Design and style

Ari Seth Cohen's blog Advanced Style proves that fashion is not just a young person's game

By Beth Hammarlund, l'etoile magazine

Fashion has always been pushed as a younger person’s game. Over the years it has been tailored to young women’s bodies with low body fat, perky body parts, and the naivete that comes with youth.

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The sexiest jeans-wearing rockers in dirty denim history

By Beth Hammarlund, l'etoile magazine

Last week, I was driving around, listening to The Current, and Neil Diamond’s “Forever in Blue Jeans” came on as their No Apologies track. And it’s true, no one should ever apologize for loving Neil Diamond (or his Kansas City-based black impersonator, The Black Diamond). And as Neil crooned through my car speakers, I was reminded of another great musical moment. In the ’90s classic Clueless, the protagonist, Cher, laments the current stylings of America’s male youth. As she shares her disappointment over the state of young men’s fashion, a tribe of skaters in over-sized jeans, backwards baseball caps and flannel shirts walk in slow motion as World Party’s cover of David Bowie’s “All the Young Dudes” plays.

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Music festival fashion: How to look fresh and be practical at the same time

By Tony Wagner, The Minnesota Daily

It can be tough to dress well for summer, especially with the oppressive heat we’ve been experiencing in the Twin Cities. When it’s so warm out, the need for comfort often trumps style.

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Finding art at Target, from store-brand Van Goghs to Awkward Family Photos

By Jay Orff, mnartists.org

The Target Corporation has turned out to be one of the great patrons of 21st century art, giving loads of money to many of our big cultural flame-keepers. Given that, I couldn’t help but wonder about the art that Target offers for sale to the rest of us.

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Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen: From child stars to fashion queens

By Beth Hammarlund, l'etoile magazine

It’s no secret that Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have been killing it in the fashion world. But what’s still pretty amazing is that they’ve actually earned the respect of the fashion world. An insular club that’s notoriously dismissive of celebrity lines, the high fashion community’s respect is almost impossible to earn. Take Christian Siriano.

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SATURDAY PICK | Art by architects at the 801 Gallery

By Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet

Courtesy 801 Lofts

Architecture is, of course, an art—but sometimes architects like to try their hand at artworks that don't need to be load-tested. Jan Elftmann, best known as the Twin Cities' art car queen (that's her you've seen waving from the back of her Cork Truck), is curating a show at the 801 Gallery featuring work by 801 Lofts architect Garth Rockcastle as well as architects Peter Brown and Mark Kritz. Also exhibiting work in the show will be Aldo Moroni, Keith Holmes, and Laura Migliorino—a photographer who was hired by Rockcastle 10 years ago to photograph the building, and will be showing her images from that shoot.

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THURSDAY PICK | Get "Urbanized" on the Midtown Greenway

By Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet

If we can have site-specific theater (and boy, do we ever), why can't we have site-specific film screenings? That's what's going on August 9, as AIGA Minnesota presents a free screening of the documentary Urbanized by Gary Hustwit (Helvetica). The screening will be projected on the Midtown Exchange Building, so you can bike up the Greenway to get there, then enjoy a no-waste picnic while you meet your neighbors and discuss the issues raised by the provocative film about the issues raised by our evolving urban life.

PHOTOS | Inside the American Swedish Institute's new Nelson Cultural Center

By Pamela Diedrich, TC Daily Planet

On June 30, the new Nelson Cultural Center will open at the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis. I was able to take a look inside.

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MONDAY PICK | Beatrix*JAR invite you to break your toys—in order to make newer, stranger ones

By Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet

Courtesy Beatrix*JAR

The pair of local performers, artists, and electronic mischiefmakers who go by the moniker Beatrix*JAR are taking up weeklong residence at 2401 University Avenue, where they'll be maintaining what they're calling "an interactive open experimental studio."

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