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Ten students from San Fran’s School of Fashion at Academy of Art University, presented yesterday at New York Fashion Week. But, two A+ ladies and a gent from this show stared the daunting white Bryant Park tents in the face and had fun with fashion.
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We were backstage at Abaete today to get you up close and personal details that you’d never catch on the runway. We chose some of our favorite looks to take you from the fittings via polaroids used on the day of the show, to an in-person glimpse of the clothes, to what they looked like on the catwalk. The beauty team talked about a combination of strength and beauty, and the theme certainly seemed to extend to the clothes. Enjoy our little behind-the-scenes rundown with many more pictures after the jump, and head over to ShinyGloss later this afternoon for interviews with the hair stylist from Redken and the makeup artist from NARS.
There’s no better way to view Kati Stern’s stunning eveningwear for Venexiana than in motion, and so we’re super excited to offer this video. Please forgive that the camera girl is only 5’2″.
What’s even better is that the pieces that made this finale procession are really the strongest pieces in the collection. The glitz and glamour are poured on with Swarovski crystals, antique gold payette, sequins, and metallic threading.
(Click image to enlarge. Left to right, top to bottom: Two looks from the runway show, Victorya Hong and Christian Siriano, from this season of Project Runway, Jack Mackenroth, also from this season, Victorya, and stylist David Evangelista, Christian and Elisa Jimenez, also from this season, a makeup artist backstage, and Jay McCarroll, legendary winner of season one.)
All the antics from Project Runway contestants past and present captured here make me wish I hadn’t had to hightail it back to Bryant Park for one more show at the close of Victorya Hong’s presentation. But I stayed focused then, and that’s what I’ll do here – on to the fashion!
After flipping through Victorya’s past designs on Project Runway, I realized two things. It’s incredible that she lasted as long as she did, and tonight’s runway show was leaps and bounds beyond anything she ever showed the PR judges. The construnction, and particularly the fit, were much more sophisticated on Victorya’s runway. Clearly she is not the sort of designer that is inspired by wacky challenges and incredible time constraints, she spreads her wings when she has time and a clear vision.
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It’s only the first day of New York Fashion Week and already we’re seeing some of the predicted trends emerging. At BCBGMAXAZRIA the looks were ladylike, but in a less traditional way than we saw in fall 07. The lady has gone modern with her silhouette and is experimenting with new shapes.
While skirts were certainly short the overall feeling was more covered-up. Layering was done with fabrics in single pieces, not one piece over another over another over another.
As always, the colors and fabrics at BCBGMAXAZRIA were a treat. Different textures made for really interesting outfits. There was a lot to look at on each ensemble.
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Fashionistas were positively drowning in Jean Paul Gaultier at his Paris Spring/Summer haute couture show in Paris Wednesday, and they didn’t care to come up for air. The water-sea theme so popular among designers was taken more literally than usual with dripping wet models, scale-like dresses, shells and sea prints floating down the runway. The collection started with a run of slouchy suits, running with the oversized men’s jacket look we’ve seen on stars like Keira Knightley lately. Then a bohemian shell-print dress switched gears into a more bohemian, floaty segment which was our favorite. Keep reading for more pictures, including some luxe handbags from the runway.
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Inspired by Degas’ La Petite Danseuse de 14 Ans, Riccardo Tisci sought to combine elements of hard and soft in his spring/summer 2008 Haute Couture collection. There seemed to be an ideal mix – some looks that were clearly more structured and linear, some that were more romantic, and some that combined elements of both. The pants were skinny and the skirts were skate, with an understated sophistication we love to see from a venerable house like Givenchy. More images after the jump.
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The Christian Lacroix haute couture presentation in Paris yesterday was a study in mixing. Mixing patterns, mixing colors, mixing fabrics, mixing silhouettes – and mixing a drink to bring yourself down from the over-stimulation. Couture isn’t meant to be wearable, it’s true, but we did find the pieces grounded a bit more in reality, like the black ensemble and maroon gown above, the most beautiful. If you click through the jump, you’ll see examples of the more outlandish looks referred to – a sort of mish-mash of Lacroix staples like the gypsy and 18th century woman.
