As many of you may already know Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week has left midtown Bryant Park for a more uptown vibe. From September 9th through the 16th, 2010 NY Fashion Week will relocate to Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center. With that move will come some transitions and some changes. In...
Barneys NYC is gearing up for a mega trunk sale on April 21st at it's Madison Ave flagship location. This one day event will take place on the Co-op floor from 2pm to 8pm. 10 fashion designers will introduce limited pieces from their Fall 2010 collections at a group trunk show called Trunk-A-Palooza. Alexander...
You might know him as the king of "fierce" but apparently Season 4 Project Runway winner Christian Siriano is out to prove he is no one trick pony. In a Bravo TV Special debuting on April 5th at 10pm ET/PT Christian Siriano will have his "moment". The one-hour special, Christian Siriano: Having...
DecadesTwo, the Hollywood upscale consignment store, is set to open a pop-up shop in NYC. This special event will take place at Kiki de Montparnasse in Soho starting Thursday, March 18th and run through Sunday, March 21st. The consignors at DecadesTwo are an elite group of celebrities, socialites, fashionistas and others who are never...
On March 7th, the 82nd Annual Academy Awards had us watching with anticipation to see all the red carpet fashion. What would they wear? What would be the trends that really made a fashion statement? Your questions have been answered. There were three trends that truly stood out at the 2010 Oscars among the lovely...
Rodarte, founded by Sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavy in 2005, showed during NY Fashion Week they can still stage an amazing fashion show. For Fall 2010, the Sisters went back to their roots to explore the culture of Juarez and small Mexican border towns. They described the inspiration as ethereal "sleepwalking between...
I know why the caged bird sings, 56 caged birds to be more exact. On Monday, February 15th, Marc Jacobs presented his Fall 2010 collection in a most unusual way. Upon entering the Lexington Armory there stood a box shrouded in paper. As the lights dimmed and the guests scurried to take their...
Monday, February 15th, I attended the Monique Lhuillier Fall 2010 fashion show held in the Promenade tent. Monique was introduced to the world of glamour and fashion at a young age when her family traveled extensively. She left home at age 15 to pursue her dream of working in the world of fashion....
Catherine Malandrino named her Fall 2010 collection "KHAN". Her initial inspiration: A vision of the Earth from space; the landscape, the texture and the contrast of colors between land and sea. Models perched on tall pedestals were reminiscent of "Where The Wild Things Are". It felt primal in nature with fur, shearling, zebra...
Russian dolls took to the runway at Alexandre Herchcovitch's Fall 2010 show on February 17th at the Salon. For Fall, Herchcovitch used Soviet legends and folklore for his inspiration. The cinematic influence of Georgian Director Sergei Parajanov created an Armenian undertone to the looks he sent down the runway. The strong ethnic influence...
On February 13th, I was seated behind Anna Wintour to take in the Prabal Gurung Fashion Show for Fall 2010. To give you some insight as to why I was so excited to see his fall collection let me give you a brief background on Prabal. Prabal Gurung, a graduate of Parsons, started his NYC...
"Elements of nature brought to a downtown scene" is how J. Mendel described his Fall 2010 RTW collection. The inspiration taken from Ryan McGinley's "MOONMILK" series of vibrant and cavernous photos. I had the pleasure to be wowed by Gilles Mendel and his Fall 2010 collection on the last day of NY Fashion Week, February...
