|  |  |  | | | | | Fashionising.com's Fashion Blog: Fashion Trends & Celebrity Fashion | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Posted in Fashion » Fashion Blog » Fashion Pictures » Fashion Show Shine. I didn't think we were ready for it again, and yet fall 2011 is set to see it thrust upon us as a key part of many a womenwear collation. It's the finish that Herchcovitch;Alexandre opted to open his New York fashion week collection with, sending a piece tailoring of tailoring down the catwalk that reflected the abundant light but one whose top and bottom halves were separated by sheer panelling. Down the pieces back ran several buttons, each competing for attention from the elegant roll of the piece's shoulders. From the cut of the trousers to the top, a sense of early 20th century womenswear is evoked. And that sense carries on through the whole collection. Yet while it evokes that sense it's clear that this isn't re-creationism. Herchcovitch;Alexandre hasn't merely brought old pieces back to life. Each is thoroughly modern, some even futuristic. But if the likes of Catherine Hepburn, those Hollywood greats who could wear heavy tailoring like few others, were still with us I suspect they'd be at least considering turning to Herchcovitch;Alexandre for their next photo call. Entire Article: Read it by clicking Herchcovitch;Alexandre: gothic 30s. Tags: Herchcovitch;Alexandre,New York,New York fashion week,gothic,1930s  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Posted in Fashion » Fashion Blog » Fashion Pictures » Fashion Show To a backdrop of a caricatured Anna Sui store the models emerged three by three. And what models they were - only minutes before the show started Tania and I had been discussing how New York fashion week's main shows had been largely devoid of the big names models. And yet here they were, not so much pounding the catwalk as they were bounding down it, giving a sense that any moment now they may just throw professionalism to the wind and skip down the catwalk instead, and with smiles aplenty, all driving home Anna Sui's carefully communicated message that her's is a label for the girl who loves life. Sui's work is rarely found without a hint of the bohemian, and fall 2011 brings it in precisely the type of pieces you might expect: dresses of ethnic-inspired embroidery, rugged furs, and peasant blouses to name a few. But it's all a little more refined this time around. The colour palette is earthy greens and dark blues, rich yet with a basis in nature. The cuts are relaxed, as so many are this season, the bright, girlish colours are gone but the whimsy is not forgotten; and before the show can get too serious a furry feline hat - complete with ears and whiskers - appears atop the head of one particularly adorable model. 
Entire Article: Read it by clicking Anna Sui: sophisticated whimsy. Tags: New York,New York fashion week,Anna Sui  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Posted in Fashion » Fashion Blog » Fashion Pictures » Fashion Show The sun had long set on the city before we found ourselves at the last catwalk of the evening, Malaysian designer Zang Toi's autumn / fall 2011 showing. Generally speaking, the last New York fashion week show of any night that doesn't have an after party attached to it pulls only a small crowd. But here at the Lincoln Centre as the tent's roof rippled in response to the rising wind and photographers, tired after a 13 hour day, verbally took out their frustrations on one another, Zang Toi did the complete opposite. He pulled a crowd. An eager crowd. A crowd that left most people in the standing space unable to see a thing, so tightly packed in were they. But, more importantly, a crowd that loved his work and showed it by applauding piece after piece, time and time again. 
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Click for more pictures Tags: New York,New York fashion week,Zang Toi  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Posted in Fashion » Fashion Blog » Fashion Pictures » Fashion Picture There's something about British menswear designer Simon Spurr's autumn / fall 2011 offering that strikes me as being both revivalist and modernist. Such is the charm of menswear that it is always looking backwards in order to (conservatively) evolve forwards. Yet in Spurr's latest offering modern and revival seem clearly separated. Spurr is, after all, a gent with menswear pedigree having worked with the likes of Heidi Slimate and directed the suiting efforts of Ralph Lauren's Black and Purple labels. That pedigree sees his latest tailored offerings influenced by traditional men's tailoring, each suit having a distinctly British, romanticised Mod feel about. A young Michael Caine would have smouldered in each of these suits, thick set frames and all. In contrast it's the collection's casual offering that plays to the modern. Like so many other men's designers right now Spurr is designing away from the excessively skinny, and so we see a slim cut trousers paired against relaxed, toned down outerwear and accessories.  Entire Article: Read it by clicking Simon Spurr: modern mod. Related Pictures (39 in total): See them by clicking Simon Spurr men's A/W '11 or read up on 2011 fashion or 2011 hairstyles if you're not keen on the pictures.
                   
Click for more pictures Tags: New York,New York fashion week,Simon Spurr,men's  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Posted in Fashion » Fashion Blog » Fashion Pictures » Fashion Show The light weight of the fabric illuminates the model's shilouette as the lights behind her slowly rise. That hint of her statuesque frame quickly brightens as the catwalk is wholly illuminated, and walking towards us is a fall 2011 vision of winter whites and delicate, feminine pieces. This is Nanette Lepore's New York fashion week showing, and like so many others influenced by the city around them she has pieced together a collection largely of the urban casual vibe, that style for the 21st century woman who wants something chic for Monday to Friday that will take her from morning to evening. But naturally it has its own unique twist: boudoir geisha. Entire Article: Read it by clicking Nanette Lepore: boudoir geisha. Tags: New York,New York fashion week,Nanette Lepore  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Posted in Fashion » Fashion Blog » Fashion Pictures » Fashion Show Prior to its unveiling Lubov Azria, one half of the husband and wife design team behind the label, described the Herve Leger fall 2011 collection as glamazon, an armoured retake on the bandage dresses that the fashion house is known for. And she certainly wasn't wrong. Figure hugging as always, this wintery take on a well-established formula is something of a revitalisation of the warrior fashion trend. While others have interpreted the warrior aesthetic as one of cuts and fabric, the latest Leger offering instead communicates its chosen glamazon appeal through adornment. Relying largely on a colour palette in shades of nude, black and white (with the nudes showing a subtle houndstooth pattern), Leger's adornment comes in the form of patent later, and silver and gold embellishments fused into each garment thus avoiding a change to the tight aesthetic the label is known for. Entire Article: Read it by clicking Herve Leger goes glamazon. Tags: New York,New York fashion week,Herve Leger  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Posted in Fashion » Fashion Blog » Fashion Pictures » Fashion Show The fact that there in the front row sat Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, daughter of former Vogue Paris editor Carine Roitfeld, left me in no doubt that Kevork Kiledjian's New York fashion week showing would have visual impact. Those in the front row, when carefully invited, often give a hint of precisely what's in store, and Julia sat there in a hot little shoulderless number that mixed mesh with leather. And so Kevork Kiledjian gave us just the impact I expected, from his front row to his catwalk, from his music to his cuts. Kiledjian's take on the coming fall 2011 season is a collection of dresses, leathers, lace and sheers, and flares. All of them, even those that failed to work in the face of better pieces from the same collection, are heavily sexed up. Simplistic, perhaps even crass, to say but that's precisely what this collection is about. Some pieces have micro short hems. Others are offered with trains that lashed behind the model as she pounded the catwalk. And between both cuts are some that are more demure in having floor length hems. But no matter the length of cut, it was clear that this is a collection all about defining precisely what a dress can be. In doing so it made it clear that this was a collection for women who simply have that it quality in abundance. The Restoin-Roitfelds of the world. The fashionisers with a rock-chic edge. 
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