" After The Gay Pride March"

"R.I.P. Bill Cunningham"

Bill Cunningham, who turned fashion photography into his own branch of cultural anthropology on the streets of New York, chronicling an era's ever-changing social scene for The New Times by training his busily observant lens on what people wore - stylishly, flamboyantly or just plain sensibly- died on Saturday in Manhattan. 

He was 87. 

I took this photo at the Easter Parade on the 5th Avenue.

 I took these 4 photos on the Governors'  Island a few years back.

He was working hard as always to capture New Yorkers' fashion.

Saturday Morning will never be the same at the Union Square Farmers' Market.

We will miss you very much Bill !

"Be who you are. Love who you love. #prideforeveryone"

" "

"Gay swimmer Ayrton Kasemets wins Oakland Univ. Courage Award"

Ayrton Kasemets came out as gay to his Oakland Univ. swim team 

and then publicly on Outsports.

That earned him his school athletic department's 2016 Courage Award.

Oakland Univ. swimmer Ayrton Kasemets received the school athletic department's Courage Award at its end-of-year awards program. Kasemets won the award for coming out to his teammates and then publicly on Outsports, becoming an inspiration to other athletes to be themselves.

"He's a wonderful young man," head swim coach Pete Hovland said in a tribute video to Kasemets (you can watch it above). "He's a great athlete. He's just a joy to be around. And I don't think people in our program even give it a second thought."

Kasemets just finished his sophomore year in college. Oakland Univ. is a powerhouse in the Horizon League, where the men's swimming and diving team has won 38 consecutive league championships.

Kasemets had two top-15 finishes at the Horizon League championships, in the 100-meter breaststroke and the 200-meter breaststroke. Kasemets is part of the student-advisory committee for the Sports Equality Foundation.

"Holiday Morning at MET"

Hope you all had a great Holiday Weekend. 

I love being in New York for Big Holiday Weekends.  I found that the city is very quiet and many places are not too crowded specially when we have great weather. Even though I don't like to go to Museums for Holidays and weekends, I decided to go to the Metropolitan Museum with Jonathan to see New Fashion Exhibition "MANUS x MACHINA  Fashion in an Age of Technology"

There were so many great clothes from the past, including pieces from the 19th century to present.  It was a very nicely mounted show.  If you are a fashionista you must go there to see what was happened, and is going to happen in the fashion scene for coming years. 
Even if you are not, I can guarantee you will have a good time.

Here are some of photos I took in the special space the Met gave to the Fashion.  
If you need to know who and which house created those fabulous fashions, I guess you need to find out them by yourself at the MET.   Just remember to go there early, not at middle of the day.  We went there late morning.  And the place was not too bad. Lines to get tickets were short.  
By the time we were ready to leave, the great hall was so crowded.  The lines were formed to enter to the galleries.

I need to go back there to take pictures of the displays after my camera's battery died. And some of  the fashions are well worth for me to doing so.  

One of the rooms is filled with dresses and jackets almost like mock-ups for real things.  And some of them are made to look like mock-ups.  I need to have a record of that room.  So. I may post more pictures from this great show at the MET.   

By the way, taking photos is permitted if you don't use flash. I thought you may have wanted to know .