Schedule of Hosts:
May 19: Hilary Lewis, Philip Johnson Scholar
June 16: Donald Kaufman + Taffy Dahl, Donald Kaufman Color
July 21: Theodore H.M. Prudon, DOCOMOMO US + Shashi Caan, International Federation of    Interior Architects/Designers
August 18: Todd Eberle, Photographer
September 8: Paul Goldberger, New Yorker Architecture Critic
September 15: Tod Williams + Billie Tsien, Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects
September 22: Gregg Pasquarelli, SHoP Architects + Philip Nobel, Architecture Critic
October 13: David Salle, Artist
October 20: Charles Renfro, Partner, DILLER SCOFIDIO + RENFRO
November 17: Barry Bergdoll, Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design, Museum of Modern Art

Tickets are available for the August 18 Event.
Host: Todd Eberle, Photographer
Evening begins at 5:30pm
2-hour guest-hosted tour and reception
Purchase tickets ($150 each) at PhilipJohnsonGlassHouse.org.

Now available exclusively at Design Within Reach. ($119-$229)

Prints are available.

Photographed by Justin Hollar

When the sherbet-colored floral shirts and cropped pants from Miuccia Prada’s men’s collection popped up in her women’s resort presentation, the idea of ladies dressing in men’s-inspired pieces was taken a step further. Why settle for clothes that are just inspired by gentlemen when you can get the real thing? StylistMarina Muñoz almost always tops off her looks with a men’s chapeau or a chic button-down, so we asked her to try the menswear collections on for size.

Slipping on a heavily embellished Dries Van Noten military jacket, Muñoz used lissom words like “elegant” and “beautiful” to describe heavy-shouldered blazers and sporty button-downs, and she held up pointed Céline heels to bulky, masculine parkas. Wearing clothes cut for a man requires a shift in perspective, and a lot of attention to proportion. For example, to transform Antonio Azzoulo’s camel shorts into cropped trousers, she paired them with high-heeled Tommy Hilfiger penny loafers. An oversize orange Jil Sander pullover smartly worn with super-slim, bright red jeans goes from bulky and blocky to a clever way to colorblock. Accessories like Prada’s silk scarves or Miu Miu’s delicately curved heels can also lighten up a masculine silhouette.

Although many designers who dress men and women anticipate the latter’s interest in men’s pieces and produce ample small and extra-small sizes, one thing that’s crucial to shopping in the men’s department is having a good tailor on hand. “Object Custom Tailor on Bond Street in Brooklyn is great for men’s suiting,” suggests Vogue Fashion Writer Chioma Nnadi, who recently had a men’s Lanvin blazer fitted to her petite frame. “A men’s tailor knows that if you raise the armholes for a slimmer fit, you’ll end up with a bit less fabric at the wrists. They know how far you can go with alterations.” Not to mention, reworking a men’s jacket so that it fits you perfectly is one sure way to keep your boyfriend from borrowing it.

See how Marina Muñoz styled her menswear looks in the slideshow above.

Hair and makeup by Emi Kaneko

Photographed by Katrina Wittkamp

Legendary Chicago retailer Ikram Goldman throws wide the bright red doors of her new 16,500-square-foot flagship (complete with a café and gallery) today. In the weeks leading up to the much-anticipated opening, Lynn Yaeger sat down with the boutique owner for Vogue’s August Age Issue to discuss how she shops the collections, enforces the fashion rule she thinks should never be broken, and coaches her cross-generational clientele (a best-dressed roster that has included Desirée Rogers and Mellody Hobson) on being stylish. 

Photographed by Mario Testino

You could say that your mid-40s are an age when you pivot—into an acknowledgment that you are no longer exactly young, into some sort of idea of the rest of your life. Pivot and, if you are part of the growing ranks of older mothers with demanding jobs, juggle: work, home, sanity. And who better to demonstrate the nonstop circus of modern motherhood than Sarah Jessica Parker, former ballet dancer and stage performer, current producer and actress repositioning herself after the long-playing phenomenon of Sex and the City,ubiquitous New York fashion icon, and devoted mother of three? Read more at Vogue.com

Architects in 2009 described Istanbul’s downtown neighborhood of Tarlabaşı as an unsafe place for children — a district whose destruction and reconstruction would be in the interest of its residents.
Few dispute that Tarlabaşı is run-down and that many of its residents live below the poverty line. But the congested neighborhood is also one of the few remaining places in the city center where there is affordable housing for the urban poor. —eurasianet.org

Six New York City firms were selected, including BIG, which Saitowitz said had designs of past projects that were "jaw dropping." — St. Petersburg Times

On Friday, a five-member panel narrowed down a list of 23 firms and teams competing to design a new $50 million Pier to nine semifinalists. They are:

• West 8 Urban Design, New York City
• Michael Maltzan Architecture, Los Angeles
• BIG, New York City
• James Corner Field Operations, New York City
• HOK, Tampa
• Frederic Schwartz, New York City
• Weiss/Manfredi Architectural/Landscape/Urbanism, NYC
• Farshid Moussavi Architecture, London
• !melk Urban Design, NYC

Congratulations to our friend Eva Zeisel on the debut of her new lamps for Leucos, as reported by the Wall Street Journal. At 104, Zeisel is still designing her “things” as she calls them.