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Beautiful tailoring came in carefully molded suits and elegantly draped evening gowns at the Giorgio Armani Prive haute couture show on Monday. The gowns really stole the show with beautiful lines, fan pleating, and subtle details we’re just itching to see on the red carpet. The dresses were traditionally romantic and feminine, while the suiting acheived the same affect in a more modern way. Jackets were molded onto the body and skirts expanded on the volume we saw at Dior in a more subtle, geometric way.
Many more pictures after the jump.
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John Galliano’s spring haute couture collection for Christian Dior spoke volumes. Volume in taffeta and satin bunched, swagged, bustled and draped. And volume in bright, saturated, pastel and jewel-tone colors.
The collection was full of drama with oversized toppers that resembled objets d’art more than hats, painterly prints, paillettes and embroidery. Gone was the delicacy and old-fashioned femininity of Galliano’s fall collection. Instead of exaggerated waists, caricatures of silhouettes gone by, proportions were blown out in the opposite direction, ballooning away from the body with a structure belying the craftsmanship of the collection.
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Zac Posen fans hopefully won’t have to wait until Feb. 7 when the designer shows his fall 2007 line at New York Fashion Week to catch a glimpse of the new designs.
Posen will be debuting his collection for the first time at Berlin Fashion week at the end of January before showing on Thursday of New York Fashion Week.
“It’s a big potential market for us, especially with our fragrance,” Posen said in WWD. “It’s important to be building a larger presence in Europe.” He also named the German Island of Sylt as an inspiration for the collection.
Parson’s (of Project Runway fame), 2nd Annual Midseason Preview took place this past Friday, December 13, 2007. The event showcased the crème de la crème of the school’s graduating class.
There was a clear trend throughout the room. Dresses. Dresses. Dresses. And as we’ve seen from recent Runway episodes (New York Giants Tiki Barber, episode anyone?) dresses are the clear popular design of choice. Mannequins and models were deliciously clad in floor-length-gowns and short-cocktail-dresses with ruffles, rich fabrics and as our ‘07 iPod’s sang, sexy backs.
Keep reading for info on the designs pictured.
The UK Shiny girls at Catwalk Queen are positively smitten with the Paris-Londres Collection, and with good reason when you check out all the pictures they’ve got. Londoners are thrilled to have had Karl Lagerfeld in the house for the annual Maison d’Art show, held at the Phillips de Pury & Co headquarters in Victoria.
“The ’60s English sensibilities in beehive do’s (a nod to Amy Winehouse, “she is the dark Bridget Bardot,” said Lagerfeld) short hemlines, black tights and tweed jackets were fused with French luscious layered pleats and bouclé coats,” Catwalk Queen editor Kim Foster wrote. “One of my favourite pieces from the collection is the grey/olive flouncy dress (above, left) which I could imagine seeing on Kirsten Dunst or Emma Watson – Chanel’s newest recruit.”
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Karl Lagerfeld delivered on the promise of a menswear-inspired pre-fall collection Thursday night in London. And Lagerfeld himself took the stage at the uniquely laid out fashion show which had models doubling back and criss crossing paths to give everyone in the neverending front row a view; he mounted the platform where singer Irina Lazareanu provided the live soundtrack for the stompers. Dramatic, dishevled beauty looks brought to mind everyone from Kate Moss to new Grammy nominee Amy Winehouse.
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After threatening to not even come to their party – er, fashion week – next time, Marc Jacobs has confirmed a 7 p.m. time slot on February 8 at New York Fashion Week. Though there’s no guarantee that he won’t be late like last year when he kept fashion elite waiting for 2 hours, I think we’re just glad to have the whole matter resolved and our Marc showing where he should be.
Jacobs’ business partner Robert Duffy hoped that the earlier time would make it less inconvenient to audiences. “One thing I do know is that he will try to have the best show he can, and [to do that] he will want to finish every piece and make each one as beautiful as possible. If it comes late, it comes late. This way, even if he’s two hours late, people can still go to dinner at 9 or 9:30,” he told WWD.
That’s the spirit! Plan to be two hours late next time. This just worries me that 2 hours is going to become the new 45 minutes in terms of “actual start time” for runway shows.
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