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...
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...
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 run...
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...
Fashion Targets Breast Cancer® (FTBC), a charitable initiative of the Council of Fashion Designers of America/CFDA Foundation, marshals the goodwill and services of every element of the fashion industry (including fashion designers in the U.S. and internationally, leading retailers, the world’s most famous models and celebrities, fashion photographers, as well as media, advertising, and...
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...
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 blue...
Not able to be in New York City for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Spring 2012? We have you covered. Thanks to social media and the advent of technology in the fashion industry many of the shows taking place this week will be streamed live. Some shows listed will link you to You Tube...
Fashion Designer Tadashi Shoji showed his Spring 2012 collection on opening day of NY Fashion Week, September 8th. From the moment the lights came on and the first model graced her way down the runway the inspiration was clear and simple: The Tulip. Show notes: “As conveyed by...
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week will take place in NYC at Lincoln Center from September 8th through September 15th. During that week Designers will introduce their Spring 2012 collections to the media. An announcement was made today by IMG Fashion, the production company behind NY Fashion Week, that 30 runway shows will be streamed...
On Thursday, August 28th we were introduced to the top 20 finalists as Season 9 of Project Runway premiered on Lifetime TV. After being in NYC for just one day four candidates were eliminated following a “show & tell” session with the 3 judges (Heidi Klum, Michael Kors and Nina Garcia)...
Karl Lagerfeld is an iconic figure in the fashion world. This Fashion designer, photographer, artist and publisher is bringing his creative genius to Macy’s designing a capsule collection to be sold exclusively in the Impulse department. Beginning on August 31st, 2011 this line will be sold in approximately 235 Macy’s stores and...
