Art Basel

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Fashion News Roundup: British Fashion Fund Finalists Announced, Kate Middleton’s Blue Issa Dress Gets the AIC Treatment, and Tina Turner is Hot

Meanwhile, Across the Pond: The British Fashion Council and British Vogue announced their Fashion Fund finalists yesterday. Congrats to Christopher Kane, E. Tautz, Nicholas Kirkwood, Osman Yousefzada, Charlotte Olympia, Jonathan Saunders, and Peter Pilotto. {Vogue UK}

Royal Knock-Offs: Kate Middleton’s engagement ring isn’t the only thing being replicated by stores looking to make a quick buck. Tesco, which is kind of like the Wal-Mart of the UK (but with more food), created a $25 version of her now-famous blue Issa dress. Shame. {NY Times}

Kate Moss: Art Dealer? Moss is reportedly selling portraits of herself at Art Basel in Miami next week. {Telegraph UK}

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Rowley on Wheels

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Vending Machines Get Arty

There are many reasons we really want to go to Art Basel in Miami. From (of course) the art to the beyond chic crowd and parties. And just the general fun one can have in sunny Miami because you know, “Miami, Miami, you’ve got style. Blue skies, sunshine, white sand by the mile…” (If you [...]

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Banana Republic + New Museum = Art Basel Miami + Totes

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But Is It Art?

Art Basel Miami Beach starts today, which means artists, dealers, and wealthy collectors are gearing up for a few days of frenzied buying, selling, and liquored-up party-hopping. Inclusion in the event is a huge marker of one’s rank in the art world and this year, everyone is buzzing about a new photography exhibit. Why? Because [...]

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Seven Jeans Buys Ads, Art

It’s almost time for Art Basel, the art festival where champagne replaces kerosene as the fuel of choice – next to Diet Coke and cocaine, of course. The art fair claims to be “the most important art show on the American continent” but many in the actual art world have started sighing because of its [...]

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