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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Fashion Week for Full-figured women Announces 2012 Face

 

Fashion Week Full-Figured  2012 promises to bring plus size excitement to the Big Apple once again with great fashion, beautiful plus size models and attendees and press from around the world. This morning the new face of Full Figured Fashion Week was announced. Venessa Ann De La Rosa will host the red carpet at the finale event along with other amazing opportunities. Venessa Ann De La Rosa, was born in Ft. Lewis, Washington and now resides in Atlanta, GA. Having a father in the military afforded her the opportunity to travel all over the US and abroad with her parents. As a young teen she grew up watching her father perform in the theater. She, too, caught the performing bug and began acting and modeling in high school. It was when Venessa participated in the Miss Teen San Antonio pageant that her dream of becoming a successful model grew into a passion. Her unique onstage presence led to an invitation to be a presenter at the Texas Tejano Music awards where she shared the same stage with the late singer Selena. After Read more…

Yves Saint Laurent Denver Show

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Yves St. Laurent Global Retrospective to be held at Denver Art Museum

LouLou de LaFalaise, Yves St. Laurent & Marina Schiano

Denver Art Museum is the only museum in the United States to host the global retrospective of fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent’s life and work. The exhibit of more than 200 outfits, plus drawings, video and more of the fashion designer works. It opens March 25, 2012. View more photos and styles Here

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Watch out! There's 7 Hot NEW Designers from Spain

Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week.

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid will kick off the international fashion show calendar next month, starting on February 1st and running through the 5th. This will be the first fashion week in Madrid since Mercedes-Benz signed on to sponsor the event.

 

Amaya Arzuaga is one of Spain’s best known designers. She launched her first collection in 1995, two years after graduating, Madrid’s Polytechnic University. Now she has a bridal and couture atelier (both in Madrid), as well as a solid presence in markets in Spain, England, the United States, Japan, Belgium, France, Italy, Hong Kong and Australia. Arzuaga’s trademark fondness for miniskirts and strong shoulders is sure to show up at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid.- – take a look at 6 more Hot designers

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Stella McCartney shows Fall 2012 in New York City

At an intimate presentation, cocktail party followed by her new store opening, Stella McCartney began 2012 as she means to go on.

Stella McCartney’s in between seasons presentations are always something to look forward to. Her autumn 2012 collection was held in New York, at One If By Land, Two If By Sea, a restaurant often voted the most romantic in the city. Models wandered around the candlelit cocktail party drinking champagne and playing pool and backgammon. The roaring fires, huge bouquets of flowers, photography books and a jazz band playing in the corner, meant McCartney’s presentation felt more like a convivial house party, not a stress inducing rushed runway show. There were vegan hors d’oeuvres. McCartney’s autumn accessories collection – also vegan – were on display in a room overlooking a winter garden. – - 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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New Film on Gospel Music 'Rejoice & Shout'

Director Don McGlynn, of the New documentary on Gospel music, 'Rejoice and Shout', is known for biographical documentaries Louis Prima: The Wildest and Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog, among many others. When Eamonn Bowles of Magnolia Pictures asked him to make a documentary on Gospel music, just when the director himself was considering a film on the subject, McGlynn got what all directors dream of: financing. As any independent filmmaker can tell you, finding financing is the hardest part of making a movie.  With that hurtle covered, McGlynn could concentrate on the biggest challenge of the film, not telling just one story, as much of his past work had done, but telling the multiple stories that make up the history of American Gospel music. 

 The director also has major technical challenges on such an ambitious project. Eighty-five percent of the footage used in the film was culled from decades of collecting by producer Joe Lauro. As would be expected from a project that spans 200 years, the clips came in a multitude of formats, many in need of restoration. Perhaps the biggest find is the experimental sound-on-film footage of the Utica Quartet that was shot in 1922, five years before The Jazz Singer. Also included in the documentary was an audio performance from the Virginia-based Dinwidde Colored Quartet. This rare 1902 recording for the Victor Talking Machine Company was the first African-American religious record, made almost 20-years before any African-American jazz or blues records. -- > CLICK HERE < --  to Read More. 

