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Risto Bimbiloski – Fall 2011

Elegance and fun mix themselves here just like it is when trying on mom’s more sophisticated pieces and making them your own.

story by Dana Varon
photos by Ned & Aya Rosen

As described in his forward, Risto Bimbiloski’s Fall 2011 collection draws upon rebellious youth party days going through mom’s sophisticated closet on her way into the city and maybe even living in the suburban woods where the deer, and baby deer, are along with their horns and back uptown again. At least that’s how I see it, but it could be almost any city.

Elegance and fun mix themselves here just like it is when trying on mom’s more sophisticated pieces and making them your own. Beautiful sumptuous suits, blouses and dresses in creamy one toned buttermilk’s and Bambi and horn prints frolic alone and with each other. The Bambi print so reminiscent of the baby deer that you can see it’s underbelly and also spotted details especially on the coinciding silky pant and blouse suit. Buttery tan wool and silk robe like long coats and wide leg pants with black leather bands and drawstrings are adult with edge. Double sided braids are a little refined and a little radical. Perfectly oversized sweaters with strips of color on the bodice and on oversized wrist puffed sleeves hint a visit into dad’s closet too but with more luxurious fabric, cut and color play. Takes on windbreakers and jumpers take you back to teen years. Shiny gold ear sized pieces garner an attention to flash with fur-paneled shoes, a change from last season’s plexiglas. Continue reading “Risto Bimbiloski – Fall 2011”

RAD by Rad Hourani – Fall 2011

Hourani’s Fall 2011 collection plays with the option of enabling one to shape their own world on their body. Known for extending beyond traditional limits, he pushes them to create new barrier breaking ideas. His clothing offers another way to look at fashion and how it is worn. This season offers even more shapes and a bit more looseness, through still impeccable and interesting cuts.

story by Dana Varon
phots by Ned & Aya Rosen

Rad Hourani is rad. He considers himself an artist, not just of one craft, but of many, which is evident not only in his clothing designs but his photos, videos, exhibits and other projects. His entity is clearly a multi-sensory experience of sight, touch, sound and smell. Often experimenting with gender, shapes, and form in his designs, he has stated, “I like the idea of a world where we can live and shape ourselves, only by observing, each on our own.” Continue reading “RAD by Rad Hourani – Fall 2011”

Zang Toi – Fall 2011

New York audiences rarely clap during runway events, let alone “ooh” and “ah,” but those sounds could be heard repeatedly throughout Zang Toi’s Fall 2011 show, starting with the first look down the runway, a floor-length Loro Piana wool cape with fox collar, topping bootleg pants and a cashmere and silk ribbed turtleneck – all in shades of camel. That was one of 33 mostly monotone combinations in nude, camel, charcoal and black, a few sparked with emerald. Toi collared some daywear pieces with mink or fox and embellished some eveningwear with beads and crystals. All – even the three menswear ensembles — emanated glamour and elegance, adjectives which Toi calls his signature look.

story by Kari Jensen
photos by Freda Henry

Carlos Miele – Fall 2011

A runway full of gorgeous gowns and sexy separates. Mr. Miele works a design concept as well as any designer in fashion today.

story by Seth Friedermann
photos by Freda Henry

What’s the winter like in Rio? Some fashion designers from tropical climes often have a difficult time understanding a fall-winter wardrobe. The technical demands of garments for Boston Common in late January must seem very alien at first to a son of a sun drenched country like Brazil. However, Carlos Miele has been showing internationally for ten years and lives in the Chelsea neighborhood in New York City, so he now completely comprehends the way to keep a brittle Battery Park breeze from getting in the way of the joy of wearing his his glamorous gowns. And Mr. Miele does understand that most of his red carpet stunners are only out of the limo for a few seconds before they glide into an A-list party while a wall of flashes fire in any event. To be sure there were nods to the inhospitable nature of a serious winter in his fall 2011 collection, but overall it was classic Carlos Miele, as a runway full of gorgeous gowns and sexy separates. Continue reading “Carlos Miele – Fall 2011”

Sachin + Babi – Fall 2011

The husband and wife design duo, Sachin + Babi Ahluwalia, combined a fascination for vintage Harley Davidson motorbikes with a desire for luxe fabrics and leather accents for their Fall 2011 collection. Renowned for their textural and innovative ready to wear, accessories, and ethnic inspired home- furnishings, they elegantly created a dynamic tension with a gritty twist.

