Tweet On Sunday, January 29th the 18th Annual Screen Actor’s Guild Awards took place at the The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. Lauded by critics for its style, simplicity and genuine warmth, the Screen Actors Guild Awards®, which made its debut in 1995, has become one of the industry’s most prized honors. The...
Tweet The Spring 2012 Museum at FIT lecture series has been posted. Providing the public a chance to hear from some top fashion industry experts including the current President of the CFDA Diane Von Furstenberg and iconic designer Oscar de la Renta these lectures are FREE to attend. Fashion Culture programs are organized by The...
Tweet On January 15th, 2012 the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards were held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. This has been a week filled with red carpet fashion. On Wednesday, January 11th the People’s Choice Awards aired followed by the Critics’ Choice Awards on Thursday,January 12th. This evening the same actors/actresses...
Tweet The luxury online retailer NET-A-PORTER has announced that it will be launching a micro collection designed by fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld. Since launching in June 2000, NET-A-PORTER has successfully established itself as a luxury brand, with impeccable packaging and unrivalled customer care. The pages of NET-A-PORTER feature high fashion editorial, updated weekly with new...
Tweet Marni, an Italian fashion label founded by Consuelo Castiglioni in 1994 will be the next hi-end Fashion Designer to create a limited capsule collection for retailer H&M. The brand is best known for it’s colorful and playful prints. The company is named Marni after Castiglioni’s Sister. Castiglioni, who has always been the label’s chief designer, is...
Tweet This morning following a press conference held in New York City Italian Fashion Designer Valentino Garavani with partner Giancarlo Giammetti announced the launch of The Valentino Garavani Virtual Museum. Anne Hathaway opened the press conference joined by Franca Sozzani, editor in chief of Italian Vogue and Amit Sood, creator of the Google Art Project in New...
Tweet After a long season and much anticipation the winner of Project Runway Season 9 was announced. The former 2008 Miss Trinadad and Tobago, Anya Ayoung-Chee, pictured above (right) now has another title to add to her list of moments to remember with pride and joy. This 29 year old from the Port of Spain is...
Tweet The Spring 2012 exhibit at the Costume Institute will showcase the work of two fashion icons, Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada. Set to open to the public from May 10th through August 19th, 2012 the exhibit will explore the lives of these two Italian designers from different eras. Elsa Schiaparelli (1890–1973) was an Italian...
Tweet Target has chosen it’s next designer to collaborate with. It is a favorite of First Lady Michelle Obama. Jason Wu, who was born in Taiwan and studied fashion design at Parsons The New School for Design, will design a limited-edition capsule collection for the discount retailer set to launch on February 5th, 2012 and...
Tweet Mode à Paris (Paris Fashion Week) runs from September 27th to October 5th, 2011 and showcases the RTW collections for Spring 2012. Paris Fashion Week is a favorite of many Editors and Stylists due to it’s showmanship. Many of the collections are shown in grand venues with much attention paid to the smallest...
Tweet As a true fashion pioneer and innovator, Norma Kamali presented her Spring 2012 collection in a most unique way at the David Rubenstein Theater on September 14th. Instead of having models walk down the runway Kamali and her team presented an eight minute 3D fashion film. Guests were provided with a pair of anaglyphic...
Tweet Zang Toi, a native of Malaysia who attended Parsons School of Design in NYC, presented his Spring 2012 elegant collection on September 13th at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. The collection was his “Dream of North Africa”. With a color palette inspired by the desert consisting of hues of desert brown, ebony, ivory and sapphire...
