PARKCHOONMOO - NEW YORK - SPRING / SUMMER 2013 FASHION SHOW Asian culture served as one of the largest creative inspirations during Fashion Week, and Parkchoonmoo was no different. Designer Choon Moo Park drew heavily from her own Korean culture, as reflected in her update and reappropriation of the "hanbok," a traditional Korean garnet. The…
RAD BY RAD HOURANI - NEW YORK - SPRING / SUMMER 2013 FASHION SHOW Futuristic and androgynous, Rad Hourani’s Spring 2013 collection showcased skinny pants, boxy outerwear, and dresses that are formless yet sculptural at the same time. The color palette was plum, black, pewter gray and cream, and all the models, both male and…
Rafael Cennamo's couture-quality dresses have been rocked on the red carpet by everyone from Taylor Swift to Jada Pinkett Smith. And for his Spring/Summer 2013 line, the young designer, who's been at the helm of his own label since 2006, was inspired largely by Japanese culture, using a similar method of intricate hand embroidery to…
REEM ACRA - NEW YORK - SPRING / SUMMER 2013 FASHION SHOW Reem Acra's SS2013 collection began with more buttoned up and ladylike silhouettes, swapping asymmetrical cuts and blinding colors for detailed laser cut. But things soon took a decidedly more opulent turn, as hand beaded trims and a series of silk pajama pantsuits came…
The spring collection for Renzo + Kai was inspired by the “Bon Vivant” attitude and the café society generation of the 1930’s. The romance and intrigue around this era is a call to the retro glamour of old Hollywood film sirens. Marlene Dietrich’s beautiful cabaret singer in the 1930 film The Blue Angel, captures the…
ROLANDO SANTANA - NEW YORK - SPRING / SUMMER 2013 FASHION SHOW For his Spring 2013 line, Rolando Santana emphasized muted colors with the occasional pop of green, blue and orange gem tones, as well as metallic pastel accents. Classic white trenches and suits preceded sweeping, layered emerald and cobalt evening gowns. Multi-paneled cocktail dresses…
Samantha Pleet’s Spring 2013 collection, “Sands Of Time,” drew inspiration from Babylon and Mesopotamia, the world’s earliest civilizations. This motif was most evident in pieces like the Ishtar dress, whose print was adapted from biblical myth. Color schemes ranged from rusts and beiges to powder blue and dusty rose. Though the showcase contained predominately shift…
Saunder's Spring/Summer 2013 line is a perfect blend of the 1990s riot grrl aesthetic—all floral prints and shoes fit for combat—and more modern styling, such as metallic fabrics and androgynous fits. Saunder's wide array of cuts, mixed with lighter colors, such as sherbet greens, salmon pinks and cream yellows, make for an ideal mix of…
SON JUNG WAN - NEW YORK - SPRING / SUMMER 2013 FASHION SHOW Texture and silhouettes were the focus of Son Jung Wan’s Spring/Summer 2013 collection, with an equal eye paid to more elegant and ethereal materials and shapes. Embellished tweeds and carful craft work were everywhere to be found in a distinctly line that…
SOOJIN-LEE - NEW YORK - SPRING / SUMMER 2013 FASHION SHOW Soojin-Lee is a London based designer who used New York Fashion Week to launch her Byzantine art inspired Spring/Summer 2013 collection. Gold motifs, dramatic draping, and a more colorful extension of gothic imagery, the line highlighted the artistic potential of clashing patterns and bold…
Along with geometric shapes, the natural elements proved to be the other singular constant found throughout NYFW 2013. Sunhee's Spring/Summer 2013 line proved no different, with water infusion prints that fronted the entire collection, inspiring a flowing silhouette and fabrics that did more draping than tight hugging. The line had a good mix of youthful…
SUNO - NEW YORK - SPRING / SUMMER 2013 FASHION SHOW Suno has made a name for itself as a label with an eclectic and unique vision, stitching together what seems like a blend of vintage one-of-a-kind pieces with a much more modern-minded mixing of prints. Their 2013 line does more of what Erin Beatty…
TADASHI SHOJI - NEW YORK - SPRING / SUMMER 2013 FASHION SHOW Japanese designer Tadashi Shoji has dressed everyone from Florence Welsh, Fan Bingbing and Oscar winner Octavia Spencer, always focusing on unique fabrics and vibrant colors, finding the right balance between the visual and the tangible. His 2013 collection kept on theme, with stunning…
THE BLONDS - NEW YORK - SPRING / SUMMER 2013 FASHION SHOW Lipstick-printed body suits and glossy sleeveless shirts were front and center in The Blonds “Psycho Beach Party” Spring 2013 collection, presented at Milk Studios. Designer Philippe Blond combined glitzy fabrics with the imagination of wild, sea-themed patterns and colors. Incorporating the imagery of…
Tia Cibani made her first solo debut this year after the designer left Ports 1961 in 2010. Her hotly anticipated line proved to be worth the wait. Inspired largely by a nautical theme, Cibani really paired down her line with a clean color palette: strong navy looks; whimsical peaches and yellows. The models looked perfectly…
TIMO WEILAND - NEW YORK - SPRING / SUMMER 2013 FASHION SHOW Timo Weiland found the perfect blend of youth and adult with his Spring/Summer 2013 line, harkening back to familiar fashion inspirations: 1980s/1990s; hip hop; minimalist nightwear. The menswear went the casual and clean route, largely featuring well-fitting garments that made the womenswear standout…
VENEXIANA - NEW YORK - SPRING / SUMMER 2013 FASHION SHOW Designer Kati Stern (with her Louise Brooks bob and Sedgewick-thick eyeliner) proved that when it comes to Venexiana's Spring/Summer 2013 line, sometimes fashion is just as much about sustainable style as it is about progressive design. Stern's line had its eye on a spectrum…
VIVIENNE TAM - NEW YORK - SPRING / SUMMER 2013 FASHION SHOW Vivienne Tam's love of Chinese cosmology fit the larger themes NYFW was seeing most, which was a return to geometry, most specifically circular design. The five elements played the largest roll in the designer's Spring/Summer line, with lace, broderie and crochet patchwork, and…
YEOHLEE - NEW YORK - SPRING / SUMMER 2013 FASHION SHOW Yeohlee Teng's collection of women's garments are focused on geometry and silhouette more than anything else, and the unique shape and fabric make it a fashion week line unlike any other. Teng has stated that architect Andrew Geller's Pearlrtoh House in the Hamptons served…
YIGAL AZROUEL - NEW YORK - SPRING / SUMMER 2013 FASHION SHOW Yigal Azrouel has become known for his equal interest in both reshaping classic menswear and refocusing the future of womenswear, and his 2013 line continued this brave step forward with geometrically unique cuts and dark tones that granted the line a unique seriousness.…
