Mad Hatters

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.pem.org/exhibitions/146-hats_an_anthology_by_stephen_jones" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOvUEkl537rW5oeMc2HBujVvPCF9OGIx6gpQRGYjhtLAGvScNOGpL80s2hDZfYohFiRz06cEOYKOzdqWyoZ9uBWYKnkdaGcsHY8ml0cY-jA7YOoKkAi3BvEdofvUQpG9BHKeunzinD2fbv/s640/Hats.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://media.vam.ac.uk/media/website/uploads/new_images/stephen_jones_hats_touring_exhibition.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://media.vam.ac.uk/media/website/uploads/new_images/stephen_jones_hats_touring_exhibition.jpg" /></a></div>Some of my designer pals and I donned our favorite hats on Sunday and headed up to the wonderful Peabody Essex Museum (which is not in either Peabody OR Essex) in Salem, MA for their special exhibition called <a href="http://www.pem.org/exhibitions/146-hats_an_anthology_by_stephen_jones" target="_blank">HATS: An Anthology by Stephen Jones</a>. Celebrated milliner Stephen Jones partnered with the <a href="http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/t/touring-exhibition-hats-anthology-stephen-jones/" target="_blank">V&A</a> in London to mount this touring exhibitions of some pretty amazing hats from many periods in history, including many of his own creations. The exhibition is beautifully produced, presenting the hats in groupings - bonnets, flowers, themes, client driven pieces, etc. Here are some of my favorites (there were more by the nice museum man made be stop taking photos!) and what kinds of interiors they might inspire or their wearers may could have spent time in:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-vijrHtkVzo4/UKGZhdL65FI/AAAAAAAAMsU/c95Fin1yLzE/s2048/Photo%252520Nov%25252011%25252C%2525202012%25252C%2525203%25253A10%252520PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="479" id="blogsy-1352774383937.3208" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-vijrHtkVzo4/UKGZhdL65FI/AAAAAAAAMsU/c95Fin1yLzE/s640/Photo%252520Nov%25252011%25252C%2525202012%25252C%2525203%25253A10%252520PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Floral Hat, about 1910. London, straw and silk, V&A. Worn by <a href="http://collections.vam.ac.uk/search/?listing_type=&offset=0&limit=15&narrow=&extrasearch=&q=heather+firbank&commit=Search&quality=0&objectnamesearch=&placesearch=&after=&after-adbc=AD&before=&before-adbc=AD&namesearch=&materialsearch=&mnsearch=&locationsearch=" target="_blank">Heather Firbank</a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This hat just screams garden party and of course, that brings to mind the wonderful "Downton Abbey".</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-7yhMsDj0s94/UKGleQuqMeI/AAAAAAAAMuk/_Ab4MUix8fk/s1631/Photo%252520Nov%25252012%25252C%2525202012%25252C%2525208%25253A39%252520PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="525" id="blogsy-1352774383885.8071" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-7yhMsDj0s94/UKGleQuqMeI/AAAAAAAAMuk/_Ab4MUix8fk/s640/Photo%252520Nov%25252012%25252C%2525202012%25252C%2525208%25253A39%252520PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2ekP5BwszTc/UKGXRWc4LSI/AAAAAAAAMrE/q3-jP87l_U0/s1536/Photo%252520Nov%25252011%25252C%2525202012%25252C%2525203%25253A10%252520PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="640" id="blogsy-1352774383947.0933" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2ekP5BwszTc/UKGXRWc4LSI/AAAAAAAAMrE/q3-jP87l_U0/s640/Photo%252520Nov%25252011%25252C%2525202012%25252C%2525203%25253A10%252520PM.jpg" width="479" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <b>Stephen Jones' <i>Still Life</i>, Spring/Summer 2005. Tulle and perspex. Courtesy of Stephen Jones.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Of course, when a hat is made of tulle and a paint brush - Degas is all that comes to mind. I also thought of Carlton Varney and all things pink and green. