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Thursday, February 16, 2012

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

fashion week 2012: reflection

before the rachel roy show. lincoln center, nyc

©anita aguilar

fashion week 2012: a little night-stalking

behold:
the flash and mob
the curious and cool

the weirdly exciting energy around pretty things and people...

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the larger set, if you are so inclined:

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i hope you like them...

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

...and who I consider the "IT" woman of the week (the fashion industry?), and probably the only person i personally wanted a photo of:

kate lanphear

(i snapped her outside the mark jacobs show last night)

ms. lanphear, feb 13, 2012, nyc.

both photos © anita aguilar

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hooray! that's all i need from fashion week 2012!

(but i've actually got more fun ones of "the scene" to post, which i'll hope to share soon)

vintage valentines

thank you to the cowgirl seahorse for bringing these silly, silly cards back to life:

"i ain't been caught yet!"

"i'm angling for you, valentine..."

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"kissy fishy"

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happy valentine's day...

Monday, February 13, 2012

valentines gift shop: tinsel trading company

on sunday, i ventured down to the thompson warehouse in south street seaport for the valentine's gift shop and soda fountain, a special weekend event that's affiliated with the new amsterdam market.

i know valentine's day inspires a lot of mixed feelings, but this event, rather the usual bombardment with hearts and flowers and romance, was more a celebration of the affinities for art and craft, the goodness of hand made things...sweet and special things, if you will, that shouldn't be only for a valentine or a valentine's day--but, i guess, why not use v-day as an excuse to celebrate?

anyway, i've started to write a bit about the food over at sweetsaltythings, but want to show here snapshots from tinsel trading co.

this is about as aggressive as things got, with hearts and glitter and the other lovey-stuff. i thought it was charming, especially the letter press tags and cards. and i appreciated things even more after speaking with sarah, who was representing tinsel trading. i don't know much about crafts and craft supply, but i can believe what she said-- there are very few stores in the garment center that carry exactly what tinsel trading does: the range of ribbons and trim, and beads and vintage buttons, and cards and stamps. i can envision a new york where stores like that once were a dime a dozen and now there are only one or two left. and i think there probably are some precious, hard-to-find items at the store. i don't know it, but i believe it. in any case, i like the idea that this one is still around, and they are doing things, like commissioning artists-in-residence, to help set them apart from the others.

even if i'm not so "crafty," i'm looking forward to visiting the store-- i'm sure i'll pick up a few cards and trinkets, just as i did on sunday.