BCBG MAX AZRIA – NEW YORK F/W 2012 FASHION SHOW Husband and wife design duo, Max & Lubov Azria continued with the theme of color blocking for the BCBG Max Axria F/W 2012 collection. This season, the geometric patterns were created using a color palette of black, cream, burgundy and navy juxtaposed with jade green, turquoise, coral…
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…
DIESEL BLACK GOLD - NEW YORK F/W 2012 FASHION SHOW Leather is the foundation os Diesel Black Gold’s F/W 2012 collection. The material used for the trenches, over-sized cuffed pants and low-slung wrap skirts with wide belts. While black and grey were the main colors, there were also brick red jackets and a generous use of…
EIGHTEENTH - NEW YORK F/W 2012 FASHION PRESENTATION Alexa Galler, the Ecco Domani Foundation winner, presented her fall 2012 collection of the label Eighteenth, which was heavily inspired by her own father. Galler took menswear and re-imagined it for the female form, including weekend staples such as oversized men’s blazers, oxford shirts, and cozy sweaters. The…
ERICKSON BEAMON - NEW YORK F/W 2012 FASHION PRESENTATION Karen Erickson and Vicki Beamon’s first ready-to-wear presentation for their label Erickson Beamon took guests on a journey to a Prohibition Era burlesque bar where models mingled with guests in sequined, flapper style slips. The collection was an array of slinky cocktail gowns in silk, sequins, and feathers…
IRINA SHABAYEVA - NEW YORK F/W 2012 FASHION PRESENTATION Irina Shabayeva, winner of Project Runway season 6, showed her Fall 2012 collection of wedding gowns and evening wear at the Eventi Hotel. A number of the gowns, which were shown in red, white, and blue, featured sweetheart necklines, mermaid skirts, and a black vine brocade…
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…
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…
THE BLONDS - NEW YORK F/W 2012 RUNWAY VIDEO The Blonds are known for their wild, crazy antics on the runway, and, as always, with their Fall 2012 collection they managed to outdo themselves once again. This year’s title of guest of honor belonged to questionable fashion icon Lil’ Kim, and it was also the first…
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…
YEOHLEE - NEW YORK F/W 2012 FASHION SHOW Yeohlee Teng gave an informal presentation with only seven looks for Fall 2012. The ensembles were largely monochromatic, with the exception of a few pieces in a deep burgundy, and a teal, mohair, cape coat. The collection was cohesive with loosely cut silhouettes that played with draping and…
Named a finalist for the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund, Antonio Azzuolo’s S/S 2012 followed a rebellious route, taking its inspiration from ‘Les Minets,’ a scandalous modern French movement.’ Azzuolo’s pieces reflected the movement’s fantasy with dressing up and causing havoc with a collection which played around with traditional cuts, silhouettes and colour codes. Sharply cut, double-breasted jackets were suited…
BESS FASHION SHOW VIDEO BY XXXX MAGAZINE Having launched Bess in 2000, husband and wife duo Doug and Bess Abraham put together a young, fun collection obviously inspired by all things 90’s. From the wedge platform sneakers to the Bjork/Gwen Steffani hairstyling, this was bright, glittery club-kid glamour with clashing cartoon prints, faux fur and neon, creating…
Blending modern New Yorker workwear and contemporary tailoring with indigenous, Central and South American heritage – Inca, Maya and Aztec. The Carlos Campos collection showcased a unique hybrid mixture of Amerinidian explorer meets western resort wear. Ankle-hugging chinos added an edge look to the collection which balanced out the classic brogues and wide-brimmed fedoras. The collection switched…
CARLOS MIELE FASHION SHOW VIDEO BY XXXX MAGAZINE Pure, electric colours sent shock-waves down Carlos Miele's S/S catwalk. As squeezed straight from a new tube of paint onto a clean, white palette, tangerine orange nad aqua-marine empowered what, was otherwise a clean palette collection. In contrast to the blocks and columns of colour which infused the collections…
DARYL K FASHION SHOW VIDEO BY XXXX MAGAZINE Celebrating her brand’s 20th anniversary, Daryl K’s S/S collection looked back to the zine-style which has infiltrated much of her career. Daryl K focused her S/S trends around, well, silhouettes that have been seen time and time again – silhouettes that, as the designer stated after the show, ‘she…
DOUGLAS HANNANT FASHION SHOW VIDEO BY XXXX MAGAZINE Douglas Hannant took his fashion followers on a journey back to 1930s Shanghai. Every creative detail, down to the venue’s décor, the styling and, most importantly, the designs, were structured around Hannant’s vision of Shanghai as ‘a bubble of escapism, dominated by European and US American…
The designers involved with the show were; Free East, Jane Hu, Jasper Huang, Eve Lin, Shirley Yang, and Chang Ying. Taking a variety of influence from traditional Taiwan design, each designer brand produced their own highly individual collection, mixing traditional craftsmanship with contemporary silhouettes. Full of feminine texture, Shirley Yang's beautiful gowns graced the catwalk…
Releasing her collection for the first time at New York Fashion Week, Canadian born designer, Fotini, delivered an innovative show of her upcoming collection. Models adorning glamorous floor length dresses lounged on chaise longue's while others draped their arms strategically across the fireplace. Guests steeped into what had been deliberately envisioned to appear as a painting,…
FRANCESC BY FRANK TEL FASHION SHOW VIDEO BY XXXX MAGAZINE The Francesc label was created by Frank Tell as an opportunity for the creation of some more contemporary collections. The SS12 collection was made up of high neck dresses, skirts and short leather jackets, some pieces had a simple cut and a sporty feel, juxtaposed against sexy,…
