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Runway Report: Highlights | London SS 2020 RTW

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Molly Goddard: Tulle-erific!   Halpern: Pattern perfection to the Golden Disco Queen!   Emilia Wickstead: Graceful geometric lines   Rejina Pyo: Neutral, nonchalant, and notable!   A.W.A.K.E. MODE: Disassembling and assembling the classics. An envisioning anew   Preen by Thornton Bregazzi: Dense to delicate dresses   David Koma: Sleek to structured      Victoria Beckham: From smart suiting to chic casual Simone Rocha:  Voluminous, yet delicate with lovely layers of details   Erdem: An Eye-let…

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Dion Lee
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Runway Report: Dion Lee | New York Spring 2020 RTW

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The blurred lines of the feminine and the masculine, underwear as outerwear, menswear and womenswear, and the inspiration from the archetypes. Carl Jung would have particularly enjoyed the representation and symbolism of the anima/animus and had a lot of insight into this collection.  The unified thread through out the collection was the references to cultures and sub-cultures and the defining items worn by their members. In this collection there were several themes explored and clothing…

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Greta Constantine
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Runway Report: Greta Constantine | New York Spring 2020 RTW

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Turn up the volume, turn up the drama, and go to different dimensions!  The seeds of inspiration for Greta Constantine’s latest collection were planted from another collection. Kirk Pickersgill’s Aunt’s Orchid Collection was the muse for Pickersgill and Stephen Wong’s Spring RTW 2020 Collection.  This floral inspiration can be seen in many of the silhouettes. From the more sculptural and literal  “bloom” details to the use of multilayered double edged ruffles to create 3-D drama. …

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Fendi Runway Review
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Runway Report: Fendi | Milan Fall 2019 RTW

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The 54-year fashion collaboration between The House of Fendi and Karl Lagerfeld was truly an epic story. And this collection served as the denouement. Throughout the collection, the very high collared shirt, or some manifestation thereof, was an obvious ode to Karl Lagerfeld’s signature shirts. These were his uniform, his look, his style DNA. And this DNA ran through the entire collection. These high collared buttoned up looks were paired with menswear inspired looks, such…

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Trend Report: Feathers and Volume
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Runway Report: Trends: Feathers & Volume | London Fall RTW 2019

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There are two distinct trends that carried over from New York Fashion Week to London Fashion Week. One could say New York and London are…Birds of a feather that flock together! Another trend from New York to London were the designs which were “speaking in volumes.” Feathers At New York Fashion Week feathers featured frequently in the shows of Marc Jacobs, Oscar de la Renta and Prabal Gurung and many others. It was the same…

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Runway Report: Camilla and Marc | New York Fall 2019 RTW

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Divine Proportion had divine Fashion Week timing! The Golden Ratio is said to be the inspiration for the collection. The golden ratio,  I think we all remember from the Fibonacci sequence from math? It is the sequence of the Nautilus shell, flower petals, DNA, and most everything in nature. In design, it is the Pyramids of Giza; Michelangelo’s Creation in the Sistine Chapel, and Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, and on… Basically anything in nature has this…

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Runway Report: Vera Wang | New York Fall 2019 RTW

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Vera Wang is the mythical Persephone of Fashion. In Mythology, Persephone was the Goddess of the Underworld and the bringer-maiden of Spring & Summer. She was abducted from the earth by Hades,  God of the Underworld, and forced every year to leave the lush green earth and spend 3 months underground, which in essence started Fall and progressed to Winter. Vera Wang’s otherworldly designs and opposition of aesthetics in her different collections is truly a…

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Delpozo Fall 2016 RTW
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Runway Report: Delpozo | New York Fall 2016 RTW

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Joeph Font took us on a magical journey through graphic greatness. I love how the show started with a very Asian inspired kimono style jacket with an oversized OBI belted waist. The next garment morphed into a more exaggerated version of the predecessor. Each outfit throughout the collection evolved into the next. Many of the outfits were accessorized with opera length gloves, just blooming with flowers. They emerged out of the hyper-wide sleeves, providing a…

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Runway Report: Reem Acra | New York Fall 2016 RTW

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Reem Acra’s Fall 2016 RTW show was sheer brilliance! And when I say sheer, I mean most every garment was sheer in someway, shape or another. The best characteristics of the Courtiers of Europe, The Show Girls, and The Roaring Twenties Flappers all combined into one of the most sexy, breathtakingly beautiful, and impeccably detailed collections. Art Deco was clearly the inspiration here. The Art Deco influence was seen in a multitude of Geometric shapes,…

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Alberta Ferretti | SS 2016
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Runway Report: Alberta Ferretti | Milan Spring 2016 RTW

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If this is what happens when a Designer goes into the desert, has a Vision Quest, and comes out birthing a hugely creative product, then I think every designer should follow suit! Retro-Desert could have been the title of this collection. The inspiration- The Desert, served as a literal backdrop for Alberta Ferretti’s Spring 2016 RTW. The film of the Desert rolling during the show combined with the chanting music was hypnotic and took us…

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