Shrouded in mystery, four designers and their collections travelled to New York from Turkey to unveil their first fashion week show. Little is known about the four: Buket Özkalfalar Barut, Gökhan İldeniz, Ece Kavran and Fırat Neziroğlu who did a group show under the alias Turkish Designers. This year Turkey was represented in two shows. […]
I had high hopes for this show. It was curated by none other than Kelly Cutrone, and one of the first people I saw upon arrival was Miss Jay Alexander. I was greeted by the noise of Garbage and Sonic Youth, also promising (though not the mood-setter I would’ve picked for such a high class […]
After gazing at the clothes modelled in Calvin Luo’s fall-winter 2019 collection, three words seemed to outline for me most of the pieces: in alphabetical order, plaids-solids-stripes. They conjure up the lasting image for me, even though there were a few eyebrow-raising items that featured animal prints, the designer’s name in a series of patterns, […]
The Council of Aspiring American Fashion Designers (CAAFD) is a non-profit organization whose goal is to bolster aspiring fashion designers and in their own words, “help those emerging designers get a foot in the door.” Chelsea Piers was packed and of the three designers presenting, the first was Mouton Blanc. In French, mouton blanc […]
In the early 1970’s, a movement was wriggling around in the United Kingdom. Strutting onto the scene in platform boots, and bellbottoms came Glam Rock. Just a little south-east, at the end of that very same decade, Turkey was developing their first feminist movement. Fast forward to Sunday, four decades later, Turkish designer Hakan Akkaya […]
I New York’s “cool kids” are gathered outside in 28 degree weather for the Seven Crash fashion show. Seven Crash is a Chinese streetwear brand and this show is its New York Fashion Week debut. As the line grows and grows, so do the moans and complaints of the crowd. It is cold, and some […]
There are many different genres of music that the public likes to jam out to on any given day. Some prefer to bop along to the latest pop hit, while others prefer the soothing canting of jazz. Others are more interested in the introspective musings of blues, with some canting away to a trusty country […]
At first, a hardware store hardly seems an appropriate venue for a runway. However, for Amanda Mehl’s AW19 show, “Love Handles,” the wrenches, paint samples, and fake grass at Garber’s made the perfect environment. The industrial surroundings provided an intense juxtaposition to the prominently featured animal prints and faux fur. These animalistic elements were paired […]