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GETTY IMAGES (HARBOR, GARDENS); DAVID SIMS (FASHION); ALAMY (MUSEUM)
NEWYORK CITY:
FASHION ANARCHY
From the beginning of the
punk movement, there’s been
little daylight between the music
and the fashions. What started as
a snarling underground sensibility
in New York migrated to London,
where it was refined into an
enduring “look” by Malcolm
McLaren et al. Starting in May, a
new exhibit at the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, “Punk: Chaos to
Couture,” will examine punk’s
impact on style, from
its birth in the 1970s
through its influence on
high fashion today.
RIO DE JANEIRO: PREP RALLY
The 2014 soccer World Cup hotly followed by the
2016
Olympic Games means that Rio is getting a
face-lift. Take Lapa, the city’s gritty nightlife district, in
which salsa was born and every proper
night out in Rio ends. Improvements
here include an outdoor exhibition
space, a cultural center and
performing arts school, and better
security and organization. The
hope, says Rio’s mayor, Eduardo
Paes, is not to scrub Lapa of its
personality but to smooth its rough
edges. “There can be lively disorder,”
he said recently. “It’s part of the locale.”
DERRY, NORTHERN
IRELAND:
A ONCE-TROUBLED
CITY GETS ITS DUE
This year marks the 400th anniversary
of the prefix “London” being bestowed
upon the town of Derry, which played
a key role in the decades-long Troubles
between Republicans and Unionists.
But this is also the year that Derry-
Londonderry gets another, less divisive
moniker from across the Irish Sea: “U.K.
City of Culture.” The Ulster city beat out
three English contenders to become the
first-ever recipient of the honor, and is
pulling out the stops with a full diary
of cultural events including the Turner
Prize, one of Europe’s most prestigious art
competitions—the first time it will be held
outside England in its 29-year history.
SONGDO, SOUTH KOREA:
THE VIEWFROM 2030
Songdo is a metropolis built from scratch on 1,500 acres of
reclaimed land, and in the coming year or so will be the home
of the world’s tallest twin skyscrapers: Incheon Tower. But Songdo
is more than just a Dubai of the Far East. It’s also one of 15 “ubiq-
uitous cities,” or U-cities, under construction in South Korea. In a
U-city, all information systems are linked through such things as
wireless networking and RFID tags. What does that look like, you
ask? Imagine throwing a plastic bo le into a municipal recycling
bin and instantly ge ing a refund, or taking a nasty spill and hav-
ing a pressure-sensitive floor call for help. Pre y smart, huh?
Punk chic
by Karl
Lagerfeld
for Chanel,
at the Met
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