Robert Clergerie for Opening Ceremony S/S10 What happens when an august French shoe designer joins forces with New York City’s hippest retailer? In the case of Robert Clergerie’s collaboration with Opening Ceremony, the result is even greater than the sum of its impressive parts. Take, for example, the pair’s polka dot linen toppers with rope [...]
Author Archives: Chris Wallace
Waris’ Birds
April 16, 2010 – 4:20 am
A pendent from the collection and its inspirational image For a recent collection, jeweler Waris Ahluwalia was inspired by the romantic and dynamic images found in photographer Andrew Zuckerman’s book Bird. So he selected a few of his favorites and sent them to his award-winning enameller in India, who turned them into equally romantic and [...]
Surface to Air Party at Paris Fashion Week F/W10
March 7, 2010 – 9:14 am
Purveyors of cool Surface to Air partied last night at the bordel-esque Raspoutine just off the Champs Élysées. Down two flights of plush red stairs revelers sipped champagne in curtained nooks beneath a ziggurat-carved wooden ceiling. A whole host of the international jet-set came out to fête the branding machine behind the launch of Paris’s [...]
Pipit Lookbook/Presentation F/W10
February 23, 2010 – 11:53 am
Dustin Horowitz of pipit got two birds with one show last week during New York’s fashion frenzy when he combined his collection presentation with the lookbook photo shoot. What resulted was a sum greater than its parts. The interactive and lively setting gave visitors an up-close and personal tour of the Frank Stella inspired silk [...]
