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Fashion! Turn to the left. Fashion! Turn to the right
by Michelle Tomko
"Basically, rock stardom comes down to the cut of your trousers," said David Bowie. The quote appears over a 1976 black and gold, balloon-legged costume of his that hangs with over 120 others in Tommy
One of David Bowie's many concert outfits
Hilfiger's Rock Style exhibit showing at Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame now until September 10.
Among the dazzling threads are Elton John's silver boots with a red E and J on the ankles from famed designer Bob Mackie, Freddie Mercury's harlequin costume from 1977 and Madonna's wedding dress worn in her irreverent "Like a Virgin" video.
The clothes, not the stars that wore them, are the focus of this display. In fact, mannequins are headless or only vaguely representative of the celebrities they represent. There are two exceptions, David Bowie and the band Kiss, whose costumes are on mannequins that were built from casts of the performer. This disrupts the flow of the display and draws your eye away from the lavish
costume.
The exhibit was unveiled December 7 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New
York City. After the exhibit in Cleveland, the show goes on to London. The Cleveland exhibit was kicked off with a lavish party at the museum, where Cheap Trick and the Neville Brothers performed.
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This writer caught up with event chairman Tommy Hilfiger, in a very flattering retro gray suit, and chatted about what he thinks of camp in the music world. "I think it's entertainment," Hilfiger said. "I think it's a lot of fun. I think people want to be entertained. They want to see stuff that makes them happy. Even if it's funny. Smart musicians have created looks that are not only exciting and unusual but sometimes a little campy."
When asked what makes him excited, Hilfiger replied "Something that I've never seen before. It's like an archeologist that's always digging. They find a bone that they have never seen before; it's so exciting. If I see a design that is reminiscent of something great but done better, that's exciting to me."
"Thing's go in and out of fashion. It's a cycle," he added. "I love the seventies style. I think what the customer needs first. Because I want to be very sensitive to a customer's needs. And then I say: Okay, what is my feeling at the moment?"
Hilfiger also spoke about the campy stylings of Elton John. “I think it's funny. There's a cool factor to it. It's not something I would wear, but hey, he's really creative, like Prince, there's something really, really unusual about that."
The big question to the candid designerwho would you make over if you had the chance? "Christine Agulara. She's very beautiful, great singer, but I think she needs a bit of a makeover."
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Supermodel Maggie Riser added her opinion of dressing for comfort.
"When you wake up in the morning, you're either in a preppy mood, you want to dress up
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and feel like a girl, or you feel like a tomboy" she said. "Because if you are wearing something you're not comfortable in, you'll feel unconfident."
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Mother's Day with the bad ones
by Kate Johnson
Cleveland-On Mother's Day, the Grog Shop held a sold-out celebration for mothers of all kinds, including the Washington band Sleater-Kinney.
The trio that includes Carrie Brownstein (vocals, lead guitar), Corin Tucker (lead vocals, guitar) and Janet Weiss (vocals, drums) has long been a nurturer of sorts to the riot grrl movement that made its beginnings in the early 1990s.
Sleater-Kinney, a band long hailed for their strength through unity and musicianship, rocked out to an eager crowd of adoring fans, some of whom included their opening act, queercore band the Gossip (who recently received their own coverage in Out magazine).
The band and crowd also celebrated Sleater-Kinney's fifth release, All Hands on the Bad One, a joyful and power-packed jewel that combines the ingenuity of their beginnings with the integrity and progression they have gained as musicians.
The album comes at an important time where feminism has gotten caught up with consumerism, and misogyny has been given the bigger hand in shaping culture through pop music.
MELISSA MILLER
Corin Tucker at the Grog Shop.
Sentiments such as those found in the song "#1 Must Have" where Tucker comments on the appropriation of feminism and creativity as a commodity echo throughout the album. She sings, “And for all all the ladies out there I wish/We could write more than the next marketing bid."
"I think All Hands on the Bad One is more accessible than some of the things they've done, but in making themselves accessible, they haven't sacrificed their feminist beliefs that made them who they are," said audience member Jenn Estepp.
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