The Michael Kors show was packed this morning. Volunteers tried with moderate success to heard guests and photographers off the runway as Michael Douglas, Rachel Zoe, Anna Wintour, Patricia Field and Zoe Saldana made their way to the front row. We didn’t even recognize a demure looking Courtney Love, who had tamed her signature rat’s Read More
New York-based designer THAKOON Panichgul seems to have a pretty good Handel on Baroque fashion. In a counterpoint of frills, derby hats, and paisley, THAKOON’s signature playfulness rings true in this collection.
Ay, colores!
Custo Barcelona debuts a Spring 2012 collection bursting with kaleidoscopic prints. Geometric one-piece bathing suits and dinosaur heels? Si, por favor.
Pretty-boy designer Zac Posen returns to New York with a chic collection of evening gowns fit for the red carpet…and the little mermaid. Runway models channeled their inner Ariel as Posen wowed the crowd with a formidable amount of mermaid flare.
It was a big weekend at Lincoln Center with Fashion Week kicking off at full force. Some of the industry’s heavy hitters, including Donna Karen, Helmut Lang, Diane Von Furstenberg, Lela Rose and Alexander Wang presented their Spring 2012 collections. The shows were attended by designers, celebrities and socialites alike, with Anne Dexter Jones, Kelly Read More
It’s that time of the year, and everybody, we mean everybody, is getting ready to celebrate Fashion Week. Even the most unlikely actors are scrambling to get a piece of the Fashion Week action. The latest promotional scheme related to the fashionable festivities? Discounted Botox, of course.
New York Dermatology Group is offering rounds of Read More
Although Christina Neault’s job title is executive producer at IMG, a more accurate description of her job would be the COO of Fashion Week. During those two frantic weeks in September and February she oversees 400 people. It’s a colossal job. She is responsible for the order of the shows; a key responsibility as young designers’ Read More
Meredith Melling Burke, the senior market editor at Vogue, tweeted the following at 3:02 p.m. yesterday afternoon: “Shazammed the gorgeous opening song at Calvin Klein and downloaded it – James Blake’s “The Wilhelm Scream.” So moody and pretty xx mmb.” Indeed, just seconds after The Observer took a seat at the Calvin Klein Women’s Read More
The gridlock that seized the runway before the L.A.M.B. show last night had its heart near a cluster of seats in the front row — one seat, one empty seat, had pulled in a growing orb of press and PR flacks. When The Observer finally shouldered through the crescent of photographers and video crews ready Read More
Fashion Week may have ended yesterday, but the final word, as it were, for The Observer was at the Adam Kimmel party at Don Hill’s the night before. Hank Williams III, grandson of country legend Hank Sr., stood on a stage with a five-piece band: upright bass, fiddle, banjo, drums, and pedal steel. Everyone wore Read More
