Barack Obama Hits the Runway at Vivienne Tam
If Anna Wintour can go to the White House, why can’t Barack Obama come to New York fashion week? Trick question: He can! And he did (sort of), as a part of Vivienne Tam’s latest collection.
Tuesday February 12th, 2013
Monday February 11th, 2013
Vivienne Tam, Calla, and Catherine Malandrino
New show reviews and galleries are in! Check out Vivienne Tam, Calla, and Catherine Malandrino.
Vivienne Tam Fall 2013: Hope and Change
Just in time for Chinese New Year, Vivienne Tam showed a fresh, new collection inspired by hope and change—in some ways, literally, from the man who made the slogan famous: President Obama. The main highlight of the collection was a pop art inspired “Pop Culture Obama” print, an ultra cool, red and white silk screened Read more →
Thursday September 13th, 2012
Milly, Anna Sui, and Vivienne Tam
We’re so close to the end but don’t call it quits just yet! Check out Milly‘s sporty pieces, Anna Sui‘s French-punk girls, and Vivienne Tam‘s Chinese cosmology inspired collection.
Vivienne Tam Spring 2013
The Clothes: The New York-by-way-of-Hong Kong designer was inspired by five Chinese cosmology elements (metal, wood, water, fire and earth) for her Spring 2013 collection. How that was sartorially translated: A straightforward color palette of eye-popping persimmon, mint and kelly greens, and basic black and ivory – plus some mirrored metallics to close out the Read more →
Saturday September 10th, 2011
Fashion News Roundup: Karlie Kloss on Under-16 Models, Nicola Formichetti’s Interactive Video and Being Forced to Wear Louboutins by Anna Wintour
Making Kenzo New Again: New Kenzo creative directors Humberto Leon and Carol Lim discuss further details about their Kenzo revamp–including repositioning as “top contemporary,” bringing their retail knowledge, and starting from scratch from digital. {WWD}
Karlie on Underage Models: Karlie Kloss, backstage at Jason Wu, talks about feeling old at 19 and starting out at 15, and shares her thoughts on under-16 models. {The Cut}
Anna Wintour’s Shoe Influence: Florence and the Machine guitarist Rob Ackroyd once had dinner with Anna Wintour, which resulted in him being forced to wear a pair of Louboutins (men’s ones, obviously) to the Met Ball that he would not have worn otherwise. {Vogue UK}
Sunday February 13th, 2011
Vivienne Tam Fall 2011: A Night at the Opera
Vivienne Tam is one of those old school New York designers that not only invites top editors and buyers to view her runway, but also her customers and her customer’s kids, which means yesterday’s show was jam packed.
The audience was treated to a collection inspired by both the 600-year-old Kun Opera (also known as Kunqu, or Kunju) and the Zaha Hadid-designed Guangzhou Opera House in Guangzhou, China. The first few looks consisted of subdued day wear–tweed a-line skirts, boxy jackets, sweaters embedded with Swarovski gems–transforming into evening cocktail dresses and gowns, emblazoned with trompe l’oeil appliques, lace, embroideries, and crochet. The tassels and fringe adorning several of the dresses were playful but still very grown up. Kind of like the entire collection.
**Photos by Imaxtree.
