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Tibi Dresses the Twenty-ten Woman:
Designer Amy Smilovic took her Tibi collection in a new
direction for fall/winter 2010
Designer Amy Smilovic took her Tibi collection in a new
direction for fall/winter 2010
POSTED February, 16 2010
FASHION WEEK
Known for her sophisticated prints and feminine designs, Amy Smilovic took her Tibi collection in a new direction for fall 2010 that showed her range and versatility as a designer. Fusing
contrasting textures like floral with tweed, leather with plaid, fur with paillette sequins, Smilovic managed to balance traditional polar opposites in a freshly inspiring way. Smilovic steered
clear of heavy metal embellishments like studs and chains that have inundated the wardrobes of almost every type of stylista. This collection rather than focusing on one specific trend or
inspiration was simply a visualization of looks that define the sexy and smart woman of twenty-ten. The SoHo, New York based designer whipped up 42 looks including everything from
cropped tweed trousers to floor length show stopping gowns, to strapless mini dresses and bustiers layered with gray Henley tees. The classic retro styling was the key to keep the
fluidness of the collection. We loved all the belted waists, the rebirth of the fanny pack to clinch dresses and coats, bib necklaces, sling back clogs and Maria La Rose’s brightly hued tights
all meshed brilliantly together.
contrasting textures like floral with tweed, leather with plaid, fur with paillette sequins, Smilovic managed to balance traditional polar opposites in a freshly inspiring way. Smilovic steered
clear of heavy metal embellishments like studs and chains that have inundated the wardrobes of almost every type of stylista. This collection rather than focusing on one specific trend or
inspiration was simply a visualization of looks that define the sexy and smart woman of twenty-ten. The SoHo, New York based designer whipped up 42 looks including everything from
cropped tweed trousers to floor length show stopping gowns, to strapless mini dresses and bustiers layered with gray Henley tees. The classic retro styling was the key to keep the
fluidness of the collection. We loved all the belted waists, the rebirth of the fanny pack to clinch dresses and coats, bib necklaces, sling back clogs and Maria La Rose’s brightly hued tights
all meshed brilliantly together.
Qianna Smith
Walter Fall/Winter 2010:
Casual sportswear meets military chic on the runway
Casual sportswear meets military chic on the runway
POSTED February, 16 2010
FASHION WEEK
Fashion Q&A would never miss a Walter show! We support the emerging
stars and designer Walter Baker has enchanted us since our first interview
with him at his spring 2009 show. We headed to Stage 37, on the western
edges of the Garment District to check out what he cooked up for fall 2010. At
show time, the lights went down and a visceral, engaging performance by
the violinist Caitlin Moe commenced. The audience was immediately drawn
in by this playful conceit, and then, the real music started pumping and down
came the best offering of sportswear that’s been seen all season.
It all began with a black wool military jacket with gold trim, a nice touch that
ran throughout the whole collection. The military, armored feel was the
dominating aesthetic of the collection, but was wisely juxtaposed with loose
blouses, lots of meshing, exposed backs and a brilliant use of lace – the
lace tactfully adorning the sleeves of a beautiful black washed charmeuse
top. All the great details that perfumed the collection were delicately
executed. A ‘brushed mosaic’ print was sprinkled throughout, like in a
gorgeous, yet simple blouse with a completely meshed back, but never
bordered on stifling or detracting from the cohesion of the vision. The apex of
the collection, although the unbelievably chic coats came a close second,
were the navy/black knit and jersey dresses. The hard, protective shell
dresses and skirts in this palette and style worked perfectly down the runway
and showed a kind of design edge and intelligence that needs more
prevalence in sportswear.
stars and designer Walter Baker has enchanted us since our first interview
with him at his spring 2009 show. We headed to Stage 37, on the western
edges of the Garment District to check out what he cooked up for fall 2010. At
show time, the lights went down and a visceral, engaging performance by
the violinist Caitlin Moe commenced. The audience was immediately drawn
in by this playful conceit, and then, the real music started pumping and down
came the best offering of sportswear that’s been seen all season.
It all began with a black wool military jacket with gold trim, a nice touch that
ran throughout the whole collection. The military, armored feel was the
dominating aesthetic of the collection, but was wisely juxtaposed with loose
blouses, lots of meshing, exposed backs and a brilliant use of lace – the
lace tactfully adorning the sleeves of a beautiful black washed charmeuse
top. All the great details that perfumed the collection were delicately
executed. A ‘brushed mosaic’ print was sprinkled throughout, like in a
gorgeous, yet simple blouse with a completely meshed back, but never
bordered on stifling or detracting from the cohesion of the vision. The apex of
the collection, although the unbelievably chic coats came a close second,
were the navy/black knit and jersey dresses. The hard, protective shell
dresses and skirts in this palette and style worked perfectly down the runway
and showed a kind of design edge and intelligence that needs more
prevalence in sportswear.
