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NYC & LA Event : Lomography’s Fashion’s Night Out

Samantha — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:46:30 +0000

New York City & Los Angeles Lomography will be hosting Fashion’s Night Out events on Thursday, September 8.

New York designers Rebecca Turbow, Samantha Pleet, Hayden-Harnett, and Janet Kim of Graey were all given Lomography cameras and film to highlight their upcoming collections through photographic storyboards. The final products and original pieces will be highlighted live at Fashion’s Night Out at the Gramercy Lomography Store, from 7PM – 10PM, Thursday September 8.

I’ll be at this event, so stop in and say hi!

Lomography Gramercy Store : 106 East 23rd, NYC : Between Park & Lexington

Thursday, September 8 7PM – 10PM

One of our West Coast readers? Lomography Gallery Store LA is hosting an after-hours workshop and shopping party at Space 15 Twenty. There’ll be gift bags (the first 20 shoppers receive extra goodies in theirs!), one night only deals, and freebies for purchases over $100. Participating merchants include Lomography, Urban Outfitters, Free People, and more! The workshop begins at 6PM, and the party goes until 10!

Space 15 Twenty : 1520 North Cahuenga Blvd., LA, 90028

Thursday, September 8 6PM – 10PM

Did I mention DJs, snacks, and drinks at each party?

Savage Beauty

Samantha — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:00:42 +0000

The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art will be exhibiting Alexander McQueen : Savage Beauty, opening to the public May 4. The exhibit will contain approximately 100 pieces, celebrating a retrospective of the late designer’s full career. If you don’t find yourself in New York City for the show, the accompanying book will be available for purchase.

According to the Met’s press release, the gallery will be divided into five showcases of recurring themes :

“The Savage Mind” which will examine his subversion of traditional tailoring and dressmaking practices through displacement and deconstruction.

“Romantic Gothic” will highlight McQueen’s narrative approach to fashion and illuminate his engagement with Romantic literary traditions such as death, decay, and darkness. It will also reveal the main characters of his collections, including emme fatales and anti-heroes such as pirates and highwaymen.

“Romantic Nationalism” will look at McQueen’s fascination with the distant past.

“Romantic Exoticism” will examine his focus on distant places.

“Romantic Primitivism” will explore McQueen’s engagement with the ideal of the “noble savage”.

Five of McQueen’s landmark collections that explore his engagement with the Romantic sublime and the dialects of beauty and horror will be interspersed among the galleries – Dante (autumn/winter 1996-97), Number 13 (spring/summer 1999), VOSS (spring/summer 2001), Irere (spring/summer 2003), and Plato’s Atlantis (spring/summer 2010). ”Cabinet of Curiosities” will include various atavistic and fetishized objects often produced with milliner Philip Treacy and jeweler Shaun Leane, longtime collaborators of McQueen’s. A separate screening room will display videos of McQueen’s renowned runway presentations.

More preview images after the jump!

Oddities

Samantha — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 16:00:45 +0000

One of my favorite shops, Obscura Antiques and Oddities in New York City, has recently debuted its reality television show on the Discovery Channel. Unfortunately, I missed the premier episode, but based off of the clips available on the Discovery site, it is surely to be a fantastic series.

For those of you in the New York area, you can visit Obscura at 280 East 10th Street, in the East Village of New York City, or watch Oddities Thursdays at 8 P.M. E/P on the Discovery Channel.

Event & Giveaway : Dances of Vice

Samantha — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:00:55 +0000

This coming weekend, November 20 – 22, is the three day Dances of Vice Festival in and about New York City.

The grand vision that is Dances of Vice is more than the name implies; it is the Dance of decadence, of opulence, of glamour in the old-fashion sense, and the unique bringing together of such like minds through themed evenings that combine Art, Music, Spectacle, and Dance. Dances of Vice bring the myriad of magnificent influences of the past together in one club in a context that encourages originality and the avant-garde.

Each date has different events, and Haute Macabre has a pair of tickets for entrance to all three evening parties! Just leave a comment here describing your dream costume to wear to the Grand Shipwreck Ball to be entered to win. The winner will be contacted Thursday, November 19!

Shoeturday & My Retail Remorse

Samantha — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:00:49 +0000

Unfortunately, on my recent trip to New York, I not only missed The Brothers Quay exhibit, but never got a chance to visit Top Shop. I’ve come to realize this is probably a good thing for my wallet, as I probably would have come home even less financially stable as usual, but would have gained an arsenal of new shoes. Nixon might die just a tiny bit when she sees the first pair I’ve got posted here, considering her boot lust for The New Fur.

Baxter Lace Up Over the Knee Boot † Agressa Ankle Boot

Punk Corset Sandal † Simple Shoe Boot

Paradox Sandal † Jinx Zip Up Ankle Cuff

I have a strange feeling that, in a parallel universe, I might be a foot fetishist.