Araks Spring 2009 Preview
@ 10:09 pm August 28, 2008Filed under: News
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DALLAS, Aug 28, 2008 / FW/ — Jockey uniforms and the dress of historical Jamestown inspired Araks Yeramyan for Spring 2009. Deep saturated shades of plum and black mingle together with pops of hot pink, teal, lemon, and light gray.
If it sounds incongruent to you, it’s not surprising. Araks has a penchant for mixing dissimilar elements and characteristics to create memorable pieces.
Take her famous lingerie line. Very feminine aesthetics on luxe innerwear, Araks has incorporated durability in the mix. Durable is an adjective not usually associated with the word luxury. Yet, Araks makes it work!
Perhaps its because to Araks, fashion is about allowing people to express their identity, wherein clothes are a mere extension of a woman’s character and personality.
Catching up with Araks Yeramyan before fashion week, the New York-based designer discussed more of her design philosophy with FashionWindows.
What is fashion for?
Fashion allows people to express their identity
If you were not a fashion designer, what would you be?
An anthropologist
If you were allowed to design ONLY ONE item of clothing and/or accessory, which would it be?
panties
If the fashion gods told you to banish ONE item of clothing and/or accessory forever, which would it be?
crocs
When someone says Aphrodite or Ares, everyone knows they are referring to the Goddess of Love and the God of War, respectively. If you were going to give the fashion god a name, what would it be? Will the fashion god be male or female or neither?
miucca
ARAKS READY-TO-WEAR SPRING 2009
Tuesday. Sep 9, 2008 3:00 PM
Altman Building
135 West 18th St. (between 6th & 7th Ave)
New York, NY
[MARI DAVIS]
Photo courtesy of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
A Stellar Front Row Expected at Jill Stuart
@ 4:42 am August 28, 2008Filed under: News
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NEW YORK, Aug 28, 2008 / FW/ — Autumn Reeser, Heather Graham, Jessica Szhor, Zoe Saldana are among the Hollywood A-listers and New York’s elite expected at Jill Stuart’s catwalk presentation on Monday, September 8 at 12:00 noon at the New York Public Library.
A native New Yorker, Jill Stuart is known for her fun and sexy looks that puts sensuality front and center. For Spring 2009, celebrity make-up artist Charlotte Tilbury, will be behind the scenes creating unforgettable looks.
With the models’ hairstyles created by Bob Recine and runway styling by Joanne Blades, the Spring 2009 Jill Stuart collection promises to be memorable.
JILL STUART Spring 2009
Monday, Sep 8, 2008, 12:00 NN
Astor Hall at the New York Public Library
11 West 40th Street between 5th & 6th
New York, NY
[EDGARDO HERNANDEZ]
Photo courtesy of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
Ports 1961 Beloved of the Sky
@ 9:31 pm August 27, 2008Filed under: News
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DALLAS, Aug 27, 2008 / FW/ — For Spring 2009, Tia Cibani returns to Port 1961’s Canadian roots as she takes inspiration from the works of Canadian artist Emily Carr.
Born in Victoria, British Columbia, Emily Carr (1871 – 1945), was one of the first artists to attempt to capture the spirit of Canada in modern style. Carr’s work specializes in her awareness of Canadian native culture through a number of works representing the British Columbian rainforest as well as expressionist paintings, totem poles and other artifacts stemming from the culture of the Native people of the Pacific North West.
Carr’s main themes in her mature work were natives and nature: “native totem poles set in deep forest locations or sites of abandoned native villages” and, later, “the large rhythms of Western forests, driftwood-tossed beaches and expansive skies”.
So, what can we expect from Tia Cibani for Spring 2009? A blend of painterly skill and vision with high fashion.
[MARI DAVIS]
Tia Cibani on the runway Fall 2008
Photo courtesy of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
Has Fashion Become a Sport?
@ 9:53 pm August 26, 2008Filed under: Op-Ed
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DALLAS, Aug 26, 2008 / FW/ — First, it was at the red carpet where the burning question is ‘who are you wearing?’ With the advent of streaming video, the internet played a big role. Between television and digital media, everyone can sit at the ‘front row’ in the comfort of their homes.
And then of course, one of the ‘Mad Men’ thought of the Skybox. A special place inside the tents at Bryant Park, American Express members who were lucky enough to buy the fashion week package when it went on sale, can see the show in person.
Finally, ‘celebrity watching,’ a sport by itself has also become a part of watching the front row and part of the report for fashion week. True, veteran fashion journalists like Suzy Menkes and Cathy Horyn do not mention celebrities unless he or she has reached the level of Nicole Kidman.
Still, when these journalists who sit on the highest place in the fashion totem pole are forced to report if Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are sitting front row shows that the status of the hemline is not enough to keep the fashionistas sated.
Times are changing and the fashion world is not immune to it. There has to be ‘more’ in the report than just how high or low the hemline is, how big the sleeves are, or how many buttons there are. Fashion trends are not just about colors anymore; it’s also about celebrities wearing them.
So perhaps, it is not surprising that celebrities like Jennifer Lopez and Lauren Conrad put their name in clothes that they ‘supposedly’ designed. Lauren Conrad’s supporters are even happy to report that their favorite celebrity go and visit the studio at least ONE HOUR a day to check all the designs.
Everyone knows in the fashion business that designing is a full time job and that ONE HOUR a day is nowhere near enough when creating a collection. Yet, it is these celebrities who take a bow at the end of the runway show!
To their fans, it is the epitome of creativity. To fashion journos and of course serious designers, celebrity labels had made a travesty of the creative process.
Unfortunately, though we might disagree, there is no turning back to the time when only real talents like Yves Saint Laurent, Gianni Versace and Ralph Lauren rule the catwalk. Fashion has become a sport and even fashion’s inner circle has to live with fashion labels based on a popular name and not on design talent.
But, there is hope because as we know, Mother Nature always fights back. One day, a celebrity will arrive at the scene and he or she truly has the gift of fashion design.
[MARI DAVIS]
Artistic Reese’s Pieces
@ 8:53 pm August 25, 2008Filed under: News
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DALLAS, Aug 25, 2008 / FW/ — Was it only five years ago when as a fledgling fashion journo I came across some Tracy Reese’s pieces and I just fell in love with them. Ten seasons had passed then and Tracy Reese continues to enthrall without fail.
Perhaps its because Tracy Reese herself never stops. Through the years, her collections has taken the natural path of progression, thanks to the designer’s quest for that perfect look.
For Spring 2009, Tracy Reese is continues on that path with a proposal of delicate yet sophisticated pieces that emanate modern romance.
Pastel prints inspired by Japanese art feature chrysanthemums and hazy blue skies while structured leather is softened with touches of leaf appliqué. Relaxed and draped silhouettes feature hues of a sumptuous green garden that are intensified with Van Gogh inspired prints of the same palette.
Summer comes full circle with architectural shapes and defined prints of sleek stripes and laser cut lace.
TRACY REESE Catwalk show
Sunday, Sep 7, 2008 12:00 NN
The Promenade
Bryant Park
New York, NY