Dries Von Noten: The Master of Grunge Couture
If you could imagine a fierce collection built solely on the masculine/feminine dynamic, Dries Von Noten has the master plan. Filled with contradictions like grunge-inspired plaids and tartans, integrated with sweet feminine lace and shantung, Dries Von Awesome, so he is named, is just that, and always presents the unexpected, the... Read More
This and That
I am so glad to see the fickle month of September. Yesterday I was wearing a short shirt and sipping iced coffee, and today, I have on a wool sweater armed with a hot cocoa. This schizophrenic weather is Fall’s surprise. The days are still warm, the nights are downright... Read More
The Power of Prada
If there’s one designer that can dictate the direction that fashion will turn, its Miuccia Prada. Turning all heads, she sets the trends, and we as writers, editors, stylists, and consumers, are often in awe of the outcome. Dozens of imitators admire her collections, therefore funneling her “pinspirations” (Prada imitations)... Read More
NYFW Part 3: The Dreamer, The Zombie, and the Happy-Go-Lucky
For those of you waiting desperately in line for that iPhone 5, (hey get me one)! this is a great opportunity to shove some more fashion week forecasts your way. I know you are probably sick of New York Fashion Week coverage, but there is always more to rehash and... Read More
What I Wore
Here we are, wrapping up the week that was NY Fashion Week Spring 2013. Down below is an assemblage of outfits, a public service announcement, on what I wore last week. It is a brief selection from the inner working of my closet, taken from my iPhone, scrambled together to... Read More
Love Letters
The emblematic monograms that have been spotted on sweaters, shirts, necks, ears, and other body parts are Fall’s playful nod to collegiate culture. When the initial in question, is splattered all over oneself, it invites the viewer to get to know you on a first-name basis. At first, when I... Read More
Wide Leg, Part Deux
What’s skin-tight and gives you a laundry list of side effects that read like this: lower back-pain, cut-off leg circulation, nerve compression and gives you cameltoe? Yes, this is a quiz, not a pharmaceutical commercial. Give up? Nothing, in the lower region of your body, this coming season. I really thought... Read More
Silver Streaks
Many designers as well as some Olympiads have dipped into gold, as you saw from my Olympic post last week, but steely silver doesn’t have to take a back seat. A silver metal isn’t any worse than a gold in my book, as it shines, glimmers, and it plays the same reflecting... Read More