BACKSTAGE AT PROSE Prose designer, Miriam Lehle, was inspired to create her Fall 2012 collection from an old curtain that she found and cut up into pieces. The collection reflected the colors of the curtain, with midnight, ochre, and chestnut. It also mimicked its detailing, with explosive, dramatic fringe on almost every look that had a…
SHAO YEN - LONDON F/W 2012 FASHION PRESENTATION Shao Yen, a Taiwanese designer, wanted to play with traditional English formal wear in his Fall 2012 collection, "Class," by mixing in stylistic elements from British street and sportswear. Sedate tweeds and tailored blazers were given a youthful edge with additions of fur and leather, in bright orange…
SPIJKERS EN SPIJKERS - LONDON F/W 2012 FASHION SHOW Spijkers en Spijkers Fall 2012 collection, Birds of Paradise, mixed and layered silks to create art deco prints and silhouettes. The look of the show was a demure, 50s shape, that was then taken into the present day through an autumnal color palette, sheer elements, and…
TEMPERLEY LONDON - LONDON F/W 2012 FASHION SHOW As the title of Temperley London's Fall 2012 collection suggests, it was heavily inspired by sumptuous Renaissance religious paintings from the beginning of the 18th century. However, It was not just paintings that gave the "Renaissance" collection its title, but the word itself, meaning creative…
TOPSHOP UNIQUE - LONDON F/W 2012 FASHION SHOW Turning from the bold, adventurous trends of the past two seasons, Topshop Unique’s A/W 2012-13 collection, under new creative director Kate Phelan, aimed to reinvent the uniform with a good mix of masculine and feminine. The collection featured military-inspired outerwear, a velvet jumpsuit, shirt dresses,…
Throughout 2012 do not miss XXXX Magazine, The Untitled Magazine, movies screening almost daily in collaboration with the Big Screen Plaza in Chelsea, Manhattan. BSP strives to enrich the cultural center of Manhattan through the screening of video art. The screenings consist of a 2 hour screening of the Voyage Issue, and the 1 hour XXXX Magazine "Best Of Issues…
BASIL SODA COUTURE - PARIS S/S 2012 FASHION SHOW Nature Under the Microscope, the Spring/Summer Couture collection from Basil Soda treats the dress form as an extension of the body to be examined. The collection begins with more innocent, delicate pieces that use sheer and lace to then progressively transform into a more complex form. The…
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…
EVA MINGE - PARIS S/S 2012 FASHION SHOW In simple, loose silhouettes the Spring/Summer 2012 Couture collection from Eva Minge outlines and playfully shadows the woman’s form. Minge is able to perfectly conceal sex appeal while risking to expose it at once. Retro, short cropped jackets fell just over the breast or delicately over the back,…
FRANCK SORBIER HAUTE COUTURE - PARIS S/S 2012 FASHION SHOW Review for Franck Sorbier to be updated. - Photography by Jodie Talbot for XXXX Magazine, "The Untitled Magazine"
IRIS VAN HERPEN HAUTE COUTURE - PARIS S/S 2012 FASHION SHOW On January 23, 2012, a large audience crowded in a converted 17th century convent to view “Micro”, the Iris van Herpen Spring/Summer 2012 collection. In actuality, this fashion collection of layered, spiraling forms leans more towards sculptural fine-art interacting with living human bodies than to…
JEAN PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE - PARIS S/S 2012 FASHION SHOW Review for Jean Paul Gaultier to be updated. - Photography by Jodie Talbot for XXXX Magazine, "The Untitled Magazine"
JULIEN FOURNIE HAUTE COUTURE - PARIS S/S 2012 FASHION SHOW Julien Fournié, one of the young designers invited by the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture as a guest member on the official Haute Couture calendar, is pushing haute couture not just into modern times but into the experimentation of future technology. His collaboration with…
ON AURA TOUT VU COUTURE - PARIS S/S 2012 FASHION SHOW Review for on aura tout vu to be updated. ON AURA TOUT VU COUTURE - PARIS S/S 2012 BACKSTAGE - Photography by Jodie Talbot for XXXX Magazine, "The Untitled Magazine"
YIQING YIN HAUTE COUTURE - PARIS S/S 2012 FASHION SHOW The Spring/Summer 2012 Haute Couture collection from Yiqing Yin gracefully drapes and folds around the female form. From lush, thick furs to slinky, liquid satin the textures, the weight, the silhouettes transform from one garment to the next. - Photography by Jodie Talbot for XXXX Magazine, "The Untitled…
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…
