Style

This fall, Brit-born Bernard and industrial designer Suzuko Hisata launch Wake Up Dear, a modern design lighting brand. Their marquee product line, ODO, consists of striking, one-of-a-kind chandeliers made from birch plywood and hand-wrapped with woven thread in geometric patterns.

In the world of Atlanta fashion, there are young designers fresh out of schools like SCAD, and there are shoppers. What there isn’t: infrastructure for designers to produce collections, meaning local talent takes off to the garment districts of New York and L.A.

This story of Henry & June, a new Virginia-Highland shop named for author Henry Miller and his second wife, is about coffee and clothing—unlike the erotic 1990 movie of the same name, which is about the famous literary couple and a ménage à trois. But both involve a writer and his muse.

Yurman himself was in town to introduce his new Solari collection, which includes bracelets, rings, and necklaces that are daintier and simpler than the typical Yurman fare. “It’s not my first nature,” says Yurman in his New York accent of this more “discreet” collection. “But this time I wanted it to be simple, to the point.”

For decades, as the lights dimmed before every Fashionata runway show, Rich’s fashion director Sol Kent would position himself in the wings backstage and whisper to each of his anxious models, “Be Divine!” Kent’s words ended up inspiring “Be Divine: A Tribute to Fashionata,” Thursday night’s sold-out tribute to the city’s long-running Rich’s-hosted style extravaganza at The William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum in Midtown. The evening served as a benefit for the Breman.

Last year, Georgia’s film and television industry drew in $3.3 billion, putting the city’s creatives in the spotlight—from costume designers to makeup mavens and hair stylists. Here are a few of the artists behind some of your favorite looks on the screen.

Fashion and furniture combine to create a beautiful romance. At least that’s the story at Brick + Mortar, the vintage and antique furnishings shop at Westside Provisions District. Local fashion designer Megan Huntz teams up with Brick + Mortar founder David Kowalski to match three garments with their fine furniture companions.

It's hard not to feel a bit patriotic this year when days are filled with shorts, sunshine, and plenty of excuses to slug down an ice-cold local beer.

Every law student knows res ipsa loquitur, Latin for “the thing speaks for itself,” first applied in an 1863 lawsuit in which a barrel fell from a window and hit a passerby. The court ruled in the plaintiff’s favor because the facts were so clear.

With Bastille Day on July 14 (plus the Tour de France July 5 to 27), now’s the time to fete French style. Alliance Française, a cultural and language center, will celebrate July 19.