What a costume designer does is a cross between magic and camouflage. We create the illusion of changing the actors into what they are not. We ask the public to believe that every time they see a performer on the screen, he’s become a different person. Edith Head In everyday life people use clothes for […]
Though he may not have invented the aphorism “fake it ‘til you make it,” the life, deportment and rapid social climb (and eventually downfall) of George Bryan “Beau” Brummell, a man born in a servants’ attic, the grandson of a valet and son of a courtesan, is proof that a dedication to self image, eloquence, […]
The bow tie first entered the scene as a new style of necktie in the beginning of the 19th century; a modification of its predecessor, the cravat. By the mid 1880s, the bow tie had become a staple in the fashion conscious man’s wardrobe. Since its introduction and mass acceptance into men’s dress, the bow […]