 

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CLAIRE McCARDELL the Designer's Designer

Truly one of the most Inspirational and Talented Fashion Designer of ALL times. Claire McCardell is a name that's synonymous with 'Great American Sportswear'. She was a 'Master' at creating 'Looks' that are still with us Today. McCardell loved, the art of design, construction and the ease of wonderful Style. So important for in American clothes. Her tremendous manipulation of the use of fabric is synonymous with Classic Couture Fashion Designs that surpass that of the French and Italian designers. American Designer's just 'Love' Her! You see her work in many, many 7th Ave. Houses, Today. She was one of a kind and America was Blessed to have Her. Claire McCardell has been called the first truly American designer, originator of the "American Look". American women have always admired her for her freshness and energy.
Born in 1905, Claire McCardell was born in Frederick, Maryland, USA, to a bank-president father. She had 3 younger brothers and grew up with a love of sports. In 1925, after high school and two years college, Claire joined fashion illustration at Parsons School of Design (which was then called the New York School of Fine and Applied Arts). She spent her second year in Paris, at the Parsons branch on Place des Vosges. There she began to blossom, for fashion was all around her. She began to understand the relationship between style and comfort (or rather the lack of it). She returned to New York for her last year at Parsons.

After graduating, she embarked on a frustrating succession of jobs. In 1930 she became an assistant to Robert Turk, a young designer just starting out, His venture failed and so he and Claire afterwards moved to Townley Frocks, an established sportswear house. Turk died in a sailing accident, so Claire took his position and finished the collection. She stayed with Townley Frocks for 7 years until the company disintegrated. While at Townley, she scored her first commercial success, the so called "Monastic Dress", a flowing robe-like design that the wearer shaped to her own waistline with a sash or belt. Best and Co., bought 100 of these dresses and they were soon well-known. In 1939 when Townley folded, she spent a brief time working for Hattie Carnegie, whose house sold Parisian designs. However McCardell's designs were far too simple for Carnegie's tastes.

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NYC Jobs in Fashion 'Trade Show' Pointers

When interning for a designer or showroom, it is very likely that you will come across the opportunity to work a trade show. Major shows such as the ENK shows (Intermezzo, Coterie, Sole Commerce) are well known and can exhibit up to 5,000 vendors! These shows usually take place at the Javitz Center. Vendors come to showcase their products for the upcoming season. You can imagine how many clothes (and people!) you can expect to be surrounded by. Basically, trade shows give vendors an opportunity to display their collections so that buyers can place orders for their businesses. Warning: trade shows start early. Buyers start pouring in at nine am, so being there by eight to help set up the booth is crucial. If you don’t have a lot of sales experience, working a trade show might seem a little overwhelming. You will be interacting with many buyers. It’s important to note that trade shows are all about presentation. Buyers are more likely to place an order if the clothing and booth are arranged in a way that is visually appealing. Remember, every buyer is different- so try to be as accommodating as possible. Buyers will ask for details about the products- wholesale price, delivery date, and the minimum number of pieces per order (2 smalls, 2 mediums, 2 larges for example). Have this information mentally ready beforehand so that the order process runs smoothly.....read More

©May 2011 Stylecaster Article By Jennifer Kang

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Costume Designer on the Move…!

Costume Design Professor, Deborah Landis talks about

experiences while teaching in Cuba.

 

 

Last May, when costume design Professor Deborah Landis was invited to conduct a workshop at a film school in Cuba, she had no idea what to expect. She certainly didn’t think that she would be designing costumes for 18th century merchants, pirates and the new American Republic, French Royal, French Republican and British navies.

The founding director of UCLA’s Copley Center for the Study of Costume Design, Landis is an experienced costume designer who has worked in Hollywood and Europe for many decades. Her work includes “Animal House,” “Blues Brothers” and Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” video.

Get more on this story: DAILY BRUIN (UCLA)

Story By ELISA MOSLER | Published January 23, 2011 in A&E, Lifestyle

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