Alexander Patiño
Photo Credit: Chris Santiago
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Photo Credit: Fernando Colon
G Star RAW Fall/winter 2010:
A Bucket Full of Color Helped the Medicine Go Down
at G Star RAW’s Latest Offering
A Bucket Full of Color Helped the Medicine Go Down
at G Star RAW’s Latest Offering
POSTED February, 16 2010
FASHION WEEK
The disgusting snow and sludge that inundated the streets of Manhattan couldn’t stop the
hordes of celebrities and fashionistas alike from attending the G Star RAW Fall/Winter 2010
runway spectacle, which was held at the Manhattan Center’s Hammerstein Ballroom. It
seems everyone was in the know about what an exuberant show G Star puts on because
there were dozens of celebrities there like Kelly Osbourne, John Legend, Matthew Settle,
Shannon Doherty, Tyson Beckford, Mena Suvari, Adam Lambert and the ever luminous G Star
spokesmodel Liv Tyler – just to name a few.
So what is that magnetic force that pulls these names from their respective celebritae
woodworks? “I just love their clothes,” says Tyson Beckford who was sitting next to us at front
row, center stage. “I wear the clothes myself and it’s just always great designs. They’re very
modern and very futuristic, very hip and very me.” He’s not the only one. A exquisitely
metamorphosed Kelly Osbourne is another big G Star fan. “I love G Star. I’ll give you a prime
example of the reason why,” she began as we spoke backstage. “I went to their showroom
today and I was like ‘Oh my god my dad would love that, my brother would love that, I have to
get that for my mom’ and then they pulled out this outfit I’m wearing now and I loved it! They
pulled out the rack and literally let me pick out anything I wanted to.”
They weren’t kidding. Futuristic, hip, loveable – that’s the G Star RAW show for you. Fifty-six of
the most modern, hyperbolically color-splattered, euphoria inducing, and out there looks
we've all season, came down the ballroom’s enormous, interwoven runway. It was such a
large stage, with so many sections that five models could be out on stage at one time,
making their way through a criss-crossing network of runway that looked like a carless Los
Angeles highway. Such a dynamic could only be matched by the eye-popping assortments
that filled it. Ceruleans, lime greens, midnight blue lame’, candy banana yellows and rich
khakis in piebald configurations dominated the scene in this innovative reworking of what hip
means to us today. A personal favorite was a lime jiles jacket with black trim over a sewell
shirt, styled with a brown leather strapped black skirt over baby blue tights. A banana
cardigan knit over a cream dane dress was exquisitely chic. Looking over at Liv Tyler one
could see her motion to her friends how much she loved the innovative draping.
With all that color going around, and to be honest, sometimes a little bit too much for the eye
to handle (the final piece, a jett jacket and Fawcett waistcoast over a knit vest and ewing
sweat pant was all one solid block of lime green) one has to ask what the beauty department
did to counterbalance such extremism. Ellis Faas, makeup team leader for the show (who
coincidentally, just broadened her eponymous makeup line to the United States – now
available at Bergdorf Goodman) let us in on the beauty team’s secret: “The collection is really
colorful. They’re using really strong colors for the first time, so we had to keep the makeup a
bit simple. No big statements. We went for a fresh face – a little blush, and the color
statement is really on the lips, which is a dark fuschia. On the eyes we used a false lash and
a lot of mascara. We tried to get a nice, long 1940’s eye, with mascara only on the top lash.”
It was the runway show to end all runway shows (well, Custo Barcelona gave G Star a run for
its money) and the brand’s fall/winter offering was so hip and inventive that it might take you
a second or two to realize that it’s actually not tacky, but seriously damn cool.
hordes of celebrities and fashionistas alike from attending the G Star RAW Fall/Winter 2010
runway spectacle, which was held at the Manhattan Center’s Hammerstein Ballroom. It
seems everyone was in the know about what an exuberant show G Star puts on because
there were dozens of celebrities there like Kelly Osbourne, John Legend, Matthew Settle,
Shannon Doherty, Tyson Beckford, Mena Suvari, Adam Lambert and the ever luminous G Star
spokesmodel Liv Tyler – just to name a few.
So what is that magnetic force that pulls these names from their respective celebritae
woodworks? “I just love their clothes,” says Tyson Beckford who was sitting next to us at front
row, center stage. “I wear the clothes myself and it’s just always great designs. They’re very
modern and very futuristic, very hip and very me.” He’s not the only one. A exquisitely
metamorphosed Kelly Osbourne is another big G Star fan. “I love G Star. I’ll give you a prime
example of the reason why,” she began as we spoke backstage. “I went to their showroom
today and I was like ‘Oh my god my dad would love that, my brother would love that, I have to
get that for my mom’ and then they pulled out this outfit I’m wearing now and I loved it! They
pulled out the rack and literally let me pick out anything I wanted to.”
