On a positive note it is going up to 73 degrees here in NY today and that is very enouraging as the end of this Winter had been unbearably cold, windy and icy.
For those of you in the NYC area or those planning to visit, you might want to stop by FIT's museum and see both their She's Like a Rainbow: Colors in Fashion
November 11, 2006 - May 9, 2007 you can get info online at: http://fitnyc.edu/aspx/Content.aspx?menu=FutureGlobal:Museum:FashionAndTextileHistoryGallery
and their permanent collection FASHION & TEXTILE HISTORY GALLERY: MFIT's New Permanent Exhibition which opened in November 2005, The Museum at FIT launched America's first and only permanent gallery of Fashion and Textile History. The gallery features changing selections from the Museum's permanent collections, which are comprised of more than 50,000 garments and accessories dating from the 18th century to the present - with particular strength in contemporary designer fashion - some 30,000 textiles from the 6th to 21st centuries, as well as 300,000 textile swatches and 1,300 sample books.
If you can, you should stop by admission is free and these are collections unlike any others anywhere.
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