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-BaHyzNghdNM/UKGlXAOHrOI/AAAAAAAAMuc/gJd4DsVly4g/s1656/Photo%252520Nov%25252012%25252C%2525202012%25252C%2525208%25253A40%252520PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="509" id="blogsy-1352774383984.276" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-BaHyzNghdNM/UKGlXAOHrOI/AAAAAAAAMuc/gJd4DsVly4g/s640/Photo%252520Nov%25252012%25252C%2525202012%25252C%2525208%25253A40%252520PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-1A2BjjR6Ov4/UKGXcdvqBFI/AAAAAAAAMrM/op5bfbNpbjs/s1536/Photo%252520Nov%25252011%25252C%2525202012%25252C%2525203%25253A15%252520PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="640" id="blogsy-1352774383944.5288" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-1A2BjjR6Ov4/UKGXcdvqBFI/AAAAAAAAMrM/op5bfbNpbjs/s640/Photo%252520Nov%25252011%25252C%2525202012%25252C%2525203%25253A15%252520PM.jpg" width="479" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Christian Dior Haute Couture by Stephen Jones. <i>Olga Sherer Inspirée par Gruau</i>, Autum/Winter 2007. France, Leather, wood and sequins. Courtesy of Christian Dior Archives. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's hard to tell in the photo, but the paints are made of sequins, including the little daubs on the end of the paint brush.  I could see the wearer of this hat being right at home in the Mario Buatta space below right or coming to life as the painter of the Judith Godwin abstract in the J. Randall Powers living room below left. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-LENHY6w7b-M/UKGoaZIQjAI/AAAAAAAAMvk/wz-ZWEPpG3I/s2029/Photo%252520Nov%25252012%25252C%2525202012%25252C%2525208%25253A52%252520PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="424" id="blogsy-1352774383903.9053" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-LENHY6w7b-M/UKGoaZIQjAI/AAAAAAAAMvk/wz-ZWEPpG3I/s640/Photo%252520Nov%25252012%25252C%2525202012%25252C%2525208%25253A52%252520PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-48Q_QfodXWc/UKGXoUvSsVI/AAAAAAAAMrU/4tpHCbkiQxA/s1536/Photo%252520Nov%25252011%25252C%2525202012%25252C%2525203%25253A18%252520PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="640" id="blogsy-1352774383943.578" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-48Q_QfodXWc/UKGXoUvSsVI/AAAAAAAAMrU/4tpHCbkiQxA/s640/Photo%252520Nov%25252011%25252C%2525202012%25252C%2525203%25253A18%252520PM.jpg" width="479" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Bergere Hat, 1760's. France, straw. Courtesy of V&A</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This hat is really daintiness personified and Marie Antoinette as pretend shepherdess at Le Petite Trianon came immediately to mind.  The David Easton space, below left, showcases his love of French design style. The use of wild flowers on the round table adds a wonderfully whimsical touch. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-riVrc37lzm4/UKGwOLO021I/AAAAAAAAMwk/NBxZXYFPJ1c/s1748/Photo%252520Nov%25252012%25252C%2525202012%25252C%2525209%25253A25%252520PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="501" id="blogsy-1352774383944.8154" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-riVrc37lzm4/UKGwOLO021I/AAAAAAAAMwk/NBxZXYFPJ1c/s650/Photo%252520Nov%25252012%25252C%2525202012%25252C%2525209%25253A25%252520PM.jpg" width="650" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-blS-glMfIbE/UKGYSHxQfYI/AAAAAAAAMr8/ttg4ZhwRFOE/s1600/Photo%252520Nov%25252011%25252C%2525202012%25252C%2525203%25253A55%252520PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="487" id="blogsy-1352774383976.2468" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-blS-glMfIbE/UKGYSHxQfYI/AAAAAAAAMr8/ttg4ZhwRFOE/s650/Photo%252520Nov%25252011%25252C%2525202012%25252C%2525203%25253A55%252520PM.jpg" width="650" /></a></div>The