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Corsets: Off Stage
Just in case you had not noticed: corsets have moved beyond the stage and out into the street (and clubbing) fashion. We here at QSM would track their most...
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Impossible Conversations:Schiaparelli and Prada through August 19.
So you all have heard about the Big Costume Institute summer show at NYC’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, here’s a rundown of what’s in the seven galleries. The show...
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Happy Birthday, Will!
It’s April 23rd again…and we tip our hat to that guy. By our calculation he’s 448 or maybe 447…
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Schiap experiments with Holophane
From the Schiaparelli and Prada show at the Met here’s a 1934 experiment with Rhodophane to create a “glass” cape. This transparent plastic as you might guess is related to cellophane. And should...
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Colorful celebrations for Mary Blair and her designs
The Academy of Motion Pictures pulled together a great symposium in honor of Mary Blair’s centenary. The only female in the gang of Disney’s “9 Old Men” Blair’s unmistakably...
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Sonia Delaunay’s Fabric Designs on display at the Cooper-Hewitt
3.19.2011
Some people think of her as a painter. Others know she’s the wife of artist Robert Delaunay. But in reality she is a multi-talented 20th century artist icon. And...
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Fashion On A High: Robert Capucci on display in Philly
3.17.2011
We can’t get enough of this fabulous man’s design work. It’s clothing…costume….art. Inspiration for Costume & Fashion designers all.
The Philadelphia Museum of Art will be displaying his work March...
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Bunny Christie on Olivier award winning The White Guard production design
3.15.2011
Our fabulous friends at the National Theatre have created an amazing video resource on the inspiration of The White Guard. Designer Bunny Christie recalls her inspiration for The White Guard’s set....
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Olivier Awards: Lighting goes to Neil Austin for White Guard
March 13th at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, West End Theatre handed out their annual awards at 2011 Oliviers. Lighting Design of the year when to Neil Austin for The...
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2011 Costume Design Olivier goes to Hildegard Bechtler
Photo: Time Out
After the Dance at the Lyttelton garnered the Best Costume Design at the 2011 Olivier Awards.
Other nominees were
Lez Brotherston’s oh so trendy and chic work for the Old...
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OperaUpClose: Starts small and wins big at the Oliviers
For Grand Opera a pub theatre that seats 40 is a modest beginning. But given that this opera just happens to be about a bunch of poor starving artists...
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Pat MacKay Projects launched as new QSM imprint
Quite Specific Media Group is pleased to announce that we have invited entertainment media veteran and visionary Pat MacKay to launch her own imprint: PAT MACKAY PROJECTS.
MacKay is the...
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