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September 14, 2012

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

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[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.

[Image via Scallywagandvagabond.com]

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

[Image via MBFashionWeek.com]

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, 2011

VLOV, Pamella Roland, Lyn Devon SS 2012 Collections

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VLOV by QingQing Wu
“V.L.O.V.” One by one each letter was spoken aloud to begin the VLOV SS12 runway show. QingQing Wu, a leading designer in China, markets fashion forward apparel for middle-class Chinese men aged 18 to 45. The color palette for spring was divided into two main themes. First, grey nylon made a statement representing “introspective elegance.” Monochromatic looks reined, such as charcoal wool short sleeved jackets and shorts,  along with black nylon jackets and cotton pants. For the rest of the show’s duration, blue and white dominated the runway. Sharp silhouettes incorporated “laser-cutting techniques and finish on high-tech wool, creased linens and embossed fabrications.” Said to look similar to Hugo Boss and Calvin Klein, VLOV’s fast growing China market remains its select focus.

Pamella Roland

In the 1940’s, artists Robert Motherwell and Helen Frankenthaler greatly contributed in laying the foundation for the movement of Abstract Expressionism. Inspired by the abstract notion, Pamella Roland played with special fabrics, such as perforated leather, silk and canvas faille, fils coupe and silk crepe. In choosing a solid color palette of neutral tones such as pale navy, moonrock, canvas, chalk pink, stone blue, and white, Roland allows the assortment of embellished evening and cocktail looks to speak to the polish of the collection. Full skirts and sweeping trains create movement while complementing the chic form fitting shapes of the dresses.

Lyn Devon


Lyn Devon’s passion for modernizing iconic American design remains spot on. She combined two aesthetics that are not always thought of in conjunction with one another to design a collection inspired by the“urban picnic.” What may seem to be rather ironic in theme proves to be impeccable in finish. Take for example, the basket weave pattern in citrus (as cute as it is clever!). Picnic prints, leather “blue jeans”, rompers and flirty swim inspired silhouettes meet sleek, edgy metallic. Pops of color like limeade, poppy and chambray blue would make any city girl attending a rooftop picnic and be the talk of the gathering.
–Alana Quagliariello

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