A trip downtown to Industria Studios to see the Araks Fall 2013 presentation has us in print tizzy, so to speak. We were previously fans of the label’s super sophisticated lingerie, but today’s appointment sold us on just how skilled a hand its namesake designer Araks Yeramyan has with the full sportswear range. A Parsons Read more →
The energy could not be higher in the room as Michael Kors presented his fall 2013 collection, despite the fact that between Nemo and the Grammys this fashion week has been rendered considerably less star-studded. Leave it to Kors to score a front row coup of Hilary Swank-next to-Zoe Saldana-next to-Jada Pinkett Smith-chaperoning Willow Smith-a few seats down from-Michael Douglas. In contrast with the celeb-second coming in the front row, Kors’s runway featured a team of “commando-glam fashletes”.
Having cut his teeth working for a decade as design director for J.Mendel prior to launching his namesake collection in 2008, Bibhu Mohapatra certainly knows his way around a fur. His presentation today showed that he has grown increasingly focused on flexing equal muscle within sportswear categories as well. For Fall 2013, he cited photographer Read more →
Fashion remains a labor of love for uptown upstart, LaQuan Smith. This love is not just his own for his craft, but that of his family’s for him and his immense talents. As we headed up to his presentation at the Hudson Hotel, we got all gushy over the sight of a big burly man Read more →
The intentionally ironic “flipside” often engaged by Maison Martin Margiela can at times be disconcerting. On most days, we love the brand’s highbrow wit and subversion; its H&M capsule was inarguably one of the best high-fashion/high street collaborations we’ve seen to date. Yesterday for a split second, we couldn’t tell if the joke might be on us though.
Joshua Cooper and Laurence Chandler–the duo behind the cult label Rochambeau–have been crafting their unique take on menswear’s counter-culture since 2007, and the industry has consistantly taken note; they remain mainstays at international, cooler-than-thou online boutiques like OAK and OKII-NI, as well as ages-old retail institutions like Harvey Nichols. For fall 2013 Cooper and Chandler Read more →
Carlos Campos’s presentation on Sunday evening at Milk Studios made quite the definitive silhouette statement; for Campos, “lean and mean” is the way to go for Fall 2013, and he offered a plethora of ways to do so.
Ralph Rucci prides himself on existing “a-little-bit-to-the-left” of the chaos theory-proving spectacle that the contemporary fashion machine can be. He’s a bit Halston in his fierce loyalty to his “ladies”, a bit Donna in his engagement of the metro-zen side of things, and (most captivatingly) a bit Alaia in his insistence that inarguably singular work Read more →
Catherine Malandrino built her eponymous business upon the strength of the sort of sophisticated and alluring dresses that Sexed-up the City back in the mid-90s. She was touted as a new generation’s DVF by many and then in an ill twist of fate, Malandrino pushed full-throttle into expansion just as the economy sputtered in 2008. Read more →
Alon Livne may not be a household name stateside, but in the middle east he’s already garnered a loyal following of women who collect his show-stopping gowns like art. The Israeli designer has only designed eight seasons so far for his eponymous label, but his previous training at Alexander McQueen and Roberto Cavalli have has Read more →
While other designers speculate–with mixed results–about the fall/winter needs of metropolitan women, Carin Rodebjer’s presentation today at Pier 59 proved that she invariably knows her way around an urban snow drift or two. It’s no wonder she does, as cold weather is in this Swede’s DNA. When we went backstage today to chat with her, Read more →
Before Sachin and Babi Ahluwalia launched a full ready-to-wear collection three years ago, the couple had cultivated quite a loyal patronage among New York’s elite coterie of design houses for ANK, their custom embroidery service. They put ANK resources to impressive use during their early presentations, as handwork was often the focal point of their Read more →
