Photos by Nari Kim You can take a club kid out of the party, but you can never take the party out of a club kid. Richie Rich, half of the former designer duo Heatherette, kicked off his first on-site show of Mercedes Benz Fashion Week with what? Classical music? Ballet dancers? Where was the … Continue reading Richie Rich Spring 2011
Citing the cult-classic, French new-wave film Breathless as an inspiration point, designer Alexander Berardi captured the spirit of a young American in Paris in his Spring 2011 collection. This kind of look will always be timeless: crisp trench coats, striped boat neck tees, pegged jeans and gamine hair. Berardi gives the classic look his own … Continue reading Alexander Berardi Spring 2011
Photos by Nari Kim Like the name of the label, designers Benjamin Clyburn and Sonia Yoon combined the bohemian feel of seventies silhouettes with futuristic digital prints to create a time appropriate blend of pieces for Spring 2011. High waisted floor length and above-the-knee skirts were effortlessly paired with different patterned tops without looking busy … Continue reading Bensoni Spring 2011
Ashleigh Verrier couldn’t have asked for better weather to showcase her Spring/Summer 2011 looks, choosing to have her presentation outdoors in the garden courtyard tucked away in the middle of Lincoln Center. A warm and breezy evening complemented her soft and light collection, inspired by “The Great Gatsby” and the 1920’s. Dainty tea length skirts … Continue reading Verrier Spring 2011
Capturing the zeitgeist of the Bauhaus movement and the 1924 Olympics, Andrew Buckler’s Spring/Summer 2011 collection embodied robust free-spiritedness and a relaxed kind of ease and confidence. Some articles of note: Tshirts were long, soft and sheer, worn under structured day linen jackets. Cardigans bore thin, collegiate lines that ran vertically down the shoulder and … Continue reading Buckler Spring 2011