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The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum is presenting an aspect of the 21st century science that has been given little public attention in the form of an enlightening exhibition of smart fibers and fabrics that will eventually change all our lives.
"Extreme Textile: Designing for High Performance" is the first U.S. display of functional industrial textiles ever mounted and can be seen at the Cooper-Hewitt, a component of the Smithsonian Institution, through Oct. 30.
It is expected to be one of the most heavily visited shows in the Manhattan museum's 108-year history.
Matilda McQuaid, the exhibition's curator, said she selected the 150 examples of technical textiles on the basis of visual beauty as well as high engineering because there is "plenty of ugly stuff out there."
As a result, the show has a high aesthetic quotient that makes visitors want to touch and stroke, and a number of displays are clearly designated as touchable.
The material on exhibit ranges from a doily-size machine embroidery made of suture thread in the shape of a snowflake, to be implanted as connective tissue during reconstructive shoulder surgery, to a model of a 40-story skyscraper (Testa Architects, Los Angeles) constructed of a cross-hatched lattice made of carbon fiber that is stronger than steel.
The super-strong outer walls allow
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For someone who peers in trash containers more often than most, Kathleen Tesnakis remains pretty perky.
"I can hardly pass one by," says Tesnakis, a textile designer from Troy, N.Y. "Wherever I am, I look," she says, laughing. "I always look."
What is she after?
Old shirts, sweaters and scraps of fabric, which she washes and cuts up to create dresses, skirts, men's sweater vests, and funky gloves, hats and scarves - all one-of-a-kind and super-soft, thanks to the worn-in, vintage materials saved from those trash containers and other, less "Fear Factor"-y locales such as antiques stores and used-clothing wholesalers.
Tesnakis, who eight years ago created eko logic (a brand she runs with her husband, Charlie), is just one of an increasing number of artists and designers who've gone Green - and that's green with a capital G.
"There's this whole ecological take on fashion that's really interesting," says Michael Macko, a fashion merchandising director at Saks Fifth Avenue.
On his radar in recent months: companies such as The Great China Wall, a line that works entirely in vintage fabrics, going so far as to unravel the thread of old denim to cross-stitch and embroider gently used corduroy blazers.
This spring, Saks will carry their rocker tees, embellished with swatches of old garments; and, come fall, preowned
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Swedish fashion forward retail giant Hennes & Mauritz has signed Stella McCartney to follow its collaboration with Karl Lagerfeld, in a deal that will see the Rock n' Roll aristocrat creating a 40-piece collection for the Scandinavian label.
The one-time collection, to be labeled Stella McCartney for H&M, will hit shelves in selected stores in Europe and North America this November.
The statement contradicted earlier, inaccurate, trade reports suggesting that the collection would hit its stores in time for the holiday season.
Retail prices for the Stella collection are expected to be along the lines of Lagerfeld's immensely successful collection, which caused a pandemonium in H&M stores as shoppers fought over $19.90 T-shirts and $149 wool-cashmere coats.
Stella's line for H&M will be exclusively women's wear, unlike that by Karl, who also created a variety of men's looks, in particular his signature high-collar dress shirts.
The news marks the second time that McCartney has succeeded Lagerfeld. Stella replaced Karl as designer of the Chloe in 1997, a move that launched her international career.
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YKK and Fashion form an inseparable creative liaison, a partnership to which a new dynamic element has just been added: young creative talent.
In order to continue its tradition of emphasizing young creative talent, YKK has chosen Demna Gvasalia, a rising star in clothing design and winner of the ITS#THREE "Collection of the Year" prize, to spearhead a special project to create clothing in which the zip plays a key role.
YKK is a leading multinational company specializing in fastening products that has chosen this year to act as sponsor for ITS#FOUR for the first time, taking its place alongside such prestigious international companies as Diesel, MINI, i-D, WGSN and Ingeo fiber.
ITS#FOUR is the fourth edition of the competition (International Talent Support), an event created to support creativity in fashion and from this year photography, searching out talented students from among the most important fashion and photography schools in the world.
YKK's mission has always been oriented on young people, highlighting their freshness and spontaneous ability to interpret technology in a creative way. In the past, YKK zips have been transformed into art by the capable hands of stylists, employed to create shoes, clothes and design accessories. These creative people have taken the best possible advantage of the product's
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Where Matthew Williamson goes, many will follow.
The star British designer turned his hand to Coca-Cola bottles last year and the resulting three limited edition bottles have since become a cult classic.
Now, Coca-Cola has turned to the likes of Manolo Blahnik, Damon Dash, Jonathan Saunders, Wayne Rooney, Gharani Strok and Bay Garnett, among others, to add a little of their own magic to the Coke phenomenon.
Asked to design "what brings them sunshine", the stars of fashion, sport and television, who also include Avid Merrion, Trevor Nelson, Del Marquis from the Scissor Sisters, Julian Clary, Sugababes, Jesse Wood and Josh Lewsey, clearly enjoyed themselves.
Blahnik was inspired, he said, by simply the joy of "designing something that made him smile", Rooney thought of "scoring goals", the Gharani Strok fashion duo thought of "seeing their children smile" while Josh Lewsey simply thought of "jam roly poly".
All the bottles are to be auctioned to raise money for the Terence Higgins Trust, the UK's leading HIV charity, while versions by Blahnik, Saunders, Del Marquis and Nelson will be reproduced in limited amount to be sold in Harvey Nichols stores nationwide from June.
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