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<!--StartFragment--> Marc Jacobs Show 1.14.13 photo credit: Kathy Willens/AP On the heels of New York City Fashion Week, you may be feeling the void that often follows once the glut of theatrical runway shows, six-inch-heeled models, and designers--both new and namesake--have disappeared from the streets of Lincoln Center. We know that sometimes nothing could be worse than the need for a

Marie-France Pochna's acclaimed biography of fashion icon Christian Dior is featured in The New York Sun style section today: "The importance of the iconic silhouette and the lasting impact of the man who created it were captured brilliantly by biographer Marie-France Pochna in her 1996 "Christian Dior: The Man Who Made the World Look New." The book, which was out of print, has just been republished by Overlook Press with a new name — Christian Dior: The Biography — and, indeed, a new look. This time around, the book is a glossy, elegant number that nevertheless maintains the integrity and serious reporting of the original."

Marie-France Pochna (center) was honored at the Christian Dior Boutique in Manhattan this week on the occasion of the publication of Christian Dior: The Biography. Joined by literary agent George Borchardt (left) and fashion historian Valerie Steele (right), Ms. Pocha gave a stirring tribute to the creator of the New Look and founder of one the world's greatest couture houses.

Sherryl Connelly of The New York Daily News looks at Christian Dior: The Biography, by Marie-France Pochna, coming from Overlook this month: "It took one swish of the hips and America was won, noted the writer Colette. In her marvelously observed biography, Christian Dior, French luxury-goods specialist Marie-France Pochna traces the path this son of a fertilizer magnate took to rescue fashion from what appeared to be a permanent state of the doldrums."

"Andrea's large-scale public art mosaic can be seen in the Bedford Park Blvd subway station <#4 train> in NYC. The mosaic was commissioned by the MTA Arts for Transit and was fabricated by Miotto Mosaics."

http://a.parsons.edu/~andi/ART_mosaic1.html

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I envisioned scenes from an apocalyptic battle. Strung together in a nonlinear visual narrative, they are meant to set a certain mood. I intended to offer points of departure for the imagination rather than provide a concrete answer to the question of how it will all end.— ANDREA DEZSÖ, an artist and a professor at Parsons the New School for Design