valentina

I sometimes post a "who done it?" design for the Sewfari Divas. Do you want to guess? Sadly I don't own this dress. The purpose is broaden my friends horizons. Sometimes the designer is not well know and sometimes it's a unusual design for the designer. Here is the dress:

The current issue of Threads magazine includes an article I wrote about the American designer Valentina. No, it's not online, but you could review it at your local book store. The article focuses on an dress designed for Vera Zorina--one of Balanchine's wives. Claire

Remember the Valentina exhbit last year at the Museum of the City of NY. I've just finished an article for Threads about Valentina and a wonderful dress made for Vera Zorina, one of Balanchine's wives. The dress is silk organza with a silk crepe slip so I focused on sheer techniques. The...

Debutanteclothing.com writer, Suzanne Reinhardt Kuhn covered the private curator lead tour of the Valentina exhibit in NYC. Check it out! Lots of eye candy. http://tinyurl.com/ctmkbd

I spent the day at the Mus. of the City of NY, looking at the Valentina exhibit and some garments which did not make the exhibition. First the exhibition is absolutely fantastic! Her designs are very focused on the body and many have the most fabulous bodices. I can just imagine the owners...

The Valentina exhibition opened last night at the Museum of the City of NY. I wasn't able to go, but had seen many of the garments earlier. Valentina was one of a kind. Born in Russia, she is considered an American designer. Here is the address for Cathy Horn's blog in the NYTimes...