NYFW: Narciso Rodriguez Spring 2014

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IT’S not often, actually, that fashion gives rise to new items. We’ve seen it, done it, got the T-shirt all before and we’re more concerned with rifling through the drawers of the past than we are setting a new agenda when it comes to the technicalities. Narciso Rodriguez has other ideas and this evening introduced us to the “half skirt”, a skirt and shorts hybrid that is just as suggestive as the mini but has a little more practicality about it. Nice. Elsewhere among the collection and the designer mostly stuck to square cuts, bandeau necklines and flat-looking shapes. From afar it looked masculine, androgynous but close-up there were slithers of shine and layers of pretty lace to imbue a sense of femininity. 

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NYFW Daily schedule: Spring 2014

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Oh goodness, one of my favorite times of the year! Mercedes Benz-New York Fashion Week kicked off just hours ago! I am already consumed with watching the runways shows (streaming LIVE). I will be posting a run-down and my favs!! Check out the schedule!

September 05
9AM NICHOLAS K at STUDIO
9:30-10:30AM DAVID TLALE at BOX
10AM BCBGMAXAZRIA at THEATRE
11AM RICHARD CHAI at STAGE
1PM SUPIMA at STUDIO2PM TADASHI SHOJI at STAGE
2:30-3:30PM CANDELA at BOX
3PM DESIGUAL at THEATRE5PM MARISSA WEBB at STUDIO
6PM THE ART INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK CITY at STAGE

September 06
8:30-10AM FASHION LAW INSTITUTE at BOX
9AM ZIMMERMANN at STUDIO
10AM PROJECT RUNWAY at THEATRE
11AM CARMEN MARC VALVO at STAGE
12PM NOON BY NOOR at STUDIO
2PM NAUTICA at STAGE
3PM REBECCA MINKOFF at THEATRE
6PM TOME at TBA
6PM NICOLE MILLER at STUDIO
7-8PM TODD SNYDER at BOX
7PM ARGENTINE DESIGNERS at STAGE
7:30PM ELLE FASHION | NEXT at DAVID H. KOCH THEATER
8PM ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY at THEATRE
9PM MARK AND ESTEL at STUDIO

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Neck cuff, is the new trend?

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First we had the statement necklaces and those have been around for a long time, there are still a bit around but not like in the beginning. But of course they couldn’t be around for a long time, in the fashion industry a thing ( clothes, accessories) will only be able to be around for a short period of time before it gets replaced by something else. And that is what is happening now with the statement necklace and the neck cuff… well sort of. Is the neck cuff going to replace the statement necklace?

 The neck cuffs have been spotted in a lot of collections of top designers like Michael Kors and Céline.   

Street Style Paris F/W 2013 Looks

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Paris Fashion Week 2013 brought many unique, interesting, and inspiring looks to the runway. This is how they brought it to the streets!!!  How do you feel about the Fashion Capital of the World sense of street style?

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Raf Simons S/S F/W 2014

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Belgian designer Raf Simons fully embraced the man skirt for his Spring/Summer 2013 presentation at Paris Fashion Week, pulling inspiration from womenswear collections to create masculine versions of dresses and oversized t-shirts. Pop art was also a big influence, with boxy androgynous silhouettes, clean lines, and lots of bold blocks of pink, green, and blue. Vintage-style prints reminiscent of 1920s graphic design also featured on many of the pieces, with depictions of male athletes accompanied by text such as “artificially flavored”.

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Christian Dior Resort 2014

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The Christian Dior Resort 2014 collection presented in Monaco this past weekend is so elegant and full of bright colors! Filled with luxe fabric, lace, and asymmetrical shapes, this collection is easily one of our favorites of the season thus far. Take a loot at the complete collection.  

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LA Runway Pics: Dar Sara

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Models during Style Fashion Week LA Spring/Summer 2013 Dar Sara Fashion Runway.Picture copyright by Winston Burris / PR Photos.

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Toronto F/W Spring 2013: Jean-Pierre Braganza

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Not only do we love Jean-Pierre Braganza’s name (“Brrrraganzaaaaa!”) we love the looks we saw during The Shows, a pre-Toronto Fashion Week runway presentation held at Andrew Richards Design’s venue space in Toronto. His pop-art inspired Spring 2013 collection featured strong-shouldered blazers with hits of teal, black, and cream with bold graphic prints.

Fashion:  Graphic pantsuits and wedge heels in nude, black, and black with silver toe straps.

 

Beauty: Loose-and-intriguing fishtail braids with flattering wisps at the temples for that messy braid look we love.

