Highly Selective
The Target collaborations have always been this intense waiting game. First they announce a designer, inevitably hype and a massive buildup ensues and generally when the collection finally drops it is a huge letdown. My first arguement is that nothing ever lives up to the designer’s original ready-to-wear offerings, but really how could it? They’re […]
One of the many New York based designers who are staging presentations in lieu of expensive runway shows is bridal darling Vera Wang. Her lower priced Lavender Label collection was a nod to “Medieval Mod” with structured shapes and details in chiffon and lace. Setting up full collection presentations rather than costly runway shows is […]
It’s no secret that I am in fact a tad obsessed with Swedish design. Whether or not they intended it, the fashion world carefully watches what the Swedes have up their sleeves, and with due cause!
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To be honest I’ve never really paid that much attention to Elie Saab, but I guess familiarity is always better late than never. The Lebanese designer launched his ready to wear line in Milan in 1998 after over 10 years as the owner of a successful atelier in Beirut. His frothy, girly creations have attracted […]
This season it seemed that the Givenchy Couture show was the hottest ticket in Paris. Some critics have been a little on the fence about creative director Riccardo Tisci’s ability as a couture designer, and while many of his looks do come off as very ready-to-wear he is beginning to show strength and progression in […]
If you’re looking for ways to cut costs and decrease your carbon imprint, look no further than conceptual Belgian designer Martin Margiela. Taking throw away items like old jeans, paper towels, shoelaces and colored straws, Margiela masterfully transformed the materials into a one legged jumpsuit, woven “fur” coat, fringed dress and architectural tuxedo jacket. It’s […]
Plucked at the age of 20 to design menswear for the house of Balenciaga, it was only a year later that the wunderkind was promoted to creative director and a fashion superstar was born. After 4 years with the iconic house he subsequently stepped away to establish and build his own line. It was from […]
Leave it to the mind of John Galliano to take what should be shaky times for fashion and turn out a hurricane of a collection full of froth and perfection. Claiming that it is “not my job” to deal with the economy, Galliano instead stood defiant of the economic turmoil surrounding all facets of industry, […]
