Obsessions

  • Barracks, a retail installation by Greg Lauren

    2011 November 15

    Ten-hut!

    Barracks by Greg Lauren

    WHAT: Barracks by Greg Lauren

    WHY: Wondering what the hubbub is all about at 125-127 Grand Street? It happens to be a temporary retail installation called Barracks by painter and designer Greg Lauren (yep, he's Ralph's nephew!). On display: a 30-piece GL collection of perfectly tattered and tantalizing trenches, suiting, jackets, and gowns crafted with repurposed military fabrics from vintage Army tents, parkas, and duffle bags. "I’m obsessed with our universal obsession with military clothing and this idea that everyone wants to look and feel like a soldier, without actually being one," explains Lauren. "[Barracks] is part fashion, part art, part store. It has meaning to me and hopefully brings meaning to those whose stories give emotional life to the pieces.”

    AVAILABLE: Open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Friday, November 18, 2011

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