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ack McCollough Lazaro Hernandez Proenza Schouler
“American Googie architecture.” — Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, Proenza Schouler
Phillip Lim 31 Phillip Lim
“It is the search for a form which can be lifted by the currents of the wind.” — Phillip Lim, 3.1 Phillip Lim
Mona Kowalska A Detacher
“History breaks down into images.” — Mona Kowalska, A Détacher
Anna Sui
“The illustrations and photographs of Antonio Lopez and his partner, Juan Ramos. I loved when they went to Paris and inspired French Seventies fashion. They discovered so many famous faces.” — Anna Sui
James Mischka Mark Badgley Badgley Mischka
“Umberto Boccioni’s studies of organic movement of the body through space.” — James Mischka and Mark Badgley, Badgley Mischka
Bibhu Mohapatra
“ ‘Those lips that Love’s own hand did make.’ William Shakespeare.” — Bibhu Mohapatra
Jeffrey Monteiro Bill Blass
“Timeless, easy and chic.” — Jeffrey Monteiro, Bill Blass
Ralph Rucci Chado Ralph Rucci
“Ascension.” — Ralph Rucci, Chado Ralph Rucci
Sophia Kokosalaki Diesel Black Gold
“Organic surface
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Inspiration Fall 2011 A Detacher
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Inspiration Fold up 2011 Architect Lippes Adam
“Infinity of nations.” — Ecstasy Lippes, Adam
Inspiration Fall 2011 Alexander Wang
“Extreme transformations.” — Alexander Wang
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“Nonchalance.” — Joseph Altuzarra, Altuzarra
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Inspiration Tumble down 2011 Barbara Tfank
“The leading, energetic emblem and complete rich character in Larry Poons’ expressionistic painting ‘Lady From Augusta,R
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Within an hour of talking to me—nay, 15 minutes—people know something of my history with Armenia and Armenians. “Are you Armenian?” they ask with reasonable skepticism.
“No, but I lived there for five years,” I respond, “and I return almost every year.”
They wonder where Armenia is and whether I know the Kardashian family.
“It was a good fit for me,” I explain without being asked.
In reality, I’m compulsively Armenian in very select ways. You know how Armenians watch the credits at the end of every film, waiting to see an Armenian name, mentioning it aloud to friends or tucking it away for a future conversation? “Do you remember the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1971? Yeah, the assistant costume designer was Armenian.”
Well, I do it, too. I watch the credits roll more times than I’d care to admit, waiting to see the tell-all sign of an Armenian’s signature on a piece of art. The unassuming addition of two vowels and a consonant at the end of a word that may otherwise be Arabic or Turkish or Armenian: ian and yan. I wait, and I make note, silently congratulating the new immigrant or descendant of genocide survivors for making their way onto the big screen.
And you know how Armenians tell you that this-or-that famous person is Armenian because their so-and-so was A