With every new collection comes a fresh slew of movies, eras, and art that has aided in the fashion designer's creative process and we found a few of them for you. So skip the hours spent reading show reviews and click-through for this Fashion Month Spring 2014 recap.
New blog Part Nouveau, or ‘partly new’, delves into fashion history to showcase the inspiration–be it art, photography or design–behind some of today’s biggest fashion moments. It’s fascinating and impossible not to get lost in, so we asked the site’s founder, Lilah Ramzi, to give us a little history lesson each week. This week's lesson? Pre-Raphaelite art makes its way to the catwalk.
If you don’t know William Tempest, you soon will. He’s a baby-faced 24-year-old Englishman with an amazing pedigree (stints at Giles Deacon and Jean-Charles de Castelbajac) who already counts Emma Watson, Kate Moss, and Victoria Beckham as fans. After his first collection debuted three seasons ago, he was compared to a young McQueen. This is his first season showing in New York. I asked him what he found different about showing in New York vs. London and he told me, “The energy’s just really different. I was excited to do a presentation here so that I could actually meet editors and buyers in person.” He’ll also be showing in Milan this season. His clothes are clearly ready for their international close-up.
Last Thursday night, I hopped over to the release party of The Block Magazine's fashion issue at Lower East Side boutique International Playground. Am
1. When I tweeted that Jean Charles de Castelbajac's theme was Bambi, I should've mentioned castles and cartoons and armor and the future, too. 2.
Don't Cry For Her, Argentina: Claudia and Karl are tearing things up in Buenos Aires on the set of the Chanel Spring 2010 campaign shoot. Craft servic
Shorts-Gate: The sheer number of stories about MObama wearing shorts is simply insane. We're pretty sure that lots of people wear shorts in August in
Not Faris: Anna Friel is the West End's new Eliza Doolittle, so Vanity Fair photographed her in loads and loads of pearls with touches of Alberta Fer
When we were younger, we loved Legos. Making little towns could entertain us for hours-- or until our Barbie showed up and totally towered over her su
Hypothesis: Fall 09 is mostly a season of repeats. Proof: 1. Balmainia. 2. The entire decade of the 80's turning up... everywhere. 3. Marni loving Pra
The fashion industry's been kind of obsessed with this election. Everyone gasped when Michelle wore Thakoon, then again when she wore J.Crew. Everyon
It seems Mr. Deacon isn't the only one enamored with our favorite 1980s video game - behold these leggings, at left, from Topshop. They may not be the