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- ericdwills.com – Here’s a look at the entire line-up of colors for the Kanye West x Louis Vuitton sneakers called the ‘Don’ and ‘Hi Top’ set to be released in June.
- Fashion Pulse Daily – Fashion Week reviews, Christian Siriano’s shoes, and much more!
- fete a fete – elegant FIEL flip flops, made with love from Brazil!
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- Shopping and Info – Enter for your chance to win a Twelfth Street By Cynthia Vincent Sweater from the Shopping and Info Spring Giveaway.
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- Studio Purpura – Milan Fashion Week Fall 2009 presents creative color schemes and designs to tickle your fancy!!
- Style Amor – THE DYING MAGAZINE: March U.S. Magazine Reviews
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March 12, 2009
Links a la Mode: The Independent Fashion Bloggers Roundup
March 5, 2009
Fashion Week Day 7 Recap
[Images via Style.com & Elle.com]
There’s been a major time lapse since my last one-liner show review, so I thought it was time I put up the final installment of the extremely brief New York Fashion week reviews! Here’s the remaining four from the last Thursday of fashion week – enjoy!
Brian Reyes: With the teetering models aside, the strong collection executed amazing pleating, tailoring and prints, which will surely give other designers in his league some heavy competition!
Rebecca Taylor: Girly comfort dressing that one can wear over and over and over again via cozy knits, feminine ruffles, and a tiny bit of leopard print
Ports 1961: Inspired by India, Tia Cibani chose to work with dramatic shapes in a mostly pale color palette, which made the pieces of color pop even more.
Christian Siriano: It was love at first sight, with all of the sharp cuts (the jackets!!!) and expected drama present (head pieces!) with an amazing surprise — his incredible Payless shoe collection!
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October 6, 2008
Fashion Week Reflections from Jack Mackenroth
We ran into one of our favorite people, the incredibly-talented Project Runway Season 4 contestant Jack Mackenroth during New York Fashion Week. He graciously agreed to field some of our most important fashion week-related questions!
FP: What collection just completely blew you away during NY fashion Week?
JM: I have to say my favorite collection was Christian Siriano. I was so proud of him I cried like a baby. He took his concepts to a whole new level. The construction was so complicated and gorgeous. He took the concept of puff sleeves and opened them up into strips of fabric. So fierce. Every look was absolutely amazing!
I also loved Rubin Singer and for men I thought John Crocco pulled out an amazing collection for Perry Ellis. He really pushed the aesthetic of the Perry Ellis brand and was much more fashion forward then I’ve ever seen. I loved the khaki fabric with the embroidered polka dots. I missed Diane Von Furstenberg and I was so bummed. I heart her!
FP: Was there a particular trend you saw that you loved?
JM: It seemed like the season of the paillette. I saw leaf shaped paillettes, clear paillettes, matte and shiny — all different shapes and sizes. I loved it. I also think the trend of sheer and flowing fabrics is here to stay. It was everywhere. Also — harem pants. EWWWWWWW. They were everywhere. Not cute.
FP: Who was your favorite celebrity sighting?
JM: My absolute most favorite celeb sighting was at the Patricia Field fashion show! First of all it was a fabulous party atmosphere put on by MAO PR, and was full of drag queens and fashion superstars. I was in the front row sandwiched between Judith Light, Becki Newton, Ana Ruiz, and Vanessa Williams (all from Ugly Betty). They were so hilarious and nice.
FP: What was your favorite freebie?
JM: Ooooh–Perry Ellis gave out a fab bottle of cologne. I got an MP3 player at the Valentino party and a gorgeous watch at the opening of the Fossil store on 34th street.
FP: How did you “decompress” after fashion week? (I went out of town, even if it was just to Connecticut, for the weekend!)
JM: You know what? I didn’t get to at all. The next day I had to write a speech and powerpoint presentation for The US Conference on AIDS in Fort Lauderdale. I left 3 days after fashion week and just got back. Now I have to make a wedding dress out of 3000 white condoms for the Condom Couture fashion show for an Evening of Hope HIV benefit in San Francisco on October 15th. Then I have to make a chocolate Wonder Woman costume with Zac Young, the pastry chef from Butter, for the Chocolate show on November 6th. Woo-hoo!!
FP: We heard that you and Kevin Christiana have something in the works – can you reveal a bit about it to us?
JM: Yes–It’s very exciting. We are co-hosts and co-designers on a new “re-design” show where we work with one female candidate each episode and we ambush her wardrobe and remake them into some fabulous creations. It’s a little bit Project Runway meets Queer Eye (with only one queer) and it has a really cute hook that makes it original… We also hope to rope in some of our favorite designers throughout the season.
FP: When you have your next show, who are the three people you would most definitely have in the front row?
JM: If I ever show at Bryant Park I would want my mom, Tim Gunn and Linda Evangelista sitting in the front row.
FP: And last, of all, we’d love for you to analyze three looks from New York Fashion week for us:
look #1) Herve Leger by Max Azria
JM: I am a child of the 80s and 90s and I loved the origianl Herve Leger and am digging the update. It takes a killer bod to wrap yourself in “ace bandages” but I love the shimmer and it would make a woman look gorge!
look #2) Alexandre Herchcovitch
JM: I thought this collection was very conceptual rather than wearable. I liked some of the prints and some of the great military details but I don’t think you will be seeing crotch ruffles on the streets anytime soon.
look #3) William Rast
JM: I really like this look by William Rast; I would wear the entire look. Denim seems to be moving away from the overdone back pocketing and dark wash, and back to the distressed look of the 80’s. I love the tee and the jacket.
A special thanks to Jack Mackenroth for sharing his thoughts and pictures with Fashion Pulse!
— Julia DiNardo