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With all the negative publicity surrounding this summer's Games, a wiser International Olympic Committee could have stepped up and given the Games what it really needs.
A makeover.
Just think: Fashion designers could work their magic on any number of uniforms. Start with the swim team. Hire Amir Slama, a Brazilian swimwear designer known for his sexy styles. That'd be one aerodynamic suit, I promise.
Maybe Versace could outfit the soccer team with something a little more form-fitting. And La Perla could take on the sportsbra. And, of course, there'd have to be gift bags.
It could happen. MAC Cosmetics, for the first time, has sent makeup artists to the Games. The team of 35 will paint and primp hundreds of flag- and placard-bearers as well as the final torchbearer during the opening and closing ceremonies.
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On the 31st of July Gore transformed itself into a town of glamour and style. The Town and Country stadium was the home of the 16th Hokonui Fashion Design Awards, it was a glamorous affair with an audience of 750 people all anxious to see New Zealand's up and coming designers. Young designers from throughout New Zealand entered their creations with the hope of catching the judge's eyes. This year the judges were designers Karen Walker, Adrian Hailwood and Tanya Carlson as well as Margo Barton - Otago Polytechnic School of Fashion lecturer, and Rex Turnbull- the creative director for the Australian lifestyle magazine LINO.
The show was a great success with over 200 garments being modeled. There were no model trips to report which is a tad disappointing as they always set the audience into a buzz. Some garments did shock though, the first outfit out contained a see-through panel down the front that sent everyone into a chatter. There was a range of garments from daywear to extravagant Art couture. Whatever category you look at it is evident that the future of New Zealand fashion is in capable hands.
The top award of the night, the Ensign Award of Excellence went to Jodi Todd (23), a graduate of the Otago Polytechnic School of Fashion two years ago. It was Jodi's second entry in the competition; she went away last year wit
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October 1, 2004 - March 6, 2005
In Kashmir, an area at the foot of the Indian Himalayas, weavers produced a garment of surpreme quality now known as the Kashmir shawl.
This fall, A Garden of Shawls: The Buta and Its Seeds will trace the development of the quintessential design feature of the shawls - the buta, known as paisley in the West.
The exhibition will include several precursors to the buta design, including textiles from Egypt, Iran, India, Asia Minor, and Europe.
Art Historian Eunice Dauterman Maguire, Curator of the John Hopkins University Archaeological Collection, is guest curator for the exhibition.
All objects in A Garden of Shawls will come from The Textile Museum's collections.
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August 27, 2005 - Februrary 6, 2005
Floral motifs are represented in the arts of many cultures and are ubiquitous in carpet design. Floral Perspectives in Carpet Design examines this phenomenon from three perspectives - spiritual, cultural, and artistic - as rendered in the designs of 17th- to 19th-century Indian, Chinese, Central Asian, Persian, and Turkish carpets.
The exhibition explores variety of floral motifs and how these motifs speak to the transfer of ideas from culture to culture. Included in the exhibition are 12 carpets drawn from The Textile Museum's collections, many of which were collected by the Museum's founder, George Hewitt Myers.
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on view through January 2, 2005
Plain weave is the simplest method of interlacing yarns in a textile and is a technique found in every weaving tradition across the world. Over One, Under One, and Much More... explores the diversity of patterning that can be achieved in plain-woven textiles.
Plain-woven textiles on display include shawls from Guatemala, Bolivia, and Mexico, Indonesian sarongs, objects from Japan, Turkey, West Africa, and more - all drawn from The Textile Museum's collections.
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