Thursday, November 5, 2009

HC @ the Design Museum

These are some of my favorites from Hussein Chalayans' retrospect at the Design Museum in London last year. It is art and technology in its best joint effort.

Manifest Destiny (SS03)


Kinship Journies (AW03)


Genometrics (AW 05)


Airborne (AW07)



Inertia (SS09)

Etienne Aigner

Vintage bags by Aigner. Classic, artsy, worn in and cozy. Mr. Aigner started making his staple leather goods in Paris about the same time of Diors' rising. Once the European market had been showered with bags, shoes, belts and wallets in the classic burgundy and "A" symbol, the company came State side. Aigner bags are still in production in a variety of updated colors. The company is celebrating its 60th anniversary with a "Vintage Collection", but if you ask me the oldies are the goodies. I got mine for $6 at a thrift store on South St.