Hundreds of thousands of years after the very first garments were worn in caves, fashion as a fine-art form is finally getting its due. While clothing was once regarded as more of an applied art, these days curators are focusing on clothing's historical significance and cultural importance. One of this movement’s ... More

When Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts mounted its first exhibition dedicated to the work of fashion photographer Herb Ritts, the result was an astounding success. Now, almost 20 years after the blockbuster Herb Ritts: WORK show, the museum’s hoping a second, eponymous show of the late shutterbug’s work—opening March 14 and running ... More

Designed by architect Jean Nouvel, the Lourve Abu Dhabi on Saadiyat Island is a 260,000 square-foot complex influenced by Middle Eastern geography and history. An emblematic feature of Arabian architecture is the museum's 590-foot dome. Inspired by interlaced palm leaves traditionally used as roofing material, the strategic arrangement of geometric openings ... More

I studied printmaking at Kent State University, but then Devo took me on a side trip. In the early 1980s, I spent time in downtown L.A. on Traction Avenue, which was a big artist hangout. I worked with Richard Duardo from Future Perfect Gallery, who was the screen printer for artists ... More

When he was a child in the Philippines, Federico de Vera collected shells and driftwood on the beach, and often glued his found objects together to fashion unique key chains and other one-of-a-kind trinkets. Today, the celebrated jewelry designer and collector still works in much the same vein, although his ... More

It’s not much of a stretch to think of certain especially-vertiginous stilettos as sculpture; after all, some of the looks seen on runways (and pop stars) seem far more suited to being perched atop a pedestal than placed under a moving foot. So a fall exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum, ... More

You can’t think of Neil Lane without imagining gorgeous celebrities dripping with jewels on the red carpet. The industry icon simply represents a supreme sense of glamour. In addition to designing some of the most exquisite accessories on the planet for Hollywood’s elite, he also collects rare vintage pieces from ... More

A diamond is forever, as the saying goes, and the Blue Moon diamond is no exception. At a billion years old, this rare gem has stood the test of time and boasts a unique blue color that’s out of this world. The uncut, nearly 30-carat stone, which was unearthed in ... More

On an afternoon in early spring, Harold Koda, the curator in charge of the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, left his office and went home. It’s a New Yorker’s dream to be able to walk to work, and the pre-war Park Avenue apartment that Harold Koda shares with ... More

It was an appropriately beautiful crowd that gathered to celebrate the opening of the San Francisco Asian Art Museum’s Gorgeous exhibition. In collaboration with SFMOMA’s “On the Go” program, Gorgeous explores the often-ambiguous nature of beauty through various themes, such as “Seduction,” “Fantasy,” “Evocation” and “Danger.”  With over 70 ... More