If Miss Iris Approves....

Iris Apfel, fashionista extraordinaire, has been pictured in 100's of magazines and recently her wardrobe (more like a rare fashion collection) is on exhibition at various museums. She was recently photographed by famous fashion photographer Bruce Weber and I am her newest and biggest fan. I just want to get a glass of vino with this lady, share some stories and maybe some bangles ;)  **Note her adorable husband who I am equally fascinated by**


Recently she was pictured with jewelry designer Alexis Bittar... his newest collection is amazing but my heart belongs to his Miss Havisham (what a cute play on the character in the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations) Miss Havisham was the  wealthy spinster, who lived in her ruined mansion with her adopted daughter, Estella.. but enough with that! Check out the jewels... and please check out Apfel's exhibition: A Rare Bird of Fashion. = http://www.pem.org/exhibitions/21-rare_bird_of_fashion_the_irreverent_iris_apfel


Alexis Bittar: http://www.alexisbittar.com/home.php?cat=248

Iris Apfel:

 Photo by Bruce Weber

My Top Websites of 2011: Everything from Fashion to Food

http://lifeandtimes.com/straight-outta-compton#style

- Jay-Z's offical site (with some amazing help from some tech-savvy brains)  

http://goop.com/ 

- By Gweneth

 

http://mattbites.com/ (Awesome Food/photo/travel blog) -- love it

More to come.

xx Street Gleam

ART on AIR

Operating in lower Manhattan’s historic Clocktower Gallery, AIR, Art International Radio is an Internet radio station, free cultural archive, and art center. They have live streams of interviews with some of today's top artists and most internally recognized art enthusiasts and art historians.

Founded in 1972 by AIR Director Alanna Heiss, the Clocktower Gallery is a legendary alternative space which presented seminal works in all media by artists including Richard Tuttle, Gordon Matta-Clark, Max Neuhaus, Lynda Benglis, Dennis Oppenheim, and Laurie Anderson.

Check it out for yourself. 

xx Street Gleam

MOCA Shanghai: Follow

I was just in Shanghai this past week and was able to fit in a few mususems inlcuding the Shanghai Art Museum, MOCA, and the Liuli Museum (mainly glass works). They were each very unqiue.. MOCA had some of the more difficult work without a doubt. Here are some works that continued up the stairs of the museum. There are so many talented artists in Shanghai... definitely check it out if you are in town.

xxx street gleam