Tag: NYFW
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NYFW. Look to Love; Old is New
This look feels familiar; its what you have in your wardrobe, you know, old is new… Coordination is so overrated, so there’s no match-matchy going on here because this whole dressing up to the nines thing is so passé. Except of course on the red carpet where its only polite. Mornings are hard enough to…
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Brunch; In a #NYFW Minute.
Fashion Week, the belly of the beast, is here again to feed our starving eyes…well not really considering we’ve had the SAGs and Globes to talk about, but no red carpet trumps the runway and nothing says FASHUNZ like Fashion Week, when suddenly you do not have the time for the little things, or little…
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NYFW; Victoria Beckham.
The evolution of Victoria Beckham as a designer is one that is closely watched by sceptics and greatly lauded by the fashion cognoscenti. Either way, whether you are for or against, whether you call her a “celebrity” designer (goodness I loathe that word) or a bonafide fashion designer, there is one thing you cannot deny;…
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NYFW; Marc Jacobs.
Marc Jacobs will be remembered for being a definitive designer for many generations to come, certainly of our time. Whether he’s being loud and grunge or subtle and cool, in a time where fashion can often feel forced and same-y, he throws a spanner in the works and delivers the unexpected. As a designer, he…
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NYFW-Look to Love; The School Run
Moms walk a majestic road and I have unparalleled respect for all mothers, because they do the damn thing and then some more. The school gate has become the new battlefield thanks to the likes of Elle McPherson and her model mum, school run outfits and the fact that the tabs have used this as…
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NYFW-Look to Love; Hey boy, Hey girl
Every season designers play the boy meets girl look, so much so, it has become unthinkable that a season should go by without a touch of the androgynous. A look synonymous with Autumn Winter, but of late has filtered into our summer wardrobes so come next Spring there are ways of infusing and playing up…
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NYFW-Look to Love; Americana
She’s an American girl; the slick New Yorker, the sassy Southerner, the laid-back chick from the Midwest to the Californian dream belle…her look is thrown on but it flows on; sportswear luxe meets dainty lady. She’s either dressed up to the nines or dressed down but even in her dressed-down state, she has enough swagger…
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NYFW-Look to Love; Neo Print Proposition
“Florals for Spring. Groundbreaking.” But these were not just any old floral prints, designers came at us with print galore, yes there were florals but there were also birds and graphic prints and cool paint stains and geo prints and aquatic prints…a medley of beautifully crafted prints. A refreshing take on the old reliable florals…
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NYFW-Look to Love; Cute-to-Cool
Its cute but just stops shy of being too cute and veers into the cool territory. The look is amped up by the attitude, its sweet with just a touch of sour to keep it real. Its the print everything thrown off by the thick chunky Mary-Janes, the all pretty printy suit paired with a…