Showing posts with label munsingwear. Show all posts
Showing posts with label munsingwear. Show all posts

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Weekend wrap-up: Local fashion links

[Amy Gee photographed by Ellen Dahl Lawson for Vita.mn]

Ellen Dahl Lawson of The Minneapoline snaps the stylish crowd at l'etoile magazine-hosted Project Runway premiere party and screening at Thom Pham's Wondrous Azian Kitchen's Caterpillar Lounge. Screenings continue weekly, including tonight. Click here for details.

I cover this weekend's Jenny Carle fashion show at Design Vertigo and the High Heel Dash in this week's issue of Vita.mn. For more fashion events and sales, check out l'etoile's Guide to Sales & Shopping.

Hairstylist Mark DeBolt of South Minneapolis salon HAUS has been named a finalist in the National Trend Vision Awards for hair product brand Wella. He'll be competing in Wella's national hair competition next month.

Check out behind-the-scenes images from a new shoot to be featured in local arts and fashion publication Crooked Teeth Magazine.

Photographer Eliesa Johnson posts behind-the-scenes and favorite images from her recent shoot for Anne Kristine Lingerie.

Local writer Coco Mault documents a talk from the writer of a new book In the Mood for Munsingwear: Minnesota's Claim to Underwear Fame, documenting Minnesota-born underwear company Munsingwear back in May at the Minnesota History Center, where a Musingwear exhibition is currently on display. It also includes a video featuring a former Munsingwear employee speaking about his time with the company.

Beauty blogger Kara Nesvig has kicked off her "30 days of red" lipstick project with Armani Rouge d’Armani in 400.

METRO Magazine's Mary O'Regan shares the weirdest, most hilarious and most unnecessary fashion products she's received in the mail.

Mpls.St.Paul Magazine's Allison Kaplan takes a sneak peek of the new Drama store at 50th and France.

Fashionasty's Jake Thompson waxes poetic about cropped tops and Clueless.

Saturday, May 7, 2011

"Underwear: A Brief History" shows MN connection to the underwear industry

The history of modern underwear can be traced to none other than Minnesota's own Munsingwear. The Minnesota History Center's new exhibit "Underwear: A Brief History" (opening today) offers an in-depth look at the history of the underwear manufacturing industry via the Center's extensive collection of Munsingwear, a company that revolutionized the underwear industry as we know it. The exhibit showcases 50 pieces from more than 100 years of Munsingwear product samples (which were donated to the museum by the company).

[Munsingwear Merry Widow Corset, 1960]

The exhibition also comes just in time for the release of Susan Marks' new book, In the Mood for Munsingwear: Minnesota's Claim to Underwear Fame, which details the history of the brand and its lasting impact on textile manufacturing.

The MHC's annual RetroRama fashion show and event on May 12 will also feature an underwear theme, with burlesque dancers-as-models wearing vintage lingerie and vintage-inspired looks by Christopher Straub, Sarah White of Jagress Intimates, Samantha Rei of Blasphemina's Closet, Danielle Everine and Heather Luca of Scoundrelle's Keep.

Exhibition opens today and runs through September 11, 2011. Museum admission is $8-10. RetroRama takes place 7-10 p.m. Thursday, May 12. Tickets are $12-15. Minnesota History Center is located at 345 Kellogg Blvd. W., St. Paul, 651-259-3000, www.mnhs.org