YVES SAINT LAURENT : THE PERFECTION OF STYLE @VMFA

Human Peacock! Yves Saint Laurent: The Perfection of Style at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA)

At 21, young adults in the US come of legal drinking age; some graduate college and many undertake jobs or travels. For Yves Saint Laurent, 21 is the age he falls heir to Creative Directorship at Christian Dior, jump starting a 44-year endeavor of 'perfecting style.' Saint Laurent's 1982 statement, "I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style" inspires Yves Saint Laurent: The Perfection of Style, a retrospective curated by French Historian Florence Müller and Chiyo Ishikawa of the Seattle Art Museum. The traveling exhibit is on view at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts until August 27th. Keep Reading for a look inside...                                            

YVES SAINT LAURENT + HALSTON: FASHIONING THE 70s

 Yves Saint Laurent + Halston: Fashion: Fashioning the 70s at the Museum at FIT

Wedged in between the Flower Power 60s and preppy, sports-inspired 80s, the disco era of the 1970s was wrought with residual hints of hippie chic and an emerging punk culture. As emblazoning new designers engaged in exploratory endeavors, Algerian-born Yves Saint Laurent and American Roy Halston Frowick defined and developed fashion in the 'decade fashion forgot.' Until April 18th, The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology presents Yves Saint Laurent + Halston: Fashioning the 70s, an exhibit comparing select works of two designers with careers on parallel paths and an overlapping aesthetic in the stylistically stagnant 70s. Keep reading for a look inside the exhibit...

PICK-A-COLOR \\ RHUBARB

Rhubarb Pantone swatch via Amazon.com

Not just a pie filling or a mistaken relative of celery (it's not even a close cousin!), rhubarb is a color with distinct character. Somewhere between burgundy and rust, rhubarb effortlessly exemplifies the compromise between fall and the holiday season. As the upcoming shopping frenzy ensues with collaboration debuts and Black Friday insanity, give your traditional holiday garb a lift and reach for rhubarb!