http://www.cityist.com CITY Magazine Fri, 24 May 2013 12:23:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.cityist.com/blog/my-city-new-york-ruffian-designer-brian-wolk/ http://www.cityist.com/blog/my-city-new-york-ruffian-designer-brian-wolk/#comments Wed, 26 May 2010 18:11:58 +0000 Eva Medoff http://www.cityist.com/?p=4354 You might imagine that the designers behind Ruffian, a line of elegant, French-influenced womenswear with an edge, would know a thing or two about the New York scene. Ruffian's clothes can go from uptown to downtown, and Brian Wolk and Claude Morais' picks for the best spots in the city will take you along a similar path. To read more about Ruffian, click here.]]> http://www.cityist.com/blog/my-city-new-york-ruffian-designer-brian-wolk/feed/ 0 http://www.cityist.com/blog/high-art/ http://www.cityist.com/blog/high-art/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:29:25 +0000 Eva Medoff http://www.cityist.com/?p=1015 For many, fashion is wearable art. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise to hear that Cynthia Rowley’s latest collection was featured in an exhibit at New York’s Gagosian Gallery. And no, this wasn’t merely Rowley’s ego talking. “It’s not art…it’s a concept,” the designer was quick to explain. And she’d be right: the installation (which ended last week) was in fact a commentary on the immediacy of fashion and the push for designers to ready their lines for retail at faster and faster rates. (And perhaps on the staunch competition from “disposable” clothing stores like H&M and Zara who churn out copies in a New York minute.) The designs, or, in fact, photographic reproductions of them, premiered at the Gagosian a mere three hours after gliding down the runway. But instead of gazing at the images on Style.com, Cynthia Rowley fans had the chance to buy the photos straight on the garment—and still do, through the Gagosian Shop.]]> http://www.cityist.com/blog/high-art/feed/ 0