Bibhu Mohapatra was having a Mussolini moment. Haunted music piped through a gallery where models, pale-faced and red-lipped, presided like glamorous ghosts from 1930s Europe. A chocolate leather harness fastened across a masculine loden green shirt; silver fox fur lined the hood of a coated canvas parka. The gowns—shimmering, structured bodices that emerged from columns [...]
Author Archives: Jenni Avins
Simon Spurr at NY Fashion Week F/W10
February 17, 2010 – 4:15 pm
Images by Jenni Avins and Seana Cavanagh
I’ll be honest. Sometimes I find myself a little flummoxed by menswear. I have a sort of limited gauge of its success, where items generally fall into one of two categories—those that make me want the wearer (dapper dark grey suit), and those that make me want the item [...]
A Détacher at NY Fashion Week F/W10
February 17, 2010 – 9:01 am
Image by Hatnim Lee
It’s getting to that point in Fashion Week when it’s getting harder to get dressed: It’s cold. It’s damp. It’s February.
These are the days Mona Kowalska might have had in mind when she sent out models in mushroom-colored sweaters that grazed the tops of their over-the-knee socks. These layers that would make [...]
Wool and The Gang at NY Fashion Week F/W10
February 16, 2010 – 1:57 pm
Last night, just as my energy was beginning to flag, Wool and the Gang and Inven.tory came through with some of my favorite creature comforts: knitting, shopping, and, well, vodka.
Lorick at NY Fashion Week F/W10
February 15, 2010 – 8:44 pm
Images by Hatnim Lee
The ladies at Lorick looked as if they had inherited a great aunt’s opulent outfits, then altered them to their liking: a kelly green sash fastened a mustard and black tweed dress, rhinestone chains were tangled and fastened with heavy brooches and pop orange nails contrasted nicely with the citrine and jet [...]
