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- Clothes Doffed For A Cause In Bittersweet 'Calendar Girls' - CapeNews.net
- GABRIELLE UNION, DWYANE WADE AND THEIR BABY GIRL ATTEND 'KAAVI' CLOTHING LAUNCH EVENT - BCK
- Bidding Farewell to a Beloved New York Clothing Line - The New York Times
| Clothes Doffed For A Cause In Bittersweet 'Calendar Girls' - CapeNews.net Posted: 09 May 2019 06:00 AM PDT  The Barnstable Comedy Club presented a heartfelt opening night production of "Calendar Girls" last Thursday. The comedy-drama is based on the true story of a group of British women, members of the Knapely Women's Institute, who pose in the nude for the institute's annual calendar in an effort to raise money to replace an uncomfortable settee in a cancer treatment center. It's "Downton Abbey" in the buff when Chris (Marsha Yalden), after her good friend and fellow WI member Annie's (Ruthe Lew) husband John (Ed Hammond) died from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, decides that the best way to raise a few pounds to buy a new couch for a cancer treatment center is to rethink the club's yearly calendar. Instead of featuring scenic vistas of Knapely and Yorkshire she proposes featuring club members engaged in typical WI member pursuits such as gardening, baking, knitting, pouring tea, and the like, the twist being that the women would be nude. The first obstacle the women have to overcome is their own personal reservations about the project. "What we're talking about is a slight change from a WI calendar of spectacular views to a calendar of spectacular views of the WI," says Chris in an effort to get Cora (Lisa Taylor), Celia (Sandra Basile), Jessie (Kathy Hamilton), and Ruth (Gillian Norton) on board with the project and off with their clothes. The second obstacle is dealing with the seemingly overnight sensation the women and their calendar become after the media gets hold of the project. Problems arise and friendships are strained but ultimately camaraderie wins out, with the women learning some important truths about themselves and sharing laughs along the way. The play is funny and bittersweet. Instead of meeting the women just after the death of Annie's husband, we meet them all several months before, which gives the audience a chance to meet John and get an idea of how congenial he is as he hands out sunflower seeds to the group and brings punch to the WI meeting. Toward the end of the play, in addition to the media attention from the calendar, Annie and the rest of the group begin receiving mail from others touched by cancer. From sorrow comes meaning. Ms. Yalden and Ms. Lew are capable leads. Ms. Yalden as Chris is the ringleader of the group, but Ms. Lew provides the heart of the project. Heather Pannell is fun as the uptight leader of the Knapely WI, Amy Kraskouskas is also humorous as a program speaker come to the WI to relate the "fascinating world of broccoli." After the projector fails to advance, Ms. Pannell tries to console the speaker by asking her to stay and judge the harvest craft competition, but that is foiled when only one of the ladies provides an entry. All the women have their own character traits and quirks. In addition to the two leads, I especially enjoyed Kathy Hamilton's portrayal of retired schoolteacher Jesse. "I have never had a problem with age, it has only had a problem with me," she says as the women talk through their reservation about disrobing for charity. "Calendar Girls" is co-directed by Carol McManus and Ann M. Ring. Based on a true story, the play is based on the 2003 Miramax motion picture starring Helen Mirren and Julie Waters. The show continues through May 19 with shows Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 and Sunday matinees at 2:30 PM. Tickets are $22, $20 for students and seniors 62 and up, and can be purchased at the door or in advance by calling 508-362-6333.  |
| Posted: 09 May 2019 03:43 PM PDT It's a family affair! Gabrielle Union, Dwyane Wade and their baby girl, Kaavia James, attended the launch of the Kaavi James Collection at Burbank center today. Dressed in matching tie-dye dresses from the collection, Gabrielle Union and her daughter clearly stole the show. Retailing from $14.95 to $44.95, the Kaavi James collection includes girls and unisex pieces ranging in sizes 0 to 24 months and features "mommy and me" pieces, denim chambray, fleece in pants and coveralls, cotton voile printed dresses, T-shirts and onesies with words or sayings like "Dream" and "#shadybaby."
"My collection is inspired by my daughter, Kaavia. I wanted to create a baby collection because it was a natural progression where I am in my life now, and it has always been important to me to make sure that the collections that I design reflect a part of me and are true to what I think many women can relate to," Union recently said to WWD.
Gabrielle and her NBA star husband Dwyane welcomed baby Kaavia via surrogate on Nov. 7. Since welcoming their daughter , the couple have posted adorable photos and videos on Kaavia's very own Instagram page — and Kaavia's hilarious faces and expressions inspired the hashtag #ShadyBaby.
