story by Michael Fragoso
photos and photo editing by Freda Henry
Discussing his inspiration for his fall 2010 collection, Antonio Azzuolo said, “it started when I watched Midnight Cowboy one night. I got the idea to create my own interpretation of the Wild West.” … Continue Reading
story by Brandon Ruckdashel
photos by Sandy Ramirez
photo editing by Katie Piper
The Vessel by Lois (pronounced Loy) went off without a hitch, but almost without an audience thanks to the blizzard that hit The Eastern Seaboard the night before the show and put New York’s streets under several inches of snow. Lois Samuels, with this second collection, has definitely progressed from her freshman effort. … Continue Reading
story by Faith Bowman
photos by Adrianna Favero
Timo Weiland began 2009 with a successful line of neckwear and wallets. By fall, duo Alan Eckstein and Timo Weiland had dreamed up and designed a breakout RTW collection, featured in WWD in September. The cover image, their silk chiffon tank top paired with cummerbund inspired silk charmeuse and chiffon skirt, epitomized the funky uptown/downtown vibe of the line and let the world know that they had arrived, with this debut at the 22nd Street non-profit Manhattan artspace X Initiative sealing the deal. … Continue Reading
story by Faith Bowman
photos by Charles Beckwith
Shortly after New York Fashion Week, Harlem’s Fashion Row geared up to present collections by emerging designers at a fine arts venue in Harlem called The Gatehouse. Operated by a collective dedicated to promoting Harlem’s enduring influence and contribution to the fashion world, Fashion Row featured four lines, including one by recent Project Runway alum Epperson. … Continue Reading
photos by Boris Marberg
Designer: Thakoon Panichgul
Astrological Sign: Libra
Hometown: Omaha, Nebraska
Labels: Thakoon and Thakoon Addition; designer for Hogan through fall 2009; guest-designed for both Target and Gap; Thakoon shoes are Giuseppe Zantotti for Thakoon
Web Site: www.thakoon.com
Thakoon Panichgul was recently nominated for the Swiss Textile Federation’s prestigious Stella Contemporary Fashion Award. He graciously responded to our correspondence interview prior to the awards show.
photos by Boris Marberg
Designers: Alexa Adams and Flora Gill
Astrological Sign (Alexa): Libra
Astrological Sign (Flora): Aquarius
Hometown (Alexa): Washington, D.C.
Hometown: (Flora): Alfred, NY
Label: OHNE TITEL
Web Site: www.ohnetitel.com
The Ohne Titel (translation: “untitled”) designers were recently nominated for the Swiss Textile Federation’s prestigious Stella Contemporary Fashion Award. They graciously responded to our correspondence interview prior to the awards show.
interview by Charles Beckwith
photos by Kevin Schowengerdt at Rush Wade Studios
If you saw the first episode of the most recent less-than-spectacular Project Runway season, you may have caught a glimpse of avant garde artist Ari Fish breaking the mold. Many fans of edgier fashion and conceptual art would have liked to have seen more of her in the series, but there appear to have been obtuse fashionistas blocking the driveway. As Ari does not seem to identify herself as a fashion designer, we have dispensed with our normal designer dossier questionnaire. … Continue Reading
story by Boris Marberg
photos by Boris Marberg and Alexander Palacios
Thursday November 12th, 2009 – the tenth annual Swiss Textiles Awards ceremony took place in Zurich. The event is produced by The Swiss Textile Federation, which is the leading trade association for textile producers in Switzerland, with about 200 companies counted in its membership. The finalists for the Stella Contemporary Fashion Award this year were Erdem, Alexis Mabille, Ohne Titel, Thakoon Panichgul, Peter Pilotto, and Alexander Wang. During the last ten years the award went through several conceptual changes, but it is now one of the most prestigious garment design awards in the world, as well as one of the most financially attractive competitions for rising star designers, with its 100.000€ (U.S. $150,000) prize. … Continue Reading
photos by Sandy Ramirez
story by Seth Friedermann
styling by Loris Diran, Seth Friederman, and Anna Lisa
models are Creing Wittingham from Major’s mens division, and Elen Capri from Elite
Loris Diran is a formidable rising force in fashion. Diran possess the spirit of a chess master; he is considered and thoughtful with an obviously tactical mind, but just under the surface is an aggression that is waiting to pounce. He has married a strong and very honed artistic aesthetic with a muscular business sense, he both thinks and feels his way forward. … Continue Reading
story by Boris Marberg
photos by Boris Marberg
On her blog, Stoffwandler designer Claudia Zuber described this event as bringing together “scent, fashion and landscape architecture.”
