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Making Coneheads Cool: Pierre Cardin at Brooklyn Museum

By: artforrealpeople November 22, 2019November 22, 2019

Art, Uncategorizedart exhibitions, Brooklyn Museum, Costume Institute, fashion, fashion and style, fashion design, french fashion, french style, futurism, industrial design, les palais bulles, outer space, Pierre Cardin, space ageLeave a Comment

How Pierre Cardin makes the unconventional cool.

Heavenly Bodies: Art or Kitsch?

By: artforrealpeople May 22, 2018May 22, 2018

Art, UncategorizedAnna Wintour, Balenciaga, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Christian Lacroix, Costume Institute, Couture, Heavenly Bodies, High Fashion, metropolitan museum of art, Rodarte, The Vatican, Yves Saint LaurentLeave a Comment

As I walked through the gallery with Ave Maria playing over a loudspeaker, I kept thinking: is this not a little kitschy?