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.…
ADAM FASHION SHOW VIDEO BY XXXX MAGAZINE Adam’s Spring Summer 2012 collection opened with a panoply of the lilac and sherbet pink tones that reappeared throughout New York Fashion Week. Soft shades were complimented with an airy drift of light, floating materials,which moved in breezy wafts as they clung to the striding feminine form. The feel…
ALDO RISE FASHION SHOW VIDEO BY XXXX MAGAZINE Acting under the conviction that ‘fashion is no longer a commandment, it’s a collaboration,’ Aldo Rise designs literally stepped out onto the runways of New York S/S Fashion Week’s most hot-to-know designers. Collaborations with Preen, JW Anderson, Mark Fast, Cushnie et Ochs and Christian Cota saw the brands versatility reach new levels of…
ALEXANDER WANG FASHION SHOW VIDEO BY XXXX MAGAZINE Alexander Wang channelled chic BMX biker style in his SS 2012 collection in New York this month. Key trends to hit Wang’s futuristic edged catwalk included luminescent fluorescent colours, mesh cut-out layering, leather detailing and graphic retro prints - which edged on both tribal and 80’s gym slip.…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObGBdTWtLR0 Split into two distinct look-book chapters, Alexandre Herchcovitch's S/S collection drew on the elegance of mid 20th century silhouettes in an elegant, easy-to wear manner. Matt metallic materials were paired with zesty sherbet tones of yellow and covered in gold and silver thread flower applique which gave the collection an oriental feel. However, this oriental sway…
