Fashion Week AU

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Fashion Week is a seasonal industry. But unlike in the natural world, fashion’s seasons move with the times. Fashion Designers used to put clothes from our spring and summer collections into the stores when the weather got warm, but now we put them into stores in the middle of winter. And we put winter clothes into stores in the middle of summer. This, I believe, is just symptomatic of society at large. Everything has sped up. People have shorter concentration spans and want to see something new on a regular basis. The stores have to give their

Fashion Week Paris 10 “Fashion Moments” at Shows

©ourtesy of Morgan O’DonovanRick Owens‘ beautiful draped silhouettes and soft colours | Photos by: Morgan O’Donovan for Dazed Digital

PARIS, France — Ahh, Paris. The spiritual home of fashion where the wonderful diversity of creative ideas and fashion dreams comes together in a veritable cornucopia of collections that close off fashion month. We’ve selected ten fashion moments from the Paris Autumn/Winter 2012 collections in Paris, with photos by Morgan O’Donovan, whose camera was focused on all the goings on backstage — before, during and after the shows.

Sarah Burton continued her astounding evolution of the Alexander McQueen brand with a show focused on exploding 3-dimensional shapes. | Photos: Morgan O’Donovan 

London Fashion Week Designers sportswear trends

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Erin Mullaney cut her fashion teeth at Selfridges and Browns, iconic U.K. stores known for their cutting-edge mix of luxury designers. It’s no wonder then the current fashion and brand director for new luxury e-tailer Avenue 32 has a penchant for fashion forward looks. We caught up with Ms. Mullaney at the end of London Fashion Week to make use of her expert eye for fashion, which that morning had paired leather trousers with a leopard-print crombie. London designers remained avant garde with their collections.

What were your highlights this season? The usual suspects. London Fashion Week

New York’s Fashion Week concludes over 300 shows

(CNN) — Dark colors, bold patterns and shimmering fabrics emerged as prominent themes from New York’s Fall 2012 Fashion Week, which concluded Thursday after a packed schedule of more than 300 shows. While runway fashion tends to be over the top for most of us mere mortals, it sets the tone for what to expect in stores this fall. With around 320 shows and presentations this season — a 60% increase from five years ago, according to industry digest Business of Fashion — that’s a big pool of inspiration to draw upon. “New York Fashion Week just keeps getting bigger and bigger, and the calendar more packed,” said Leah Chernikoff, executive editor of style blog Fashionista, which had wall-to-wall coverage of Fashion Week. “There’s something nice about New York Fashion Week being so democratic — anyone with some serious hustle (and cash) can show.” Insiders dish: My most embarrassing Fashion Week moments Fashion Week also marks some of the biggest

PRABAL GURUNG @ NYC F/W

NYC Fashion Week on Saturday 2-11-2012

Prabal Gurung’s Fall/Winter 2012 collection is modeled during Fashion Week, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 in New York. Other Fashion Designers were featured as well. Follow link below for Slideshow. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin) Fashion week blogs offer the fashion blogger, schedules, highlights and photos of events. There’s even websites dedicated to all of New York Fashion Week runway fashion shows for free online. You can blog fashion Haute couture runway shows from fashion designers like Elie Saab, Marc Jacobs, Prabal Gurung, Donna Karan, Calvin Klein, Oscar de La Renta by Independent fashion eMagazines. Fashion journalism of these fashion events are well documented now because of the Online Live shows, Fashion Magazines, TV coverage and lots and lots of Independent fashion blogs and their writers are willing to share their personal

experiences. So stay tuned in February 2012 to not only New York Fashion Week but also Paris Fashion Week, London Fashion Week as well as Milan Fashion

• Fashion Week: 12 Gorgeous Looks From Prabal Gurung’s Fall 2012 Show (racked.com)

