Tag Archives: Fashion

Fashion and coquetry, 1807

Posted on March 14, 2015 by David Brussat

My last passage quoted several posts ago from William Hazlitt was followed merely a page later by this passage, which rivals if it does not quite repeat the endlessness of its predecessor. Whereas the prior passage limns the hopelessless (at … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Art and design, Books and Culture | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

The architecture of dessert

Posted on March 7, 2015 by David Brussat

The resurgence of interest in Nathaniel Robert Walker’s essay on food and architecture, called “Architecture and food,” which ran here on Jan. 8, and the host of comments and, it seems, new followers of my blog it has inspired, has … Continue reading →

Posted in Architects, Architecture, Art and design, Humor | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

April 7, 2005: Architecture and haute couture

Posted on December 30, 2013 by David Brussat

A comment from Thomas Hayes about my last post, “‘Wrong Way’ Corrigan Public Library,” called to mind that I’d once compared, in my Providence Journal column, architecture and fashion design. Here, as a “Blast from the Past,” is that column, … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Art and design | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Bad Mad Men

Posted on December 21, 2013 by David Brussat

See them (the bad mad men) lurking in the background? Please don’t remove the foreground (the bad mad, often angry, women)! So here’s Dan Bishop, production designer for Mad Men, describing (I think in Dwell magazine, as my source seems … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Art and design, Book/Film Reviews, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments