There is a second Wilde observation that also applies to Manhattan: ���the artistic feeling of a nation should find expression in
its costume quite as much as in its architecture.��� Literally, New
York City became the fashion capital of the world with decades
of stimulating design that permeated all corners of the market.
Ormand Gigli���s photograph, Models In The Window, 1960, epitomizes this pattern. Wilde���s assertion also applies equally to
the various design pursuits occurring in New York: architectural, interior, decorative, set, landscape, lighting, jewelry, fashion
accessory, tabletop, makeup, movie, television, website, blog,
iPad, hospitality, hospital, city planning, upholstery, curtain, soft
goods and the most esoteric elements of computer and engineering design at the cutting edge.
Ormond Gigli
Models In The
Window
1960
New York will never be a sylvan ideal. Rather, the photographs
accompanying this editorial tell the story. Taxi cabs, stick ball
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