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Glimpse Street Style Milan Fashion Week 2013

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Mixed-up prints, bright hues, and vertiginous shoes — so far there’s been so much eye candy on the streets of Milan that it’s hard to even know where to look. It also doesn’t hurt that some of the industry’s best-dressed players are all in attendance: Anna Dello Russo, Elisa Nalin, Kate Lanphear, Natalie Joos, Giovanna Battaglia, and more. Click through to peek the best styles of Milan Fashion Week, and be sure to check back soon — we’ll be adding more chic looks just as soon as they come in.

 

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New York: MARC JACOBS Fall 2012-13

Marc Jacobs Winter 2012-13 Collection

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New York 2012/2013 Fashion Week: The Winter Collection by New York based designer, Marc Jacobs was really … Crazy! It was like 18-17th century fashion mixed with 21st century street style! This fashion week show hosted lots of colors, interesting patterns and some funny looking heels. And the best of all were the too big sized hats made out of fur or other materials. It is worth to mention that the coats that are presented will be the most hottest pieces for winter. Bohemian story through the New York designer Marc Jacobs, who presented his latest collection autumn / winter 2012-2013 in the last Fashion Week in New York.

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NYC Full Figure F/W

This Week’s Fashion Flash

© abulousafter40.com by J. Tyler and D. Boland – The Glam Gal

Got the Monday Blahs?  We have the cure for you!  Today’s Fashion Flash is full of quick little tips that are the perfect sweet, treat to start off your week!

Here are a few of the hot topics our Fabulous Over 40 blogging experts are chatting about:

• Calling all Curvy Fashionistas!  Full Figure Fashion week is happening this week in NYC, check it out!
• Did you know that SPF labeling is changing?  Find out more about it…
• Are the clothes from your favorite store aging you?  Find out  if you’re shopping at the wrong places…
• Tired of seeing all those “skinny” jeans?  Find out more about how you can wear them…it just might surprise you!
• Do you have a camping trip planned this summer?  How can you simplify your beauty regime so you still look good but not overdone?
• Vanishing Act: What’s happening?  What are those dark spots that have started to show up and how do you get rid of them?

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ELLERY AW 2012 Collection

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Ellery is Not to be overlooked. This collection by ELLERY shown last February for Fall by goodness gracious, did not miss the mark. Looks, cut, color and splendor. It’s ALL wrapped up here in a most inspiring, put together show of Style. How in love can you become with a collection you might ask? Take a Look and grasp LOVE! All I know is that I am going crazy for this A/W 2012 collection designed by Australian designer, Kym Ellery. The silhouettes, the fabrics, the colours – it all works so good together, creating a dream collection. View rest of collection HERE and get ready for Fall to show some STYLE.

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Paco Rabanne recreated

by Creative Director, Manish Arora

Manish Arora, a fashion designer known for his wild prints, bright psychedelic colors, and over the top looks, was appointed the creative director of Paco Robanne early last year.

©ourtesy TWELV

 

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TORONTO F/W: “Holt Renfrew’s” star-studded Show

Kicking off Toronto Fashion Week

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Toronto Fashion Week: Despite the wall-to-wall crowds, the start of Toronto World Master Card Fashion Week show is generally a slow burn, with things not getting properly fired up until at least day 2. However, the parade of the fall/winter 2012 fashion week collections show – again held in the city’s David Pecaut Square – started out with a bang, or rather, a tap. A jovial tap dancer kicked off Holt Renfrew’s biannual fashion week show with some of its favorite homegrown labels, coaxing smiles out of even the front row’s poker faces here in Toronto Canada. – - See more Fashion Week show

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Fashion Gallery weekend show for LAFW Styles

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LA this past weekend, knocked out five of our 15 best LAFW events by attending Concept Fashion Week show at Ace Gallery. The two-day LA show was filled with experimental installations and runway shows that catered to the city’s sartorial game-changers, which made both the featured looks and invited guests equally entertaining to watch.The LA Chambers show kicked it all off on Friday night with their signature streetwear-meets-grunge menswear offerings. Just like our takeaway from their Gen Art show last year, we’re happy to report that the fashion brand is still doing an ace job in LA providing the average dude with foolproof options for everyday layering. Outerwear fashion was abundant and better than ever. Saturday’s line-up started with the Gypsy Junkies show, which had this ’90s boho thing going on. Think floral separates and ethereal gowns mixed with crushed velvet and corduroy pants. Next, we watched a flurry of inventive silhouettes march down the Laili Lau runway, complete with loosely draped dresses, lightweight fashion knits and harem pants that we wouldn’t mind mixing and matching this fall. Fittingly, we ended our Concept LA trip with two highly conceptual installations: Belle N. Matisse and Curly-V. BNM’s collection took the idea of strong shoulders to the next level by presenting a range of avant-garde looks that featured pointy shoulder pads. We likened the gray numbers to futuristic officewear. There was also a pair of pants with pointed knee caps and a sheer shirt with wings. Curly-V’s fashion display was by far the quirkiest of the bunch and felt like we stepped into a trippy ’60s film. Titled “Big Mouff,” the collection took a literal approach to the “tooth” in “houndstooth” by using teeth to form the iconic print. Jeremy Scott would approve this LA beat.
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MB/FW Stockholm Menswear

