Tag: NYFW
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NYFW Day 6 Pt.1 the 60s, On the Riviera, Sports luxe and a let down.
Another good day, no GREAT day. There was plenty to love and be mesmerised by, more sportswear theme, darling evening wear and a a bit of a let down by Pamella Roland despite her stellar collection. Lets go. Tory Burch Romy Schneider in La Piscine was Burch’s reference but there was an age of innocence…
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NYFW Day 5 Pt 2. The Joker, Chilling at the Beach ‘n’ Pleats
Thom Browne. There’s always that one show that you can’t stop thinking about because even in the melee of shows it sticks with you. That show this season was Thom Browne not least because of his garish get up on the runway but also because in the midst of all that were beautifully crafted clothes.…
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NYFW Day 5. Pt 1; Legends, Contemporary Luxe and Jenny Back on The Block,
Another day of goods, another strong showing, there were the resident legends, the newbies and zombies… Carolina Herrera The resident legend Madam Herrera. This collection was all about motion inspired by kinetic movements. It was all so fluid and romantic, as always. Pristine and flawless, the thinly striped fly away pieces gave a sort of…
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NYFW Day 4 Pt2- Classiest Class Acts.
Lela Rose. You know what make a good show great? When the elements come together; hair, makeup, styling, etc. and of all the shows I have seen this round of New York Fashion Week, Lela Rose has been most impressive and not least because the hair, by Ted Gibson, and makeup contributed to what was…
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NYFW Day 4 Pt 1. Boy meets Girl, Pret á Couture, 90s throwback and Samba
Sunday is always a good day at NYFW, for some reason the going always gets good on the Sunday in any season its a given and this Sunday did not disappoint. Victoria Beckham As you should know by now, I am a HUGE fan of La Beckham (I feel like I say this every time…
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NYFW Day 3- Basics Elevated, Marilyn Deconstructed and French Mlles
Lets get right to it because it was another day of safe to be fair I didn’t get to see much of the shows so here’s what I liked from what I saw. Monique Lhuillier Much of this season has been peppered by a sense of realness, a thing that says designers have emerged from…
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NYFW- Day 2; Utility, Femininity and Mayhem On the Grounds of the Versailles.
Day Two was weird, there was a lot of fashion, some noise and confusion. At times it was WTF and other times it took your breath away. Sometimes emotions ran high and other times, they just mellowed you out. It was a mix. Carmen Marc Valvo Carmen Marc Valvo is one designer that never ceases…
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NYFW; Day 1; Lashings of Lace, Girls in Dresses, Cool Creatures and Mens’ Shirts
New York continues in its usual commercially savvy form. In day two there was lace, puffy things, cheese overload and the usual scramble. For best in show; Tadashi Shoji. I don’t know what made this collection so damn sweet but this was as Shoji said it was, a “sweet liberation”. Lace! Lace on lace, lace…
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NYFW; Best in Show. Day 0. Layering, topknots and Frida Khalo.
Its that time of the year again, when the world’s most fashionable traipse continents in the name of fashion to see what’t to be had for the coming season. As always New York gives us clothes we can wear, for the everyday wardrobe and steeps us in reality. I love fashion week, its the single…