Versace to host Estelle Show Case
@ 6:22 am September 15, 2008Filed under: Event, General, Milan
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MILAN, Sept 15, 2008 / FW/ —While Milan Fashion week doesn’t officially start until the 20th, the city is already getting in the mood. Tonight to kick things off, Versace along with All Music and Radio DJ, is throwing an Estelle showcase. Estelle, the English hip-hop singer, rapper, and producer is widely know for her song “American Boy”, done in collaboration with American rapper Kanye West. Versace always on top of pop culture, will be hosting the event at Teatro Versace in Milan.
Britney Attends the VMA’s in Style
@ 9:08 am September 10, 2008Filed under: General
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MILAN, Sept 10, 2008 / FW/ — One year after a somewhat embarrassing MTV Video Music Awards, Britney Spears is back with three little statuettes.
This year Britney showed up in style wearing two different Versace dresses. To receive some of her awards Britney chose a Versace shimmering lilac embroidered halter-neck cocktail dress with fringes at the hem. She also wore an Atelier Versace one-shoulder silver embroidered cocktail dress, paired with metallic Versace sandals.
Not only did she win ‘Video of the Year’, ‘Best Pop Video’ and ‘Best Female Video’, but she also looked great winning them.
Look out Christina, Britney is back in the game!
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(Photo courtesy of Versace, click on image to see bigger photo.)
Gothic Dolls at 080 Barcelona Fashion
@ 2:35 am September 6, 2008Filed under: Event, General, Op-Ed, Runway Shows
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080 BARCELONAFASHION SPRING-SUMMER 2009
BARCELONA, September 6, 2009 /FW/ - After three days of intense fashion discoveries here at 080 Barcelona Fashion, which has put on the runway and in the spotlight many regional, national and even international fashion designers, what strikes me is the persistance in the collections of some Gothic elements. Is it an upcoming trend for Spring and Summer 2009, or just a local obsession in the City which has a very famous “Bario Gotico” (Gothic Quarter)?
The most brilliant expresion on this note was sent on the runway by Manuel Bolaño, a fabulous new designer from Galicia, a region in Northern Spain, who chose widows for the theme of his debut collection. Black, black and black, with here and there a touch of grey, to express the new unexpected turn in these widows’ lives, far from deprived of sensual appeal, where black can be interpreted in sheer fabrics, lace socks, or the sparkle of black crystal and crucifix-shaped pins over the heart. Manuel Bolaño is certainly the biggest revelation at 080 Barcelona Fashion.
Of course, you can count on fashion designers to give any inspiration a very personal twist 
and particularly on Catalan Designer Gori de Palma who resolutely declined Gothic on a very elegant note for the collection he has shown here yesterday. Beige or flesh tones were paired to black or shades of grey, and the Gothic touches were to be seen above all in the chain accessories, necklace, bracelets, or even cuffs attaching both hands in the back. Not deprived of humour, one shirt displayed a famous double ”C” logo (usually by another brand) with a motto printed below “CHAINED’. Indeed, this designer’s collection was truly chained to elegance, and in a new way, with Gori’s very own vision of sensuality, not deprived of a luxurious and reasonably innovative touch.
Txell Miras presented just before on the same day what can be considered more like an Art happening than a proper runway show… Only four models and one performer, for this designer who had announced last eason that she was concentrating for the moment on her Fall-Winter collections. As the models and the artistically bouncing performers were undressing, they revealed a collection of black and white tee-shirts under layers of more intricately built pieces. The tee-shirts all displayed a printed illustration of a girl with a big head and wide eyes, in a clearly modern Gothic expression. Interesting , simple and full of emotional potential, these tee-shirts could sell well, including outside of the Gothic niche market, as they could be worn also only for their artistic qualities by discerning fashionistas.
Teresa Helbig had the privilege of opening the runway show on September 3. She has entitled her collection ”Punky Dolls” and tried to mix in there various inspirations from the 1980s, combining punk and romantic. But this designer, usually specialized in more classic cocktail and eveningwear, seems to have missed her point this season and punk was maybe seen only in the shoes or the hairstyles but certainly not in the garments and her dolls were duller than if she had taken the Barbie for a theme.
