Tag: Fashion
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...
Drew Tal giving us Sublime, Bliss and the Ethereal.
If one were to observe Drew Tal’s photograph’s they would walk away with the feeling of a monastic like experience. Serene, humbling and a parlor of ethnic sensibilities Tal’s work on show at the Emmanuel Fremin Gallery booth at...
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...
Amanda Lepore: More than a Woman.
Call her beyond life size, freak, transcendental icon, night life host impresario, seductress extraordinaire, pop star or savvy business woman galore this femme fatale has us wondering if you’ve all got it wrong and somehow right too. More real...
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...
Fashion Week- Celebrity, the Fame game and Trying to hold onto it at any Cost.
We here at SCV have been quite intrigued by the degree of deference given to celebrities, their handlers, and the overzealous camera crews rushing to project them to your television screen. Curious to see how the celebrity gambit had...
How to affect Nonchalance: A Night out with Kithe Brewster and his Celebrity Friends.
To my left is Lil Kim, behind her Marc Jacobs, Moby, Lynn Whitfield and in between us and them are the ‘zingatini’s,’ the gestures, poses, and wondrous thoughts that make a kindred enclave (Casa La Femme- at 140 Charles...
Katya Leonovich at L Gallery Studio.
In essence, Katya Leonovich is more of a philosopher than anything. To validate her visions and values, she has chosen to use the media of fabric and paint. But don’t be fooled, the fabric is not reserved for her...
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...
Sony goes Glamorous on Us. A Night out at the Flagship store.
There’s an adage that goes something like this; ‘You know you are at a celebrity party when the mini burgers being passed around are eaten whole except for the buns themselves.’ In so many ways Mickey Boardman’s PAPER Magazine...
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...
