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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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Runway Report: Yigal Azrouël | New York Spring 2016 RTW

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The beauty in Yigal Azrouël’s Spring 2016 RTW collection is the juxtaposition of the very soft fluid fabric mixed with the tailored lines. Even when the garment is all lace, mostly see-through, and a body contouring design; there is something very alluringly feminine and lady like about it at the same time. The Collection is a unique balance of elegance, lines, and appeal. The garments were in all black, Yigal Azrouël’s signature black and white,…

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Area Spring 2016 RTW New York
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Runway Report: Area | New York Spring 2016 RTW

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Fluid, flowing, and fabulous! Area’s Spring 2016 RTW collection really was a stunner. It’s the product of collaboration between Beckett Fogg and Piotrek Panszczyk. It is a mixture of 70’s meets Louis XIV meets the future. If I had to make a conjecture, a beach would have been the inspiration. Water and sand are echoed through out the collection in form and in the color palette. From the garments, which take form fitting to a…

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Runway Report: Cushnie et Ochs | New York Fall 2015 RTW

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Cushnie et Ochs Cushnie et Ochs sent curve conscious clothing down the runway. Their collection this year seemed to have a lot of elements from the 30’s and 70’s, which they translated into contemporary shapes. It was tailored and sleek yet feminine and flowing. Michele Ochs and Carly Cushnie manage to have a mix of really sinuous lines that accentuate the best part of women. The clothes are completely wearable. There are some items, which…

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Runway Report : Thom Browne | New York Fall 2015 RTW

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Thom Browne: New York Runway | Fall 2015 RTW Thom Browne’s latest fall 2015 collection brought Showtime’s Penny Dreadful to mind.  The late Victorian Era is often referred to as “The Cult of Mourning”.  This is due to the fact that Queen Victoria’s late husband Prince Albert was the love of her life and after his death, she spent the rest of her life, which spanned 4 more decades mourning him. This meant wearing all…

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Runway Report : Alexander Wang | New York Fall 2015 RTW

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Alexander Wang: New York Runway | Fall 2015 RTW “I’ll stop wearing black when they invent a darker colour.”   Wednesday Addams. One can’t help but think that if Wednesday Addams was a grown-up this is what she would look like in present day. Cool, powerful, mysterious, dark, interesting with a bit of Punk, Goth and Heavy-Metal all mixed up. I loved this show. I like to be transported, which Alexander Wang does through the uniformity of his…

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