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Vanitas, Inshallah: A fantastical fashion adventure by AleXsandro Palombo
An anomaly in today’s fashion world, AleXsandro Palombo is one brilliant rascal.
Since founding his own label in 1998, the young Italian designer has raised eyebrows everywhere from Vogue to The Vatican with innovative designs, vibrant use of color and...
Nico and Adrien go for Marie Antoinette.
Coming to Nico and Adrian’s showroom ensemble last week to see what we reckon to be one of the city’s most up and coming designers was an exercise in giddy delight, Marie Antoinette ballroom drama and the wicked boys...
Tommy Hilfiger redefining American classicism.
For a show that started at ten in the morning we were surprised by the magnanimous turn out. Then again once the boys and girls started working the planks we suddenly understood the anticipation. An American icon had just...
Richie Rich- East Village Renegade.
Even before the show started the show started if you know what I mean…From flamboyant punk, life sized teddy bears, Barbie doll vignettes, triumphant divas and savage au les homes we were all in for a treat on and...
Sioloonim: Fountain of Youth.
We’re packed in the Sioloonim showroom under harsh lights. It’s not a lot of space but they’re making the most of it. Guests are carrying martini’s that look curiously chalky while snatching delicate hors d’oeuvres from stone layered plates...
Melissa Foss: A Styles Editor who only sits in the Front Row.
As Fashion Week leaves us cold and clamoring for new clothes, we catch up with Texan-born-and-bred Melissa Foss-Zdyb, Style Expert and writer at Style List. Does the devil really wear Prada? What’s up with Tyra Banks’ forehead? Does fashion...
Alexis Bittar: 80’s Club Kid turned Jewelry Genius.
Photography by Liza Gates.
Alexis Bittar’s quaint Bleeker Street boutique was the perfect place for a Valentine-themed gathering. Last Thursday’s pink-frosted cupcakes and festive candy dishes complimented the store’s hand painted cheery blossom walls while romantic floral arrangements and free...
A Fashion show, or something like it: Finnish Designer Paola Suhonen begins a Chic Experiment.
Last Thursday, I showed up at Bond Street’s Moeller Snow Gallery expecting a traditional fashion show. But considering Scallywag’s last experience at this particular location involved critiquing Jani Leinonen’s cereal-box paintings which, in case you forgot, depict such scenes...
Haute HIPPIE COUTURE.
The penthouse is packed, the event is catered, and the tequila is spiced with jalapeños. I’m at the Haute Hippie show and cramped elevators aside, someone’s doing something right. Beauties standing on bleacher-like rises wearing shimmering baby doll dresses...
Sub-boutique. A walk on the ‘avante garde’ side.
Tuesday night saw us trollop all the way to Long Island City’s Foundry for an intriguing display of cutting edge fashion, indie spirit and a throwback to retro. There were some real winners and some also can too’s. Paying...
Outlaws of the Border. Pre Fashion Week.
Photography by Tim Becker
Paparazzo Fixx on another assignment, we wonder whose more glamarous?-Scallywag.
White, like an ash-covered inhabitant of Pompeii from the 1st century, lava pouring out of her delicate skull and moving down the back, she’s leaning over a...
Project Runway; With Imodel’s Catherine Tran.
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It’s that time of year to get revved up about fashion, it’s consequences and the great lithe figures that take centre stage. Applaud, desire and wonder at will, one also has to take a step back and ask whose...
Pre-Fashion Week Fuss- Loris Diran.
Last Thursday marked the much-anticipated launch of Loris Diran’s flagship store. “My Goodness, there are a lot of people here!” remarked the glowing designer as he floated into his crowded opening party. And there were a lot of people...
Kithe Brewster: Style Director Visionary. If only you could be as talented…
Kithe Brewster doesn’t have to try. What he does is breathe, relate, reflect and look into your soul. It is this sensibility and awareness of high fashion that has brought you his fashion covers, the world’s most glamorous onto...
Surface magazine honors Function over Form. A Night out at Operation.
If you’ve ever wanted a lesson in how imagination, attention to form and utilitarian function come together you needed to attend last night’s homage to Operation, the new wonderful enfant terrible of menswear. If on the other hand you...
