Fashion Designer John Galliano Loses French Title Over Anti-Semitic Tirades

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Paris - British fashion designer John Galliano has been stripped of the prestigious Legion d’Honneur (Legion of Honor) medal.

Signed by French President Francois Hollande, the decree follows Galliano’s conviction last year for making anti-Semitic comments on three occasions.

At trial, the court heard details of incidents in February 2011, at La Perle cafe in Marais, where Galliano hurled insults at Jewish museum curator Geraldine Bloch, and also at her South African companion - before police came to break up the argument.
In a third incident, the court viewed amateur video of Galliano declaring a love for Adolf Hitler and ­referring to concentration camps.

Galliano was charged and given suspended fines totaling 6,000 euros ($7,500), and in the process lost his job as artistic director of fashion house Dior.

Spotlight on Japan: Top 7 Street Style

Top seven Japanese street style looks this week, in Tokyo's Shibuya and Harajuku districts.

‘Men of Fire: José Clemente Orozco and Jackson Pollock’ Exhibit in East Hampton

Pollock’s “Untitled (Bald Woman With Skeleton)   Courtesy of The Hood Museum of Art, 2012 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Jackson Pollock is best known for the paintings he made from 1947 to 1951 in which he poured and dripped enamel paint onto large, unprimed canvases tacked to the floor of his studio, which at that time happened to be in Springs, N.Y., a hamlet in the town of East Hampton. These are the works that broke the ice for other painters of his generation, as Willem de Kooning put it, and that turned Pollock into a legend: “Jack the Dripper,” according to a 1956 Life magazine article, whose approach signaled the end of easel painting for many younger artists.

But beyond these Pollocks — there are others. For instance, there is the Pollock of the 1930s, a student looking at the work of Los Tres Grandes — the Mexican muralists Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros and José Clemente Orozco. 

Pollock first saw Orozco’s work in the summer of 1930, when he was living in Los Angeles and went to see “Prometheus” (1930), a new fresco Orozco had painted in the dining hall at Pomona College in Claremont, Calif. The fresco depicts the figure in Greek mythology who stole fire from Zeus and gave it to humankind. The flames, painted in deep, warm colors, were central to Orozco’s aesthetic — hence his nickname Man of Fire, and the title of this small but absorbing show at the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, in East Hampton.

Next: A review of “Men of Fire: José Clemente Orozco and Jackson Pollock,” at New York Times Arts.

Beauty Refresher: How (and Why) to Use Face Serum

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It's a beauty misconception that serums are just a more expensive form of skin moisturizer. Yes, the price is more per ounce than your average skin care product, but that's because you're getting more concentrated ingredients (and deeper-penetrating effects). Get the low-down on why serums are worth every penny when you keep reading.

Why use it? A serum is your go-to product to improve the overall look of your complexion. The active ingredient can bring antioxidants to the skin, restore cell growth, or help decrease pore size. But the one thing a serum doesn't do, typically, is moisturize the skin.

How does it work? "Moisturizers have a base that allows them to stay on the surface to moisturize the outer portion of the skin, but a serum has a lipid-soluble base that allows the active ingredient to actually penetrate into the epidermis," explains Dr. Lawrence Samuels, chief of dermatology at St. Luke's Hospital and founder of the Rx Systems PF skin care line.

Which one is right for you? Find out at BellaSugar.

Photo Bomb: Animal Kingdom, NYC

Sir. Sir. Yes, hello. Please, sit down.
There are so many questions I want to ask you, so many things I need to learn about how you came to stand on that block, at the Bowery in Manhattan's [typically] trendy LES. New York is prone, moreso than other states to attracting weird types and they make living here all the more fun of course. But this is contrived. The stance. The glasses. The dog monster on your leash.
Obviously sir, you have the confidence of a lion, and while our great city is called the concrete jungle, you have taken the term literally. Thank you for your photo bomb.
Cheers,
Terrena A. Carriman

All 101 Pairs From Nicholas Kirkwood's Pre-Spring 2013 Collection

If I had to choose, I'd always splurge on a new pair of shoes. Shoes are better than clothes, better than my best accessory. A pair of heels can transform my worst frump day into a chic moment. And that's why I'm so happy that Nicholas Kirkwood churned out not 30, 40, or 50 pairs of beautiful shoes for Spring [because let's face it, Fall is already here and Winter will be upon us sooner than you can say Ugg boots] but an impressive 101 cache of sandals, stilettos and pumps for his pre-Spring collection. Designed in what Refinery 29 calls "pop-baroque swirls, 3-D florals, and multimedia color blocking," this "pre-collection" is quintessential of the pop-art and post-modern art fashion trends. I don't know if I can handle what Kirkwood is actually going to produce for his full line. I imagine sheer madness and glory. In anticipation and with strict dedication, I'm looking for space in my closet to declare for a pair or two of my own.
Cheers,
Terrena A. Carriman