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Tuesday May 21st, 2013

Meet Singapore Fashion Week’s Rising Stars
Singapore Fashion Week

Meet Singapore Fashion Week’s Rising Stars

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While there was plenty of international talent at the Audi Fashion Festival—Singapore Fashion Week, in laymen’s terms—the region’s emerging designers gave a solid performance. More than anything, I was truly impressed by the workmanship shown in the majority of the new-designer collections. Project Runway-level clothes these were not. Instead, these up-and-coming designers from China, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, and of course, Singapore itself, debuted well-constructed collection (often with a refreshing point of view). Click through to meet five stand-out designers.

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Published at 6:09 PM
The Row’s Cover-Star Fisherman Sweater Takes 90 Hours to Make

The Row’s Cover-Star Fisherman Sweater Takes 90 Hours to Make

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There’s nothing I love so much as a soft, cozy, oversized sweater. Just ask my boyfriend, I steal his on the regular. So when I saw look 15 float down the stairs of an Upper East Side townhouse during The Row’s fall 2014 presentation last February, I was smitten.

I think stylist Anastasia Barbieri must feel the same way about this sweater. She put Natalia Vodianova in it for the June cover of WSJ. magazine, despite the fact that it’s pretty seasonally inappropriate.

It’s a special sweater, so we checked in with The Row to find out the story behind it, and how something that luxe and that intricate gets made.

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Published at 4:30 PM
Times Editors Forced to Examine Fashion Photography Policy
Magazines

Times Editors Forced to Examine Fashion Photography Policy

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Last week, after readers complained about a T cover featuring Julia Nobis–whom they felt was disturbingly skinny and young-looking–T EIC Deborah Needleman issued a response to New York Times Public Editor Margaret Sullivan. In it, Needleman mentioned that she had “considered adding some fat to her with Photoshop, but decided that as it is her body, I’d let it be.”

This raised new questions about the New York Times‘ treatment of photography–didn’t the paper of record hold itself to a higher standard than to just Photoshop some fat into (or out of) a model with little more than a second thought?

Turns out it does–but fashion photography is a different story.

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Published at 1:16 PM
Hussein Chalayan Talks the Curse of the Fashion Cycle and Always ‘Doing Something New’
Designers

Hussein Chalayan Talks the Curse of the Fashion Cycle and Always ‘Doing Something New’

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Lauded British designer Hussein Chalayan closed Audi’s Singapore Fashion Festival on Sunday night, the last of several international designers to show their fall 2013 collections during the week. While the clothes certainly wowed the audience–especially the convertible gowns that models dramatically unleashed while walking down the runway–it was even more fun to chat with Chalayan backstage after the show.

The deeply opinionated designer discussed everything from why he’ll probably never show at London Fashion Week again, to his ideal fashion cycle.

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Published at 12:34 PM
Anna Piaggi’s Incredible Wardrobe Faces Uncertain Future

Anna Piaggi’s Incredible Wardrobe Faces Uncertain Future

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When Italian fashion editor and OG street style star Anna Piaggi died back in August of last year, the world lost a true style icon.

She left behind countless “doppie pagine” (double page spreads, known as “DP”s) in Vogue Italia–and a treasure trove of clothing. Her clothing collection was supposed to go on display at Milan’s Fabbrica Del Vapore culture center, but according to The Wall Street Journal, the plan fell apart, and Piaggi’s clothes are now hanging in a storage space awaiting their fate.

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Published at 11:45 AM
Victoria’s Secret Won’t Make Mastectomy Bras After All

Victoria’s Secret Won’t Make Mastectomy Bras After All

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Back in January, 27 year old Allana Maiden started a Change.org petition for Victoria’s Secret to carry a line of mastectomy bras, inspired by the struggle her mom Debbie Barrett faced finding bras after her own surgery.

The petition gained steam fast–over 120,000 signatures in under a month–and Victoria’s Secret agreed to meet with Maiden and her mother. By all accounts, the meeting went well; the most consumer-recognized American brand agreed to fly the pair to their Columbus, Ohio headquarters and start research in producing mastectomy bra.

Now that the research has been completed, the decision has come down.

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Published at 10:45 AM

Monday May 20th, 2013

How Yahoo’s Acquisition Could Affect Tumblr’s Fashion Community

How Yahoo’s Acquisition Could Affect Tumblr’s Fashion Community

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Today, Tumblr–home of gifs, memes, and NSFW photos–joins the ranks of corporate America: It’s just been bought by Yahoo for $1.1 billion.

Besides goofy cat videos and loads (seriously, loads) of porn, Tumblr also hosts one of the most passionate, creative, and irreverent fashion communities out there on the internets. So now the question is: How will that community, which so far has thrived on the free-for-all vibe that prevails at Tumblr, be affected by the new acquisition?

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Published at 6:12 PM

Sunday May 19th, 2013

Peter Pilotto on Why He Wants Investment Sooner Than Later
Singapore Fashion Week

Peter Pilotto on Why He Wants Investment Sooner Than Later

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The international talent at Singapore’s Audi Fashion Festival is impressive: Carolina Herrera opened the event, Hussein Chalayan will close it. Friday’s schedule featured Tsumori Chisato. And Saturday brought Peter Pilotto, the London-based designer whose lauded collections are just as much about the fabrics and detailing as they are about his memorable computerized prints.

I spoke with Pilotto–whose six-year-old business is on the cusp of some big things—just after the show.

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Published at 12:43 PM