Happy second-to-last day of fashion week! A new batch of fabulous reviews and galleries are up for your perusal. We have the Nicki Minaj-appropriate collection by Betsey Johnson; up-and-comers Creatures of the Wind give us a trippy and promising third collection, and Mario Cornejo does easy summer elegance. Enjoy all that and more on our Read more →
Maria Cornejo has managed the difficult feat of appealing to uptown and downtown ladies alike, not to mention a very high profile FLOTUS. Her dresses are easy yet never sloppy, and manage to look luxe yet casual at the same time. Always draped perfectly, Cornejo loves to play with structure and fluidity, and her spring collection was a vision.
Cornejo’s inspiration was urban structure and her prints are pulled from photos she took at the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris. A Bolivian devil, an African headdress, and even a workman setting up an exhibit became gorgeous, exuberant prints. In the show notes Cornejo described the proportions as “dorky and androgynous.” Maybe, but they were the coolest dorks we’ve ever seen.
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Did you need another reason to love the First Family? Because here it is: First Lady Michelle Obama busting out old school dance moves like the running man (and newer ones like the Dougie) in Zero + Maria Cornejo at Alice Deal Middle School in DC.
Each swimsuit season offers more and more options when it comes to one-piece styles. We rounded up 15 of our favorite.
The tsunami and earthquakes in Japan continue to affect the country’s people. Most recently, residents were advised not to let their children drink from the tap due to radiation in the water. It’s difficult to help when you’re this far away, but it’s not impossible.
Along with donating directly to organizations like the Red Cross and UNICEF, there are other ways you can help. Plenty of designers and brands have issued special edition items for which the proceeds will benefit Japan. Click through to see some of the best.
Of course we had our favorites. And here they are, in no particular order. For the most part. What were yours?
Maria Cornejo’s fall collection was hands down one of the best I’ve seen all week. Granted, I’ve always been a fan of Cornejo and her hallmark asymmetrical printed silk dresses that hang just-so, but this collection stood out. “I realized that the greatest luxury is to have the freedom to express one’s own point of view,” Cornejo said in her line sheets.
Maybe it was that realization–the luxury of being able to express oneself–that led Cornejo to have fun this season–adding hard wool skirts to her classic print silk dresses so they hung a bit heavier and looked more sculpted, or belting them with thick leather obis to wear over lust-worthy leather leggings. She had fun with prints, too, on her signature drapey silks: there was a print to resemble fur, one to look like hair (which went well with horsehair accessories), one that was a bookshelf (inspired by a “brainy friend’s house”), and my favorite looked like a vivid sunset. Stiff leather pieces were paired with filmy silks, and shaggy knits were layered over silk dresses. A cropped cocoon silhouette was recurrent throughout the collection (Cornejo calls them pods), and was particularly impacting in bright red and paired with a matching skirt.
Coco Rocha’s Really Nice Apartment: As part of Vogue’s APT with LSD series, Lauren Santo Domingo takes us inside the Gramercy Park apartment of model Coco Rocha and her husband, James Conran. As you can probably imagine, there are stunning views, lots of art books, and an amazing closet. {Vogue}
Tim Gunn’s At It Again: Tim Gunn has already shared his thoughts on Anna Wintour. Now it Lady Gaga’s turn. He told Yahoo’s OMG: “Who would want to emulate that? It’s not fashion. Those are costumes.” Really? She’s worn Armani, Gareth Pugh, Jeremy Scott, Alexander McQueen, Dolce & Gabbana. Aren’t they fashion designers? {Racked}
Revolver is a Magazine That Exists and Taylor Momsen is on the Cover: Taylor Momsen is on the cover of Revolver magazine holding a bunch of, well, revolvers, and wearing black lingerie. We get it, Taylor–you’re tough, you’re old enough to make you own discussions, and you should be allowed to stay out past midnight. Now, go put on some clothes. {Huffington Post}
Maria Cornejo’s press release for her Spring/Summer 2011 collection seemed complicated and even overwrought. Cornejo said she’d been “exploring the idea of cultural displacement” and the release mentioned the “push-pull of an ocular lense” and “an illusion of structure with plissed angles.” I don’t know what a “plissed angle” is or how clothes can reflect the “push-pull of the ocular lense,” but I do know that when the actual clothes came down the runway, they were anything but complicated and overwrought. They were simple and graceful and classic Cornejo.
When I picture the girl who wears Zero + Maria Cornejo, she is someone I envy. She’s international, probably in the art world, maybe a gallerist with galleries in Barcelona and London, or a sculptor who spends half the year on an island in Greece and the other half in New York. Her style is effortless but reflects her worldliness and creativity and appreciation for art.
