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LIMITED RUN: Apparently when it comes to feminism at the Brooklyn Museum, you can take it with you.
As a tie-in to the “Marilyn Minter: “Pretty/Dirty” exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, the artist has partnered with Edie Parker’s Brett Heyman for two limited-edition clutches. Both items features artwork from Minter and an interior mirror etched with Minter’s signature and the Edie Parker logo. Compact and sturdy, the handbags were configured with smartphones in mind, (including iPhone Plus models) and other evening essentials. The pearlescent acrylic styles are being sold exclusively at the Brooklyn Museum Shop and via its site.
The special-edition, Made in the U.S. styles are the Carol bag in nude pearlescent featuring Glitter Mouth by Marilyn Minter and the Jean bag in white pearlescent featuring Wet Kiss by Marilyn Minter. There is a limited-edition run of 15 of each style, which will retail for $1,295. Additional made-to-order requests will be available for $1,495 with orders closing April 9.
On view through May 7, “Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty” is part of A Year of Yes: Reimagining Feminism at the Brooklyn Museum. This is its final stop in what has been a yearlong tour for the retrospective.
In what is the artist’s first retrospective, Minter’s
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NEW YORK — Always asking herself how to conserve natural resources and raw materials to spare the environment, Jussara Lee will unveil a “Hand Me Up” pop-up thrift store next month.
After reading that the average American doesn’t wear 75 percent of what’s in his or her closet, Lee decided unused clothing would be the resource for the April 22 shop at her Bedford Street boutique. An assortment of gently used designer labels and brands — none of which are her own — that she has repurposed will be sold. To keep things manageable, two of Lee’s clients will each bring about 50 to resell. “I’m trying to keep things at bay because we have a small operation and a small studio,” she said. “I have a lineup of clients and as soon as I start talking about it, they say, ‘Oh my God, please come to my closet.’”
Trying to attract younger shoppers, Lee said everything will be sold for under $250 and most of the items will have double-digit price tags. Making the point that even a $250 item would “have to be some amazing item like Comme des Garçons” to deserve such a price, Lee said, “The idea is
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Well, that’s one way to showcase a spring collection.
Men’s wear retailer Moss Bros Group booked higher earnings and sales in its last fiscal year, despite operating in what it says was an unforgiving and highly competitive market.
Brait Societas Europaea, the South African company that owns New Look, has cancelled plans to list its shares in London as a result of concerns over the UK’s decision to leave the EU.
New York City’s garment manufacturers are to get a boost thanks to a US$51.3m support package aimed at modernising and strengthening the sector.
German fashion group Tom Tailor Holding has said it expects its realignment plan to have a positive impact this year, but admitted it still has “quite a way to go” as it revealed a net loss for fiscal 2016.