ALLUDE - PARIS F/W 2012 FASHION SHOW Allude designer Andrea Karg, sought to portray intellectual, bohemian chic in her Autumn/Winter 2012/12 collection. The collection, completely in cashmere, managed to create heavily layered looks that simultaneously fell close to the body, creating a trim, polished silhouette. The colors of the collection were inspired by the “allure of…
K11 - PARIS F/W 2012 FASHION EVENT K11 is an organization that promotes young talents working in art and culture, giving them an opportunity to share their work on an international stage. Following last year’s success, K11 once again presented their “Paris, Bonjour!” show in Le Pavillon Vendome. This year’s theme, “Lightness of Being,” was inspired…
LIE SANG BONG - PARIS F/W 2012 FASHION SHOW The Fall 2012 collection from Korean designer Lie Sang Bong stirred controversy as he sent models down the runway with carefully painted brown splotches covering the center of their faces. Bong, who counts Lady Gaga and Rhianna among his fans, stated that the collection was about…
MASHA MA - PARIS F/W 2012 FASHION SHOW Masha Ma has continually focused on the idea of unraveling the feminine form, and in her Fall 2012 collection this theme took new shape thanks to inspiration from Oscar Wilde’s fairy tale,The Nightingale and the Rose. The collection consisted largely of black and white floor-length evening gowns that…
SHIATZY CHEN - PARIS F/W 2012 RUNWAY Chinese designer Shiatzy Chen’s F/W 2012/13 collection, Weaving a Dream, draws from the Miao culture of Southern China and Southeast Asia to inform Chen’s contemporary designs. The Miao people were culturally isolated for centuries, leading them to create forms of embroidery and totems that express their history and…
TALBOT RUNHOF - PARIS F/W 2012 FASHION SHOW The design team behind Talbot Runhof, Johnny Talbot and Adrian Runhof, were inspired to create their Fall 2012 collection, Bésame Mucho, after watching Anne Bancroft’s masterful performance as Nora Dinsmoor in the 1998 film adaptation of Great Expectations. The pair identified with the young woman who was…
