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interview with Lynne Bruning – textile enchantress

frenzy: What exactly do you do? Lynne: I create magic, in that clothing is part of every day life, but can also transport us into what we can be, want to be, desire to be …clothing can be a physical manifestation of our desire. In today’s world, fashion has become …

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High Tech Couture

Clothes that light up, play music, and fabrics that change their shape. And yes, the cloak of invisibility. The modern cultural love affair with new technology may be verging on obsession. Gadgets and new media tools are changing the way we think, work, interact, behave —even the way we dress. …

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What is Mad Men Style? for him and her

[box type=”shadow”]AMC’s Mad Men is about the people who created cultural America up in the skyscrapers of Madison Avenue while the burgeoning revolution of the 60s took place on the streets below.[/box] The focus is on Advertising Execs, innovators of popular emotion, and the authorship of cultural desires. It’s about …

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from the editor – premiere issue

[quote]Editor Dan Jahn introduces the new magazine.[/quote]   I can hear the collective groans now. “Not another one … how many magazines on art, beauty, fashion, photography do we need”? In answer, I present this premiere issue, and ask you to take a peek. If you are feeling right-brained when …

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