They weren’t kidding. Futuristic, hip, loveable – that’s the G Star RAW show for you. Fifty-six of
the most modern, hyperbolically color-splattered, euphoria inducing, and out there looks
we've all season, came down the ballroom’s enormous, interwoven runway. It was such a
large stage, with so many sections that five models could be out on stage at one time,
making their way through a criss-crossing network of runway that looked like a carless Los
Angeles highway. Such a dynamic could only be matched by the eye-popping assortments
that filled it. Ceruleans, lime greens, midnight blue lame’, candy banana yellows and rich
khakis in piebald configurations dominated the scene in this innovative reworking of what hip
means to us today. A personal favorite was a lime jiles jacket with black trim over a sewell
shirt, styled with a brown leather strapped black skirt over baby blue tights. A banana
cardigan knit over a cream dane dress was exquisitely chic. Looking over at Liv Tyler one
could see her motion to her friends how much she loved the innovative draping.
With all that color going around, and to be honest, sometimes a little bit too much for the eye
to handle (the final piece, a jett jacket and Fawcett waistcoast over a knit vest and ewing
sweat pant was all one solid block of lime green) one has to ask what the beauty department
did to counterbalance such extremism. Ellis Faas, makeup team leader for the show (who
coincidentally, just broadened her eponymous makeup line to the United States – now
available at Bergdorf Goodman) let us in on the beauty team’s secret: “The collection is really
colorful. They’re using really strong colors for the first time, so we had to keep the makeup a
bit simple. No big statements. We went for a fresh face – a little blush, and the color
statement is really on the lips, which is a dark fuschia. On the eyes we used a false lash and
a lot of mascara. We tried to get a nice, long 1940’s eye, with mascara only on the top lash.”
It was the runway show to end all runway shows (well, Custo Barcelona gave G Star a run for
its money) and the brand’s fall/winter offering was so hip and inventive that it might take you
a second or two to realize that it’s actually not tacky, but seriously damn cool.
Alexander Patiño
Photo Credit: Chris Santiago
bebe Kardashians Fall Fashion Collection:
‘bebe’ and the Kardashians foresee a sweltering autumn
with their skimpy but sexy line-up for fall
‘bebe’ and the Kardashians foresee a sweltering autumn
with their skimpy but sexy line-up for fall
POSTED February, 16 2010
FASHION WEEK
If you are prone to epileptic seizures, make sure you are nowhere in the vicinity of Kim
Kardashian. When the popular socialite arrived at Stage 37 to present bebe’s latest
fall/winter collection, the room instantaneously became a thunderstorm of clicks and
flashes.
The Kardashian-inspired collection was unapologetically sexy. Lots of black leather
shorts and skirts, one-shoulder dresses, spandex and jersey wrap dresses. The sex
appeal that usually accompanies the bebe line was as present as ever, but one has to
question the context. Isn’t this supposed to be a fall collection? The ivory silk twill
boyfriend blazer, as beautifully constructed as it is, can’t hold the look and feel of autumn
for every other piece, unless of course, bebe expects every one of its potential buyers to
spend their fall and winter in Miami and Los Angeles.
So bebe didn’t follow the instructions. Missed apprehensions aside, the collection was
so palpably sexual, so unfalteringly feminine, that eventually you have to take it for what it
is and appreciate a good night-out-on-the-town outfit when you see it. The fuschia pieces
– a silk georgette soft shirt romper and a rayon spandex one-shoulder jersey dress were
– well, there’s really no other way to say it: Fierce. The Kardashians and bebe
collaboration makes a lot of sense. Both the line and the girls have one thing in common,
and it’s that they’re both unapologetically sexy. If you feel you can join that camp, then this
collection is definitely for you.
Kardashian. When the popular socialite arrived at Stage 37 to present bebe’s latest
fall/winter collection, the room instantaneously became a thunderstorm of clicks and
flashes.
The Kardashian-inspired collection was unapologetically sexy. Lots of black leather
shorts and skirts, one-shoulder dresses, spandex and jersey wrap dresses. The sex
appeal that usually accompanies the bebe line was as present as ever, but one has to
question the context. Isn’t this supposed to be a fall collection? The ivory silk twill
boyfriend blazer, as beautifully constructed as it is, can’t hold the look and feel of autumn
for every other piece, unless of course, bebe expects every one of its potential buyers to
spend their fall and winter in Miami and Los Angeles.
So bebe didn’t follow the instructions. Missed apprehensions aside, the collection was
so palpably sexual, so unfalteringly feminine, that eventually you have to take it for what it
is and appreciate a good night-out-on-the-town outfit when you see it. The fuschia pieces
– a silk georgette soft shirt romper and a rayon spandex one-shoulder jersey dress were
– well, there’s really no other way to say it: Fierce. The Kardashians and bebe
collaboration makes a lot of sense. Both the line and the girls have one thing in common,
and it’s that they’re both unapologetically sexy. If you feel you can join that camp, then this
collection is definitely for you.
Alexander Patiño
