliet, Act-II, Scene-II, Lines 38-49 Juliet Capulet’s famous scene in which she…
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Manic Metallic was invited to attend the launch party on November 10, 2021 for FABSCRAP’s new Philadelphia location at the Bok Building in the city’s southern section. I, as the company’s founder and creative principal, attended with my fiancé Benjamin, who handles a portion of Manic Metallic’s design, graphics, and photography work. For more…
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Today begins our coverage of the Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2022 collections. As with New York Fashion Week, our reviews will be limited to a few per PFW date (Sept. 27-Oct. 5) in which we took interest because it is next to impossible to cover every show without shortchanging both the collections and the…
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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 you our observations within seven different categories. Location Philadelphia Fashion Week, officially slated for…
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