It's ….ALL the Rage

New York Fashion Week Fall 2012: Kate Spade

Designer Deborah Lloyd has really injected new energy and fun into the Kate Spade brand. For fall, she was inspired by French gamines hangin’ in the courtyard at the Palais Royale in Paris. That translated into a bright color story with lots of graphic touches, including the print on a full skirt spelling out “toutes les filles sont folles” (all the girls are mad), designed by blogger, fashion illustrator and photographer Garance Dore. One of the key looks in the collection was a pair of blazing orange pants cropped over polka dot heels, and worn with an aqua-colored cardigan. The colorful cropped pants-over-heels look is one that all the fashion girls are already wearing , and apparently, it’s going to have legs! There were lots of cute extras, too — jeweled Peter Pan collars, a puff of a marabou feather purse and sparkling fishnet tights. And the polka dot manicures were genius.  – - Booth Moore @ LaTimes.com Fashion week blogs offer the fashion blogger,

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It’s ….ALL the Rage

New York Fashion Week Fall 2012: Kate Spade

Designer Deborah Lloyd has really injected new energy and fun into the Kate Spade brand. For fall, she was inspired by French gamines hangin’ in the courtyard at the Palais Royale in Paris. That translated into a bright color story with lots of graphic touches, including the print on a full skirt spelling out “toutes les filles sont folles” (all the girls are mad), designed by blogger, fashion illustrator and photographer Garance Dore. One of the key looks in the collection was a pair of blazing orange pants cropped over polka dot heels, and worn with an aqua-colored cardigan. The colorful cropped pants-over-heels look is one that all the fashion girls are already wearing , and apparently, it’s going to have legs! There were lots of cute extras, too — jeweled Peter Pan collars, a puff of a marabou feather purse and sparkling fishnet tights. And the polka dot manicures were genius.  – - Booth Moore @ LaTimes.com Fashion week blogs offer the fashion blogger,

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Korean Design into New York FW

Photos: Concept Korea IV – Spring 2012
all photos by Kwai Chan

Korean fashion design has slowly made an inroad into New York, and it all started with the Concept Korea designer collectives that began four seasons ago.  Some designers from past seasons, such as Son Jung Wan and Parkchoonmoo, now have solo shows as part of the official Fall 2012 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week schedule.  Others are veterans of other Fashion Weeks around the world, such as the duo of Steve J. and Yoni P. who showed at the London Spring 2010 collections. For its fourth edition, Concept Korea featured the following designers in a presentation style: Son Jung Wan (who also held her second New York solo runway show later in the week), Lie Sang Bong, Steve J. and Yoni P., Doho, and Resurrection by Juyoung.  Although an understandably mixed bag in terms of aesthetics and styling with five very different design sensibilities, the collective represented South Korea’s continuing evolution in the world of fashion.  Lie Sang Bong used psychedelic shimmering neon space age cuts inspired by traditional Korean fashion, with killer matching fan clutches.  Doho chose a more ethereal route, with asymmetrical layered piles of tulle and other fabrics dominating.  Juyoung presented the only men’s collection of the five, combining color with semi-formal dress shirts.  Son Jung Wan chose to exhibit some additional looks that were not a part of her solo runway show; her commercially appealing womenswear is much better suited to this presentation format than on the catwalk.  Finally, Steve J. and Yoni P. channeled the ‘70s with their capsule collection, with flower power prints and tie-dyed dresses. – - © Story By Yuan-Kwan Chan

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Take a Peek: Pre-Fall 2012 Fashion Trends

©ourtesy of  BLOGINITY the Online Magazine

Visit BLOGINITY to get a glimpse of what’s in store for you on the Runways of Paris, NYC, Milan and London for the 2012 Fall Season. This website has got you covered. You can also get a peek at what some of your favorite Runway Models are up to. Love this site.

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Stella McCartney shows Autumn 2012 in New York City

AT AN INTIMATE PRESENTATION, COCKTAIL PARTY FOLLOWED BY HER NEW STORE OPENING, STELLA MCCARTNEY BEGAN 2012 AS SHE MEANS TO GO ON.

 

Stella McCartney’s in between seasons presentations are always something to look forward to. Her autumn 2012 collection was held in New York, at One If By Land, Two If By Sea, a restaurant often voted the most romantic in the city. Models wandered around the candlelit cocktail party drinking champagne and playing pool and backgammon. The roaring fires, huge bouquets of flowers, photography books and a jazz band playing in the corner, meant McCartney’s presentation felt more like a convivialhouse party, not a stress inducing rushed runway show. There were vegan hors d’oeuvres. McCartney’s autumn accessories collection – also vegan – were on display in a room overlooking a winter garden. – - read more

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