At SCAD: Oscar de la Renta

Only ten days remain to see 'Oscar de la Renta' at the Savannah College of Art and Design, but if you can find the time, go. Many of these frocks are on loan from their famous owners. Student docents are happy to share with you their knowledge, and be sure to watch the documentary film telling the backstory to this remarkable exhibition.
through December 31 at SCAD FASH, 1600 Peachtree Street

Street Scene: Euclid Avenue

How fitting that WABE's newly expanded Second Cup Concert would play La Mer by Claude Debussy while I blog about nautical style. Seen yesterday in Little Five Points, her sailor dress was thrifted at the Roswell Goodwill.

At Vintage Rising, Part II

Last month the Atlanta chapter of Fashion Group International convened a panel for an enlightening evening called Vintage Rising. SCAD Associate Chair of Fashion Sarah Phillips Collins served as moderator.

At The Mandarin Oriental Hotel

Marisa Tomei and Cheryl Crow collect jewelry by Atlantan
Ingrid Ysla, so when the Mandarin Oriental Hotel invited me to their trunk show of her designs, it was to Buckhead I went last Thursday. Layers of gemstones and vintage treasures cast colorful parabolae in her necklaces. Textural depth is achieved by artful juxtapositioning. Her bold, complex aesthetic was nurtured at the Savannah College of Art And Design.

At The Birdhouse Social

The atrium at Studioplex invites all manner of expression. Tonight it gave voice to a collection of birdhouses as unique as their designers and all being auctioned for the benefit of Architecture For Humanity. Volunteer Communications Director Chandra Farley rocks a frock from K-la beside the creation of SCAD students Navita Gupta and Zohreh Birjandian.

The Sartorialist

While Scott Schuman's appearance last September at the Hagedorn Gallery offered fertile style blogging ground, his Savannah College of Art and Design Atlanta lecture tonight proved informative. Now we know that Bruce Webber and Chuck Close inspire him. He rides his bike around Manhattan in search of the stylish. The resulting portraits he sees less as reportage than romantic points of departure that ask, where does this story go from here? While not a studio photographer, he recently put a lighting kit in his New York digs to see what affect learning about it would have on his street photography. In response to my question of how he approaches people, Schuman said that he doesn't mind hearing 'no' and that it sometimes spurs him to try a bit harder. Interesting. Like me, he would enjoy having more women of a certain age appear on his blog. For the complete schedule of SCAD Style 2011, please follow this link.

Save The Date: Monday, April 25

For those of you who missed Scott Schuman at the Hagedorn Gallery last September, or were there but cannot let another Atlanta encounter with The Sartorialist pass you by, be sure to attend his SCAD lecture at 6pm Monday.