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February 2008 Fashion
Week
Fashion Week madness
has taken over New York. The tents have
risen in Bryant Park for the invitation-only
IMG Mercedes Benz Fashion Week...(more) |
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Abaete
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 2, 2008
Designer
Laura Poretzky has a knack for designing
clothing that is youthful, energetic,
and classic. The Fall 2008 collection
pulled in Brazilian and French sensibilities
while remaining true to the American crisp
silhouettes ...(more)
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Academy
of Art University
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 2, 2008
The Academy of Art
University Fashion Director Simon Ungless
certainly picked a talented group of
designers for the Fall 2008 fashion
show...(more)
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Akiko Ogawa
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 2, 2008
Akiko Ogawa’s
style is futuristic with a romantic
twist, pulling inspiration from several
themes. One inspiration for fall is
the Milky Way galaxy, with sparkling
stars in the outreaches of space, another
is Maetel...(more) |
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Alice + Olivia Fall
2008
Alice + Olivia Store
80 W 40th St
New York, NY 10018-2611
February 7 , 2008
Designer
Stacey Bendet definitely knows a thing
or two about styling, merchandising, and
the art of creating serious buzz...(more)
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Anna Sui
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 6, 2008
Mixing patterns, colors,
and textures possibly better than any
other designer, Anna Sui once again
proved why she is queen of the catwalk...(more) |
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Badgley Mischka
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 5, 2008
Badgley Mischka showed
a smart line of hip-looking day wear
at Fall 2008 Fashion Week. Their suits
were refined enough for the ladies-who-lunch
but some of the leather and/or fur pieces
would look equally at home on a rock
star...(more) |
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BCBG MAXAZRIA
February 1, 2008
Bryant Park – The Tents
Founded in 1989,
BCBG MAXAZRIA is a lifestyle brand that
embodies truth and elegance with a European
flair...(more) |
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Betsey Johnson
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 4, 2008
If it's Fashion Week,
it's Betsy Johnson time! And after much
carrying on from our fashion-writing
staff ("Send Me!" "Send
Me!"), I snagged the invitation
(I am the editor)...(more)
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Bill Blass
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 7, 2008
Peter
Som presented his first collection for
Bill Blass at Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week. Som also presented his own
line with two Peter Som fashion show,
his regular Peter Som show plus a special
show for American Express customers...(more)
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Carmen Marc Valvo
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 8, 2008
Taking his inspiration
from Elizabeth Taylor in Butterfield
8, Carmen Marc Valvo bewitched
his audience with sex appeal and romance...(more)
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Chris Han
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 7, 2008
Chris Han showed real
growth this season by embracing a plethora
of textiles. Light weight chiffon tops
were seamlessly paired with heavy wool
pieces. This exploration of fabric made
the line feel particularly fresh...(more) |
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Carlos Miele
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 6, 2008
The Fall 2008 Carlos
Mieles show was an explosion of color
and texture. Earth's tones of of gold,
red and orange walked the runway coloring
wonderful silks and shruggy wool knits...(more) |
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Carolina Herrera
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 4, 2008
Carolina
Herrera showed a beautiful and funky line
for Fall of 2008. Well bred, well tailored
neutral plaids were topped with exuberant
hats and embellished with splashes of
mustard and lemon...(more)
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Custo Barcelona
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 7, 2008
Custo Dalmau of Custo
Barcelona presented a phantasmagorical
line of scrumptious and stunning duds
during New York Fashion Week...(more)
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Dennis Basso
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 5, 2008
The Dennis Basso Fall
2008 collection was firmly entrenched
in luxe layers of trapeze-inspired frocks,
tunics and highly dramatic gowns...(more) |
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Development by Erica
Davis
The Waterfront
222 West 12th Avenue
February 2, 2008
For
Fall of 2008, Erica Davis has created
a line that is young, fun and eminently
wearable...(more)
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Diesel
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 5, 2008
Diesel continued its
foray into the deconstructed future
with their Fall 2008 line...(more)
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Douglas Hannant
Fashion Show
The Hudson Theatre
The Millenium Hotel
145 West 44th Street
February 1, 2008
Velvet curtains flanked
the midtown Hudson Theatre where Douglas
Hannant unveiled his fall 2008 collection...(more)
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Erin Fetherston
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 1, 2008
