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New York Fashion Week Tidbits: Zac Posen Downsizes Venue; Karl Lagerfeld to Make an Appearance?

fashionologie — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:26:19 PDT

>> New York Fashion Week is just about two weeks away, and the tidbits are flowing freely - a compilation of those so far:

Venue Changes

Zac Posen, who usually shows at the largest Bryant Park venue in Fashion Week's last evening slot, has switched to a 9 am slot at the much smaller Altman Building [Fashionista]
Organic, but not vegetarian: John Patrick is showing his eco-friendly Organic line in an upstairs speakeasy at iconic New York steakhouse Keens [FWD]

Alexander Wang bags a top-tier stylist »

Fall 2009 New York Trend Report: Red Is The Color Of The Season

coutorture — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:25:57 PST

From left: Lyn Devon, Ruffian, 6119 Ilana Sunderland

We just had to wait until after Valentine's Day to say this--we're thinking red is the hot color for Fall 2009. Not only have head-to-toe red looks come together from Lyn Devon and 6119 Ilana Sunderland, but, last night, Ruffian sent their red-clad models down a matching runway. Combine the monochromatic examples with the glimpses of it at Rag & Bone (and color is hard to come by with those gents), the transparent instances at Verrier, and the ruby prints at Karen Walker, and you've got yourself a pretty strong case for the color.

New York Fashion Week: Verrier Fall 2009

coutorture — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:35:55 PST

New York 02/14/09. Photos by Scott Gries/Getty Images.

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Verrier Spring 2009

coutorture — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:33:00 PDT

Verrier Spring 2009 Runway

coutorture — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:09:32 PDT

Verrier Spring 2009 Runway

Photos By:Scott Gries

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Elise Overland Spring 2009 Runway

coutorture — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:43:17 PDT

Elise Overland Spring 2009 Runway

Photos By: Scott Wintrow

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Verrier Fall 2008

coutorture — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 06:47:42 PST

Backstage at Verrier A/W 08

coutorture — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 06:36:48 PST

Ashleigh Verrier, one of our Pre-Fashion Week Video Series subjects, showed her A/W 08 collection in the tents last night. It was a dramatic presentation, where Chopin-infused ambient tunes blasted while pretty doll-like models stomped the runway. During our backstage interview, we hung around and snapped a few shots of the action before the show. It takes a lot of madness to get these pretty girls in pretty dresses. For every girl there is a makeup artist, for every makeup artist there is a camera, for every camera there is a publicist, and then there are a lot of bluetooths and paper signs. So much of these things, in fact, that we stood eating chocolate (Dove is a Verrier sponsor. Oh yeah, there are sponsors.) postulating that if one more flash went off, we would all go blind. And then we snapped one more.

Verrier Spring 2008

coutorture — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 06:49:50 PDT

Verrier Spring 2008 Fashion Show

bland --> outstand(ing)

philleif — Sun, 11 Sep 2005 11:47:00 PDT

>> So far at NY Fashion Week, things have been pretty bland among the newcomers.

Brian Reyes, the self-taught designer who has been quite hyped (he got a feature article in the New York Times a week ago or so), had a couple of decent looks -- this Grecian-inspired ivory dress, and this safari-inspired dress, for example. But over all, nothing that hadn't been seen before and will be seen again. Nothing that makes me say "me likey" and "me wantey."

Then there was Ashleigh Verrier, Parsons darling and former intern at Proenza Schouler. Again, nothing that makes my eyes zing out of their rightful homes in admiration. The first look reminds me of a fashion-conscious caped crusader, and the second tuxedo-shirt look I wanted to bring up because I saw similar looks on the United Bamboo runway. Possible trend? We'll have to wait and see. The thing is, tuxedo shirts are already here and now -- just look at the front cover of your September Lucky magazine, if you don't believe me.

Things started to improve a little bit with Project Alabama -- although this is their first runway show, they do have five years of experience under their belts that the previous two don't. When I saw the first look, I think I wet my pants a little -- maybe things were starting to look up. As it turns out, however, the first look happens to be my favorite of the whole show -- nothing else really came close. It's not bad -- the full skirt, petticoat peeking out from underneath, and harlequin-esque print were carried all throughout the show -- it's just that they didn't quite work as well together the second, third, fourth times.

Just when I felt there wasn't hope, came a breath of fresh air. Rodarte -- le sigh. I want to frolic in its gorgeousness. The two sisters who head this collection, Kate and Laura Mulleavy, like Brian Reyes, lack professional design training. I wouldn't have known if I hadn't been told -- the minimalism of the colors and designs is spot-on. The collection is partially inspired by 1960's sculptural forms -- which is no surprise, considering how well-molded the dresses are to the wearer's body. Lots of geometric shapes are involved, but in a tasteful way -- nothing is too overwhelming. In fact, it's a nice taste of sophisticated underwhelming. Beautiful, just beautiful.