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Venexiana – Fall 2012 – Kati’s Heavy Metal Lace Elegance

The most packed house I’ve ever seen in the Studio space in the tents at Lincoln Center created a charged atmosphere that awaited the Fall 2012 collection of designer Kati Stern’s label Venexiana. Stern stands out quite a bit from every other designer at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. She does things her own way and is utterly indifferent to any and every convention in fashion. Mrs. Stern is a lover of the excessive and the over the top, and her clothes mirror this attitude in every respect.

view the full collection in our Photo Gallery

story by Seth Friedermann
photos by Adrianna Favero
web editor Rachel Reneé

Venexiana – Designer Feature

Venexiana designer Kati Stern is a forthright woman with a handful of seemingly unrelated passions. Fashion designer, architect, classical pianist. Born in Budapest and influenced equally by Venice and the violent sounds at CBGB’s, her designs are red carpet classics but always it’s elegance with an edge.

story and styling by Seth Friedermann
photos by Aeric Meredith-Goujon
makeup by Samantha Lennon and Jewel Whinfield
hair by Damon Alfonso
models are Sietzka and Kristina from Fenton Moon
location is Brooklyn Motor Works

Venexiana – Fall 2011

Despite her punk rock passion and her love of the aggressive and theatrical Ms. Stern is very considered and calculated in her designs.

story by Seth Friedermann
photos Freda Henry

Venexiana’s designer Kati Stern is in her seventeenth season. She has a mistress’ hand at showmanship and knows how to play a crowd perfectly. But fashion shows aren’t for the crowd or even for us in the press, they’re for buyers. Pictures are nice, as are pretty words, but orders put food on the table. Venexiana’s Fall 2011 collection was a glittering array of dramatic gowns in luxurious satins, along with a parade of silks and metallics. Adornments of bows and strong swirls of fabric drew attention but never swallowed the woman, with the exception of the two closing white gowns which is what they were designed to do anyway. Continue reading “Venexiana – Fall 2011”

Venexiana – Fall 2010 Collection – New York

The delicate sheer and jeweled details in each of Kati Stern’s Fall 2010 gowns are camera ready for the bright lights of the Golden Globe and Academy Award red carpets. Beautiful floor sweeping pieces with peeks of skin – low cut backs, exposed shoulders – added the feminine touch. It is apparent that Stern’s modus operandi is outfitting a woman’s body for elegance.

story by Rachel Francois
photos by Sandy Ramirez
photo editing by Katie Piper

Venexiana by Kati Stern Spring-Summer 2010 Collection

Here is a closer look at Kati Stern’s Venexiana spring-summer 2010 collection.

photos by Sandy Ramirez

Here is a closer look at Kati Stern’s Venexiana spring-summer 2010 collection. Continue reading “Venexiana by Kati Stern Spring-Summer 2010 Collection”

Venexiana Fall 2009 Collection

story by Darrah Leffler
photos by Sandy Ramirez

Venexiana LTD, of New York and Venice, and their inspired designer, Kati Stern, did not disappoint at the Venexiana Fall 2009 gala in The Salon at Bryant Park.

For being relatively new to the set, having launched her line in 2004, Stern certainly commands rapt attention with her innovative takes on classic looks.

This season’s collection, which we are told was influenced by Barbie designs down through the years, would indeed make any woman feel like a living doll. Stern’s designs “wow” in a way that allows the wearer to be playfully girlish, yet empowered as a woman, supported by both strong tailoring and softened lines.

Despite the efforts of the animal rights activists gathered in force out front, Stern sent rock-n-roll elegance down the runway with furs flying.