{"id":5332,"date":"2009-12-14T16:35:25","date_gmt":"2009-12-14T20:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.modacycle.com\/?p=5332"},"modified":"2010-09-03T16:23:22","modified_gmt":"2010-09-03T20:23:22","slug":"the-harlem-fashion-row-spring-2010-collections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modacycle.com\/old_modacycle_jan_2016\/2009\/12\/14\/the-harlem-fashion-row-spring-2010-collections\/","title":{"rendered":"The Harlem Fashion Row – Spring 2010 Collections"},"content":{"rendered":"

story by Faith Bowman
\nphotos by Charles Beckwith<\/p>\n

Shortly after New York Fashion Week, Harlem’s Fashion Row<\/a> 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<\/a> alum Epperson.<\/p>\n

Along with Epperson, the designers of labels Dinna Soliman, Joe Duran, and LiaLia showed collections on an oddly-lit runway in The Gatehouse’s black box theater space.<\/p>\n

At the end of the show, fashion legend Stephen Burrows was given a moment in the spotlight, as well.\u00a0 Mr. Burrows, one of the first internationally recognized African-Americans, has been a force in the fashion industry since graduating from the state’s Fashion Institute of Technology in 1969. The organizers screened a short but moving video about his career, and he was given a standing ovation.<\/p>\n

Each designer brought their own take on where fashion is going for the coming season, and all had a distinctly defiant Harlem vibe. Starting off the show, duo LiaLia (Julia<\/span> and Natalia<\/span> Alarcon) presented a line that went from playful rompers to serious slick black evening pieces.<\/p>\n

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Dinna Soliman’s line was mostly separates that could be mixed, matched, and layered to suit a variety of tastes and silhouettes.<\/p>\n

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Jose Duran did menswear with a post-apocalyptic meets pre-industrial twist. Dust and braids adorned the models heads, and combat boots covered their feet. The clothing in between was draped, swirled, and slouchy.<\/p>\n

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Epperson was the show closer, and he didn’t disappoint.\u00a0 Deconstructed edges in heavenly white garments, mixed with earthier designs featuring African kente cloth. Statement leggings in op-art patterns were paired with hip-length rough-textured jackets and blazers. The menswear was rugged-casual with a bit of Caribbean flair.<\/p>\n

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Operated by a collective dedicated to promoting Harlem’s enduring infuence and contibution to the fashion world, Fashion Row featured four lines, all from Harlem residents, including one by recent project Runway alum Epperson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7891,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[444,443,445,448,446,449,72,100,447],"class_list":["post-5332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-dinna-soliman","tag-epperson","tag-joe-duran","tag-julia-alarcon","tag-lialia","tag-natalia-alarcon","tag-new-designers","tag-new-york","tag-stephen-burrows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/modacycle.com\/old_modacycle_jan_2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/modacycle.com\/old_modacycle_jan_2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/modacycle.com\/old_modacycle_jan_2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modacycle.com\/old_modacycle_jan_2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modacycle.com\/old_modacycle_jan_2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/modacycle.com\/old_modacycle_jan_2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modacycle.com\/old_modacycle_jan_2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/modacycle.com\/old_modacycle_jan_2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modacycle.com\/old_modacycle_jan_2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modacycle.com\/old_modacycle_jan_2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}