Images by Paolo Simi Pitti Immagine Uomo is a world apart from the rest of Florence, locked up inside the 16th-century fortress Fortezza da Basso. There are neither drawbridges nor guards, but that’s not to say it’s easy to get in. Access to the citadel is restricted. Yet the moment you cross the threshold, you [...]
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Chronicles of NY Fasion Week – Fall 2011: Rodarte, Vera Wang, House of Waris and…
February 19, 2011 – 6:26 pm
Juan Carlos Obando. Images and Text by Lauren David Peden. I’ve been covering New York Fashion Week for nearly a decade now—first for Fashion Wire Daily and now for Vogue.com UK, WWD.com and my blog, The Fashion Informer—so you would think I’d have things down to a science. In some ways I do: I never [...]
Rodarte’s Black Swan
December 9, 2010 – 9:35 am
Digging deep into the crevice of my palms, I twitch in my seat as Natalie Portman’s character Nina Sayers scratches her body in psychotic anticipation. Black Swan, Darren Aronofsky’s newest film, is your childhood’s music box, broken into sharp edges that easily slice smooth skin. In order to transform the mesmerizing Swan Lake into the [...]
Rodarte – Spring 2011
September 20, 2010 – 6:49 am
Rodarte from two points of view: Hooray! A Rodarte collection that combines fantasy with beauty and wearability. The Mulleavy sisters’ most “commercial” collection to date, Spring 2011 brought tailored jackets with sassy cutout shoulders, high-waisted trousers and lightweight blouses. I must confess, the show culled inspirations that are on my list of favorite things. The [...]
Quicktake: Rodarte at Cooper-Hewitt
February 27, 2010 – 10:42 am
After their F/W10 Gagosian extravaganza and rowdy after-party during Fashion Week, one could be on Rodarte overload. Still, their current exhibition, presented by the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, is not to be missed. Housed in the Carnegie Mansion, Quicktake:Rodarte is a decomposed wonderland of Kate and Laura Mulleavy’s inspired creations. The exhibition, which launched [...]
