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MATTHEW AMES
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MIZRAHI: 1989

“As Mizrahi’s models come down the runway, they jar the memory with images of the last hurrah of the grand couture, circa 1965: of Balenciaga worn by Gloria Guinness; of Halston’s s...

09 jun 11

PATRICK VAN OMMESLAEGHE: 2001/2011

Patrick van Ommeslaeghe, Spring Summer 2001, in Encens nº2 Patrick van Ommeslaeghe, Spring Summer 2001 Patrick van Ommeslaeghe for Jil Sander, Spring Summer 2011

07 apr 11

MIGUEL ADROVER: UTOPIA

“This show was about what the word ‘utopia’ means. It was an imaginary world where everybody lives in harmony. And all the cultures melt together. It was really about trying to crea...

11 mar 11

YVES SAINT LAURENT: 1962-2002

Yves Saint Laurent, Haute Couture Retrospective: 1962-2002, January 2002

01 mar 11

“DOES THE RUNWAY LIE?”

by Cathy Horyn, Published in N°C Magazine, 2002 Does the runway lie? I mean, can you really absorb enough information from a 15-minute runway presentation to know if a designer has done the big job o...

24 feb 11

FRAN LEBOWITZ ON CLOTHES

Fran Lebowitz, Interviewed by WWD, November 8, 2010 Fran Lebowitz, an astute observer of the cultural scene, has a bone to pick with the fashion industry. She believes fashion shows aren’t as interes...

26 jan 11

ENCENS 2011

“Sooner or later, it moves the eye—and fashion—in new directions, to new options.” -Giorgio Armani, Vogue, September 1983, in Encens nº26 Matthew Ames Fall Winter 2010, grey cashmere jack...

18 dec 10

LEWIS BALTZ: PROTOTYPES

“I was born in and living in the middle of one of the most rapidly urbanizing areas in the world—Southern California in the post war period. You could watch the changes take place. A new world ...

21 nov 10

“AND NOW, THE ‘MINIMAL’ LOOK”

by Bernadine Morris, Published January 3, 1984, in The New York Times After many seasons of snug, clinging clothes, the pendulum has swung to fashion with a relaxed look. ”Minimal” is a w...

31 oct 10

BEENE

“The luxury is comfort.” -Geoffrey Beene, 1989 “At that time, luxury was a fashion commodity most commonly expressed in shoulder-padded, fur-lavished dinner suits and gold lamé ball...

24 oct 10

SPRING SUMMER 2011 SHOW

Matthew Ames Spring Summer 2011, Backstage, September 14th 2010

06 oct 10

MATTHEW AMES ON FACEBOOK

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26 jul 10

GEORGIA O’KEEFFE: ABSTRACTION

“I found that I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say in any other way—things that I had no words for.” -Georgia O’Keeffe Georgia O’Keeffe, Photogra...

19 jul 10

FALL WINTER 2010 CAMPAIGN

Matthew Ames Fall Winter 2010 campaign preview

12 jun 10

ARMANI

Giorgio Armani, advertising, Photo by Aldo Fallai, Fall Winter 1989

20 may 10

BE QUIET

Matthew Ames Fall Winter 2010, WWD, May 10th 2010

18 may 10

HALSTON: THE ART FORM OF THE 70’s

“For a time early in 1970’s, it seemed that every fashionable woman in the country wore clothes by Halston. At his fashion shows, the presence of celebrities like Liza Minnelli, Elizabeth...

10 may 10

GRÈS: SCULPTRESS OF FABRIC

“One of the finest couturiers ever, she became known as the ‘Sphinx of Fashion,’ even as the ascendance of ready-to-wear forced press coverage of her collections into decline. It wa...

27 apr 10

BERETTA: ARCHITECTE DE MODE

Anne Marie Beretta, leather “B” coats, in L’Officiel, 1980 Anne Marie Beretta, cashmere jacket, in L’Officiel, 1981 Anne Marie Beretta, mohair coat, in L’Officiel, 1981 ...

16 apr 10

LUIS BARRAGÁN: THE QUIET REVOLUTION

Luis Barragán, Barragán House, Mexico City, Mexico, 1948 Luis Barragán, Barragán House, Mexico City, Mexico, 1948 Luis Barragán, Cuadra San Cristobal, Mexico City, Mexico, 1948 Luis Barragán, Cuadra ...

07 apr 10

DIETER RAMS: LESS AND MORE

“Good design avoids being fashionable and therefore never appears antiquated. Unlike fashionable design, it lasts many years – even in today’s throwaway society. Good design is as little design...

05 apr 10

MASTER OF MINIMALISM

Calvin Klein, Photographed by Peter Lindbergh, in British Vogue, September 1984

29 mar 10

“OTHER VOICES”

“Other Voices”, in Vogue, May 1986

22 mar 10

NEW PURITY

Matthew Ames Fall Winter 2010, Photo by Sybille Walter

20 mar 10

SARAH MOON

Azzedine Alaïa, Photographed by Sarah Moon, in Marie Claire, September 1984 Claude Montana, Photographed by Sarah Moon, in Marie Claire, September 1984

01 mar 10

FALL WINTER 2010

Matthew Ames Fall Winter 2010, February 16th 2010 Photography by Shawn Brackbill

20 feb 10

SCOTT BURTON: SCULPTURE EQUALS FURNITURE

Scott Burton, Two-Granite Chairs (A Pair), 1985-86 Scott Burton, Two Curve Chair, 1989 Scott Burton, Rock Chairs, 1981-82 Scott Burton, Rock Chair, 1981 Scott Burton, Two-Part Chaise Lounge, 1988 Sco...

05 dec 09

ALAN CHARLTON

“I want my paintings to be: abstract, direct, urban, basic, modest, pure, simple, silent, honest, absolute.” -Alan Charlton Alan Charlton, 112 x 56 in., slit 100 in., 1971, The Panza Coll...

23 nov 09

FALL WINTER 2009 UNPUBLISHED IMAGES

Matthew Ames Fall/Winter 2009, Photography by Sybille Walter

17 nov 09

SPRING SUMMER 2010 SHOW

Matthew Ames, Spring/Summer 2010, at Milk Studios, September 15th, 2009

19 oct 09

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