We are still not over Hakan Akkaya’s runway show. Was it a 1970’s “Glam Rock” concert or the Hakan Akkaya Fall 2019 collection? That was the question on everyone’s mind as they sat along the U-shaped…
Born in Kaunas, Lithuania, Rytis Valiunas first stepped on stage when he was 5 years old, wearing a choir boy uniform. After many concerts and performances, at 15, he started attending after-school…
First, she filled a backpack with school supplies, now she has filled an entire library with books. After graduating from the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), Amanda Munz could have worked a…
Some say Art Basel is becoming more and more like Fashion Week. The fashion industry is growing more enchanted with the iconic international art shows and there’s a variety of art and…
It has been a couple of years since the Korean music and dance craze hit the United States. The latest wave from South Korea comes not on a video screen, but…
A young woman’s experience visiting Atelier Des Lumières in Paris. I always resented contemporary art. I thought it didn’t qualify as “real” art. I dismissed the abstract as something that “artists” made…
In a busy bar in Hell’s Kitchen, I meet Christian Voldstad for the first time. After brief introductions and drinks, we get down to business. The Bespoke Musik Label resident is…
New York Men’s Day (NYMD), currently in its tenth season, kicked off New York Fashion Week: Men’s on Monday, July 9. NYMD is a bi-annual initiative that helps nurture emerging talent and…
The first weekend of May, thousands flocked to a massive, white enclosed tent on Randall’s Island to visit one of the largest art exhibits of the year: Frieze New York. Holding two…
My friend and I, two twenty-somethings, were feeling 16 again on a (finally) warm Spring night, Thursday, May 3, in New York City when we came to see Bazzi. Apple Music tapped…