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[THIERRY MUGLER: COUTURISSIME] The Brooklyn Museum in New York hosted its first retrospective of French designer, perfumer and published author Manfred Thierry Mugler. The exhibition featured over eight dozen looks, from haute couture to stage wear, sketches, videos, editorials, images from his photography book, even an installation. Entitled Thierry Mugler: Couturissime, the term “couturissme” is […]
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Date: February 9th Venue: Room&Board (NYC – Chelsea) Victor De Souza delighted his audience with a Victorian meets baroque inspired collection in a vibrant color palette soft blues and warmer hues in royal yellow, earth tone and maroon, sprinkled with touches of classic black & white. Hair looks in up and down pouf styles with bow accessories […]
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Date: September 11th Venue: Prince George Ballroom Hulos Prive presented a memorable show during New York fashion week. Hair and makeup included slick back styles, red laced eyes, flawless faces, bronzed cheeks and satin lips. Wardrobe color palette featured jewel tones, oceanic blues, earth tones, green gradient color scheme and lots of denim. Dresses were fashioned with peacock […]
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The story of Dapper Dan is one of resilience. To understand the struggle, one must journey back in time to the process that led this self-made entrepreneur into the fashion global figure he is today. During the Civil Rights era the man formally known to his community as Daniel Day worked for the Harlem newspaper […]
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(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 […]
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Date: Wednesday, February 15th. Venue: Skylight Clarkson Square Russian born designer Irina Vitjaz closed New York Fashion Week with a formal collection of striking dresses and gowns fashioned in an array of styles, immersed in a diversified color palette of metallic golds, grays, whites, aquas and stripes, electric yellows and powdered blues. Floral detail included […]
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Date: February 9. Venue: The Designer’s Loft – Studio 450 Kera Anderson & Nicole Styer of K.Nicole masterminded period designs with a progressive twist. Naturally hued linen fabrics and velvet brocade dominated the collection. Taking elements from 19th century & 1970s classics, Victorian dresses flowed down the runway with hints of citrus in cuffed and puffer […]
Read MoreDate: February 12. Venue: Landmark On The Park (NYC) What can be said about Adrian Alicea that has not already been voiced from the front row of his fashion show? His metamorphosis collection unfolded with surprising twists and turns, generating climatic oohs and aahs, filled with lavish Victorian garbs, Dungeon inspired leather assembles and touches […]
Read MoreWith sci-fi imperial armored apparel, Gareth Pugh enables clients to roam planet earth with superb confidence. Live art in motion “the lovely Daphne Guinness” is an avid fan of Gareth Pugh. For her exhibit at the FIT Museum, she carefully chose pieces from Gareth Pugh’s collections, most notably a remarkable spiked-leather cat-suit from Fall 2009. […]
Read MoreAlexander McQueen was the kind of designer that given scraps of fabric could turn it into a beautiful gown in a span of a television commercial break, a couture-worthy gown out of beach-side seashells or bird feathers. With his boundless visionary talent, he exposed our world to his political viewpoint thru theatrical presentations and unworldly […]
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