NYC F/W Spring 2014 designer pre-view

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Before designers show off their wares on the runways of Fashion Week, they channel their inspiration and sketch their creations. For the spring 2014 shows, which kick off Thursday at Lincoln Center and other locales around New York City, those inspirations ranged from Hollywood glamour queens to ancient tribes to modern art. Here’s a peek at some of those fashionable inspirations (in the designers’ own words). — By Julie Gordon, amNew York

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Designer Norma Kamali and Vogue Editor Jill Spalding Praise Shen Yun Costume Design

NEW YORK—“I was very impressed with the clothing and costumes,” said famed designer Norma Kamali after seeing the over 400 hand-made costumes donned by Shen Yun Performing Arts New York Company dancers. Jill Spalding, a writer and editor for Vogue Magazine, was also in attendance at Sunday’s sold-out performance at the David H. Koch Theater at the Lincoln Center. Both appraised the colorful garb of the different regions of China.

“I saw here the best example about how fabric, clothing, and sleeves can enhance the movement and tell the story,” remarked Ms. Kamali, who also designs costumes for dance. Ms. Kamali is better known, however, for her bathing suits, which have been featured on the cover of Cosmopolitan Magazine, and for her parachute designs, on display in the Vanity Fair permanent collection at the Metropolitan Museum. A part of classical Chinese dance, the silk costumes are designed to be a rippling and flowing extension of the dancer.

“When the sleeves became a part of the rhythm and a part of the overall design of the set, it was very impressive!” said Ms. Kamali of the long, cascading sleeves found in several of the Shen Yun dance pieces.

Taken from EPOCH TIMES 

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