(Venue: Cipriani 42nd Street) (Date: Friday, February 9th) BWood Designer Brian Wood pays tribute to Puerto Rico with a fashion-forward vintage mashup collection. The American-made PRSL line boasted meticulously designed pieces with Nuyorican influences. Colorful athliesure and pop art separates in oversized styles featured throughout. Puerto Rican homage bikini top paired effortlessly with cut-up denim varsity shorts and a multicolored rain […]
(Venue: Cipriani 42nd Street) (Date: Friday, February 9th) Barbie girl fashion takes center stage at New York fashion week. Inspired by Rocker chic & Tokyo trends, Emma Altman apparel flaunted catchy accessories, faux-fur pom-pom earrings, decorative chockers and lace bracelets. Runway collection featured a plethora of clubwear in holographic, fishnet, sequin and furred styles with bejeweled, ruffled and organdy accents. Vegan and cruelty-free, […]
(Venue: Cipriani 42nd Street) (Date: Friday, February 9th) Climate change and fashion collide in an all-inclusive Girls Just Wanna Have Fun themed collection. Adriana Sahar captured three eras of fashion history, fusing sixties mod with eighties street style punk and nineties urban appeal in assorted sorbet colors, featuring an audacious lime green bejeweled tube top, sheer, lilac embroidered kimono and vinyl mini skirt. Fearless […]
(Venue: Cipriani 42nd Street) (Date: Friday, February 9th) New York fashion photographer/film director Adrian Alicea returns to fashion week with a mesmerizing mashup collection. Inspired by his travels, the former Paris Fashion Week model unleashed thought-provoking men’s styles, athliesure married with high fashion, statement fur coats coupled with track pants, tartan twill paired with draped tops, and furred denim mixed with […]
(Venue: Angel Oresanz Center) (Date: Thursday, February 8th) Bombay fashion house Vaishali S introduced handmade textiles, patterned, pleat and applique, in a wondrous color scheme, emerging with intensified mulberries, abysmal wines, blackened purples, rich chocolates, midnight blues, then winding down softly into dusty pinks, desert sands, muted mustard and powdered/denim blues. The luxury brand boasts an impressive global outreach, with several hundred artisan […]
(Venue: Angel Oresanz Center) (Date: Thursday, February 8th) Kentaro Kameyama returns to the Big Apple to rewin the hearts of New Yorkers. The Season 16 Project Runway winner unveiled his newest fall collection to a packed venue of fashion influencers. The classical pianist California designer relied heavily upon mysteriously rhythmic piano melodies to set the tone for his runway presentation. Inspired by Japanese aesthetic and […]
(Venue: NYU Global Center) (Date: Saturday, March 24th) Real Justice PAC co-founder, activist and Intercept columnist Shaun King returns to New York for a crash course in media/writing. The former history professor began his presentation walking students through the significance of late German historian Leopold von Ranke, how his contributions helped decode the status quo, even drawing analog to the […]
(Venue: Angel Oresanz Center) (Date: Thursday, February 8th) Datari Austin celebrates vintage punk fused with soft motifs in a warm to cool color palette of olive, citronella and onyx. Luxurious leather rocked star-studded embellishments, slit detail, snap pockets, belted accessory and zippered features. Playful designs included a pair of spaghetti strap jumpsuit shorts. Dress separates showcased carefully crafted elongated ruffles, […]
Venue: Pier 17. Date: Tuesday, February 6th. Epson opened New York Fashion Week with their 4th annual fashion show presentation, featuring cosmopolitan themed capsule collections from North & Latin American designers. Using Epson’s world-class dye-sublimation printing technology designers concocted signature styles, while detailing distinct cultural accents to each wardrobe piece. — Alexandra Pizzigoni x Patricia Franklin for Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia) […]
Nestled in the Mojave desert lies the entertainment capital of the world in all its lavish glory, with more AAA Five Diamond hotels than anywhere in the world, like the The Venetian, a wondrous architectural layout, with its bridges, balconies, gondolas and Sistine chapel styled ceilings inspired by landmarks in Venice, expansive business class fashioned suites […]
Venue: Louis Armstrong House Location: 34-56 107th Street, Corona NY 11368 World renowned Jazz artist Louis Armstrong, though a New Orleans native, lived with his wife Lucille in a mid-century brick house in Corona Queens, New York. “We’re right out here with the rest of the colored folk and the Puerto Ricans and Italians and […]
The original Viceland, New Orléans is home to Cajun cuisine, live music, wine and spirits. With Spanish, French, Afro-American and European roots, it’s the most eclectic place to be. Unpack your bags at Bourbon Street’s four diamond-rated Royal Sonesta. Enjoy a gallery overlooking the French Quarter, scenic courtyard, outdoor pool and indoor dining experience at Desire Oyster […]
