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MAC & Milk Expanding Venue Offering for Fall 2011, Rumored To Be in Talks with IMG About Future Seasons

fashionologie — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:39:10 PST

>> MAC & Milk, the downtown centralized New York Fashion Week venue alternative to Lincoln Center, is expanding its venue offering as it heads into its fourth season. Until this season, all shows have been centralized in the Milk Studios building, but through a partnership with The Standard Hotel, MAC & Milk will have a satellite venue at the hotel's High Line Room in the Meatpacking District, set to be used by up and coming designer labels like Study NY, Bensoni, and Honor.

“We have a new lineup with some new designers, as well as a satellite operation at the Standard Hotel for presentations and shows, including some new emerging designers, which is a new dimension,” John Demsey, group president of Estee Lauder and MAC, said. “We have expanded the geographical territory of using the Meatpacking District.” Mazdack Rassi, creative director of Milk Studios, added: “It’s a community idea as well."

MAC & Milk is working on 20 Lincoln Center shows, 39 staged at MAC & Milk, and 32 off-site shows in total for the Fall 2011 season. And there may be even more big changes by next season - IMG Fashion, which currently has a five year contract to host Fashion Week at Lincoln Center, is rumored to be in talks with MAC & Milk about a partnership that would see IMG help run MAC & Milk in future seasons. Both MAC & Milk and IMG declined comment on the matter.

Fashion Week Tidbits: Marchesa Launches Handbags, Alexander Wang Is Thinking "Perv" for Spring 2010

fashionologie — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:26:43 PDT

>> New York Fashion Week is a little more than a week away, and the tidbits are flowing freely - a compilation of the highlights from the past few days:

Launches

Marchesa is launching its first accessories - 28 clutches and evening bags (above); They will retail $995 to $5,000 and are made to coordinate with the mainline dresses. [WWD]

Peter Som is making his way back, Ruffian goes Picasso »

Fall 2009 Fashion Week: Still with New Blood

fashionologie — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:18:32 PST

>> Even established designers are editing, editing, editing for Fashion Week - the number of models, the number of looks, the amount of fabric used - but the tight times aren't keeping a crop of new blood away. Joining former Bill Blass design director Prabal Gurung and Swaim and Christina Hutson, who are starting over with a new label, in the mix - alums of Central Saint Martins, FIT, and Parsons; apprentices of Marc Jacobs, J.Mendel, and Ralph Lauren; but most importantly, New York Fashion Week virgins - show us what you've got.
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Fall 2009 Fashion Week: Baubles, Baubles, Baubles

fashionologie — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:59:33 PST

>> Fall 2009 is jewelry's time to shine, judging by all of the collaborations debuting during Fashion Week. Besides Alexander Wang working with Paris Kain of AbraxasRex on "industrial," "animalistic" pieces, Bensoni commissioned Bing Bang's Anna Sheffield to do candy heart necklaces with pyramid pendants, Jason Wu enlisted Philip Crangi to add a "tough element" to his collection, Gilles Mendel and Subversive's Justin Giunta teamed up for chains and jewels to will appear on and worked into the J.Mendel collection, Eddie Borgo channeled his triangle obsession for Jen Kao, producing a sharp set of baubles - and he also working with Joseph Altuzarra. Not to mention a variety of other partners in jeweldom: Hervé Van der Straeten and Ruffian, Thakoon and Fenton's Dana Lorenz, DanniJo and Trovata, Roxanne Assouline and Brian Reyes . . .

Needless to say, the bijoux will be aplenty this season - especially because those partnerships are a good way to for jewelry designers get pieces out there without spending money - "You'll see a lot of collaborations going on with designers - like Irene Neuwirth is doing jewelry for Richard Chai - so you can see the talent at the same time," says CFDA executive director Steven Kolb.
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Cozy Up to the Cold With These Chic Sweater Dresses

Christina Perez — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 06:56:55 PST

>> The season's most versatile piece walks the line between dressy and dressed-down - and doesn't compromise on comfort. From the slim, belted styles of Fendi and A.P.C., to the fit-and-flare versions on offer from Tibi and Bensoni, there's a sweater dress for every mood. Pair with ribbed-knit tights and platform booties for a chic day-to-evening look, or, go for glam with ankle-strap pumps and statement jewels. Click through to shop 18 of the chicest sweater dresses currently online - here, in the slideshow.
Photo Courtesy of Karl Lagerfeld for Impulse at Macy's

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Victor, Victoriana - Summer's Moody Florals

Christina Perez — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:04:51 PDT

>> Play on to the dark side. Jason Wu showed inky florals for Resort 2011, Valentino offered vines of black lace for Spring 2011, and coming soon for Fall 2011? A whole host of enigmatic blossoms in dusky hues from the likes of Bensoni, Chris Benz, and Lanvin (left), just to name a few. Victorian drama, it seems, is here to stay. Slip into the long shadows of Summer with these darkly romantic pieces - and let them linger straight through Fall.

Image courtesy of Greg Kessler

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fashionologie — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:50:42 PST

>> THE MODELIZER - Calvin Klein starts shortly, so who are those exclusives? Not Ymre Stiekema - she didn't even come to New York, prompting questions as to whether she's a Prada exclusive again - but V Magazine/Supreme model search winner Addison Gill is one, and a girl from Click opening - a commenter says it's Lyndsey Scott, left, as the first ever black CK exclusive, but we'll just have to see . . . she's already done Bensoni and Malan Breton this season. [The Imagist]

UPDATE: Supposedly, commenters say, neither former Calvin Klein face Toni Garrn or current face Anna Selezneva are present.