sarah in nyc

 We actually went someplace yesterday! We went to the Bard Graduate Center to see the exhibit  Goddesses in the Machine , an exhibit about fashion in the silent movies. I am happy that I created the link to the exhibit because the virtual exhibit is almost as good as going in person. The exhibit is wonderfully curated. The seated figure in a vitrine shares her bench with visitors watching clips of silent movies including some about how to properly wear a hat when attending a movie, (You put your hat on your lap during the movie.). I am going to assume that all of you are going to click on the link and virtually attend the exhibit. So I don't have to be comprehensive here and have the luxury of just pointing  out some things that particularly appealed to me. SHOES!!! I just loved the shoes.   Below are ,"Spans", a brilliant invention . Spans are clip on show straps, in this case bejeweled that allow you to turn any pair of pumps into a pair of dancing shoes. The strap...

 I have been looking forward to seeing  The Sonia Delaunay  show at the Bard Graduate Center for quite a while. Both her fashion and  and her art Have a cool girl "in the know" sort of a vibe. I have admired her clothes for a long time. It was a baby quilt that Sonia had made for her child that got her thinking about color and art.  (Interestingly, I got my own start in this universe of textiles making baby quilts) Sonia's next textile adventure was making this ensemble. Here in a photo taken soon after she made it. Photos of the actual garment are below. I suspect, because of a description of her work on a vest elsewhere in the show that she covered an existing garment with this wonderful patchwork of fabrics.  This is the vest. She apparently made lots of these and they were worn by both men and women and were constructed over a base of a simple workman's vest. There were lots of sketches of her garments. Some of it was meant for street wear and other gar...