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September
2007 Fashion Week
It’s
September and fashion is in the air. The
tents are up in Bryant Park for the invitation-only
IMG Mercedes Benz Fashion Week which starts
September 5th and ends at 3PM on September
12th, just before the start of Rosh Hashanah....(more)
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Abaete
Spring 2008 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
September 5, 2007
Abaete
has built a sophisticated reputation by
continually showing fresh collections
that reflect youth, energy, and glamour...(more)
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Academy of Art
University
Spring 2008 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
September 8, 2007
Once a year the incredible
San Francisco based Academy of Art bring
their graduate students to New York
City to "show their stuff"
at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week...(more) |
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Akiko Ogawa
Spring 2008 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
September 6, 2007
Short
and sweet was the theme at Akiko Ogawa’s
fashion show. Ogawa captured both the
sensuality and vulnerability in women...(more)
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Alexandre Herchcovitch
Spring 2008 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
September 5, 2007
For Spring 2008, Brazilian
designer Alexandre Herchocovitch has
deconstructed the tuxedo with touches
of elegance and kink. One model marched
down the runway in shackles...(more) |
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A Storybook Fantasy
at the
Alice + Olivia Store
80 W. 40th Street
September 11, 2007
Designer
Stacey Bendet transformed her classically
clean store into a modern day fairy tale.
Using Alice in Wonderland as
inspiration, the space was tricked out
with imaginative details and bold colors...(more)
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Angel Devil Heats
up the Runway
Bryant Park Grill
September 6, 2007
Angel
Devil is already a highly sought line
in Europe and on September 6th the line
staged its New York Fashion Week premiere
at Bryant Park Grill...(more) |
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Art For Progress "Art
of Design"
AVEvenue
15 W 28th Street
September 6, 2007
Art
For Progress is a non-profit collaboration
of artists in New York with creative input
that stretches from Barcelona to Beijing.
This is a new breed of designers who are
not afraid to push the envelope beyond
the scripted shows of Bryant Park...(more)
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Aurelio Costarella
Prince George Ballroom
Monday September 10, 2007
Designer Ray Costarella
showed his Spring 2008 Aurelio Costarella
line in the Prince George Ballroom.
This Australian native has been designing
gorgeous clothing for almost twenty
years...(more)
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Betsey Johnson
Spring 2008
Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
The Tents of Bryant Park
September 11, 2007
Attending a Betsey
Johnson New York Fashion Week show should
top your list of things to accomplish
in this lifetime...(more)
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B. Michael Fashion
House
HSBC, West 40th St & 5th Ave
September 11, 2007
The HSBC Bank recently
played host to the B. Michael Fashion
House “Kaleidoscope” show...(more)
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Caravan
Style 360 Fashion Show
Metropolitan Pavilion
September 12, 2007
Caravan has made
quite a name for itself; it is the little
RV that could. Caravan literally started
out as a gypsy caravan. RVs, stocked with
designer garb, would roam the streets
of Manhattan stopping at duly appointed
times to show their threads to fashionistas
who were "in on the inside"...(more)
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Etes-Vous
Pret?
Carlos
Campos
Splashlight Studios
535 West 35th Street
If tailored suits and rugged jeans
are men’s wardrobe staples, then
Carlos Campos is the tie that binds them
together. It’s no wonder that Campos
was chosen to design costumes for Broadway
hits like Jersey Boys; his chic
designs deliver cachet with a hip, urban
attitude...(more) |
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Chris Han Fashion
Show
Exit Art - 465 10th Street
September 5, 2007
Chris Han’s
spring 2008 line further instills what
we have come to expect from Han’s
designs, they are feminine and sexy
without ever sacrificing class...(more) |
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Carolina Herrera
Spring 2008 Mercedes
Benz Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
September 20, 2007
The
Carolina Herrera spring 2008 collection
was directly inspired by the watercolors
of Jeremiah Goodman...(more) |
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The
Couture Council of
The Museum at FIT
Celebrates 2007 Honoree Alber Elbaz
September 5, 2007
Rainbow Room
Stars lit up the
Rainbow Room on Wednesday when the Couture
Council of the Museum at the Fashion Institute
of Technology held its second annual luncheon
to honor the recipient of the Couture
Council Award for Artistry in Fashion,
Alber Elbaz of Levin ...(more)
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Custo Barcelona
Spring 2008 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
September 11, 2007
Fun, funky, sex, psychedelic
street wear with a look-at-me-I'm-the-bomb
energy, Custo Barcelona is the ambassador
for Barcelona, home to some of the most
beautiful women in the world...(more) |
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Deconstructing
New York
Fashion Week 2008
A Conversation with
Dr. Valerie Steele
Chief Curator of The Museum at
The Fashion Institute of Technology
Talking with
Dr. Valerie Steele, the Chief Curator
of The Museum at The Fashion Institute
of Technology, provides a glimpse into
the soul of high fashion...(more)
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Diane
Von Furstenberg
Spring 2008 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
September 9, 2007
Diane
Von Furstenberg's Spring/Summer 2008 collection
was designed for the lady who vacations...(more)
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Duckie
Brown
Spring 2008 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
September 5, 2007
Daniel Silver and
Steven Brown of Duckie Brown once again
proved that menswear does not need to
be mired down in predictable lines.
