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Altuzarra
Designer: Joseph Altuzarra

• “Altuzarra has earned his reputation as the go-to American designer for brash and sexy, and I’m glad Hollywood is starting to take notice. (Jennifer Lawrence wore his sleeveless black dress with embellished tassel details to the BAFTA Tea last month.)” [All The Rage/Los Angeles Times]
• “It was city-slick from the first look to the last.” [ELLEuk.com]
• “It was hard to see the point of layering cropped khaki jackets over coats. Besides, the effect has been done by other designers, including Junya Watanabe. Separately, a lot of these pieces were fine, if somewhat obscured.” [On The Runway/The New York Times]
• “It was ultra-sophisticated and brilliantly cinematic (Cruella de Ville-inspired even) at Altuzarra for Autumn/Winter 2013–signalling a welcome return to roots for the young designer famed for his unforgettably risqué Edward Scissorhands and Catwoman-like creations of seasons past.” [SHOWstudio]
• “The exercise in restraint helped him find his raw essence. He’s designing the fiercest, sexiest clothes in New York, and that’s reason enough for many women to seek him out.” [Style.com]
• “The Manhattan fall runways of the city’s brightest young things seem to have been invaded by a race of Amazonian superheroines, with broad shoulders and nipped-in waists that evoke an eighties Mugler-esque vision of the comic-strip fifties. Joseph Altuzarra’s vision was a strikingly bold and beautiful take on the look, his graphic clothes—in a restrained tonal palette—an exercise in silhouette and elaborate construction.” [Vogue.com]
• “As always, at the heart of Altuzarra’s collections is the celebration of seduction and bringing a new sexiness to womenswear–and this time it was glossy and luxe.” [Vogue.com UK]
• “Call it a power play. For fall, Joseph Altuzarra said goodbye to spring’s lavish, ornamented exotica in favor of a more hard-edged version of glamour. It made for a fabulous collection.” [WWD]