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Couture Breathes New Life into Classical Music
November 22, 2011
Nouveau Classical Project (NCP) members backstage before their performance (Left to right: Mariel Roberts, cellist, and Samir Zarif, guest saxophonist) / Photo by Teresa Mahoney
The entryway to a five-by-nine dressing room glows backstage at the Galapagos Art Space in Dumbo, just a few blocks from the Brooklyn Bridge. Damp socks are scrunched into rain boots, and unlaced sneakers find edges in the tiny room. Street clothes are traded for hooded cloaks, draping mini-dresses, and velvet leotards with large puffy sleeves.
Members of the Nouveau Classical Project (NCP) were getting dressed for their October performance of “From the Margins, This, Unmentioned”—a musical work originally by Bryan Senti for a multimedia production that included music, video, poetry, and fashion. The eight-person ensemble re-created the piece, narrowing it down to two ordinarily independent components: classical music and fashion.
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November 29, 2011
SPANDEX GOD
Produced by Teresa Mahoney
Spandex House employee, Keshan Persaud, discovers an abandoned Hindu statue that helps bring the spandex fabric store economic success. Persaud explains the personal significance of a typical prayer to Hanuman, god of health and strength.
Financial Industry Worker Digs to the Back of his Closet
November 25, 2011
Richard Ambrosio, JP Morgan trader, rotates through the collection of shoes he bought when he earned four times more / Photo by Teresa Mahoney
Forty-nine-year-old foreign exchange trader, Richard Ambrosio, has put shopping on the backburner. His scuffed brown shoes, $30 Macy’s sale shirt, and balling up wool jacket tells the story of how his shopping habits have changed since he was laid off almost eight years ago.
Ambrosio used to work for UBS making about $400,000 a year as a Wall Street broker. This year he was hired by JP Morgan Chase and earns about a quarter of what he used to—about $40,000 a year less than the median salary of a foreign exchange trader. To cope, he dresses from the large wardrobe he accumulated when times were brighter.
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Chanel’s New Microsite Has a Coloring Book
November 21, 2011
Chanel Camelia Flower Coloring Project / by Teresa Mahoney
Is Chanel reaching out to younger consumers with a coloring book? Not quite. But their new microsite does have a section called Kid’s Space which offers a coloring book with seven images—from clutch purse to stiletto—to digitally color by selecting from a palette of 36 shades.
The site was created to complement the “Culture Chanel” exhibit (running through December 13th) at Beijing’s National Art Museum of China. Over 400 works will be exhibited including paintings, drawings, jewelry, and some of Chanel’s historic private collections.
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OCCUPY FASHION
November 18, 2011
The Department of Sanitation cleaned out Zuccotti Park November 15th because it was deemed “unsanitary”. For one Occupy Wall Street protester, Sparrow Kennedy, that resulted in a big fashion faux-pas. Click to hear her account that involves a missing vintage Dior bag, lamb-skin gloves, and more of her favorite clothing.
If there were a fashion award at Occupy Wall Street, Sparrow Kennedy would be in the running.
Just because winter’s creeping in and she’s had to sleep in a tent, that doesn’t mean she can’t be stylish. Kennedy selects a few key pieces—a wool coat, cashmere turtleneck, leg warmers, and cowl-neck scarf—to stay chic during the Occupy Wall Street movement.
Some of her favorite vintage clothing and coats were collected after the police raid this week, however. Despite the Department of Sanitation’s efforts to organize items for pick-up at their garage on West 56th Street, like many others, Kennedy was left empty-handed.
Kennedy helps coordinate the Comfort Community for OWS which provides protesters with warm clothes and toiletries. She works with a $100 daily budget to put together care packages.
Even with the minor hiccup, Kennedy says she’s still passionate about the movement and won’t stop protesting.