The spring 2008 collection included
classic favorites that were reinterpreted
with new twists...(more) |
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Erin Fetherston
Spring 2008 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
September 5, 2007
Erin Fetherston is
unquestionably the it-girl of fashion
and her spring 2008 collection, entitled
Flights of Fancy, was drenched in soft
shapes and glamour...(more)
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Erotokritos Spring
Collection
Bryant Park Hotel
The Bryant Park Hotel
40 West 40th Street
September 8, 2007
Erotokritos is a Parisian
based fashion designer that has brought
funk back to frocks. The designer’s
Greek-Cypriot background has deeply
influenced the collection...(more) |
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Farah Angsana Fashion
Show
Metropolitan Pavilion
September 11, 2007
Zurich
based designer Farah Angsana debuted her
new spring collection at the Metropolitan
Pavilion during New York Fashion Week
and the clothing was absolutely breathtaking...(more)
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G Star Fashion Show
Gotham Hall
September 6, 2007
The
chaos theory reigned when Dutch design
firm G Star presented their spring/summer
line on moving catwalks...(more) |
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Gen Art 13th Annual
Fresh Faces in Fashion Show
September 5, 2007
Grand Ballroom - Manhattan Center
For the past
twelve years, Gen Art has showcased top
emerging designers through Fresh Faces
in Fashion spring and fall shows. Successful
designers Zac Posen, Rebecca Taylor, Shoshanna,
Cloak, Twinkle, Milly and Chaiken all
made their runway debuts through Gen Art...(more) |
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Ghita Show
Metropolitan Pavilion
September 11, 2007
On September 11, 2007,
Ghita designer, Alexis Phifer was the
big apple of everybody’s eye.
Aside from being Kanye West’s
leading lady...(more) |
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Gottex
Spring 2008
Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
September 6, 2007
Gideon Oberson
revved up for an autumn Mardi Gras on
September 6th at New York Fashion Week
in Bryant Park. The designer is part
of the Gottex legacy ...(more)
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FORM Show
Soho Grand
September 4, 2007
On
Tuesday night, FORM kicked off New York
Fashion Week at the Soho Grand, a hip
downtown hotel that functioned as a fashion
lounge...(more)
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Jayson Brundson
September 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
September 11, 2007
A
note to New York City style stalwarts:
if you are not familiar with the Jayson
Brunsdon label then I urge you to learn
the name and own it...(more)
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Jason Wu
Spring 2008 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
September 5, 2007
When I asked Jason
Wu to describe his spring collection,
he responds “elegant, messy yet
beautiful, and quirky with a modern
twist.”...(more) |
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Jeremy Laing
Bumble & Bumble
415 W 13th St
September 6, 2007
Canadian designer
and former Alexander McQueen apprentice
Jeremy Laing showed his clothing line
during fashion week at the Meat Packing
district's hip hair-burning emporium,
Bumble & Bumble...(more)
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John Varvatos Rocks
Out
7 World Trade Center
September 10,2007
John Varvatos definitely
struck a deep chord with the fashion
crowd by showing his Spring 2008 collection
on the 45th floor of 7 World Trade Center
for the second consecutive season...(more)
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Katie Stern for
Venexiana
Spring 2008
Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
The Tents at BryantPark
September 5, 2007
Kati Stern’s
newest collection for spring was like
a holiday tour through 1940’s
Paris. Her signature “Good Girl
Gone Bad” approach to fashion
design was for the most part absent
in this collection...(more) |
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LaCoste
Spring
2008 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
September 8, 2007
Creative
director Christophe Lemaire pays tribute
to the brand, celebrating its 75th anniversary
with the spring/summer 2008 collection.
