Neon

The 80s are back! Click on the image to watch a segment I taped with Today Show correspondent Jenna Wolfe; 80s fashion and make-up are actually making a comeback, but there's a way to make the trends feel 0-8, instead of 8-0. I loved shooting with Jenna - she was probably one of the most fun on-air personalities I've ever worked with. Read More »

This morning, I taped a segment for the Today Show on how trends from the 80s are making a comeback. Neons and brights, shrunken leather jackets, short full skirts, even shoulder pads! I remember wearing shoulder pads in the late 80s - we all thought they made us look taller and skinnier (by making the shoulders look wider, the waist looks smaller). This weekend, I saw four different women in their twenties wearing them and, to my surprise, two actually pulled them off! Will you revisit the 80s trends? How would you make them look modern?

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As an artistic medium, neon has been largely (in my opinion) underused, although not neglected entirely. (See: Bruce Nauman.) I had already been planning to write a "Custom Work" post about neon pieces designed by the talented and creative folks over at Lite Brite neon, and then the other day, I noticed that one of my neighbors has blue neon house numbers above his/her door, and it seems like such a genius idea. (And cute!) Because I was trying not to appear stalker-ish or cat-burglar-ish while taking photos of it, my photos turned out pretty bad, but you can check out this picture, at left, from Light'n Up Neon to get the idea. They (and several other companies I found by doing an online search for "neon house numbers") offer a range of colors, sizes, and fonts; Light'n Up charges about $600 for production and installation of one set. Not cheap, but maybe worth it to get your food deliveries while they're still hot?

Comment Away: What do you think? Would you consider putting up neon house numbers?


And just for fun, here are a few of my favorite custom pieces from Lite Brite, a Brooklyn-based company that does all kinds of work for fancy clients like Bergdorf's, the New York Times and Stella McCartney, as well as regular folks like you and me:
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