A business suit cannot stop a bullet, it will not make you invisible to racial profiling and it will not grant you mystical superpowers to overcome institutional racism. Korey Eakers did not co-found the lifestyle brand and mentorship program Grand Gentlemen because he believed that fashion could extinguish centuries of institutional racism, but he hoped […]
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Clothing connection
World-famous fashion houses are known precisely for their ability to stitch together the unique with the globally recognized. 1032 Space, the new Oklahoma City-based clothing store and brainchild of Caleb Fountain, is a hyper-local outpost of internationally acclaimed haute couture. Located at 1 NE Second St., 1032 Space opened Oct. 26 after a year of […]
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Pulp art
Isabelle de Borchgrave: Fashioning Art from Paper through Sept. 9 Oklahoma City Museum of Art 415 Couch Drive okcmoa.com 405-236-2100 Free – $12 Isabelle de Borchgrave does not waste crumpled paper. The 72-year-old, Belgium-born contemporary artist makes treasure out of what so many of us regard as trash. Be it the rough draft of a […]
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Saving sofas
Sofas are the places we sit, the sites of family gatherings and, sometimes, objects of historical consideration. But they are also the focal point of Aubrey York-Ketner and her father Brad York’s business, Fancy Couches. Fancy Couches opened in late 2017 with a unique business model offering “exquisite lounging rentals” especially suited for photography shoots, […]
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T-shirts are presented as art in the 51st Street Speakeasy show The Art We Wear
The show, which will feature many unique, one-off shirt designs, begins 9 p.m. March 23.
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Fall Guide: Graceful fall
The change in season ushers in one of the most versatile seasons for the fashion world.
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Chicken-Fried News: Why not, indeed
Sports Illustrated is so impressed with Russell Westbrook’s fashion sense that it named him No. 1 in its Fashionable 50 list.
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Her Art: Women Art Fashion event proceeds benefit female business owners in Afghanistan and Rwanda
The annual art show makes its 21c Museum Hotel debut.
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Oklahoma Contemporary’s Coded_Couture merges art, fashion and technology
The traveling exhibit made its debut in 2016 at New York Fashion Week.
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Cover Story: SOLE PASSION: Gayle Curry steps into Science Museum Oklahoma’s latest exhibit
“I let the painting lead me,” Curry said. “I used to always try to direct my paintings, but with the wax, I find it kind of has a life of its own.”