New York fashion Week

David Elfin Fall 2010 Fashion Show

Runway Review: Collection's strength lie in the impeccable tailoring that felt fresh & different, not just for the sake of being avant-garde Veteran Spanish designer David Elfin opened his Fall 2010 show with Spanish model Eleonora Bose (of Tom Ford era Gucci fame) in an offset Crayola yellow pant suit, complete with hyper-andro cropped yellow coif, a strong visual indicator of what was set to come out. In a time when the industry is calling out for clean and serene, looking back at minimalism and what not, one would think Elfin, known for his strictness, would feel right at home in his elements. Instead he set off to create a collection that was yes, strict, but also appropriately inventive and

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Stephen Burrows Fall 2010 New York Fashion Week Presentation

Runway Review: The hits of this collection stood true to Burrows own legacy since his rise to fame was centered around New York's forever-chic on-the-go party girl Attending Stephen Burrows intimate presentation on the last day of a tiring fashion week with each exit receiving a boisterous amount of cheers from the audience left one feeling merry just from the felicitous environs alone. >> More Fashion Shows Add that to the fact the Burrows is an icon himself, one of the few black designers out there to hold such a place in fashion history, pepper it with Pat Cleveland's daughter Anna (pictured above) and her dramatic posing and a collection that held it's own in trends, and you can see

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Julian Louie Fall 2010 New York Fashion Week at Milk Studios

Runway Review: This outing highlighted Louie's knack for creating clothes that are distinctive yet grounded in reality Amidst a fun & energetic Friday at Milk Studios with stellar presentations everywhere you turned, Julian Louie's short film screening of Ukrainian model Jules Mordovets was set in a serene if not hyper-bourgeois setting, complete with a mannequin resting on a gilt settee in full-on Charles James inspired regalia. Were we in for heavy and baroque from a designer that's been working laid-back sophistication with an uncompromising ease and cool hand? Thankfully, this wasn't the case as this outing highlighted Louie's knack for creating clothes that are distinctive yet grounded in reality. Julian Laurie Fall /Winter 2010 New York Fashion Week presented at

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Donna Karan Fall 2010 Collection Marks Its 25th Anniversary

WHERE IT NOW | #NYFW Runway Review: There is a three dimensional beauty to each architecturally crafted piece of fashion sculpture yet it remains easy to wear & always elegant It's almost hard to believe that the Donna Karan label is turning 25. Then again it is almost more impossible to think that there ever was modern fashion before Donna Karan. Donna Karan was able to reinvent women's fashion in a manner that made a woman of any age look modern, polished, and stylish in a way that let's you know that ‘she' has arrived. Her pieces endure fads and trends are like stunning old friends that you want to revisit time and time again in your wardrobe, perhaps by

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Wayne by Wayne Lee Fall 2010 Fashion Show

Runway Review: This collection is destined to have something every girl won't want to take off all season While Wayne Lee has made quite a name for her self in just a few short season's with her urban minded label Wayne amongst the "IT" girls out there with a never ending need for body-con party looks, her Fall 2010 collection was a smart move in the "something for everyone" direction >> See our complete fashion show section for more runway reviews and photo galleries Here she used sweatshirt fabrications with contrasting leather and fur panels for a look that was linear yet less unforgiving while slightly louche. And while city dressing comes with a familiar if not redundant vibe, Lee's

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Yeohlee Fall 2010 Fashion Show

Runway Runway: Pieces worn with such graceful ease realize the overall strength of the brand itself Quiet luxury and smart, efficient and architecturally constructed pieces with a timeless appeal & restraint have been a mainstay at Yeohlee and have won her a cult-like following of hardcore devotees and Fall 2010 was no exception. Yeohlee Fall 2010 Surveying front row attendees in their Yeohlee pieces worn with such graceful ease only helped one realize the overall strength of the brand itself.>> See our complete collection of fashion show photos & runway reviews Using cylinders as a starting point on everything from hems to padded collars the collection moved on to offer an appealing range of proper day clothes that had the

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Rad Hourani Fall 2010 Fashion Show

Runway Review: Rad Hourani has earned a cult-like following thanks to his razor sharp focus and concise direction making his Fall 2010 outing a must-see for the fashion forward downtown set In three short years Canadian based designer Rad Hourani has earned a cult-like following thanks to his razor sharp focus and concise direction making his New York Fashion Week Fall 2010 during outing one of the weeks must-sees for the fashion forward downtown set. What sets him apart from obvious futuro-goth predecessors Helmut Lang and Rick Owens is that Hourani's pieces are straight forward, less avant-grade for avant-garde's sake, yet just as strong, which is exactly what makes him so special. >> Check out our complete fashion show photos

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Twinkle By Wenlan Fall 2010 Fashion Show

Runway Review: Dark fairy tales like Hansel and Gretel were the designer's inspiration for fall Wenlan Chia's well-deserved claim to fame is the sweater knit and it is the element that has anchored her Twinkle line for a decade. She designs easy girly party dresses and soft separates that complement and never compete with her iconic knitted creations. For Fall 2010 she noted that her point of departure for were 'dark fairy tales" like Hansel and Gretel. And while her designs lacked the spooky menace of the tale as I know it, they did possess something of the innocence and naivete that led the wayward duo astray. Twinkle By Wenlan Fall 2010 Fashion Show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week For instance,

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Mara Hoffman NY Fashion Week, Fall – Winter 2010

Runway Review: Mara Hoffman's girl for fall took a mystical, enchanted turn through a darker sort of place and was all the better for it. Mara Hoffman opted out of the tents and instead presented fall 2010 at the Openhouse Gallery in Nolita in combination with an original film and musical performance. The intimacy of the space was the perfect foil to the clothes that were done in decidedly sexy acid-hued dip-dyes, hieroglyph prints, and pops of off-primary pieces that were artfully slashed and punked up with chunky exposed zippers. Mara Hoffman expanse of models** >> See our photos of the full Mara Hoffman fall fashion presentation and event Mystical and cosmic musical performance The bi-level space was divided with

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My Girl Barbie Goes to Fashion Week and as a Sponsor Too!

My mom stayed up all night one night when I was sick and made this snazzy outfit for my Barbie! Barbie, America’s First Plastic Sweetheart Makes it Even Bigger at 50: Madonna is not the only one who is fabulous at 50! My girl Barbie celebrates her fiftieth birthday and to kick up her heels, Barbie will have her own fashion show at New York Fashion Week this February! Vogue.Uk reports that Mattel will embark on a three-year partnership with the Council of Fashion Designers of America from next February (the first toy company to do so) as well as sponsor New York’s IMG organised Mercedes Benz Fashion Week. It’s about time that Miss B hits the tents in style.

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