image above was all about top hats and bonnets, including Stephen Jones' top hat (bottom left); a black bonnet, circa 1835, England, velvet & silk (top left); Jo Gordon's "Kiss of Death" (see below); "Prince Albert" top hat, circa 1850; Stephen Jones for Comme des Garçons Homme Plus, Autumn/Winter 2008/2009 (pink); Stephen Jones "Merry Widow" (top, right). <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Sl_sFIL9PWo/UKGxY2Rv5HI/AAAAAAAAMw0/JNDeu4DLL_4/s640/Photo%252520Nov%25252012%25252C%2525202012%25252C%2525208%25253A38%252520PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="487" id="blogsy-1352774383974.2905" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Sl_sFIL9PWo/UKGxY2Rv5HI/AAAAAAAAMw0/JNDeu4DLL_4/s650/Photo%252520Nov%25252012%25252C%2525202012%25252C%2525208%25253A38%252520PM.jpg" width="650" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">‘Kiss of death’ bonnet<span style="font-size: small;">, </span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Jo Gordon, ‘Kiss of death’ bonnet, satin with pheasant feathers, England, 1996, given by the designer © V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum.</span></h3>One of the other attendees at the show mentioned that she'd seen this wild creation in a movie, but I didn't catch the title. <br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/--697WE4djGE/UKGxXbVFYSI/AAAAAAAAMws/2ZzRVsw_1Xg/s1579/Photo%252520Nov%25252012%25252C%2525202012%25252C%2525208%25253A36%252520PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="640" id="blogsy-1352774383913.3672" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/--697WE4djGE/UKGxXbVFYSI/AAAAAAAAMws/2ZzRVsw_1Xg/s640/Photo%252520Nov%25252012%25252C%2525202012%25252C%2525208%25253A36%252520PM.jpg" width="631" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stephen Jones </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-WOK_5qcNZpM/UKGyrKb3frI/AAAAAAAAMw8/wyGFS7HEaoY/s720/Photo%252520Nov%25252012%25252C%2525202012%25252C%2525209%25253A37%252520PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="240" id="blogsy-1352774383917.917" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-WOK_5qcNZpM/UKGyrKb3frI/AAAAAAAAMw8/wyGFS7HEaoY/s650/Photo%252520Nov%25252012%25252C%2525202012%25252C%2525209%25253A37%252520PM.jpg" width="650" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-cCiaKwQd9RI/UKGXCKBnn8I/AAAAAAAAMq8/derm8kvA_ZU/s934/Photo%252520Nov%25252011%25252C%2525202012%25252C%2525204%25253A28%252520PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="640" id="blogsy-1352774383950.2356" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-cCiaKwQd9RI/UKGXCKBnn8I/AAAAAAAAMq8/derm8kvA_ZU/s640/Photo%252520Nov%25252011%25252C%2525202012%25252C%2525204%25253A28%252520PM.jpg" width="498" /></a></div>And, my friends and I - showing off our chapeaux. We were kind of roving ambassadors for the show! We had a lovely, elegant dinner at Nathaniel's restaurant at the historic Hawthorne Hotel, and yes, we wore our hats! I bought a cute fuchsia felted wool slouchy hat for winter at the gift shop and actually wore that to dinner - I could not see well under the brim of my black hat above!<br /><br />Details about HATS at the PEM, <a href="http://www.pem.org/exhibitions/146-hats_an_anthology_by_stephen_jones#Hats%20Fashion%20Show%20With%20Stephen%20Jones" target="_blank">here</a>. <br /><br /><div id="blogsy_footer" style="clear: both; font-size: small; text-align: right;"><a href="http://blogsyapp.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Posted with Blogsy" height="20" src="http://blogsyapp.com/images/blogsy_footer_icon.png" style="margin-right: 5px; vertical-align: middle;" width="20" />Posted with Blogsy</a></div>

