Attend Paris Fashion Week from Your Couch: Here’s the Full List of Livestreaming Shows
All the glamour of the Paris shows. All the comfort of your sweat pants.
Hussein Chalayan
Tuesday September 25th, 2012
Monday August 30th, 2010
Istanbul Fashion Week: The Best of the Rest
Istanbul Fashion Week has come to an end. For a new fashion week (this is only their third season), Istanbul put on quite a show, capping off the week with supermodel Alessandro Ambrosio, who flew in the night before to walk in the Koton swimwear show.
Istanbul is home to around 15 million people. It’s a vibrant, chaotic and beautiful place, and I quickly learned that getting around is not as simple as hopping on the tram, or jumping in a cab and giving your driver a street address. Directions are much more vague in Istanbul–ancient mosques, old stone doors, and even “down around the hill” are markers. So it was merely a reflection of the city, that the scene at the Taskisla Building at Istanbtul Techinical University, the venue for Istanbul Fashion Week, was a bit chaotic and difficult to navigate as well. But in spite of the chaos, or because of it, Istanbul Fashion Week was a blast. The shows were inventive, and the designers put out inspired collections.
A big thank you to ELLE Turkey and itkib Istanbul for hosting me.
I could write for days about everything I saw–both at Istanbul Fashion Week and the sites I explored in the city itself. But I won’t. Here’s the best of the rest:
Thursday June 17th, 2010
Finding Your Ideal Creative Director Is Tough, So We Offer Some Suggestions
Finding a new creative director for a brand is a painstaking process. Not only do you want someone whose aesthetic lines up with the brand’s image, but there’s contracts, availability, and a ton of paperwork before a collection sets foot on the runway.
In this process, sometimes bad decisions are made. Like Alessandra Falchinetti at Gucci or Marco Zanini at Halston, short lived, unprofitable directorships are plenty in the fashion industry. Not every decision puts a Giles at Ungaro, nor is every rumor about a Pugh at Mugler.
Wednesday May 26th, 2010
Central St. Martin’s Final Selections Announced: See The Designs That Were Left Behind
Whether it was from exhaustion or elation, a few tears were shed and a tantrum or two thrown inside talent incubator Central St. Martins this past Monday.
Why the brouhaha? The 40 graduates who’ll make it into the final press show next Tuesday–the one that’s covered by everyone from Fashionista to Style.com to Vogue UK–were chosen. And while about 80 students were left behind, most of the creations shown in Monday’s preliminary trial were anything but forgettable.
Friday October 10th, 2008
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Monday September 22nd, 2008
Extra! Extra! We Love Luella!
Between the end of my Fashion Week duties and my chunnel train to Paris, I had approximately twelve hours to enjoy London. Without the mental capacity to enjoy a museum, I spent three hours wandering Hyde Park, one on Portobello road, (which produced a vintage Louis trunk for just under ¬£5,000), one hour controlling myself Read more →
Tuesday July 1st, 2008
Hussein Chalayan to Shoes
Today’s dose of Vogue UK tells us that not only are Lazaro and Jack coming out with their first full-range of shoes (two months…), but now, so is Hussein Chalayan. So far, we’re picturing 8-inch tall platforms, heels that double as swords and boots that may or may not transport models to another dimension. We’re Read more →
Tuesday December 4th, 2007
Boys Like Girls
Those searching for a discount menswear fix should head to Yoox.com, where Hussein Chalayan‘s small-but-psyched male collection is about 60% off. We like the clothes because they’re both restrained and forward-thinking, and unlike the really cool but really exclusive outfits from Dior Homme, a lot of different bodies can fit into Hussein’s world – you Read more →
Thursday October 25th, 2007
Hussein Chalayan, Revealed!
Fashion Week is finally over, but one final debut needs to break. It’s the Hussein Chalayan show, a holographic video made by Nick Knight and the ShowStudio crew that was kept so secret in Paris, you needed a password just to see it. Three weeks later, the clothes are finally public, and internationally on display Read more →
Wednesday October 3rd, 2007
Rumor Alert: Virtual Runway at Hussein Chalayan?
Two seasons ago, Hussein Chalayan sent models down the runway in mechanical dresses. The result was electric, and amazing, and unforgettable. This season, is he planning something equally Star Trek? We hear he’s replaced his actual runway with a holographic video, done by the obsessable Nick Knight and his Show Studio crew. Will Gemma beam Read more →
Thursday September 13th, 2007
Chalayan Power
This summer Nick Knight and the ShowStudio team brought us a YSL movie, starring Jessica Miller and directed by Stefano Pilati from reader-submitted scripts. Now Nick Knight is asking for help again, for a new project with Hussein Chalayan and musician/Lagerfeld muse Chan Marshall, better known as Cat Power. They’re shooting a film in late Read more →
Tuesday August 28th, 2007
Neigh!
As much as we loved Hussein’s electronic contraption dresses, we are fully aware that as far as we are concerned, they about have as much to do with our everyday wardrobe as our toaster. That’s why we got a crush on this blue shadow puppet t-shirt from the Hussein Chalayan e-shop. It’s about $90, and Read more →