The runway backdrop was staged as a game
of “pelote Basque,” a game
played in Basque country in southwestern
France..(more)
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L.A.M.B. Show
Spring 2008 Mercedes
Benz Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
September 5, 2007
Gwen
Stefani has created a smashing line of
clothing that will be marching through
the streets of Soho next spring. Using
a basic pallet of black and white emboldened
with dashes of green and yellow, the clothes
have a deconstructed funky feel to them
that channels London in the sixties...(more)
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Loris Diran at
Style 360
Metropolitan Paviliancedes Benz
September 10, 2007
After previous collection
titles such as “Mod”, “Grand
Dame”, and “Femme”,
Loris Diran has emerged this Spring
2008 with “Illumination”.
In Diran’s words, he states that
“after spending a great deal of
time searching for ways to stay understated...(more) |
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Lynn Devon
Spring 2008 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
September 10, 2007
Lyn Devon’s
spring 2008 collection sported color
blocking and clean lines. The show gave
a wonderful start to an early Monday
morning in the Tents with birds chirping
at the beginning of the show...(more) |
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Malan Breton Fashion
Show
Metropolitan Pavilion
September 12, 2007
The
Malan Breton fashion show is always a
fun and well....friendly show. Malan has
a wonderful expansive personality ...(more) |
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Marc Bouwer
Spring 2008 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
September 10, 2007
Marc Bouwer’s
Spring 2008 collection “Le Voyage
Vert” is explained as “the
juxtaposition of geometric edges and
flowing organicism.” Turquoise,
moss, and coral colors...(more)
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Michael Kors Show
Spring 2008 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
September 9, 2007
What’s white,
black, and pink all over with punches
of pastel? The Michael Kors spring 2008
collection, of course...(more)
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Miss Sixty
Spring
2008 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
The Tents of Bryant Park
September 6, 2007
Some
of the absolute best fashion week shows
were the "jeans" shows: G Star;
Diesel; and Miss Sixty...(more) |
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New York Fashion Now
London’s Victoria and Albert Museum
April 17 – September 23 2007
This year
the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A)
is displaying the work of the latest generation
of New York fashion designers...(more) |
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Nicole
Miller Show
Spring 2008
Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
September 5, 2007
The Nicole Miller spring 2008 collection
was celebrity clad with Ivana Trump,
Jane Krakowski, Nagel Barker and Zooey
Deschanel sitting on the front row...(more) |
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Nili
Lotan
Style 360
Metropolitan Pavilion
September 10, 2007
Nili Lotan showed a bohemian collection
that featured movement, sexy prints,
and a laidback sensibility...(more) |
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Nolcha Fashion
Week
September 6, 2007
Prince George Ballroom
Mercedes Benz Fashion
Week is not the only game playing in
New York City this September. Style
360 (at the Altmann Building) and Nolcha
Fashion Week are also strutting out
a stable-full of hot designers...(more)
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Pamella
Roland Show
Spring 2008
Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
September 9, 2007
Pamella Rolland knows her customer
- well-to-do-ladies who want a variety
of beautiful clothes to wear to the
events of their lives...(more)
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Pegah Anvarian
QT Hotel
Texas-born, California-based
designer Pegah Anvarian held her second
fashion week show this September. But
this time instead of having her models
march down the runway at Bryant Park,
she posed them lying languidly on the
risers around the indoor pool at Times
Square's QT Hotel...(more) |
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Poltock & Walsh
Metropolitan Pavilion
September 10, 2007
British
design stars Katie Walsh and Fiamma Poltock
might be relatively new to the scene,
but their edgy creations have taken the
fashion world by storm...(more) |
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Rabia Yalcin
Couture Fashion Show
St. Regis Hotel Ballroom
September 10, 2007
Turkish designer Rabia
Yalchin presented a sensuous smart line
at the USA Fashion shows during New
York's Spring 2008 fashion week...(more) |
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Reem
Acra
Spring 2008 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
September 9, 2007
The promenade in Bryant Park filled
to the max with fashionistas, photographers,
celebs, and writers, Sunday afternoon