For fall of 2008,
Erin Fetherston showed a fun line of
dresses and coats, utilizing a classic
palette of black and reds...(more)
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Form
Fall 2008 Fashion Week
The New Museum
February 2, 2008
The
Fall 2008 Form show was held in the brand
new, ultra modern New Museum, which has
risen in all its contemporary magnificence
in the New York City neighborhood known
as The Bowery. ..(more) |
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The Gilded Age
Installation
The Woolworth Building
233 Broadway @ Barclay
February 2, 2008
Gilded Age designer
Stefan Miljanic showed his Gilded Age
Collection downtown at the historic
Woolworth Building. The Woolworth Building
was the perfect location to showcase
Miljanic's rich-preppy-from-down-east
designs...(more)
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G-Star Raw
Fall 2008 Fashion Week
Gotham Hall
1356 Broadway
February 4, 2008
Amsterdam based
G-Star Raw held its Fall 2008 Fashion
show at Manhattan’s aptly named
Gotham
Hall, a huge gothic-enough-to–have-been-in-Ghost-Busters
edifice at 1356 Broadway...(more)
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Haya Al Houti Fashion
Show
Couture Week
The Westin Times Square
Majestic Ballroom
270 West 43rd Street @ 8th Avenue, New
York City
February 9, 2008
Kuwait-based
designer Haya Al Houti showed an exuberant
and fantastic line of evening wear at
her show during the February 2008 Couture
Fashion Week at the Westin Hotel in New
York's Times Square...(more)
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Iodice
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 4, 2008
Valdemar
Iodice entitled his Fall 2008 fashion
show “Graffiti – Street Art”
and said that the looks were, “created
for the most beautiful bodies in world.”
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Joanna Mastroianni
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 5, 2008
Joanna
Mastroianni’s Fall 2008 collection
was inspired by Moroccan traditions; the
line reflected her fascination with Moorish
architecture...(more)
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LaCoste
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 2, 2008
For
Fall 2008 LaCoste showed the line of preppy
clothing for which they have rightfully
become famous...(more) |
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Lela Rose
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 3, 2008
Texas
native Lela Rose has designed her own
line since 1996. She has developed a justified
reputation for clothing that is fun, sexy,
whimsical and traditional...(more) |
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Malan Breton
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 6, 2008
Malan Breton is a
most romantic designer and this year
he took his inspiration from (quoted
from the press release):"the captivating
dichotomies of the characters played
by Catherine Deneuve in her early careers
in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and
Belle de Jour.)...(more) |
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Michael Mione
Couture Week
The Westin Times Square
Majestic Ballroom
270 West 43rd Street @ 8th Avenue, New
York City
February 8, 2008
Glamour
strode the runway at the Michael Mione
Fashion Week Show...(more)
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Miss Sixty
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 3, 2008
The Miss Sixty Fall
2008 Fashion Show marched down a runway
that had been transformed into a psychedelic
grave yard for old grafitti'd VW buses...(more)
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Monique Lhuillier
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 5, 2008
Monique Lhuillier
is one of the go-to designers for bridal;
she has even branched into a line of
china for her since-they're-in-the-mood-to
buy-anyway bridal customers...(more) |
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Na.Be by Victorya
Hong
The Altman Building
135 West Eighteenth
February 1, 2008
The
invitation was mysterious; it coyly stated
that I was invited to a fashion show by
a Project Runway designer, but
did not specify which one...(more) |
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Naeem Khan
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 7, 2008
The Naeem Khan
2008 fall runway show embraced luxury
with a zeal for everything glamorous...(more) |
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Pamella Roland
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 2, 2008
Designer Pamella
DeVos showed the Pamella Roland label
during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. The
line reflected a Parisian flair with
black and white as the main components
of the clothing with paprika and emerald
accents...(more) |
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Perry Ellis
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 1, 2008
Several
words are synonymous with superstar label
Perry Ellis: preppy, sophisticated, and
functional...(more) |
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Phillip Lim
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 6, 2008
Inspired by the fictitious
love child of David Bowie and the unconventional
romances of Stevie Nicks, Phillp Lim
dazzled the audience with a groundbreaking
Fall 2008 collection lection that embraced
color, texture, flow, and movement...(more)
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Phillipe & David
Blond
Prince George Ballroom
15 East 27th Street
Feb 4, 2008
If
the presence of over-the-top fashion luminaries
such America’s Next Top Model judge
Nigel Barker and Sex and the City costume
designer Pat Field didn’t tell you
this was going to be a helluva fashion
