With the passing of an artist that one admires, one always returns to favorite works by that artist in order to commemorate him or her; in this case, Lou Reed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgAqWsv7xMs Around 1963 or so, after graduating from college in Syracuse, where… read more >>
posts tagged: 1960s
Retro + Active
Thought we needed a new tagline here, so now its, “Would You Take My Mind Out for a Walk,” a fitting title for our random postings. Have a listen to this late 60s ditty by The Tiffany Shade. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWGIym_GFTg And just to… read more >>
Revolt Into Style
Looking around the ARC for some interesting things to show visiting fashion students from FIT I picked up Revolt Into Style, by a typically pompous and penetrating Brit, George Melly, in 1970. The title by the way was later a song by Bill… read more >>
FASHION + MUSIC
Grad students from FIT will be visiting the ARC next week to get a tour and look at some fashionable things from our collection. So we thought we’d pull a few covers by groups who have a strong or ever-so-weak link to… read more >>