Near-demolition of Art Deco Meralco building raises awareness for heritage conservation
Not since the Jai Alai Building was bulldozed in 2000 has a demolition in Manila gotten as much attention. Just like the Jai Alai Building, the Meralco Head Office along San Marcelino is one of the finest Art Deco buildings ever built in the country.
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Inquirer.net
GEON Art Deco Weekend
Thousands of people flock to Napier to take part in the annual event GEON Art Deco Weekend which starts next week. The Art Deco Trust organises the Weekend and hosts over 200 events, including outdoor concerts, vintage car parades, fashions shows, steam ...
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Scoop
Novice an art deco fashion hit
The winner of the Art Deco Weekend's Sew Be It competition Caleb Hoare has been designing clothes for just on a year. However, Gillian Marshall, his textiles teacher at Tamatea High School, says the 15-year-old already ranks among her top students.
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Voxy
All shipshape for art deco extravaganza
Lee-Anne Freeman creates the art deco look with a beaded dress, string of pearls and pair of gloves. Each year the Napier woman dresses people in sequins, feathers and two-toned brogues for the Geon Art Deco Weekend, which takes place this weekend.
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Stuff
Art deco fashions from 1920s, '30s featured in Museum of Vancouver exhibit
VANCOUVER - In the fashion world, the names are iconic: Chanel, Lanvin, Vionnet, Patou, Schiaparelli. More than 66 women's garments from these and other leading designers from the 1920s and '30s will be featured in a new Museum of Vancouver ...
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Winnipeg Free Press
Local Photographer Gillian Jackson's Art Deco Series at Mocha Java
Gillian Jackson was born and raised in the north of England. She attended the University of Warwick in the UK receiving a BA in Sociology. In 1982, she moved to Bermuda where, inspired by the clear bright light, startling colours and contrasts, she began ...
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Patch
Art Deco era inspires French fashion designer Catherine Seixo
War and social revolution are two components of influence for style and fashion. Art Deco, a revolutionary eclectic artistic and design style originated in Paris during the 1920’s spread like wild fire internationally after WWI and throughout WWII ...
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Examiner
Vintage Jewelry Recaptures Old-Fashion Romance for Valentine's Day Gift Giving Stauer Highlights Art Deco Styles
RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The latest trends in jewelry styles are a throwback to the roaring twenties. Michael Bisceglia, president of Stauer (www.Stauer.com), notes that vintage art deco inspired looks take center stage this ...
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CNBC
Reem Acra Goes Art Deco at New York Fashion Week
The fall 2012 collections on the runway at New York Fashion Week are recycling and reworking some current Hollywood trends: the 1920s and the Jazz Age, particularly. Is it Boardwalk Empire, The Artist and Hugo influencing designers? Or did Gucci's previous ...
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Hollywood Reporter
Rebuilding the Empire
Indeed, the 1940 movie house is a sterling example of Art Deco architecture of the era. From the exaggerated “M” in the word Empire on the marquee to the jewel-toned paint schemes and original light fixtures, the theater shouts with the ...
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The Spokesman-Review