Mad Hatters

Some of my designer pals and I donned our favorite hats on Sunday and headed up to the wonderful Peabody Essex Museum (which is not in eithe...

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Jason Wu for Brizo

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i.nordstromimage.com/images/default/shop/image/boutique/jason-wu/2012/0904/videoBackground.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="359" src="http://i.nordstromimage.com/images/default/shop/image/boutique/jason-wu/2012/0904/videoBackground.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Two years ago I participated in one of the best design blogger events going - the Brizo Fashion Week with <a href="http://www.jasonwustudio.com/" target="_blank">Jason Wu</a>. Luxury faucet company <a href="http://www.brizo.com/bath/collection/jason-wu.html" target="_blank">Brizo</a> partnered with fashion designer Jason Wu in 2006 by sponsoring his runway shows and other creative collaborations.  Each Fall and Spring, Brizo brings a group of 19 designers, architects and design bloggers (totaling over 100 at this point) to learn more about the Brizo brand and to attend Jason Wu's runway show. <a href="http://www.brizo.com/bath/collection/jason-wu.html" target="_blank">Jason Wu's new collection for Brizo</a> is now available for purchase through design trade professionals. Described as striking a delicate balance between "Scandinavian inspiration and baroque detailing" the powder room collection is both masculine and feminine. As with all of Brizo's product line, the collection features touch and temperature control technologies. <br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.brizo.com/images/pic/catalog/bath/collections/large/jason-wu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.brizo.com/images/pic/catalog/bath/collections/large/jason-wu.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU1IOkK88VtckRoMl4NGJWx7EEOSYjs5xOnseZxRc_LG5YGfkrCiJUbCd1flj7E_0y5ojaZ3QxawblHQCh2fXDsVWdaW9OQpOnbTqQ50OknOrzckn61A9r7PEXV40wyowgTUFPfnLD6Epa/s1600/699060-BL-B1.tif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU1IOkK88VtckRoMl4NGJWx7EEOSYjs5xOnseZxRc_LG5YGfkrCiJUbCd1flj7E_0y5ojaZ3QxawblHQCh2fXDsVWdaW9OQpOnbTqQ50OknOrzckn61A9r7PEXV40wyowgTUFPfnLD6Epa/s1600/699060-BL-B1.tif" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Kq9a8MkjiyVwAr1FW6yCSPxCw0tWJogQOLtUqJMVCv6wzCiWlyJTdj-0m0DDbn99J-d0H8w3aYzwwlBR4xD_C6GZuea5Ilzoc8kTJCLy4rp_xhHuwL45uGJiTq9dIz32M6juChaykqJQ/s1600/products.tiff" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Kq9a8MkjiyVwAr1FW6yCSPxCw0tWJogQOLtUqJMVCv6wzCiWlyJTdj-0m0DDbn99J-d0H8w3aYzwwlBR4xD_C6GZuea5Ilzoc8kTJCLy4rp_xhHuwL45uGJiTq9dIz32M6juChaykqJQ/s1600/products.tiff" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Jason Wu's fashion show was just livestreamed and I took a few screen grabs. I will say that I just love his clothes and style. Traditional and modern, always feminine and sexy.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNTqrCUY-hjEikvpscPpLBByeoZqSaKL5PEYOjErp6PcXOXFKMmsWoTxouMCkQx2HqQP-ls6eShYh3aGnLEdZMyWo63MiWjW2kgmx94P-5hSwyj7yv-n8GKCDAFdRiQOXM43ydHT4jnwky/s1600/Runway+show.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNTqrCUY-hjEikvpscPpLBByeoZqSaKL5PEYOjErp6PcXOXFKMmsWoTxouMCkQx2HqQP-ls6eShYh3aGnLEdZMyWo63MiWjW2kgmx94P-5hSwyj7yv-n8GKCDAFdRiQOXM43ydHT4jnwky/s1600/Runway+show.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoYKRUpJvW0Tcp3cC5IxXxmhmmuVp2KD1IJJ6s4b2TSKlNhyX8hVHbBtHuxsmUBvjsFHkJ1GxPCluQEfRnGE_YGFnEbDe5O5unTtGk93q7oz61aMfZ2r-4WWbGZ4TZihQCRLZHaUzYY4m3/s1600/Runway2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoYKRUpJvW0Tcp3cC5IxXxmhmmuVp2KD1IJJ6s4b2TSKlNhyX8hVHbBtHuxsmUBvjsFHkJ1GxPCluQEfRnGE_YGFnEbDe5O5unTtGk93q7oz61aMfZ2r-4WWbGZ4TZihQCRLZHaUzYY4m3/s1600/Runway2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYZKp0TjbPhFGvtNJPCXtyrWvz8l_FV9qkaa7dFG9HDDHBvB3eohZHxvpPmL4yt6OsbSCHGdO8VEhbewgBNB6ymq-C49FtsroZ4tMJyKd7GG8EUmSvo6N8wnpfsrOv4e2vCTAbYUhMS9No/s1600/Runway3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYZKp0TjbPhFGvtNJPCXtyrWvz8l_FV9qkaa7dFG9HDDHBvB3eohZHxvpPmL4yt6OsbSCHGdO8VEhbewgBNB6ymq-C49FtsroZ4tMJyKd7GG8EUmSvo6N8wnpfsrOv4e2vCTAbYUhMS9No/s1600/Runway3.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvoqJ1YENpz3GgwRiSujZK_T9p47ZoAVoWh7biohiLSbRhA-w56dJF2nMG72rhMwv1goNa79v3puzEzOR1lFAESRRwkdgEFAmbeGGZ3-cgaKkxiRru7R2S-9qk6cwVAtC5nTRmDGFuKQ5J/s1600/Jason+on+Runway.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvoqJ1YENpz3GgwRiSujZK_T9p47ZoAVoWh7biohiLSbRhA-w56dJF2nMG72rhMwv1goNa79v3puzEzOR1lFAESRRwkdgEFAmbeGGZ3-cgaKkxiRru7R2S-9qk6cwVAtC5nTRmDGFuKQ5J/s1600/Jason+on+Runway.jpg" /></a></div><br />Love the effect of the stripe on the floor flowing up to the mirrored back walls. Jason Wu's website will be streaming an edited version of the live show shortly - so check it out: http://www.jasonwustudio.com/livestream.html<br /><br /><br />If you would like my help on your design project, I would love to chat with you! Please <a href="mailto:linda.m.merrill@gmail.com">email me</a>. Thanks!<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/EQjz" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><img alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon16x16.png" style="border: 0; vertical-align: middle;" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/EQjz" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml">Subscribe to ::Surroundings::</a>

