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 […]
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. […]
THE SIMPLER THE INGREDIENTS—THE LESS HARMFUL A PRODUCT (minus the word ‘fragrance’ of course) We take our skin for granted. The largest organ of the human body, skin on average makes up 5% of our bodies. Each inch of skin contains 12 million cells, 250 sweat glands, 35 sebaceous glands. We breathe through […]