story by Seth Friedermann
photos by Sandy Ramirez
To be at the premier of anything is a special thrill. To be at a premier which contains not only the first night for the Brooklyn Fashion Festival but is also hosting the very first collections of many of Brooklyn’s most promising designers was a special treat. I was lucky enough to be backstage interviewing the designers and getting not only their take on their own collections but on fashion and design in general. … Continue Reading
photos by Charles Beckwith
Here is an exclusive behind the scenes look at Tom McAlister and Xing Xu’s Brooklyn Fashion Festival. The Festival was a two day event, September 18-19, 2009. All of these shots are from the first night. … Continue Reading
photos by Sandy Ramirez
styling by Seth Friedermann
hair styling by Naoko
makeup by Yuriko Sushido
model is Szietka from Fenton Moon
Here is the second entry in our Designer Dossier series. New York designer Angelo Lambrou has provided answers to some of our favorite questions, and Sandy visited Angelo’s atelier so we could share some images of the current looks. … Continue Reading
story by Michael Fragoso
photos by Hendrik Ballhausen
Petite wonderboy Christian Siriano smiled and chattered calmly backstage with press and a small army of celebrity friends and fans (such as Tim Gunn, Heidi Klum, Jay Alexander, Tori Spelling, Heidi Montag, Hayden Panitierre, Vivica Fox, and several other famous faces) as a public relations management nightmare raged in the more public areas of the tents at Bryant Park. … Continue Reading
story by Kate Young
photos by Freda Henry and Kingsley Liu
Fahrd Fosté showed a collection in Sara D. Roosevelt Park on Manhattan’s Lower East Side that was based on an underwater world. This translated into a strange show that left viewers wondering whether this was fashion, art, or neither. … Continue Reading
photos by Sandy Ramirez
styling by Seth Friedermann
model is Sietzka from Fenton Moon
introduction by Charles Beckwith
Civilization as we know it has fallen. 4 Times Square sheds glass in high winds as if it were molting, all that remains of The Champs-Élysées is overgrown weeds, and the streets around Piazza San Marco are explored only by bats hungry for mosquitoes. Yet fashion has marshaled on. Here preserved, seven images from the last box of instant film in the world. … Continue Reading
story by Rebekah Glasgow
photos by Sandy Ramirez
Gottex is not new, but this season sees a new creative director at the helm of this global champ swimwear brand. The debut show put on by new designer Molly Grad was nothing short of brilliant. The high energy vibe, the sexy curvy models, and the “own it” suits made this one of the sexiest shows of the week. … Continue Reading
story by Charles Beckwith
photos by John Lamparski and Charles Beckwith
I first met Gerlan Marcel at one of the trade shows last season. She was sitting at a table in the corridor outside Showroom Seven, surrounded by wildly colored garments with an odd texture. It turned out they were all printed denim. It was mostly printed denim jeans and jackets, some things that looked like sweat pants, but not a whole range really. … Continue Reading
story and photos by Tal Shpantzer
Walking into the white studio space, I saw a lineup of frozen models held up by the strong cuts of Victor de Souza’s spring-summer 2010 collection. It is a sublime fusion of both the classical and the fantastical. … Continue Reading
story by Kate Young
photos by Adrianna Favero
Christian Cota may just be having his moment. Both gossip girl Leighton Meester and desperate housewife Eva Longoria Parker chose to wear his designs last Sunday. And, in a room packed with fashion’s finest, Cota’s pieces shone. … Continue Reading
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Tia’s strong sense of shape and texture came through once again this season, with menswear-influenced looks rearranged into feminine forms. Leather hats looked straight out of Amelia Earhart’s locker, and some Lamé dresses stood out completely on the runway.
Johnny Wu, as it turned out, is a master pattern maker who helps a lot of emerging and established designers bring their rough ideas to life, and he does it right in the middle of Manhattan, as one of the many small businesses still holding on in shadow of what was once New York’s largest industry, the garment business.
In this article, guest writer Karine Bloem from TheDigitalistas.com explains the past and present of Dutch fashion, and gives insight into what is happening with Amsterdam International Fashion Week.
Way’s influence can clearly be seen in her designs, featuring throwback patterns to ’40s Art Deco in Manhattan and Chinese motifs of good luck koi fish and even a dragonfly. The clothes themselves were intensely wearable and all featured hand-treated fabrics.
Here is a preview of some of the shows we are covering in London. Lovely.
