Comments on: Crisp Tailoring http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/02/07/crisp-tailoring/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:05:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: marina urbach http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/02/07/crisp-tailoring/#comment-5638 marina urbach Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:43:17 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/02/07/crisp-tailoring/#comment-5638 The classically tailored coat became a poignant, 'poetic reinvention', a 'poetic memorial’, bringing light to the memory of this public person's history, at the same time, bringing light to what is not there, to what is not said, to what is latent, to what is only implied. The classically tailored coat became a poignant, ‘poetic reinvention’,
a ‘poetic memorial’, bringing light to the memory of this public person’s history, at the same time, bringing light to what is not there, to what is not said, to what is latent, to what is only implied.

]]> By: eli http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/02/07/crisp-tailoring/#comment-4569 eli Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:33:40 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/02/07/crisp-tailoring/#comment-4569 I'm four years old and I liked the clothes here. I really liked the floral print. I’m four years old and I liked the clothes here. I really liked the floral print.

]]> By: meimi1995529 http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/02/07/crisp-tailoring/#comment-4491 meimi1995529 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:41:49 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/02/07/crisp-tailoring/#comment-4491 The design in this makes it beautiful and it makes a statement at the same time. I love the idea and i find it very beautiful in its own way. The design in this makes it beautiful and it makes a statement at the same time. I love the idea and i find it very beautiful in its own way.

]]> By: Melania http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/02/07/crisp-tailoring/#comment-4470 Melania Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:24:58 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/02/07/crisp-tailoring/#comment-4470 I chose this during the exhibit as my favorite and then almost missed it on this site because of the poor picture quality. Without the back story, this is an outfit that captures your attention. With the back story, this captures your imagination. With all the preshrunk, preworn, prewashed, predistressed in fashion these days, what a creative idea to use fabric that got this look the natural (and somewhat disturbing) way! Enjoyed the show....especially the writeups - so intriguing. I chose this during the exhibit as my favorite and then almost missed it on this site because of the poor picture quality. Without the back story, this is an outfit that captures your attention. With the back story, this captures your imagination. With all the preshrunk, preworn, prewashed, predistressed in fashion these days, what a creative idea to use fabric that got this look the natural (and somewhat disturbing) way!

Enjoyed the show….especially the writeups - so intriguing.

]]> By: marina urbach http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/02/07/crisp-tailoring/#comment-3746 marina urbach Sun, 02 Mar 2008 18:39:32 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/02/07/crisp-tailoring/#comment-3746 'I live in Quentin’s former apartment building in the East Village and was pleasantly surprised to see this memento of Quentin Crisp, a great, if a little acerbic, gay icon…' Acerbity can be a great quality. Often reflects sharpness and great humor. ‘I live in Quentin’s former apartment building in the East Village and was pleasantly surprised to see this memento of Quentin Crisp, a great, if a little acerbic, gay icon…’

Acerbity can be a great quality. Often reflects sharpness and great humor.

]]> By: LANDON J. JONES http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/02/07/crisp-tailoring/#comment-3707 LANDON J. JONES Sat, 01 Mar 2008 21:43:17 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/02/07/crisp-tailoring/#comment-3707 Loved the whole exhibit! Very fashion-forward and yet elegantly classic in most of the designs! Brilliant. Thanks again! Loved the whole exhibit! Very fashion-forward and yet elegantly classic in most of the designs! Brilliant. Thanks again!

]]> By: Jonathon Z http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/02/07/crisp-tailoring/#comment-3679 Jonathon Z Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:41:06 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/02/07/crisp-tailoring/#comment-3679 I live in Quentin's former apartment building in the East Village and was pleasantly surprised to see this memento of Quentin Crisp, a great, if a little acerbic, gay icon... I live in Quentin’s former apartment building in the East Village and was pleasantly surprised to see this memento of Quentin Crisp, a great, if a little acerbic, gay icon…

]]> By: marina urbach http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/02/07/crisp-tailoring/#comment-3544 marina urbach Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:10:31 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/02/07/crisp-tailoring/#comment-3544 'Thankfully, some choose to use it to bring our attention to our own society. This is an important and poignant piece.' I could not agree more! The fabric was recycled from the discarded mattress of the late Quentin Crisp, who was not homeless in a literal sense, but certainly in many other ways. This coat is a poignant, poetic memorial: 'He was lying down on the sidewalk, the bodiless mattress. But with a lot of knowledge, the knowledge of sharing someone’s dream of freedom, something priceless, like the ticking fabric that I was lucky to rescue from conventionalism, trying to bring some light to the memory of my once neighbor.' Notice that the mattress is not 'it', but 'he': the bodiless mattress, with the implied presence of the absent body. ‘Thankfully, some choose to use it to bring our attention to our own society. This is an important and poignant piece.’
I could not agree more!
The fabric was recycled from the discarded mattress of the late Quentin Crisp, who was not homeless in a literal sense, but certainly in many other ways. This coat is a poignant, poetic memorial:
‘He was lying down on the sidewalk, the bodiless mattress. But with a lot of knowledge, the knowledge of sharing someone’s dream of freedom, something priceless, like the ticking fabric that I was lucky to rescue from conventionalism, trying to bring some light to the memory of my once neighbor.’
Notice that the mattress is not ‘it’, but ‘he’: the bodiless mattress, with the implied presence of the absent body.

]]> By: mary ruth http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/02/07/crisp-tailoring/#comment-3443 mary ruth Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:51:38 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/02/07/crisp-tailoring/#comment-3443 When will people learn that the homeless are not going away. They are our former neighbors, the children that our children go to school with, former soldiers that have sacrificed for your country. Fashion has always been about freedom of expression. Thankfully, some choose to use it to bring our attention to our own society. This is an important and poignant piece. When will people learn that the homeless are not going away. They are our former neighbors, the children that our children go to school with, former soldiers that have sacrificed for your country. Fashion has always been about freedom of expression. Thankfully, some choose to use it to bring our attention to our own society. This is an important and poignant piece.

]]> By: Stephanie http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/02/07/crisp-tailoring/#comment-3373 Stephanie Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:01:19 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/2008/02/07/crisp-tailoring/#comment-3373 The coat and skirt is pretty. The colors match and I would wear it. It's pretty. The coat and skirt is pretty. The colors match and I would wear it. It’s pretty.

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