Jill Stuart Spring/Summer 2011- The Calm After the Kardashians.
The media and reality star circus leading up to the Jill Stuart Spring 2011 Runway show looked particularly absurd in the David H. Koch Theater. 2 Kardashian sisters, Miss J. Alexander and Nigel Barker from ANTM,...
Vivienne Tam- The New Silk Road.
If only two words could be used to describe Vivienne Tam’s Spring/Summer collection for 2011 they would no doubt be ‘dainty’ and ‘eclectic’. The show, dubbed by Tam as “The New Silk Road,” was dedicated to...
Bebe’s Mono Atomic Beige might be leaving the snooks behind.
I wasn’t smiling a whole lot when I got the Bebe show assignment. This is a retail chain, people, since when are those even allowed to run? My face had turned to serious frown by the...
Perry Ellis, Cool and as Classical as ever.
The Perry Ellis Spring/Summer 2011 collection helped us forget that the chilly Fall weather is on its way. This expansive collection showcased those thigh-length shorts we’ve been seeing all summer, paired here with dinner...
Timo Weiland- Hip, casual and very ready to wear.
What do you get when a fresh, twenty-something designer creates a Ready to Wear line for S/S 2011. You get a collection perfect for, who else, but young, fashionable, twenty somethings; a collection which...
Custo Barcelona: Hippie Haute Chic Sings Freedom.
NYC.Last night Custo Barcelona sent some of his finest pieces to date jostling (sprinting?) down the Stage at Lincoln Center in anticipation of his new 2011 Spring/Summer look. With a look reminiscent...
Candela: A vestige of a surreal Trading Post…
For their Spring 2011 Fashion Installation, Candela designers. Natalia Kuks-Jacobs and Gabriela Perezutti-Isacson transformed the Jane Hotel into a trading post out of the early 1900s. Shoes and accessories were displayed on barrels and shipping crates, ...
Vessel by Lois: Uniform Attraction.
Lois Samuels wears her inspiration on her sleeve. She’s done it all in the fashion industry – model, publicist, photographer – but she seems just as influenced by her youth in Jamaica. Her line, the...
Trina Turk: Tangy Miss Surly at the Key-Party.
Have you seen the Ice Storm? Ang Lee? 70’s families cross-pollinating on shag carpets or by the punch-jar… Far from the formality of LA (Formality? Have we been encountered with the same Miss Southern California?), in...
Popluxe by Richie Rich -Heaven to Hello.
Richie Rich Spring 2011: This time, it is about the clothes
In my article about Richie Rich’s last collection, I said, “I certainly hope no one went to the Richie Rich Runway Show expecting to pay...
Spencer Pratt Arrested in Costa Rica, Breaks the News to the Media Himself
It’s been confirmed: sex tape stealing self-styled Survivorman, Spencer Pratt, was indeed arrested in Costa Rica for fire arms possession after he ‘accidentally’ brought… hunting rifles to the airport in a failed attempt to create an ‘endlessly...
The Women’s Mafia Fashion Show: Phuong My, Dominque Auxilly, Priestess by Cody Ross
The Women’s Mafia Fashion Show was a welcome change from the formal feeling shows of the day. The setting was relaxed, and before the show there were chocolate and wine...
Dictator’s Daughter Shows at Fashion Week
Although the cliched terms ‘suffer for fashion’ and ‘fashion nazi’ have often been abused, one designer showing in New York this Fashion Week has, somehow, made them seem uncannily appropriate. And, being tabloid hacks, who ...
Kramer Beats a Photographer.
In a situation that sounds more than slightly like a storyline from from the 90s sitcom Seinfeld, reports have surfaced that the sometimes mild mannered Michael Richards – better known as Cosmo Kramer“allegedly unleashed a devastating...
Lindsay Lohan Dyes Her Hair its Natural Color
In an attempt to return to her Parent Trap era innocence, Lilo’s new publicists (aka Britney Spear’s stunt media team) have recommended she dye her hair back to its natural color: red. Aside from the absurdity...
