Betye Saar spent nearly a century transforming ordinary materials into extraordinary art. AGENDA looks back at the Los Angeles artist’s remarkable life, her lesser-known work in fashion and costume design, and Let’s Get It On: The Wearable Art of Betye Saar, now on view at Roberts Projects.
Spectacular, shocking, and outrageously ostentatious describes the THE MET GALA 2021 arrivals. In Agenda Issue 16, Ty-Ron Mayes (Fashion Whisperer) gives a factual retrospective about the event. And to understand its origins answers so many questions! Be sure to read the article, “Cacophony of Americana Through the Lens of the […]
On Saturday, April 13, 2019, at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (F.I.D.M.) in Downtown Los Angeles, the Black Design Collective (BDC) honored Academy Award-winner costume designer Ruth E. Carter for their inaugural ceremony, in partnership with AT&T. Carter has been the wardrobe mastermind behind many iconic films to […]