New Yorkers are known for fashion, but two weeks out of the year you may notice that some New Yorkers seem even more stylish and fashionable than usual, that is because of the famous New York City Fashion Week. Although this fall’s fashion week is coming to an end today, it is clear to say that one designer in particular is inspired by much more than his own creativity.

Prabal Gurung spring 2013 NYFW collection

Prabal Gurung, a rising fashion designer who debuted in the 2009 Fashion Week, says that he looked toward artist Amie Dick’s and sculptor Anish Kapoor‘s works as inspirations for his 2013 collections. Dick is a burgeoning Dutch artist who makes use of magazine clippings as her art work’s foundation. She then plays with the magazine article’s texture by adding or subtracting from the canvas with cut outs from other magazines or utilizing sandpaper to eradicate particular objects or colors as she sees fit.

Artist Amie Dick’s La Durée

Renowned artist Anish Kapoor started out in the 1980s constructing colorful basic geometric architectural sculptures. Only recently in 1995 did Mr. Kapoor decide to center most of his art works with stainless steel as his medium. Not only do the stainless steel conform to abstract shapes to his liking, the steel also serve as distorting mirrors that parallel those that you can find in a carnival fun house. The mirrors in turn alter the views of Mr. Kapoor’s audience of how they see themselves in a physical and emotional level.

Artist Anish Kapoor’s Cloud Gate

Amie Dick’s and Anish Kapoor’s unique take on art prove to be an exciting inspirational source for Prabal Gurung. Gurung states that his 2013 collection reflects on the constantly revolutionizing style of the everyday woman. According to Hollywood Reporter, Gurung said, “With the women I create for, it’s always changing, always evolving. They don’t need to prove anything to anyone. They dress for themselves.”

Just as what Gurung said, the same goes for the ever transforming fine art styles of the 21st century. New artistic styles are always being created, renewed, and expressed in totally new interpretations. In the case of Prabal Gurung’s creations, fine art has reached a new ante with its close cousin, fashion.

                         -Paulina Tam

With summer nearing its end, what better way to pay tribute to the sunshine season than with an article bursting with the color yellow!

For starters, The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine certainly feels the yellow vibe.

Originally, the song, written by Paul McCartney, told a story about different coloured submarines, but eventually evolved to include only a yellow one!

Impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh couldn’t get enough of yellow hues.

In 1887, Van Gogh began his sunflower series, painting various still lives of the stages of sunflower growth and decay.

However, Van Gogh’s sunflower frenzy could not have happened without the innovations in manufactured pigments in the 19th Century.  With the vibrancy of new colors like chrome yellow, Van Gogh achieved the intensity he needed to complete his paintings.

Still Life: Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers by Vincent Van Gogh

Want to soak up the sun — indoors?! Head over to the world-renowned Yellow Lounge on Mercer Street to hear the musical beats of great international performers with cutting-edge DJ sets.

You’ll instantly feel at ease in the hip urban setting, with warm yellow lighting illuminating the room!

Yellow Lounge in NYC

Taste the sun with the summer-themed delicacies at the Upper East Side’s Park Avenue Summer.

The restaurant decor draws inspiration from the Galapagos Islands, with hand-cast tortoise shells mounted throughout the space on yellow panels and beautiful yellow lighting fixtures to brighten up the room.

Park Avenue Summer

Summer’s not over yet! Bask in your favorite fun in the sun activities with friends and family and remember to spread some summer love!

- Ava Cotlowitz

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