The Clothes: Kimberly Ovitz’s strong, whimsical vision for spring is a departure from last season’s darker collection, but still suggests the same confident woman. This season, fluidity and draping were contrasted with structure and sharp lines. There was a variety of pale silk dresses with raw finishes that all featured an unexpected element like a Read more →
We may already be more than a month into summer, but down in Miami Beach, swimwear season is just kickin’ into high gear–for 2013, that is. This year’s Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Swim shows offered up an assortment of beachwear with more twists, strings, and… unusual accessories than we’d ever envisioned donning on a beach Read more →
Rumor: McQueen: Savage Beauty Going To London? A McQueen spokesperson said there have been tentative talks with some London venues but an official announcement will be made if/when they reach a decision. Though there’s no comment from the Met, this sounds like something, if not the exact exhibit, is in the works! {Telegraph}
Elle and H&M One-Day-Only E-Commerce: Starting at noon today you can buy four looks from H&M’s fall collection on Elle’s website. An H&M spokesperson said it’s a preview of their full e-commerce launching next spring. Don’t worry if it sells out though–the full fall collection hit stores in two days. {WWD}
Models In Film: Gemma Ward and Dree Hemingway Cast In Films: Ward was recently cast in the upcoming production of The Great Gatsby (fingers crossed for her as Jordan), and now there are reports that Hemingway will star in the film adaptation of Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You alongside Lucy Liu. The fall cinema lineup is looking good! {Modelinia}
Rei Kawakubo Isn’t Excited About Fashion Anymore: She told the Wall Street Journal that “there are not enough of us believing in the same thing, that there is a kind of burnout, that people just want cheap fast clothes and are happy to look like everyone else.” I somewhat agree. {The Cut}
Behind-The-Scenes Of A Vogue Nippon Photo Shoot: Editor Anna Dello Russo posted a great series of photos from a very Dolce and Gabbana-heavy shoot. Sequined pants, anyone? {Anna Dello Russo}
Preview: Carine Roitfeld’s Elizabeth Taylor Spread In V’s September Issue: A behind-the-scenes video of Roitfeld’s homage to the Queen of Diamonds, which she shot with Mario Testino. It looks seriously decadent; I spy some Prada, electric blue eyeshadow and a jeweled tiger statuette. {Stylelist}
NY Fashion Week Documentary The Tents Premieres Saturday: It chronicles the birth and progression of what is now Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, from Bryant Park to Lincoln Center, with commentary from a bajillion fashion folk. Showtime is 6pm at the SVA Theatre; tickets are available online here. {Racked}
Vogue Has A New Secret Website: According to a tiny blurb in AdWeek, Wintour and cohorts are working on some new hush-hush site to launch in December. The question is, how will it avoid both repeating Vogue.com content and stepping on the toes of fellow Conde site Style.com? {AdWeek via Styleite}
Mercedes-Benz Picks Up Japan Fashion Week: As even further proof that Japan is becoming a big international fashion player, they’ve been added to Mercedes’ roster of fashion weeks. The car company, sponsor of New York fashion weeks since 2001, reportedly signed a multi-year agreement with event organizers. The re-christened “Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo” begins October 13th. {WWD}
Meet The CFDA’s Steven Kolb: A cute new post on the CDFA’s Tumblr introduces the people behind the scenes at the organization via a fill-in-the-blank questionnaire, beginning with Executive Director Steven Kolb. The best answer? His favorite movie is Breakfast At Tiffany’s. {CFDA}
BERLIN–Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week is making its twice-annual stop in Berlin, and one school that frequently pops up on local designers’ resumes is the city’s Weissensee Academy of Arts–the alma mater of creatives like c.neeon, Michael Sontag and Sam Frenzel.
Now, a new crop of graduates is gearing up to hit the scene. On Friday afternoon, one of the school’s final year students, Parsival Cserer, won German fashion retailer Peek & Cloppenburg’s prestigious Designer for Tomorrow award for his “Good Morning Miss Obama” collection, an ode to the First Lady translated into bright knit mini and maxi dresses and oversized cardigans.
A couple of hours later, Cserer’s classmates showed their graduate collections at See Fashion, Weissensee’s annual graduate show.
Hoping to spot some more noteworthy collections among the class of 2010, we took a closer look at the talent pool and talked to four promising students.
MAC & Milk are upping their game, more indie designers are showing than ever before and Mercedes Benz will say goodbye to Bryant Park before landing in Lincoln Center. New York Fashion Week is bigger than it’s ever been. Will it get even bigger? For Fern Mallis and her team at IMG, the company that Read more →
Having the Olsens and Alexander McQueen show their collections within the same New York Fashion Week is like not having to choose between the Alexa and the PS1 – but better. KCD, the PR firm responsible for both McQueen and McQ, usually holds market appointments for select editors to check out the new McQ collection Read more →
Now there’s no way the IMG folks, as in the ones that put on Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, are happy about this development. BMW is partnering with MAC & Milk, that show venue that they’ve all been saying (in public anyway) isn’t a direct competitor to the shows at Bryant Park. A fleet of 12 Beemers Read more →
The official Fashion Week calendar just dropped and so far we’ve learned that a lot of the big guys – Ralph, Oscar, Calvin – are throwing multiple shows. But it’s the little ones we’re more interested in; it’s a very good sign when they take the plunge from presentation to runway. As of now, both Read more →
We told you last week about MAC Cosmetics possible decision to abandon their role as the official makeup sponsor of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in favor of doing their own series of shows at Milk Studios. We speculated that this void would likely be filled by one of the mass market brands, not always associated with Read more →
