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Preen Goes In With '90s Grunge, Comes Out with Neon Pink for Spring 2010

fashionologie — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:09:11 PDT

>> The rain is beastly today, but that didn't keep Trish Goff or Alexa Chung - who arrived with her hair soaked - from the front row; Justin Thornton and Thea Bregazzi's baby, too, had a front row seat atop a minder's lap. Anna Selezneva opened the '90s grunge-inspired show, which featured dresses in holographic prints, lots of texture in both the fabric and ruffled panels curving around skirts and pieced onto dresses, and a finale full of highlighter pink. Cut-out wedge sandals finished off every look. Now, the question becomes: who's going to dare to wear the metallic silver Barberella-esque bustier dress?

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Preen Doesn't Mess With Success for Cruise 2010

fashionologie — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:42:01 PDT

>> Justin Thornton and Thea Bregazzi found a hit with their Preen "Power" bandage dress and siphoned that success into this year's diffusion line Preen Line - which has been doing so well the designers are said to be mulling a separate runway show for it at the upcoming London Fashion Week. The same line of thought - reworking what already works - is how they approached their Cruise 2010 collection - hence their trademark bandage minidresses, cutouts, and shimmery fabrics from past seasons made new with a little texture.

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Preen Fall 2009 Stars a Chubby, Two More Comeback Models

fashionologie — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:21:51 PST

>> There was an "icon revival" casting call this season, and so far, Trish Goff, Tasha Tilberg, Natasa Vojnovic, Christina Kruse, and Hannelore Knuts have all been circulating the runways; joining a couple of the aforementioned this morning at Preen: 38-year-old '90s androgynous icon Kirsten Owen and early-'00s Belgian face Anne Catherine Lacroix - who else will show up next?

Also making appearances at Preen - Kanye West, who was a no-show for his front row seat at United Bamboo yesterday morning, Anne Christensen's kids, who played with the clear plastic covering the runway before the show, and Sir Philip Green, who raised eyebrows yesterday at Alexander Wang and is in town for the big Topshop press conference tomorrow morning.

In addition to their stellar standby cut-out minidresses and pleated pants, Justin Thorton and Thea Bregazzi did some experimenting for Fall 2009 - a big, bold, houndstooth print appeared more than a couple of times, and there was a surprising set of candy-colored rainbow dresses toward the end. Pronounced shoulders, random patches of fur on jackets, bold metallics, and cut-out leggings emerged here in addition to other runways - those and structured, uneven hems - see Karlie Kloss's miniskirt; trends in the making? And for the showstopper: a seriously chubby pastel fur chubby, worn by Anja Rubik.
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Preen: Pregnant with Pretty for Spring 2009

fashionologie — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:27:57 PDT

>> It's hard to imagine being pregnant and designing hot little minidresses for other women to wear, but when you're Thea Bregazzi, one half of design duo Preen, and those hot little minidresses happen to be what your label is known for, that's just what you do.

The heavily expectant Thea stayed across the pond in London while her partner in design and life, Justin Thornton, carried on with the label's show today. He carried it well - everything went smoothly, save a slight wardrobe malfunction for Anja Rubik and the confusion that ensued at the end of the show, when Justin didn't appear at the end of the runway and no one knew when to start the final applause.

As for the clothes, the dresses with intricate paneled cutouts and peekaboo zipper slats, the piquante shots of tomato red, and the sexily laced up pleated skinny pants came together for a more refined collection than we have seen from Preen in the last couple of seasons. Maybe Thea should be pregnant more often . . .
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Kate Moss Gets In a Little Boss Time in Ibiza

fashionologie — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:24:18 PDT

»Kate Moss spent yesterday hanging out in Ibiza with Sir Philip Green and his daughter Chloe [PopSugar]

»Gisele Bundchen is making a one-of-a-kind calendar of herself for Tom Brady's birthday [OK! Magazine]

»A "major plan by a very directional client" is being built around Toni Garrn [TI]

»Bee Shaffer celebrated her 21st birthday dinner last night at Morandi [FWD]

»Sean Avery is now dating Calvin Klein's ex-wife, Kelly Klein [Page Six]

»The Preen show at New York Fashion Week will be minus Thea Bregazzi, who is staying London to have her and fellow Preen designer-cum-partner Justin Thornton's baby [Style File]

»Despite rumors to the contrary, Andre Leon Talley does not dress Michelle Obama [Style File]

»Taylor Momsen, Miu Miu campaign girl in the making? [Fashionista]

»Sass & Bide have pulled out of New Fashion Week [FWD]
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Preen Fall 2010: All About the Bustier Bandeau

fashionologie — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:49:57 PST

>> Just after the blaringly strong lights went up at Preen, signalling the start of the show, a yell came from the photographer's pit - "Move out of the way!" - as someone scurried back to their seat. Luckily for said photographer, Justin Thornton and Thea Bregazzi like to start their show out with a long stretch of music, building anticipation.

There would be no Preen without a multitude of cutout dresses - this time cut deep enough to reveal the side of a breast or a stretch of nude underwear - but the collection as a whole seemed to be built around the underwired bandeau bra. Turtlenecks (which have made appearances in a lot of shows so far) were cropped short to reveal the bandeau, floral dresses hung lose so that the bandeau could peek through, and some dresses had the bandeau built in over the top of draped fabric. There was also a more tailored element - likely thanks to a collaboration with Savile Row tailor Gieves and Hawkes. And Nicholas Kirkwood contributed the shoes.

But clothes aside, Preen is also watched for its cast - at a dinner post-show, the designers admitted they like showing in New York because they have access to top caliber models not available in London. Hanne Gaby Odiele seemed to be having fun on their runway: after her first turn, she squinted from the bright lights and cracked a small smile, and in the finale, she was smiling and clearly trying to hold back a laugh.

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