Haute Designer: Jordi Scott
The absolute hands down favorite part of my job is discovering new designers in my travels around New York City. A few weeks back in the Alphabet City section of NYC, I came across Jordi Scott‘s...
View ArticleMieko Mintz: Marrying Modern Design and Ancient Cloth
Mieko Mintz is a creative, quietly passionate designer who possesses a genuine love of and joy in her work. She has an eye that is both instinctive and experienced and her vision goes to work starting...
View ArticleJordi Scott Collection: “Infamous Revolution” Spring/Summer ’09
Whenever there has been an aesthetic revolt against existing culture, fashion has always been out front. This does not happen because of any grand plans, it’s simply born out of a burning desire to be...
View ArticleDebut is Downtown’s Rising Store for Rising Stars
Tucked in on the smallest section of Mulberry Street in downtown New York City, Debut feels more like a high end art gallery than a traditional retail store, which is exactly how it should seem to be...
View ArticleAnya Ponorovskaya, Designs Befitting…You
“I have so many different sides, I can never see being just one thing.” That quote is a great starting point in understanding Anya Ponorovskaya one of New York’s fastest rising fashion stars. In her...
View ArticleNo One Else is MoMoFalana
The single most effective thing in standing out from others is how you dress. It is entirely possible to attract the attention of dozens of people by simply walking into the room wearing the right...
View ArticleRebecca Taylor – Fall 2009 Fashion Week
In this strangest of seasons where everyone felt the pressure to reinvent themselves, and a great variety of reactions to that pressure have been on display. The designers who have been the most...
View ArticlePorts 1961 – Fall 2009 Fashion Week
Applause is due to Tia Cibani of Ports 1961 for shifting her inspirational focus to a climate that is far, far away from both her home and the home of her last Fall/Winter collection. The choice of...
View ArticleJordi Scott – Fall 2009 Fashion Week
Here we are in the blender. Many of the downtown up and coming designers and the clients that wear them are consistently combining the rebellious looks of the past as a way of striking out at the...
View ArticleInterview with Camilla Skovgaard
What does it take for a designer to move beyond convention, and more importantly, to get everyone else to follow them? Convention is a tricky word, especially when it comes to shoes, for in shoes a...
View ArticleFashion Fights Cancer
Earning power = real power. Power is often thought of as a negative word but it’s not it is a neutral, or in other words it’s all what you do with it. Fashion makes money, so therefore fashion has...
View ArticleInterview with Hillary Flowers
Some people you meet in your lifetime make you wonder if they have managed to cut a deal with the Universe for a few extra hours in their particular day? They accomplish so much and are effective in so...
View ArticleAlways innovative, always Braccialini
Carla Braccialini started her handbag company in Florence, Italy with her husband Roberto in 1954. She is the epitome of a self taught designer and craftswoman and therein lies one of the taproots of...
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