by Aaron on February 20, 2009
With the high price of producing a runway show, designers are looking for alternative ways of getting exposure for their collections.And going straight to video as a medium is on the rise especially after the Viktor and Rolf video last season.Project Runway alum, designer Zulema Griffin has put her fall 2009 collection on video is [...]
by Aaron on February 14, 2009
Duckie Brown’s Fall 2009 collection had the design duo of Steven Cox and Daniel Silver continuing to develop their idea of protection that we saw in their Spring 09 collection as well.At times no piece of skin was left exposed save for a sliver around the eyes.Bright orange was the color that popped from black [...]
by Aaron on January 29, 2009
Isabel Toledo is the designer who made the now-iconic yellow dress that First Lady Michelle Obama wore on Inauguration Day.
Her friend of 15 years, Patricia Mears, recently told Life & Style that she “wasn’t surprised at all that she [Michelle] chose Isabel Toledo”. Mears, who works at the Fashion Institute of Technology’s Museum as deputy [...]
by Aaron on January 27, 2009
Kanye West, or wait…forgive me.
I mean Martin ‘Louis’ The King, Jr. had a chat with Dazed Digital after the recent Louis Vuitton show which featured his L.V. designed kicks.
Dazed Digital: What was the inspiration behind the sneakers you’ve designed for Louis Vuitton? Kanye West: They’ve got a sci-fi influence with this flap up at the [...]
by Aaron on January 27, 2009
The man behind the Band Of Outsiders label dishes his rules of style in this months Details magazine.
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Opening a conversation with “What do you do?” makes you sound like a shifty, social-climbing dickwad. Small talk is for sissies, but if you’re stuck with it, you can certainly come up with something better than that.
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Talking about [...]
by Aaron on December 17, 2008
Oy!
First Carmen Marc Valvo and Betsey Johnson decide not to show in the tents and now we can add another prominent name to that growing list.
Vera Wang has chosen to forego an expensive runway show in February at the Bryant Park tents. Instead Ms. Wang will host a low key presentation at her Soho boutique.
“We [...]
by Aaron on December 17, 2008
So what IS a Marc Jacobs sale like?
Well, here’s what W magazine’s executive editor, Bridget Foley:
I walked into a full-house frenzy of fashion girls (and some boys), all very much my junior, who ferreted furiously through the piles of bags, which were heavy on bubble gum pink Sofias and frog-closure nylon pouches that bore the [...]
by Aaron on December 17, 2008
Due to the economic climate as well as internal melees, the house of Bill Blass is history.
Nearly a decade after Bill Blass retired from Seventh Avenue, the company that bears his name is closing, with many of its remaining staff expected to leave this week. According to current and former designers who have carried on [...]
by Aaron on December 17, 2008
Singer Katy Perry could be the next celeb to create her own fashion line.
The “I Kissed a Girl” singer has a way with style and is inspired by Agnyess Deyn and Dita Von Teese.
She tells Fabulous magazine:
“I’ve always experimented with clothes and have my own style inspired by pin-up girls and Lolita,” she [...]
by Aaron on December 16, 2008
Barbie may be turning 50 next year, but she isn’t quite ready to trade in her fancy footwear for orthopedic shoes.
Christian Louboutin is designing pumps in iconic Barbie Pantone 219 Pink, which will make their debut at the special runway show that Mattel Inc. is staging during New York fashion week next February.
Fifty [...]