Babel Fair – New York
story by Alexandra Dawes
photos by Adrianna Favero
Avant-garde Nolita boutique Babel Fair has found a knack for bringing their customers hard-to-find edgy clothing, accessories, and other treasures.
story by Alexandra Dawes
photos by Adrianna Favero
Avant-garde Nolita boutique Babel Fair has found a knack for bringing their customers hard-to-find edgy clothing, accessories, and other treasures.
story by Boris Marberg and Alexandra Dawes
photos by Boris Marberg and Wolfgang Wöhrle
Parallel to the running of New York Fashion Week, the modaCYCLE Europe team covered the Swiss trade fair “Natur” in Basel. The highlight of that event was the big gala on February 12th, a platform for the “Schweizer Prix NATURE”, which is honoring sustainable projects. … Continue Reading
story by Faith Bowman
photos by Charles Beckwith
Shortly after New York Fashion Week, Harlem’s Fashion Row geared up to present collections by emerging designers at a fine arts venue in Harlem called The Gatehouse. Operated by a collective dedicated to promoting Harlem’s enduring influence and contribution to the fashion world, Fashion Row featured four lines, including one by recent Project Runway alum Epperson. … Continue Reading
interview by Alexander Palacios
photos by Boris Marberg and Alexander Palacios
Our team was in Zurich again recently for the Blickfang trade show, where new designers try to find their footing in the local and regional markets. A very solid new knitwear designer we’ve seen before several times, Christina Krämer, did a preview of her Fall/Winter 2010 collection during the fair. Alex was able to interview her backstage at the show. … Continue Reading
photos and interview by Charles Beckwith
photo editing by Faith Bowman
I recently had the opportunity to view the Spring 2010 Badgley Mischka Bride collection in the Badgley Mischka showroom during New York Bridal Market Week. After the show, I was able to ask designers Mark Badgley and James Mischka a few questions about their collection and recent shifts in the wedding fashion market. This show also included eight new bridal looks from their lower price point Mark & James line.
story by Boris Marberg
photos by Boris Marberg and Alexander Palacios
Thursday November 12th, 2009 – the tenth annual Swiss Textiles Awards ceremony took place in Zurich. The event is produced by The Swiss Textile Federation, which is the leading trade association for textile producers in Switzerland, with about 200 companies counted in its membership. The finalists for the Stella Contemporary Fashion Award this year were Erdem, Alexis Mabille, Ohne Titel, Thakoon Panichgul, Peter Pilotto, and Alexander Wang. During the last ten years the award went through several conceptual changes, but it is now one of the most prestigious garment design awards in the world, as well as one of the most financially attractive competitions for rising star designers, with its 100.000€ (U.S. $150,000) prize. … Continue Reading
story by Boris Marberg
photos by Boris Marberg
On her blog, Stoffwandler designer Claudia Zuber described this event as bringing together “scent, fashion and landscape architecture.”
story by Wolfgang Wöhrle and Charles Beckwith
photos by Wolfgang Wöhrle
Our modaCYCLE team in Europe has taken a strong interest in the work of designer Michael Michalsky. Already quite well known in Germany, his shows being dependably the highlight of Berlin Fashion Week for a while now, he is branching out a bit and recently showed selections from his Fall 2009 and Spring 2010 collections together in a small introductory sort of show in Zurich, Switzerland. This buyers review in the Swiss commercial capitol is his first show with the Michalsky label outside of Germany. … Continue Reading
story by Boris Marberg
photos by Wolfgang Wöhrle, Boris Marberg, and Alexander Palacios
The finale of the Swiss Elite Model Look contest took place last week at the Maag Music Hall in Zurich. Several hundred girls applied for the Swiss contest, which will lead to the world finale in China in October. Unlike myriad beauty competitions or TV model “reality” shows, the result of the Elite Model Look competition is often a real opportunity for the winners to enter the business as established models. Some of the world’s top models have emerged from this contest over the years. … Continue Reading
A Sultry Swiss Mix on The Shores of Lake Zurich
Story and Photos by Boris Marberg and Wolfgang Wöhrle
On a windy early summer evening, we came to the financial capital of Switzerland, on the shores of picturesque Lake Zurich, ever with the Alps in the background. The new swimwear, lingerie, and knitwear collections of the Swiss labels Lyn and Christina Krämer were presented in a tandem show at the city’s 19th century women’s baths, the Frauenbadi, down on the river Limat, which divides historic downtown Zurich.
story and photos by Sandy Ramirez
One of the benefits of living in New York City is seeing the work of a lot of rising star designers. One such label is Sachika, run by twin sisters To-Tam and To-Nya Ton-Nu. I met the twins during Fashion Week, did a short interview with them, and marveled at the simple, yet elegant dresses they wore to the shows each day. … Continue Reading
by Veronika Gombert
photos by Boris Marberg
German designer Michael Michalsky chose an unusual location to present his Fall/Winter 2009 collection for Berlin Fashion Week. The Zionskirche is an old church in serious need of renovation, and it perfectly set the stage for “Saints and Sinners.”
The impetus for this particular collection was a reaction by the designer to Pope Benedict XVI’s archaic stand on homosexuality. Priestly robes and The Church’s current ideas about sin were literally his afflatus, from which the new collection arose. … Continue Reading
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