From the Runway

September 14, 2012

New York Fashion Week SS13: Dennis Basso, Alejandro Ingelmo, VLOV

[Image credit: Danielle Sepanek]

The Show: Dennis Basso Spring/Summer 2013

The Theme: Glamorous seaside in the 60s

The Color Palette: Blush, champagne, pearl, shades of blue and sheer black with metallic accents

Best/Collection’s Signature Standout Look: Shown in the ideal setting of the rooftop at the St. Regis, the collection felt straight out of a fairytale. Any woman would feel like royalty in one of Dennis Basso’s gowns with the long tulle skirts and chinchilla fur wraps and vests. The intricate beading and feather embellishments only added to the luxury. The highlight look would have to be a champagne-colored hand embroidered ombré tulle gown with a sable fur and lace capelet – absolute perfection.

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The Show: Alejandro Ingelmo

The Theme: Athletic sneakers and sleek stilettos

The Color Palette: Bright neons and mermaid metallic

Best/Collection’s Signature Standout Look: Alejandro Ingelmo did a complete 360 with his spring collection, swapping chunky, sensible heels for sexy stilettos, throwing in the ever-popular brightly colored sneakers. Each shoe was so unique its difficult to pick a standout look, but we fell head over heels in love with the metallic gold pointed toe stiletto with a geometric cut out heel. Simply genius

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The Show: VLOV

The Theme: Tranquility and Stability

The Color Palette: Soothing Colors including stand, navy, black, and light blue

Best/Collection’s Signature Standout Look: Each of the menswear looks exuded effortless chic due to the use of crinkled silks and linens in neutral colors and sophisticated cuts. Linen jackets and blazers paired with shorts and leather sandals completed the serene feel of the collection, however, the showstopper was the finale look. Consisting ofa light orange blazer and matching pants paired with a white silk Hawaiian printed shirt, it was completely unexpected and entirely fabulous.

-Danielle Sepanek

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September 13, 2012

Douglas Hannant Spring 2013 Collection

by Julia DiNardo

[Images via Style.com]

The Show: Douglas Hannant Spring 2013
The Theme: “A Daydream.” Young, innocent, and possibly lost in a field of pretty, pretty flowers.
The Color Palette: Utlra feminine, bright, and soft, with of course, some on-season white.
Best/Signature Look of the Collection: A stunning amethyst beaded chantilly lace halter dress, a completely different silhouette from his other hip-accentuating pieces that looked both retro and supremely glamorous.

-Kristin Hanne

September 13, 2012

The Best of Beauty: Spring 2013 Collections – Zac Posen, 3.1 Phillip Lim, Chris Benz,

by Julia DiNardo

Here’s a roundup of the favorite beauty looks for hair, makeup, and nails that I saw around town for New York Fasion Week Spring 2013 collections! Some you can translate literally, others, you may want to steal one or two ideas for spring, or downplay the looks to a “less is more” aesthetic.

The Show: Zac Posen Spring 2013

The Beauty in a Nutshell: Several days prior, some of the models’ hair was dyed/tweaked with Precision Foam Hair Colour solely to enhance their natural shades by Harry Josh, John Frieda’s International Creative Consultant. “Its the return to solid hair color,” Josh declared. At the show, John Frieda Creative Consultant Luigi Murenu created a ’40s inspired wave with a one-inch curling iron and keeping it shiny and sealed with Frizz-Ease Mousse.

Kabuki of MAC Cosmetics was inspired by Lena Horne, using false lashes on the outs of the eyes for a bit of glam and a thinly drawn triangle shape at the outer edge of the eye. Michelle Saunders for Essie used for different natural shades, Glamour Purse, Not Just a Pretty Face, Brooch the Subject, and A Crewed Interest, to perfectly match the models skin tones, telling me that A Crewed Interest is my perfect match!

The Show: 3.1 Phillip Lim

The Beauty in a Nutshell: Francelle Daly for NARS Cosmetics created a “modern rocker eye” for girls that were “in a band at Coachella,” inspired by gals such as Florence Welch of Florench + the Machine and Grimes with bold lashes (up to 10 coats!). Michelle Saunders of Essie created a “retro edge” nail; a half and half look with Chinchilly (one of my absolute favorites), and Brooch the subject, painting the nail vertically down. Hair was super duper brushed and teased for a slept in, don’t give a care, look.

The Show: Chris Benz Spring 2013

The Beauty in a Nutshell: “Mousse makes the hair VERY easy to work with,” declared Nick Irwin for Catwalk by TIGI backstage at Chris Benz. He used a “tangerine size” amount of Catwalk by TIGI Mousse and using Tiny Tim as the reference, created several different parts of the look, however each unit is simple: 1) a three strand braid 2) braids, let out and then finished with flat-ironed edges 3) a nun at the top 4) headbands on some models.

Daniel Martin for Lancôme worked a hybrid of a “nymph, fairy look with a slight Japanese horror movie edge it,” with cream pigmented eyeshadows (Color Design Infinite in Perpetual Pink, cheek and eye blush, clear mascara, white liner on the insides of the eyes, and the gorgeous new Balm in Love coral electric sheer lipstick shade on the lips. Anna Maria for Lancôme used the Lancôme Vernis in Love Nail Lacquer Beige Dentelle on fingers. My favorite takeaway: – the lip shade- the coolest sheer I’ve seen!

-Julia DiNardo

September 13, 2012

Erickson Beamon Spring 2013 Backstage Beauty

by Julia DiNardo

The Theme: Inspired by the 1966 cult French film “Qui etes vous Polly Magoo?” (Who are You, Polly Magoo?)
The Keys: Tina Turnbow for NYX Cosmetics, Simcha Whitehill for Color Club, Sarah Potempa for Sarah Potempa and Beauty.com
The Color Palette: Ultra dramatic black and white elongated eye, metallic nails, with textured hair.
The Execution: Turnbow took inspiration from the 1960s, in particular model Penelope Tree, to create a black and white expressive, dramatic, butterfly shape. She kept the skin clean and dewy, with the eyes as the focal point (using this ultra cool, The Curve NYX Cosmetics Liner) and added a coral hued lip. When asked how the makeup can compliment, and not compete with the statement jewelry, Turnbow replied, “makeup is the accessory of the face; they can be separate accents.”

When it comes to nails, Color Club nail lead Ms. Whitehill demonstarted how to dab and swipe the top, bottom, and underside of a nail with a metallic hue for a bit of extra shine. Sarah Potempa demo’ed the hairstyle, which started with a hairbrush sprayed with hairspray in order to tease the hair, using the prep-a-comb tool she created to also tease without breaking the strands, and creating either a high pony tail or using her BeachWaver tool to rotate and create perfect waves.