Most interesting was the exhibition organized in the City centre, at Palau Dalmases, just across the road from the Picasso Museum, around the work of the designer Miriam Ocariz. Exploring in many ways the inspiration of a fashion designer, from illustrations, to mood boards, to prints, fabrics selection and garment architecture, the exhibition entitled “Miriam Ocariz, from the Concept to the Catwalk” is open to the public until September 21 and is really worth a visit, if you happen to be in Barcelona. Particularly her illustrations, sometimes rendered on the original paper they were sketched on, sometimes printed on textiles of girls with big head and wide eyes could be called Gothic, but in the way that some female cartoon sketchers see it in the contemporary world. They looked to me as a new expression of European manga for the 21st century with a specifically “girly” touch about them. Fascinating!
JEAN PAUL CAUVIN
Photos Courtesy of 080 Barcelona Fashion
Be EcoChic Makes Everyone Green With Envy
@ 10:30 pm August 28, 2008Filed under: News
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DALLAS, Aug 28, 2008 / FW/ — Though Madison Avenue had warned marketers that consumers have reached ‘eco-fatigue’ meaning, they are tired of reading and hearing about it, true environmentalists are continuing the campaign, the latest being Be EcoChic, a collaboration between The Sierra Club, top designers and celebrities to prove that environmentalism is fashionable.
As Fern Mallis of IMG said, “Being fashionable and environmentally-friendly are no longer mutually exclusive.” Eco-fashion is no longer a trend, as proven by ‘Mad Men’ eco-fatigue alert. Eco-fashion is now a new category; hence anticipate seeing more of it on the runway.
Fashion luminaries like Carmen Marc Valvo, Chado Ralph Rucci, Christian Cota, Del Forte, Donna Karan (DKNY), FORM, Red Carter, Vena Cava, former-Miss USA and model-actress Susie Castillo, environmentalist Jayni Chase, Animal Planet’s Jeff Corwin, performer Coltrane Curtis, Gossip Girl’s Tamara Feldman, supermodel Patti Hansen, actress Lauren Hutton, Ugly Betty’s Mark Indelicato, environmentalist Mary Richardson Kennedy, author Tom Kostigen, Desperate Housewives’ Joy Lauren, LipStick Jungle’s James Lesure, Red Hot & Green’s Carter Oosterhouse, This Might Hurt’s Alex Menenses, models (and daughters of Keith Richards) Alexandra & Theodora Richards, High School Musical’s Olesya Rulin, environmentalist Laura Turner Seydel, actress Dominique Swain, Law & Order: SVU’s Tamara Tunie, supermodel Alek Wek have joined the cause.
With The Sierra Club at the spearhead and supermodel Angela Lindvall as host, Be EcoChic kicks off New York Fashion Week on Thursday, Sep 4, 2008 at the Milstein Hall of Ocean Life at the American Museum of Natural History.
With the goal of redefining the runway in a universe that is going ‘green’, the EcoChic campaign brings eco-lifestyle mainstream by raising awareness of how making small, meaningful changes can have a positive impact on the environment. Being eco chic is not just about your wardrobe; it is also your state of mind.
The Be EcoChic campaign will employ a number of practices to ensure that the fashion show is eco-friendly, including neutralizing its carbon footprint through donations to CarbonFund.org.
The Be EcoChic(TM) campaign is sponsored by AVEENO(R), Continental, the LYCRA(R) fiber brand, Mercedes-Benz USA and Neutrogena(R).
Rebecca Taylor’ Bohemian Traveler
@ 8:10 am August 27, 2008Filed under: General
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NEW YORK, Aug 27, 2008 / FW/ — If you received the Rebecca Taylor’s specially designed Mother’s Day bouquet for New York florist Belle Fleur last May, then chances are you have fallen in love with the designer’s romantic aesthetic.
Known for her feminine and dreamy silhouettes, Rebecca Taylor brings on the Spring 2009 runway the bohemian world traveler. Mixing elements from couture pieces that she inherited from her French actress mother with great finds gathered from exotic locations around the globe, Rebecca Taylor creates unique and covetable fashion based on their morphology.
The dresses are ladylike and charming, with intimate detailing and ethereal layers of florals, chiffons and lace. A wistful neutral palette paired with rich jewel tones and watercolor designs evokes a sense of modernity and opulence.
REBECCA TAYLOR Spring 2009
Thursday, Sep 11, 2008, 1:00 PM
The Salon, Bryant Park
New York, NY