for a glimpse of Reem Acra’s Spring
2008 collection...(more) |
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Rosa Cha Show
Spring 2008 Mercedes
Benz Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
September 8, 2007
Rosa
Cha designer Amir Slama is the Lewis Carroll
of swimwear design; his collections usually
tell a surreal tale involving a Brazilian
beauty whose whimsical journey will eventually
land her partially nude on the runway...(more) |
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San
Francisco Fashion Week
The Galleria at the San Francisco Design
Center
Thursday, August 23, 2007
San Francisco has always been a hotbed
of fashion design; it is home to the
amazing avant-garde Academy of Art whose
Bryant Park fashion show we cover every
season...(more) |
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Snoopy in Fashion
Spring 2008 Mercedes
Benz Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
September 7, 2007
One
of the highlights of Fashion Week was
the Metlife sponsored fashion show "Snoopy
in Fashion." Top designers from the
United States and even one from Europe
(Spijkers + Spijkers)...(more)
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STEiNUNN Fashion Presentation
Eve Studio 410 W 14th Street
September 11, 2007
The
intimate side of New York Fashion Week
was alive and well in the heart of the
Meatpacking District Tuesday night. Icelandic
designer STEiNUNN showed off a collection
of cocktail dresses ...(more)
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Tadashi
Shoji
Spring 2008 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
September 12, 2007
3-2-1… the Tadashi Shoji spring
2008 fashion show was a countdown to
gorgeous gown after gown after gown.
Lots of designers attempt to meld exquisite
glamour with casual elegance, but this
often proves to be a difficult balancing
act...(more) |
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Terexov
Spring 2008 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
September 6, 2007
The inspiration behind
Alexander Terekhov's Spring 2008 line,
Terexov, is perhaps the simple essence
of a woman. Clothes, after all, are
meant to be worn as opposed to wearing
the wearer...(more) |
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Thuy
Spring 2008 Presentation
450 Studios
September 6, 2007
The Thuy presentation may have been
held away from the fashion frenzy of
Bryant Park, but it was big on style,
class, and sophistication...(more) |
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Tracy Reese
Spring 2008 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
September 7, 2007
Tracy Reese is clearly
the sweetheart of the fashion industry.
Her styles and silhouettes are the epitome
of femininity and her latest collection
is an excellent example of why it’s
so much fun to be a girl...(more) |
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TSE Fashion Show
Lux Studios
465 W 18th Street
September 6, 2007
TSE designer, Tess
Giberson brought a fresh perspective
to this luxury knitwear company while
keeping the brand grounded in its minimal
roots...(more)
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Twinkle by Wenlan
Spring 2008
Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
September 8, 2007
Many
designers this season seem to have forgotten
that their collections are for Spring
2008. The runways have been fraught with
lowered hemlines and drab colors...(more)
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Twirling in Your Underwear
2(x)ist Fashion Show
Metropolitan Pavillion
September 11, 2007
Ahhh…2(x)ist
in a world where the music rocks, bodies
are hot, underwear is a fashion statement,
and celebrity nymphs manhandle hula hoops
dressed in nothing but black lingerie.
In honor of New York Fashion Week, on
September 11, 2007 the creative team at
men's underwear line, 2(x)ist, made it
all possible...(more)
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Unruly Heir Fashion
Show
Spring 2008 Fashion Week
Soho Grand Hotel
September 9, 2007
The
design team at Unruly Heir has reinterpreted
the world that actors Jude Law, Matt Damon
and Philip Seymour Hoffman inhabited in
director Anthony Minghella's film, The
Talented Mr. Ripley...(more) |
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Zang Toi's Benefit
for Race for the Cure
Bo Concept
September 5, 2007
Fashion designer Zang
Toi is going to Austin, Texas on October
13, 2007 where he will ride his bike
in a race for the cure for cancer...(more) |
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Zulema Fashion
Presentation
Rush Arts Gallery
526 West 26th Street
September 12, 2007
One of the most
unique experiences of this year's Fashion
Week was Project Runway contestant
Zulema's show. Held in a small gallery
space, Zulema's collection was presented
as an art installation rather than a
runway show...(more)
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Tent (And a Few Other
Places) People
September 2007 Fashion Week
One
of the most fun aspects of Fashion Week
is looking at the people in the tents
(or the other cool venues)...(more) |
