ASHER LEVINE - NEW YORK F/W 2012 FASHION SHOW Known for creating leather pieces for Lady GaGa, New York-designer Asher Levine made headlines for his A/W 2012 collection by having a fluorescent 3-D printer at the show, which created the plastic sunglasses the models sported. The designs were also focused on the latest technology, with futuristic silhouettes…
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CARLOS CAMPOS - NEW YORK F/W 2012 FASHION SHOW Gabriel García Márquez's Love in the Time of Cholera inspired Carlos Campos when designing his Fall 2012 collection. Using accents of various reds on neutral, yellowy earth tones, Campos wanted his collection to, “mix romanticism with realism within the fantasy of García Márquez's writing.” The collection is composed of color…
IMITATION - NEW YORK F/W 2012 FASHION PRESENTATION Tara Subkoff worked with bespoke tailoring label Doyle Mueser to create Imitation's F/W 2012 collection of fitted pantsuits, pinstripe blazer-dresses, and slitted pencil skirts. Menswear was re-worked with one-shouldered work shirts, a strapless white-button down, and a floor-length satin version of a formalwear vest. The presentation was presented…
JOHN BARTLETT - NEW YORK F/W 2012 FASHION PRESENTATION With a grant from Lexus, John Bartlett has completely relaunched his eponymous line and crafted a new Fall 2012 collection with a one hundred percent commitment to ethics. This means that all of the fabrics in the collection were either synthetically created, or recycled from vintage pieces. The…
LARS ANDERSSON - NEW YORK F/W 2012 FASHION PRESENTATION Lars Andersson is a Swedish designer with a focus on knitwear and what he refers to as, “black metal surfwear,” using fine Japanese and Italian yarns. The Fall 2012 collection had a cool, laid back silhouette featuring oversized cardigans and vests with draping that gave them a…
MALAN BRETON - NEW YORK F/W 2012 FASHION SHOW Malan Breton drew from the disparate inspirations of James Bond movies and the idea of transparency when designing his Fall 2012 collection entitled “Fantôme.” The men’s looks consisted of impeccably tailored suits, fit for 007 himself, with pops of vibrant blue and red, with bow ties and…
MARC BY MARC JACOBS - NEW YORK F/W 2012 FASHION SHOW For the F/W 2012 season, the more youthful line by Marc Jacobs was a mix of military and schoolgirl influences. The girls wore dirndl-style and pleated skirts that swayed below the knee and smock dresses, along with plaid trenches, rompers, stain floral prints, tweed pants. The…
MONCLER GRENOBLE - NEW YORK F/W 2012 FASHION PRESENTATION Moncler Grenoble’s Fall 2012 collection was presented on ice in Central Park’s Wollman Rink. The collection consisted of variations on the puffer jacket done in the french tricolore, red, white, and blue. The collection was inspired by Kubrick’s Space Odyssey and made from a material called…
NAUTICA - NEW YORK F/W 2012 FASHION PRESENTATION Nautica’s Fall 2012 collection was inspired by the traditional clothing worn by seafarers of the Northeastern coast. This season marked a brand, who’s built its’ empire on all things nautical, returning to its’ roots. Dark khakis and corduroys were offset with lively yellow and red parkas or…
SIMON SPURR - NEW YORK F/W 2012 FASHION SHOW In his Fall 2012 collection, Simon Spurr continued to perfect his variation on the suit, the item of clothing which has single-handedly propelled him to fashion stardom. Honing his tailoring under masters such as Ralph Lauren and Hedi Slimane, Spurr did not disappoint. His traditionally tailored pieces were…
TIM HAMILTON REDUX - NEW YORK F/W 2012 FASHION PRESENTATION Tim Hamilton’s Redux line allows the designer a chance to go into his archives and reissue and re-imagine some of his most popular archival pieces, giving the classics a fresh, modern twist. The Fall 2012 collection is the first time the Redux line has shown…
DIDIT HEDIPRASETYO COUTURE - PARIS S/S 2012 FASHION SHOW Indonesian designer Didit Hediprasetyo looked to India for the inspiration for his Spring/Summer 2012 collection. Like his Debussy inspired collection from last season, music is a crucial aspect of creating the mood and presenting his show. Sitar music accompanied the models through their walk in the Hôtel de…
BACKLASH BY ISAMU KATAYAMA - PARIS F/W 2012 FASHION SHOW This season, the Backlash man is a Nordic traveller turned to urban locales, hence the mash-up name for the collection, Norban Man. Isamu Katayama’s specialty is his leather work, and here with this collection, his combination of leather with wool, two natural, earthy fabrics that he manipulates…
BERNHARD WILLHELM - PARIS F/W 2012 FASHION SHOW Never expect the ordinary with Bernhard Willhelm. Paint splattered chaos presented in front of the most phallic fruit there is, his Fall/Winter collection jumps from plaids to bold graphic prints to big-stitched, exaggerated knits. Irreverent and taking names, Bernhard Willhelm injects a rough sexiness into blue collar jumpsuits,…
JULIUS - PARIS F/W 2012 FASHION SHOW The foggy atmosphere and ambient music at the Julius Fall/Winter 2012 show matched the ambiguous and somewhat mysterious collection. Following the military trend this season with his thick boots and leather cargos, head designer Tatsuro Horikawa also stayed in his typically gothic direction. The collection was a bit…
JUUN J - PARIS F/W 2012 FASHION SHOW Entitled Distended, the Fall/Winter collection from Juun J takes classical pieces and reinterprets them in a more exaggerated or modern manner, by altering the seams, creating new lines within the body of the piece, for example. The collection contains several boxy, oversized trenches, coats, and parkas that…
MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA - PARIS F/W 2012 FASHION SHOW Incredible texture blends were the highlight of the Fall/Winter collection from Maison Martin Margiela, colorblocked in some instances, and layered in others. Combinations of camel hair coats, sheepskin, muskrat furs, vinyl, denim, and most peculiarly, polyethylene, aka plastic trash bag, parkas both intrigued and confounded. Athletic…
QASIMI HOMME - PARIS F/W 2012 FASHION SHOW Stretched between East and West, Khalid Al Qasimi kept his signature cultural blending trademarks in place for “Opus”, the Fall/Winter 2012 collection from Qasimi Homme. Although inspired by “dark romance”, what he showed was closer to an at times militant sportswear paired with a flowing softness that…
SONGZIO - PARIS F/W 2012 FASHION SHOW The invitation for the Songzio show was an impressive bande dessiné, illuminating the vastness to be found in one’s own environment, steeped with an air of mystery and silently pending adventure. Songzio is sleek, quiet elegance in this abundance of coats, some detailed with soft lamb skin belts…
WOOYOUNGMI - PARIS F/W 2012 FASHION SHOW South Korean Wooyoungmi showed her clean and classic Fall/Winter 2012 collection on January 21st. Doing a retake on a retro pinstripe double breasted jacket, she elongates the torso and with a shortened pant hem shortens the leg, which might be counter-intuitive design wise, but is pulled off flawlessly.…