©February 5, 2012 by Daniel Björk

The fashion circus is over for this time as you know having read Sabrina’s post from yesterday and as hectic as they are (especially if you are, as I was, reviewing some of the shows over at Bon.se and trying to get the review up within two hours) they are also great fun. In many ways Sweden’s men are the true fashionistas of Sweden, so a proper look at what was happening over the three days that go under the name of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Stockholm needs to include the biggest fashion street style trends for male consumers. On the first day of the week, at Filippa K Man, designer Morgan Sundberg explained to me that the turtle neck was back. His words were to be proven true in almost every menswear show over the following days and worn in any way possible from chunky, as at Whyred and Boomerang, to thin, as at Ubi Sunt, or in between: Oscar Jacobson streetstyle. – - read more

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Jean Paul Gaultier’s tribute to Amy Winehouse hits wrong notes

Is it strictly appropriate for a French couturier to send out a catwalk homage to Amy Winehouse complete with models wearing exposed bra straps, Fred Perry collars, baseball jackets and shirts tucked into pencil skirts? Probably not. But yesterday in Paris Jean Paul Gaultier chose to do just that. A live barbershop quartet crooned an elliptical rendition of the late singer’s most famous recording, “Rehab”, and Gaultier went so far as to attach black veils to towering beehives for his … story ®Courtesy of inspirationsinmylife, wanna Read more!  NOTE: Paris fashion shows will begin very soon hosting Paris Fashion Week with the Fall fashion celebration of Haute Couture fashion. It will feature fashion designers design from the likes of Elie Saab, Yohji Yamamoto, House of Christian Dior, Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel and many other fashion icons and Red carpet fashion Gurus. So if you have the fashion bug, get ready for Paris Fashion Week in February. It is always filled with standing room only events, fashion accessories, fashion jewelry, magazine fashion and maybe a little fashion show oops  surprises. All the business people in fashion, will attend hoping to see Models like Karlie Kloss and Lindsey Wixson strut their stuff. For those of you with a lot of fashion sense, you’re promised to enjoy the Spectacle that Paris Fashion makes to the Press, Celebrities and The Rest of fashionista royalty.

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‘Complex Mag’ Announces The 25 Most Stylish Celebs of 2011

©by High Heels & Herringbone

 

Complex Mag has officially announced their 25 Most Stylish Celebs of the year, surprisingly one of my fave rappers Kid Cudi has made the list. Woot woot! But along with Cudder himself, many other artist and actors have made the list as well, such as Kanye, Ryan Gosling, Childish Gambino, and many others. Check it out! – - Read more

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Halston Film, ‘But This Time It’ll Be Good’

Story written By Liz Doupnik @ Stylecaster.com

We’ve been gearing up for this holiday for a while it seems and now that it’s just around the corner, we can almost smell mom’s home-cooked dinner and feel the warmth of our fuzzy flannels. With that in mind, we made a solid list of movies we plan on enjoying for solid hours (let’s be honest – days) that we haven’t had a chance to watch just yet. In our quest to ensure we have an ample veg-out sesh, we stumbled upon several movies that have yet to be released (Batman anyone?!) but one got us super excited: Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston. No, this isn’t about a 90′s nightclub — we have Limelight for that – this documentary focuses on the life, tragedy, and talent of the man behind Halston. Finally! Film-maker Whitney Sudler-Smith interviews Halston’s muses, friends, and clients in this film that depicts the designer’s career starting as a hat maker at Bergdorf Goodman, through the glitter-speckled nights at Studio 54 and ultimately, selling his namesake to the likes of JC Penney, decades before any other brand caught onto the diffusion line trend. – - more

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Philippines Theater Festival in Prague

The Philippines has joined the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space 2011, an international theater festival considered the largest scenography event in the world. The quadrennial exhibits a variety of performance design disciplines such as costume, stage, lighting and sound design, including theater architecture for dance, opera, drama, site-specific, multimedia performances and performance art. It’s been held every four years since 1967. This year, it started last week and will end on the 26th, with more than 60 countries participating. At the last quadrennial held in 2007, Rolando “Rollie” de Leon had been a guest artist doing foam-art demonstration for the Costume Design Working Group of Organisation Internationale des Scénographes, Techniciens et Architectes de Théâtre. – Read more

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