So Who’s Taking Whom to the Met Ball?
Galliano’s not going. See who is.
Monday May 6th, 2013
Tuesday April 30th, 2013
See Altuzarra’s Original Sketches for the New York City Ballet
For the New York City Ballet’s spring gala on May 8, Joseph Altuzarra has designed costumes for principals Tiler Peck and Robert Fairchild for a new pas de deux choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon. What you see above are Altuzarra’s original sketches for Peck from his Smythson sketchbook.
Click through for more of his drawings for the New York City Ballet.
Monday April 29th, 2013
Altuzarra CEO Karis Durmer’s Unconventional Path to the Top of the Fashion Heap
Karis Durmer always knew she wanted a career in fashion. But it took a stint in finance (Bear Stearns), a stop-off at Columbia Business School, and experiences in publishing (Martha Stewart and Conde Nast) and startups (Make Meaning) to get there.
Today, Durmer is the ceo of Altuzarra, the maker of powerfully sexy clothes for women. (Not girls, women. Carine Roitfeld is a champion and muse and the team tells me that Helen Mirren is a “dream client.”) Durmer, who sits at a desk off to the side of company’s SoHo showroom and design studio, might have been an unlikely candidate for the gig in September 2011, when founder Joseph Altuzarra brought her on as his business partner. His mother, Karen Altuzarra, was his first ceo and is now chairman of the company.
Durmer was introduced to Altuzarra by a mutual friend at Proenza Schouler, where she was working for a brief time. While that certainly sounds like a convenient connection, it wasn’t always that easy.
Monday April 8th, 2013
The American Finalists for this Year’s International Woolmark Prize are…
Last year, Woolmark revived its International Woolmark Prize, a global fashion competition that is credited with springboarding the careers of Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld in the ’50s.
Today, the U.S. finalists have been announced and the list includes some of our favorites. They are:
Thursday November 8th, 2012
‘Balenciaga Did It First’ Is a Very Accurate and Timely Tumblr
What would fashion be if Nicolas Ghesquiere had never come around? Probably pretty different considering his work for Balenciaga has influenced just about everyone, some more directly than others.
We feel like an entire “adventures in copyright” blog could be dedicated to copies of his work. Oh wait, that exists.
We already knew how influential he was, but seeing that visually, all in one place is pretty incredible.
Tuesday November 6th, 2012
Who Will Replace Nicolas Ghesquière at Balenciaga? Meet the Short List
The day after PPR announced Balenciaga’s split with the brand’s creative director of 15 years, Nicolas Ghesquière, there are of course already rumors circulating about who might replace him.
Sunday September 9th, 2012
Trendspotting: Railroad Stripes
Designers have been working on the railroad all the livelong day.
Saturday September 8th, 2012
What We Saw at NYFW, Day 3
What is the most exciting thing we saw today?
Was it Liberty Ross, she of the K-Stew scandal, backstage at Alexander Wang? Or was it Lena Dunham at Rachel Antonoff sporting a new cropped ‘do that she chopped off just this morning? Check out the things we saw on day 3 of NYFW.
Kate Bosworth Is Starting Her Own Clothing Line
At the Cushnie et Ochs show I spotted one of my personal hair and style crushes: Kate Bosworth. Naturally, I couldn’t wait to pick her brain on everything from what shows she’ll be attending this NYFW, to if she’ll ever design a line of clothing (hint: yes!). Read on to see what K.Bos had to say.
Wednesday August 15th, 2012
How Joseph Altuzarra Broke the Union League’s Super Strict House Style Rules
Last night, at the behest of Teen Vogue‘s amazing and talented (seriously I could go on and on) beauty editor and special projects director Eva Chen, I moderated a panel about the future of the fashion and beauty industry. It was a pretty impressive group that Eva managed to wrangle as part of an alumni Read more →
Proenza Schouler CEO Shirley Cook and Joseph Altuzarra Talk Getting Knocked Off, Hiding New Products (from Vogue), and Striking the Right Balance With Social Media
Last night, Teen Vogue Beauty and Health Director/Special Projects Director Eva Chen put together a panel of industry insiders for her alma mater Johns Hopkins University. Hosted at the Union League Club in New York City and moderated by our very own executive editor Leah Chernikoff, the panel was set to talk about the evolution Read more →
Tuesday August 7th, 2012
Business Casual: Finding the Right Fashion Internship When You’re In Business School
Kendall is a former fashion editor who has written for NYmag.com, Lucky, InStyle, and NBC. She recently scrapped that glamorous life and is pursuing an MBA at MIT Sloan, in hopes of becoming an entrepreneur. The standard MBA program is two years. Two short years that pass as fast as everyone warns you they will. Read more →
