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Skrapper: A fashion line that still fights in Spunk and the Downtrodden.
It’s some time way past noon and I’m looking for the offices of Skrapper deep in Soho. Out of nowhere William Quigley, the designer and current art world fixture since the 80’s comes running out of his loft in...
Sabina Les: The etiquette of the Scarf.
After honing her craft by designing for top retailers such as Gap, Guess, and J-Lo, Sabina Les has launched a line of printed silk scarves that have already received an extraordinary amount of attention, including placement on the Today...
‘SWAGGER’ : The real truth Behind Fashion Week.
There is an interesting perception that next weeks upcoming fashion collections are all about velvet ropes, hot parties, skinny models, Anna Wintour and a bunch of clothes. In a way that's true but really that couldn't be further from...
Fashion, Celebrity, and Death of the Supermodel.
There's no question that the culture of celebrity worship has changed dramatically over the last twenty years. It's nearly impossible to imagine Audrey Hepburn being told to "Go Fxxx Yourself," or Gene Kelly being savaged by a Cold War-era...
Sachika at ‘Jack and Jill.’
Last night the SACHIKA twins, To-Nya and To-Tam To-Nu, hosted a charity fashion event at ‘One’ in support of ‘Jack and Jill of America.’ The theme of the night was duality, and there was definitely a lot of yin...
Loris Diran in Translation.
Functional luxury. What do you think when you hear those words, spoken together, in definition of New York fashion? Have I inadvertently fallen upon an oxymoron? In one respect, I would say “yes.” Every woman has owned a pair...
Trudy Miller headlines the Art of Fashion.
Mid-runway outfit changes and exhibits of high-quality photography and fashion illustration comprised the August 14, 2009, Art of Fashion in Webster Hall’s Marlin Room. That alongside with pirouetting models and surreal depictions of vixens and heroines lent a sense...
The Dandy Set turn out for FIT Couture Council Summer Party.
There is a saying that goes “beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” in the same light one could also argue "last night evening’s soiree was the beholder of beauty." Amidst a summer villa resonance courtesy of a...
The Fashion Victim: Ideas, Notes, and Ephemera.
The quickened pace of consumer culture could make fashion victims of us all. As television and the internet have made everyone into a sartorial expert, high end fashion houses (Commes de Garcons, Chanel) must choose between competing with their...
‘Neunique,’- for the Warrior Woman.
Amidst the chirping of diners enjoying an early laidback dinner, the back of Savore restaurant was buzzing anew with the excited chatter for the jewelry launch of Neunique. Gone were the tables and chairs that might have once decorated...
Scavengers of truth and aesthetics- Vagabond’s/NYC stellar stab at Vintage.
Andrea Perini is a tall, blonde of wacky braids, intermittent freckles and lengthy velour strands who doesn’t give a shit what you think. She scuttles by me on the street, unaware of my seated position behind the trash cans...
Reflections of a former Male Model.
It’s not what it seems. That’s what I keep telling myself but what do I know I’m just a skinny rut standing in front of Valentino as he tells me to take my shirt off. The dame sits there...
Working it at the Tribeca Fashion Soiree.
The second fashion designer soiree held by Tribeca Retail Club in collaboration with Chacala NY and Laura Little Productions this weekend featured established and independent designers proudly displaying their menswear, women’s wear, accessories and art in fashion. A...
‘Human Intonation,’- Fashion’s siren for change.
Minutes after his mom handed me his business card, J-Harris was on the microphone somewhere between selling me a car and recording an interlude for his upcoming album of contemplative, easy listening, pop and b hits for a mature,...
Paige Gamble: handbag designer and her own ‘hidden gem.’
"Intrigued by the legacy of the handbag as fashion accessory de rigeur and one of the current stars in this embittered turf – Paige Gamble, we sent out Natalie Fasano recently to meet up with Paige. What follows is...
