Category: Culture
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The Midtown Gazette Goes to Comic Con
Superman was there. In fact, a few hundred Supermans were there, along with Poison Ivys, Wonder Womans and Spidermans — Spidermans everywhere. We were there (but not in costume) to cover the four-day, sold out convention at the Javits Center. Here’s what we saw at Comic Con.
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Designers Strive to Market Garment District Pride
Word on Fashion Avenue is that designers are packing up and leaving New York City’s famed Garment District. In response, several designers have taken a stand: The district is still a valuable part of the city and they aren’t going anywhere. They’re promoting their clothing as 100 percent locally-made in Midtown Manhattan.
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Nurturing Fashion: Ruby Kobo and the Incubator
Yuvi Alpert of jewelry line Ruby Kobo offers an inside look at the CFDA Fashion Incubator and the life of an up and coming design team.
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The Girls of Comic Con
Everyone knows that sex sells, and the comic book industry is no exception. At New York Comic-Con 2011, women wore the same skimpy costumes so often seen in comic books.
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Cynicism, Massive Crowds Reign Supreme at Comic Con Festival
New York Comic Con, the East Coast’s answer to the larger, more popular San Diego Comic-Con, has dealt with its fair share of problems since its debut in 2006. This year was no exception: Con-goers found themselves dealing with overcrowding, flagrant consumerism, and a bullying scandal worthy of Mean Girls.
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The Last Puzzle Master
Carlos Diaz is not what you might expect of a well-connected man in fashion. He is part of a little corner of a quickly fading Manhattan clothing business.
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‘Billy Elliot’ to Close on Broadway, Leaving Ballet Girls Dancing in the Dark
The latest victim of the changing landscape of Broadway, Billy Elliot will close in January next year. The announcement came just two weeks after auditions were held for the roles of the ballet girls.
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Batman Fans Wait for Chance at Fame
On the first morning of October, hundreds of fans wrapped around a city block in the hopes of being cast as cops in the next Christopher Nolan Batman film, “The Dark Knight Rises.”
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Fashion Magazines May Outlast Print Peers
The debate over the future of print media continues, even as “print is dead” becomes a modern-day cliché. But the future of fashion magazines may not be so bleak, according to industry professionals and the optimistic owners of a local magazine retail business.
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With de Kooning Exhibition, MoMA Hopes for a Blockbuster
MoMA’s new Willem de Kooning exhibit has garnered excellent reviews. But like a costly Hollywood film, the show is also something of a gamble.
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Street Buzz: Core of Apple Fans Memorialize Steve Jobs
New Yorkers and tourists alike stopped last Sunday to read notes posted at the Apple Store at 14th Street and Ninth Avenue since the October 5 death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. The notes expressed thanks, a sense of loss, and admiration for Jobs’ innovative work, and soon spread to cover several windows; the Fifth…
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Street Buzz: Then and Now
The stretch of 35th Street between Seventh and Eighth avenues bustled with garment activity in 1978, and it’s still lined with fabric stores today. But the Wingate by Wyndham Hotel is a new addition. It opened in 2007, said Russell Verkhovski, who works there as a front desk agent, and replaced a garment warehouse. The…
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Street Buzz: Then and Now
The fedora hat became popular during the early 20th century. Originally considered a female fashion, the stylish hat consists of a large brim and a tight ribbon, which forms around the crown of the hat. Though the style remains the same, the material has changed from linen to wool. “Fedora hats are definitely in. The…
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Street Buzz: Then and Now
Tourists walk from 8th Avenue toward 7th Avenue along 35th Street and past what was once part of the center of the Garment District. Where there were once trucks and workers unpacking clothes are now the relentless stream of tourists overflowing from Times Square. Shops such as Gate 232 Inc., which has been in business…
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Dancing to Remember
An afternoon at Rhythm Break Studios at 33rd and Broadway gives people with Alzheimer’s and their loved ones a window on the past.
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Green Fashion Designers Make Big Screen Debut
A series of short films featuring sustainable fashion collections premiered on a big screen – 30 feet wide, in fact – during Fashion Week.
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Stored Fur Coats See Another Season of Daylight
As Fahrenheit lowers in Manhattan, people are flocking to the fur vaults to have their coats taken out from cold storage.
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Six Countries, 1,000 People Come Together to Create 9/11 Quilt
After 9/11, myriad New Yorkers asked the American Folk Art Museum to display patriotic crafts and projects that they had made to commemorate and mourn those who died in the attacks. One project, the 9/11 Tribute Quilt,⎯had such an amazing story behind it that it actually made the cut. The quilt is still on display…
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Design Competition Connects Fashion with Architecture in Pop-up Store
Architecture and fashion are typically considered two separate forms of design with little to do with each other, but Faris Al-Shathir is working to change that notion. Al-Shathir is director and co-founder of BOFFO, a non-profit organization that works to convert empty, unused spaces in New York City into art. This fall, the organization is…
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