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 [...]
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Backstage at Thuy at NY Fashion Week F/W10
February 18, 2010 – 7:07 am
Images by Kristiina Wilson I chatted with Thuy Diep during hair and makeup preparations pre-show, and she was excited, not nervous about her upcoming collection. The said hair was sleek but staticy, like it had been rubbed with a balloon. It was ladylike with an edge, just like the clothing, which was inspired by a [...]
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.
United Bamboo at NY Fashion Week F/W10
February 15, 2010 – 2:10 pm
Images by Kristiina Wilson United Bamboo’s F/W10 was Amelia Earhart done right. Inspired by a fearless photo of the aviator standing atop a London building in a tailored fur-collared coat, the collection was not a hokey hodgepodge of pilot caps and aviator glasses, but a subtle nod to the strength of a sassy ’30s heroine. [...]
Backstage at Karen Walker at NY Fashion Week F/W10
February 15, 2010 – 12:23 pm
Images by Hatnim Lee
