http://griffin.pmhclients.com/index.php en vintagegriffin@gmail.com Copyright 2009 2009-02-01T14:56:00-05:00 http://www.vintagegriffin.com/index.php/vintagegriffinblog/enchanted_april_dvd_to_be_released/ http://www.vintagegriffin.com/index.php/vintagegriffinblog/enchanted_april_dvd_to_be_released/#When:15:56:00Z Read more... News, Big Screen Watch, Deco, 1920s, Word War I 2009-02-01T15:56:00-05:00 http://www.vintagegriffin.com/index.php/vintagegriffinblog/joan_allen_takes_on_georgia_okeeffe/ http://www.vintagegriffin.com/index.php/vintagegriffinblog/joan_allen_takes_on_georgia_okeeffe/#When:19:24:40Z
Academy Award-nominated actor Joan Allen will take on Lifetime Television's biography of revolutionary artist Georgia O'Keeffe. Actor Jeremy Irons (HBO's Elizabeth) will star as her husband and artistic counter-point, photographer Alfred Stieglitz.]]>Read more... 2008-11-30T19:24:40-05:00 http://www.vintagegriffin.com/index.php/vintagegriffinblog/halloween_food_blogging_frankencake/ http://www.vintagegriffin.com/index.php/vintagegriffinblog/halloween_food_blogging_frankencake/#When:18:49:55Z

Fantastically impressive frankencake courtesy of the The Horror Gourmet (sadly, an abandonded blog with only eight posts -- but all of them great).
]]> Holiday, Halloween, Entertaining, Food and Drink 2008-10-21T18:49:55-05:00 http://www.vintagegriffin.com/index.php/vintagegriffinblog/halloween_food_blogging_tons_of_great_ideas/ http://www.vintagegriffin.com/index.php/vintagegriffinblog/halloween_food_blogging_tons_of_great_ideas/#When:11:08:39Z

Lots of great Halloween cupcake ideas...just follow the link...
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Don't forget to water your cat.

Previously, Smith and Hawken did a spider, bat, and topiary and they're offering bats and cats again this year.

]]>Read more... Vintage Home, Gardening, Holiday, Halloween, Entertaining, Decorating 2008-10-17T10:58:55-05:00 http://www.vintagegriffin.com/index.php/vintagegriffinblog/vintagegriffincom_at_the_textile_research_centre_leiden/ http://www.vintagegriffin.com/index.php/vintagegriffinblog/vintagegriffincom_at_the_textile_research_centre_leiden/#When:03:49:08Z

I love and collect textiles that are transformed into garments, and I also love ethnic textiles. So does the Textile Research Centre Leiden in the Netherlands. A 1920s gown formerly in my collection is now in theirs, and I'm so happy it's found such a great home where it will help educate others about the importance of preserving our textile history.

It's part of an online exhitibition, and will be part of an in-house exhibition as well.

Textile Research Centre Leiden in the Netherlands]]>Read more... Conservation and Care, Ethnic/Traditional 2008-10-17T03:49:08-05:00 http://www.vintagegriffin.com/index.php/vintagegriffinblog/halloween_blogging_skull_parade/ http://www.vintagegriffin.com/index.php/vintagegriffinblog/halloween_blogging_skull_parade/#When:09:17:27Z
Skull Parade by vintagegriffin.com

Courtesy goreydetails.net and buycostumes.com, skulls on parade.]]>Read more... Holiday, Halloween, Entertaining, Food and Drink, Authentic Details, Props and Propmaking, Decorating 2008-10-15T09:17:27-05:00 http://www.vintagegriffin.com/index.php/vintagegriffinblog/halloween_fashion_blogging_alchemy_gothic_jewelry/ http://www.vintagegriffin.com/index.php/vintagegriffinblog/halloween_fashion_blogging_alchemy_gothic_jewelry/#When:10:04:49Z
Halloween Jewelry by vintagegriffin.com

All courtesy of goreydetails.net, fantastic, eldritch designs that aren't cheesy...]]>Read more... Holiday, Halloween 2008-10-14T10:04:49-05:00 http://www.vintagegriffin.com/index.php/vintagegriffinblog/monday_morning_mad_men_blogging_the_jet_set/ http://www.vintagegriffin.com/index.php/vintagegriffinblog/monday_morning_mad_men_blogging_the_jet_set/#When:17:10:37Z

Seriously, aren't the writers getting bored with Don? I am. It's all the random sex. It's becoming formulaic and lazy. I think the show gets lazy with the sexism as well, veering from historical representation and illumination to just wallowing in it because the writers and producers can get away with it. And no one really questions it, I think, because the art direction on the show is so damn good. Contrast Mad Men with Deadwood, for example, on how to get crass but still remain true to the context and not to appear to exploit it.

More on the jump and a sneak peek video at next week's Mad Men ep, "The Mountain King"...]]>Read more... 1960s 2008-10-13T17:10:37-05:00 http://www.vintagegriffin.com/index.php/vintagegriffinblog/halloween_fashion_blogging_gothic_dark_glamour_at_the_fashion_institute_of/ http://www.vintagegriffin.com/index.php/vintagegriffinblog/halloween_fashion_blogging_gothic_dark_glamour_at_the_fashion_institute_of/#When:22:43:35Z

The Fashion Institute of Technology opens the door of the oubliette and whistles past the graveyard with its latest exhibit, Gothic: Dark Glamour. Divided into subdomains Night, Cabinet of Curiosities, Strange Beauty, Batcave, Mourning, Haunted Palace, and Cemetery, Gothic plumbs the inky depths of this popular subculture that embraces everything from punk, steampunk, Harajuko, and vampire cosplay.

Plus, video of the exhibit featuring an interview with FIT curator Valerie Steele and a way to upload your own gothic photos...

Photo Above, clockwise from left: Plastik Wrap day ensemble (black nylon and patent leather spring 2004, USA); Hussein Chalayan blob top and skirt (red and black wool carpet and black silk fall 2005, Geometrics collection, England); Justin Smith “Tattooed” top hat (painted pigskin, sterling silver, and black leather 2007, England)]]>Read more... Holiday, Halloween, Exhibit 2008-10-06T22:43:35-05:00