story by Carmella Bella McDonald
photos by Freda Henry

Timo Weiland – Fall 2011

The Timo Weiland fall 2011 collection was an impressive step forward for the label’s designers Timo Weiland and Alan Eckstein. The cuts, details, and fabric treatments spoke to an increasing maturity and level of sophistication.

story by Seth Friedermann
photos by Adrianna Favero

One of the great joys of being privileged to go to fashion shows season after season is the opportunity to watch talented designers grow as artists, to see them pare away what is superfluous or unnecessary and to grow stronger and stronger in their signature touches and their overall artistic self expression. The Timo Weiland fall 2011 collection was an impressive step forward for the label’s designers Timo Weiland and Alan Eckstein. The cuts, details, and fabric treatments spoke to an increasing maturity and level of sophistication. Continue reading “Timo Weiland – Fall 2011”

Toni Fransesc – Fall 2011

There are girls and then there are women. Toni Fransesc proved once again, with his Fall 2011 collection, that he dresses the later and not the former.

story by Seth Friedermann
photos by Freda Henry

There are girls and then there are women. Toni Fransesc proved once again, with his Fall 2011 collection, that he dresses the later and not the former. His clothes are imaginative and yet restrained, bold and yet any of his pieces fit easily into a real woman’s everyday wardrobe. Continue reading “Toni Fransesc – Fall 2011”

Elise Øverland – Fall 2011

The clothes were madly colorful and bright. In a way, they could look kind of theatrical, but she managed to keep them very elegant and wearable. She chose to use textiles like silk, fur, feathers, and plastic, and the clothes were all very innovatively-designed and well-tailored. One piece that stood out was a grassy coat with shiny plasticky wings on the waist, well-fit and nicely-structured. Another chic look was a bright orange silk dress, which was also in one of the figure skaters. There was also this ostrich-looking feather skirt that would certainly keep the skater warm and happy even in this icy ice rink.

story by Kerry Kong
photos by Adrianna Favero

Fashion + ice = Elise Øverland’s fall 2011. Her show has always been fun and entertaining, and, this time, she took a step further by taking her creativity to the ice rink at the Standard Hotel. This show was not like any other fashion show this season. It was a fashion performance – an igloo as the backdrop, her models stood still in heels on the ice rink while figure skaters from the Ice Theater of New York skated around and in-between them in her designs. Continue reading “Elise Øverland – Fall 2011”

Billy Reid – Fall 2011

This is just what you get when you take a Southern gentleman and transport him into New York City.

story by Dana Varon
photos by Aeric Meredith Goujon

This is just what you get when you take a Southern gentleman and transport him into New York City. Not only is Billy Reid a transplant, but so is everything in his downtown store’s digs. So, it seems just right that he also constructed everything on his set for his Fall 2011 show. Feeling like you are in an old Southern home, models traipsed around dark wood benched tables and treaded on warm wood floors. Above hung an old weathered painting of your great grandpa who was a colonel or something but amongst it is the cleanest, crispest line. The fresh-faced boys were right at home with their more grown up school kid navy blazers, cords and cabled turtlenecks. Caramel tan cowboy leather jackets look well worn and winsome wingtip loafers walk by. Washed navy selvedge chinos cuffed at the ankle bring back the pants in a cuter way. For the girls Mr. Reid wanted the classic men tailored pieces to be more romantic, with French seams and floating fabrics. Double silk georgette oversized blouses, and un-dyed velvet dinner jackets are more ladylike and luxe.

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Mik Cire – Fall 2011

Designer Eric Kim is pretty active and outgoing (surfing and skating are his favorites), and he created a fall 2011 Mik Cire collection that allows a lot of movements. But Mr. Kim likes his clothes to fit really snug to the body, and he found a solution for that – putting elastic in the seam.

story by Kerry Kong
photos by Adrianna Favero

Designer Eric Kim is pretty active and outgoing (surfing and skating are his favorites), and he created a fall 2011 Mik Cire collection that allows a lot of “movements.” But Mr. Kim likes his clothes to fit really snug to the body, and he found a solution for that – putting elastic in the seam. “So you can actually move around instead of locking into a position like a statue,” he explained in a clam voice. Continue reading “Mik Cire – Fall 2011”