Jason Wu for Brizo

Two years ago I participated in one of the best design blogger events going - the Brizo Fashion Week with Jason Wu . Luxury faucet company B...

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A little somethng different: Jason Wu Fashion Show

As I wrote a couple of days ago, I was invited by <a href="http://www.brizo.com/">Brizo</a> to attend a two day series of events in NYC which included attending the Jason Wu 2011 runway show in an old loft building on Mercer St. in Soho. It was my first fashion show in person (although I am a big <i>Project Runway</i> fan) and it was a great time. Jason Wu has been a designer to watch for quite a while, but I expect that it was Michelle Obama's selection of his white floral dress as her gown for the inaugural balls that really put his work in front of mainstream America.<br /><br />Our Brizo goody bag contained this cute Jason Wu necklace that he designed based on their Virage faucet set.  You can see the twisted curved lines and you may notice that together, they also look like the initials JW.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6-IQDIhO-k-H8NKn3XU1zpHKxphklM10CymqZx8MVv2bZF7cLEYvWW_nlL67W5cISUf6amFvVFpUglOgLHBX9oZ4OtUqor12sRsSqVXxOibTJkMnI6a-JXOKZ7SQpF9_UNvmW6sKpzbRY/s1600/DSCN3688.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6-IQDIhO-k-H8NKn3XU1zpHKxphklM10CymqZx8MVv2bZF7cLEYvWW_nlL67W5cISUf6amFvVFpUglOgLHBX9oZ4OtUqor12sRsSqVXxOibTJkMnI6a-JXOKZ7SQpF9_UNvmW6sKpzbRY/s640/DSCN3688.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYia5Ib7ki_ozujPWPLYR6JxSiSEw3E4m1-UvDSsfRlgO57ckv6tC_m-GoadJPAu6TSQ6zEiEW7Y9GTnn99KHJBp55Pe-hYgeWRVcDd2gnsS0_-i08ZuqWybA1Nu3QhZqvlLT8MMfF2nCL/s1600/virage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYia5Ib7ki_ozujPWPLYR6JxSiSEw3E4m1-UvDSsfRlgO57ckv6tC_m-GoadJPAu6TSQ6zEiEW7Y9GTnn99KHJBp55Pe-hYgeWRVcDd2gnsS0_-i08ZuqWybA1Nu3QhZqvlLT8MMfF2nCL/s320/virage.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.brizo.com/bath/collection/virage.html">Virage</a> by Brizo</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I ended up with one of the best seats in the house as I was seating right by the door where the models entered and returned, so I got to see and photograph them coming and going. I will say that the clothes are spectacularly beautiful and, with some tweaking for more average/normal sized women, very wearable. Many of the looks are throwbacks to the forties and seventies, which was interesting to see. According to the designer's notes, he was inspired by the work of contemporary Brazilian artist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatriz_Milhazes">Beatriz Milhazes</a> whose "distinctive style of balancing organized patterns with rhythmic movement inspired the collection's energetic mood."  </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/30/Beatriz_Milhazes_-_Popeye_-_2008.jpg/220px-Beatriz_Milhazes_-_Popeye_-_2008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/30/Beatriz_Milhazes_-_Popeye_-_2008.jpg/220px-Beatriz_Milhazes_-_Popeye_-_2008.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Jason Wu also debuted his new collection of handbags and shoes as well. The shoes were gorgeous and while still skyhigh were more classic and less dangerous looking than a lot of shoes seen today.<br /><br />The fashion show featured 37 looks and took less than ten minutes to run. It's amazing how all that work feels like it comes down to such a short show. Those girls sure know how to walk - the "runway" was a shiny plastic narrow "half-pipe". I have such a phobia about falling that I worry for others as well - but they all did their jobs well.<br /><br />Here's a selection of some of my absolute favorite looks:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4150/4982823117_1f16f3069f_z.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4150/4982823117_1f16f3069f_z.jpg" width="442" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4153/4982826871_dfe75aa674_z.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4153/4982826871_dfe75aa674_z.jpg" width="560" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4110/4983431058_6031a82e18_z.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4110/4983431058_6031a82e18_z.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4109/4982835017_c630999523_z.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4109/4982835017_c630999523_z.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_191258957"><br /></a></b><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chameleon-interiors/sets/72157624815605241/show/with/4982814421">CLICK HERE FOR FULL SLIDE SHOW</a></b><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chameleon-interiors/sets/72157624815605241/show/with/4982814421"></a></div><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/40/61AD69B5456EE9E48D48218DA34439B1.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a> <br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/EQjz" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><img alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon16x16.png" style="border: 0pt none; vertical-align: middle;" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/EQjz" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml">Subscribe to ::Surroundings::</a>

A little somethng different: Jason Wu Fashion Show

As I wrote a couple of days ago, I was invited by Brizo to attend a two day series of events in NYC which included attending the Jason Wu 2...

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