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Nanette Lepore – Spring 2012 Review- The Electric Ladies

“We kept looking back at the colors from our past, and they just weren’t bright enough!” Nanette Lepore was hungry for color this season. Not just any color, but seared into your memory if you saw the woman for five seconds on the street color. This neon collection crackled with electricity and featured myriad cuts and finishes, which I am becoming tempted to refer to as “Leporeisims.”

View the full collection in our Photo Gallery.

story by Seth Friedermann
photos by Adrianna Favero

“We kept looking back at the colors from our past, and they just weren’t bright enough!” Nanette Lepore was hungry for color this season. Not just any color, but seared into your memory if you saw the woman for five seconds on the street color. This neon collection crackled with electricity and featured myriad cuts and finishes, which I am becoming tempted to refer to as “Leporeisims.” For example, a double level cascading wave pleat that peeked out from below a waist jacket, done in a thin pink and white lined print. The lapels owed something to the 20th century, and the cut and pleats to the 19th. Mrs. Lepore’s work is always full of such flounces, frills, and flights of fancy, but never even comes remotely close to tipping over into costume. Her designs are not affectations, they are for real women who are serious about having fun. This is, of course, because Mrs. Lepore herself is fun and serious at the same time. She is a passionate and committed woman, whether it is in her work with Save The Garment Center or in her own collections.

Her Spring 2012 collection is perfectly suited for the woman who, around early April, has gone a little mad from the winter and needs to explode in a rage of spring expression. Bright pinks, fiery oranges, and bold blues, mixed with stripes and fascinating multicolored layered fabrics, to create a jolt to the senses.

Bows, and shaped layers of lace added very effective three-dimensional elements to the pieces, which breathed just that much more volume into a collection which was already quite in full voice. There is always a sense of adventure present in Nanette Lepore’s work. She creates designs for the woman who understands that life is what you make it and that there is no such thing as an ordinary moment if you refuse to allow one to happen. It was by far one of Mrs. Lepore’s boldest collections of late and reinforced her stature as one of the top designers working in America today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nanette Lepore – Fall 2011

There was a lightness and breath of breezy contentment to Nanette Lepore’s Fall 2011 collection. Creative and clever detailing provide a compelling complexity that once again points out, although Mrs. Lepore is justly famous for fun and breezy clothing, she is a serious thinker and designer. Each piece felt complete and fully realized. This season was laden with meaning for Nanette Lepore, as it was inspired by her late mother and in many ways felt as much of a celebration of her life as it did any sort of austere memorial.

story by Seth Friedermann
photos by Adrianna Favero

There was a lightness and breath of breezy contentment to Nanette Lepore’s Fall 2011 collection. Creative and clever detailing provide a compelling complexity that once again points out, although Mrs. Lepore is justly famous for fun and frilly clothing, she is a serious thinker and designer. Each piece felt complete and fully realized. This season was laden with meaning for Nanette Lepore, as it was inspired by her late mother and in many ways felt as much of a celebration of her life as it did any sort of austere memorial. Continue reading “Nanette Lepore – Fall 2011”

Nanette Lepore – Spring 2011

Can joy be an element of design? There was a special feel from the moment John Forte and his band began their cool funk jazz set which accompanied the Nanette Lepore Spring 2011 runway show. The premiere of a Nanette Lepore collection is always a vibrant and lively affair, but it’s usually her bright palette, fun prints, and comfortable and imaginative clothes that carry the tune.

story by Seth Friedermann
photos by Sandy Ramirez

Can joy be an element of design? There was a special feel from the moment John Forte and his band began their cool funk jazz set which accompanied the Nanette Lepore Spring 2011 runway show. The premiere of a Nanette Lepore collection is always a vibrant and lively affair, but it’s usually her bright palette, fun prints, and comfortable and imaginative clothes that carry the tune. As the models swayed in the wings to the music and sashayed down the runway, the consistent upbeat spirit of Nanette Lepore was easily confirmed. There is always a spark in a Nanette Lepore design, a relaxed and fresh feel that has enough structure and enough construction to not become too simple or seem homespun. In the end it’s the level of thoughtfulness that has carried Nanette Lepore’s label to its increasingly secure position in the marketplace. Whether it’s swimwear or separates, dresses, or blouses there are always distinctive details and the creation of visual appeal that is balanced with comfort and ease of wear. Continue reading “Nanette Lepore – Spring 2011”

Nanette Lepore – Fall 2010 – New York

Lepore’s collection was a little heavy in frills and ruffles; however, with it’s successful nod to the 1960’s psychedelic era, she was successfully able to pull the collection in through the heavy use of velvet, sweeping, full skirts, and use of a shiny gold and brown palette.

story by Alexandra Dawes
photos by Sandy Ramirez
interview by Sandy Ramirez
photo editing byAlexandra Dawes

Nanette Lepore sent down a solid Fall 2010 collection for New York Fashion Week, harkening back to the Italian Renaissance and the mid to late 1960s Sargent Pepper era with exceptional use of military and velvet detailing.

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