show...(more)
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Ports 1961
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 4, 2008
Ports 1961 designer
Tia Cibani showed a luxurious line of
richly colored fall clothing enlivened
by a dollop of funk...(more)
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Rebecca Taylor
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 7, 2008
New Zealand born designer
Rebecca Taylor showed a continuation
of her fun and flirty line of clothing
for Fall 2008 ...(more) |
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Reem Acra
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 7, 2008
The
Reem Acra Fall 2008 collection was rooted
in simplicity and elegance with a distinct
vintage Hollywood glam effect
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Rock & Republic
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 2, 2008
Rock
and Republic’s one-hour delay was
worth the wait, with a powerful show production
including an elevated runway and live
orchestra...(more)
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Romanitza
The Westin Times Square
Majestic Ballroom
270 West 43rd Street @ 8th Avenue, New
York City
February 10, 2008
Romanian designer
Claudia Iovan showed a scrumptious line
of luxurious evening dresses during
February's Couture Fashion Shows. The
dresses were heavily embellished ...(more)
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Ruben Singer
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 1, 2008
Inspired by Fritz Lang’s 1927 silent
film, Metropolis, Rubin Singer
presented his Fall 2008 collection with
a dark, sophisticated sensibility...(more) |
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R Scott French
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 4, 2008
The
R. Scott French 2008 Fall runway show
entitled Connections focused
on luxury, details, and unique materials...(more)
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Ruffian
New Dance Group Studio
305 West 38th Street
February 2, 2008
Ruffian
presented a stunning rocker-chic line
of clothing and their models were some
of the sharpest-looking, street-wise-strutting
models I saw during all of Fashion Week...(more)
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Ruffian Backstage
New Dance Group Studio
305 West 38th Street
February 2, 2008
There is something
about backstage before a fashion show.
It's frantic and slow, frumpy and glam.
And quiet...(more) |
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Tadashi Shoji
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 8, 2008
Tadashi Shoji demonstrated
once again why he is the master of the
long, sweeping gown. He began the show
with knits that highlighted the unstoppable
fall trend of high waists...(more) |
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Tent (And a Few
Other Places)
People
February 2008 Fashion Week
One of the most fun
aspects of Fashion Week is looking at
the people in the tents (or the other
cool venues). No, not the models walking
down the runway, but the fashionistas
arriving/waiting-around to sit in the
audience...(more) |
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Terexov
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 3, 2008
In
2007, Style.com deemed Alexandr Terexov
one of the “Ten Most Talented to
Watch” for his Spring 2007 collection...(more)
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Tibi
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 6, 2008
Tibi
designer Amy Smilovic put forth a Fall
2008 Collection that was brimming with
paisley, prints, and iconic graphics...(more)
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Tracy Reese
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
Bryant Park - Promenade
February 3, 2008
It was bright, big
and pretty at the Tracy Reese Fall 2008
fashion show. The looks were uniquely
feminine and showcased Reese’s
impeccable taste...(more)
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Tuleh
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 3, 2008
For Fall of 2008,
Bryan Bradley of Tuleh showed a well-bred
line of uptown clothes for uptown girls...(more)
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Venexiana
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 1, 2008
Venexiana,
the ready-to-wear label by Hungarian architect-turned-designer
Kati Stern, put in its Fall 2008 show
in the Bryant Park Tents on February 1st.
The collection offered up a series of
intriguing and inventive twists on classic
vintage looks...(more) |
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Vera Wang
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 7, 2008
Vera Wang has become
a household name, first for her minimalist/elegant
wedding dresses, then her foray into
ready-to-wear and now as the elegance-for-the-masses-designer
for Kohls....(more) |
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Willow
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 8, 2008
Kit Willow’s
collection was all about asymmetric
cuts, exquisite tailoring, and sky-
high boots...(more) |
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Zang Toi
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 8, 2008
Zang Toi’s fashions
are world famous for epitomizing romance,
glamour and sex appeal. For Fall 2008,
Zang designed his line with the inspiration
of the American aristocracy...(more)
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Zang Toi Backstage
Fall 2008 Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week
The Tents at Bryant Park
February 8, 2008
Backstage at a major
fashion show is a riotous scene filled
with glamour and angst. Powder is flying...(more)
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