Images by Seana K. Cavanagh Wayne Lee is dwarfed by her studio. Boxes, racks and the occasional Danish sculpture, swallow her petite frame as she sits behind a small desk topped by a little computer. But as she begins explaining her history to me, her monumental creative force and great strength emerge. Having migrated with [...]
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In Conversation with Wayne Lee
March 15, 2011 – 6:48 am
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Tagged Fall 2011, New York, Wayne Lee, Womenswear
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In Conversation with Heutchy
February 7, 2011 – 9:52 am
Heutchy designer Wells Stellberger. Images by Seana K. Cavanagh. Wells Stellberger designs for himself. And his brother. And his PR guy…and the guy who works at Kinkos and his cab driver. “Our goal is to build a shoe for us—for normal guys. A day-in-day-out kind of shoe,” Wells explained this week, taking some time for [...]
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Tagged Chuck Taylor, Heutchy, Menswear, Richard Chai, Shoes, Vans, Wells Stellberger
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Balenciaga and Bowles
December 2, 2010 – 7:52 am
From left: Balenciaga evening dress and stole, 1952. Frances McLaughlin-Gill / Vogue; Copyright © Condé Nast; Balenciaga evening ensemble, 1967. Courtesy of Balenciaga Archives, Paris. When I imagine Hamish Bowles as a child, I envision a little red-headed boy outfitted in a dapper three-piece suit, precociously discussing couturiers in a charming British accent. So my [...]
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Tagged Balenciaga, Balenciaga: Spanish Master, Couture, Hamish Bowles, Paris, Queen Sofia Spanish Institute, Spain
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Jun Takahashi’s Shades of Grey
November 4, 2010 – 3:54 am
Fashion, most in the industry will argue, is all about the interpretation of beauty, ugliness, masculinity and femininity—an exploration that Japanese designer Jun Takahashi continues with his foray into athletic apparel. While his personal collection, UnderCover, focuses on the beauty of pain from an artistic standpoint (via deconstructed designs featuring violent rips and red threads [...]
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Tagged athletics, Japanese Fashion, Jun Takahashi, Nike, Running, UnderCover
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JF & Son – Fall 2010
September 20, 2010 – 8:40 am
Images by Brandie Raasch Hosted in their own tiny LES shop, JF&Son’s fall collection—what’s actually in-store now—debuted on a squared six-foot runway lined by a neon border and backed with what looked like a Native American rug pattern painted on the wall. Whispers ensued when the first two models, despite their dresses and long, styled [...]
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Tagged JF & Son, Menswear, Spring 2011, Womenswear
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