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Ann Demeulemeester Ready To Wear 2011
By Tim Blanks
“Graphic abstraction” was Ann Demeulemeester’s catchphrase for Spring. The makeup, the hair, the music contributed to a mood that was like silent-movie expressionism: stark and dark. It inspired a strong show...
Alexandre Herchcovitch Spring 2011 Ready To Wear
Alexandre Herchcovitch is no stranger to color. In fact, you could say that color is more like a trusted and reliable family member in the Brazilian designer’s house. For Spring, he approached it in a pure way, making it his sole focus....
Cesar Galindo Spring 2010 Collection: *Photos & Video*
For Spring 2010 Galindo takes you on a journey back into the future but with today’s fun and creative ease of styles, colors, textures and designs. Impeccably tailored cocktail dresses, gowns & suitings- a Galindo trademark are exquisitely...
Christian Dior Couture Fall 2009
If anyone ever pondered the question of how a Dior couture show would play minus the smoke, mirrors, deafening music, extravagant sets, and locations—and haven’t we all?—now we know. For Fall, John Galliano took the collection back...
Chanel Resort 2010
A cruise show on a boardwalk snaking along the Venice Lido with the sun about to set, gentle waves rolling in, and a whisper of a breeze to make sinuous shapes flutter in movement…it couldn’t have been a more poetic or, given the times,...
Givenchy Resort 2010 Collection
Resort 2010
Riccardo Tisci showed a resort collection which took cues from North Africa. What this translated to at Givenchy were beautifully draped, gauzy pieces offset by more statement making head-to-toe printed looks. Russian newcomer Ranya...
Giorgio Armani Resort 2010
Nobody cuts a jacket and trousers like Giorgio Armani. He exploded onto the scene when Richard Gere wore his suits in 1980’s American Gigolo, and today he’s Italy’s most successful fashion designer. Impeccable tailoring renders his men’s...
Bruno Pieters 2009/2010 Autumn/Winter Line
Bruno Pieters has taken his mathematical approach to his collections to a more serious level with his Fall/Winter 2009-10 advertising campaign. Geometry and restraint hold firm in this campaign staring Anouck Lepere, where the Belgium designers...
Emilio Pucci Resort 2010
Peter Dundas’ mission for Resort was twofold—to take the Emilio Pucci girl to the seaside and to firm up the new image that he began establishing at the house for Fall. The second goal informed the first: Even the beachiest of looks—rolled-hem...
Phillip Lim Resort 2010
The rock chick of Phillip Lim’s Fall collection has landed on the beach. “She’s a pirate,” says the designer, pointing out the patchwork denim, the antique lace, and the “sun-bleached” florals and lamés....
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