FAIRY TALE FASHION @ FIT MUSEUM

Cinderella's glass slipper #FairyTaleFashion @FITMuseum

Conceptualized clothing, culled from the pages of fifteen fairytales, prove that crystal chausseurs cannot be confined to the pages of Charles Perrault's Cinderella. In a groundbreaking exhibition that draws parallels between fairytales and high fashion, The Museum at FIT presents red hoods, ballgowns, ruby slippers and other fashion finds buried in tall tales written by the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen and others. Summarized by the Museum's press release, "it is evident that dress is often used to symbolize a character's transformation, vanity, power or privilege [source]. Keep reading for a look into the exhibit...

-WANDERLUST WEDNESDAY-

Inside the Millinery at Colonial Williamsburg

Hailing in a last hurrah before school starts (for the kids), we head to Virginia for sun, surf and a hint of history. Before two days of winging waves at VA Beach, we stop into Colonial Williamsburg for a dramatic 18th century diversion. A crucial anchor of Virginia's historic triangle, Williamsburg's living history museum incorporates the scents, sights and sounds of Revolutionary America. Keep reading for style-infused snaps... 

PIRATES, PRINCESSES AND OTHER ELIZABETHAN ENTERTAINMENT @RENFAIRE

Re-enactment of the Queen's court at the Renaissance Faire (Renfaire)

With summer weekends waning, Lords and Ladies, warriors and wenches alike gather in Sterling Forest, Tuxedo Park for a midsummer celebration of post-medieval masquerade. Since 1978, Elizabethan England assumes the epicenter of entertainment at Renaissance Fair, weekends from the first of August to September's end. Over 65 acres of fantasy and forestry become laden with with 16th century vixens in velvet, artisans, pirates, musicians, actors and a variety of vendors. Keep reading for a sightly slice inside Renfaire this past weekend...

# PRADAICONOCLASTS

Prada Flagship, Soho NYC, the first stop for Miuccia Prada's Iconoclasts installation

Disco divas don sassy socks and marvel-worthy maryjanes in a show of club-goer revelry at Prada's Soho flagship. Until February 22nd, reflective fuchsia flooring and fashionable fiberglass mannequins surround visitors in a discotheque where sporty chic meets delicate extravagance. This fashion season, designers salute the seventies and Miuccia Prada invites 3 notable costume designers to interpret her spring collection through #PRADAICONOCLASTS installations in New York, London and Paris. Keep reading for a look inside...

-WEDNESDAY WINDOWS-

American Apparel Howard Street windows are styled with the spirit of Halloween 

Who says Halloween is just for kids? In seasonal spirit, American Apparel showcases simple, yet stylish costumes in their Howard St. windows. This week, take a trip to the circus, where the wacky and wild woo onlookers with height, balance and abnormal abilities. What will you be doing this Halloween? 

Dance & Fashion @ FIT

Dance & Fashion exhibit space [photo by Matteo Prandoni/BFAnyc.com]

Where ballet and Balenciaga unite, dancers float with matchless grace as ambassadors of both their craft and the clothes they display. Blurring the lines between classical and contemporary, movement adds a new dimension of elegance to an otherwise static application of creativity. In salute of dancewear and dance-inspired fashion, the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology presents Dance & Fashion, a showcase of 100 pieces from the 19th century to the present curated by Valerie Steele, the Museum's Director. Open to the public until January 3, 2015, the comprehensive exhibit documents the evolution of the traditional ballet costume. Keep reading for the details and photos...

BILL CUNNINGHAM: FACADES @ THE NY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

 Editta Sherman on a subway train to the Brooklyn Botanical Garden 1972

Parasols and primly preened ladies fill frames of monochrome as "street style" portraiture takes a theatrical twist. Bill Cunningham: Facades at the New York Historical Society showcases an 8-year project pairing fashion, photography and antique architecture. When a grade school girlfriend suggested we venture uptown this past weekend, I begrudgingly obliged (mostly because brunch was on the agenda!). I entered the exhibit expecting an assemblage of ladies flaunting fashions of the day, under the assumption that 'facades' referenced style as a form of self-expression. Instead, I became acquainted with one man's subtle contribution to his "cause" for preservation. It was interesting to see the premeditated posturing of Cunningham's deliberate documentary.

BOK JOY @ THE SECRET ROBOT PROJECT

Pattern by Christian Joy for BOK JOY, a Fashion Art installation at the Secret Robot Project in Brooklyn

Shapes, sparkle and spectacular surprises set the stage of Christian Joy's eccentric costumes. As the exclusive designer to Karen O. of the YeahYeahYeahs, Iowa-native Christian Joy found fame through formulating funky fashions for a crowd favorite. Through October 12th, Joy's artwork is on display at the Secret Robot Project gallery in Bushwick, Brooklyn. A spin in a different direction, the installation features textiles and hanging "bop bags" in Joy's signature prints. If you happen to wander to the far West side of Brooklyn, be sure to stop by and say hi!