Kaavi James by Gabrielle Union is available for purchase now on nyandcompany.com, and is available in select stores. Photos: Instagram/ Ny and Company Don't Miss Out! Allow Notification Click Here..  |
| Bidding Farewell to a Beloved New York Clothing Line - The New York Times Posted: 09 May 2019 11:22 AM PDT  Mona Kowalska, the Polish-born designer behind the independent clothing label A Détacher, embodies a dreamy reality of late '90s New York, when, perhaps for the last time, opening — and discovering — a small downtown shop still felt possible. In the brand's early years, Kowalska was a team of one, making patterns in the back room of her original Mott Street store and emerging whenever there were customers — of which, eventually, there were plenty. Her success was hardly circumstantial, though: She has a way with what is often described as intelligent dressing, "intelligent" typically meaning coolly unsexy. A Détacher clothes are that, but they are also unmistakably feminine, slyly flattering (Kowalska is an expert draper) and, most notably, deeply creative. The fall 2012 collection, initially inspired by a piece of Teflon in, according to the designer, "the most beautiful synthetic orange," ended up being a conceptual ode to Japan, with dropped-sleeve cocoon coats and knit skirts folded over at the waist in a subtle nod to the obi. "I think there's a wonderful synthesis of synthetic and natural there, without such a hierarchy between the two," she said. Another collection (fall 2011), which included a shearling vest and '70s-style wool trousers, arose after Kowalska thought to style her next runway show invitation after a ransom note and began researching Patty Hearst. "Everything written about her asks, 'Is she ordinary or extraordinary?'" she said. "I wanted to make these clothes that sat right on that line — are they something special … or not?" To her clients, many of whom consider her a friend and yet mention her in the same breath as internationally recognized designers like Dries Van Noten and Marni founder Consuelo Castiglioni, it isn't a difficult question. This is why, when Kowalska announced in February that, after 21 years, she will soon retire both the store and line, she was met with an outpouring of dismay. [Coming later this spring: the T List newsletter, a weekly roundup of what T Magazine editors are noticing and coveting. Sign up here.] Image  "There's been such a panic with everyone coming in and stocking up," said Kowalska, 55, who opened in New York in 1998 after studying fashion in Florence, Italy, and spending a year running Sonia Rykiel's design studio in Paris. Although the line started with more of a tailored aesthetic, it became best known for its roomy dresses and chunky shoes, recent versions of which will be available at the store, while supplies last, until its official closing in July. Kowalska still has a designer's fondness for and encyclopedic knowledge of her past pieces, from a one-armed cape to a white deerskin jacket ("every once in a while, things turn out more beautiful than they were in your head"), and she struggled with the decision to shutter the brand for several years. "Technically, things got easier. But always having new ideas that felt like genuine expressions, that part became more elusive," she said. There's also the matter of the internet, which she fears gives the false impression that clothes are free. But mostly she just felt ready for a change. Kowalska hinted that she might move into conceptual design or straight art making, adding, "I'd like to have sustained thoughts about other things and see if I can squeeze another lifetime into this one." To recognize what's come so far, the artist, designer and A Détacher devotee Yolande Milan Batteau hosted a party for the brand this past Saturday at her home and studio, a former shoe factory in Brooklyn's Clinton Hill neighborhood. Batteau first learned of the line when, new to New York, she went to a party and noticed a couple of art girls wearing Kowalska-designed platform sandals. She became one of those girls herself and, later, a friend of the designer's. "At that point, I realized that the richness you see in her work is from her interiority," said Batteau. "There's a quality of depth that you find in extraordinary makers." As guests entered the backyard, a multilevel patio and attached roof garden planted with medicinal trees and forget-me-nots, the space became a showcase for some of A Détacher's most loved looks — a dark-wash denim jumpsuit, a flowing tunic with emerald polka dots, an otherwise simple top with a provocatively dangling strap made out of a zipper. Kowalska wore an acorn-printed dress with balloon sleeves and knee-high off-white canvas boots, a knit cardigan tied asymmetrically around her shoulders and her long silvery-blond hair pulled back with a metal barrette. The gathering was also a sort of NoLita reunion. Tyler Hays of BDDW attended, as did a former manager of Sigerson Morrison's erstwhile store. The textile designer Susan Hable, who has since moved to Athens, Ga., and who came up for the event, had a shop around the corner from Kowalska's. "People overuse this word nowadays, but there was really some kind of energy that pulled me to her store," she said. Fittingly, the event also paid homage to other types of small-scale creative enterprises: Brook Landscape did the floral arrangements (sharry baby oncidium, blue-purple anemone) and, along with a vibrant assortment of crudités and fruit-infused spritzes by Lauren Gerrie of Big Little Get Together, there were breads (served with ramp butter) from She Wolf Bakery. And so partygoers sipped and snacked and chatted cheerfully about loss, partly comforted by the fact that Kowalska's designs live outside of trends. "One thing I'm attracted to is the longevity of an object, how it moves through time," said the sculptor Carla Duarte. "Mona's clothing will be vintage." Despite being a little shy, Kowalska felt grateful for the tribute. "When you're in it, you don't have time to celebrate the work," she said. Once the light fully faded, the celebration itself shifted shape, picking up and carrying on indoors.  |
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