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<\/p>\nstory by Alexandra Dawes
\nphotos by Sandy Ramirez
\ninterview by Sandy Ramirez
\nphoto editing byAlexandra Dawes<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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The collection consisted of a sturdy wool coat with cargo pockets, an olive anorak cut in silk and velvet, a series of velvet gowns, long sleeve tops and mini skirts, and short sleeveless dresses with scarf-like necklines. Lepore created functional coats for her collection: chunky tweeds and metallic leather with shearling trim and draped wool.<\/p>\n
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Lepore\u2019s collection was a little heavy in frills and ruffles; however, with it\u2019s successful nod to the 1960\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
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Sandy Ramirez spoke to the desinger back stage before the show…<\/p>\n
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modaCYCLE – What is the direction for this season\u2019s collection?<\/em><\/p>\n Nanette Lepore – <\/strong>The direction for this season\u2019s collection started from a beautiful Renaissance portrait of a faraway looking woman.\u00a0 So I felt I took that and ran with it.\u00a0 I took romance and the idea of mystery, with a sort of heirloom feeling to the clothing.\u00a0 The colors really jump out of the portrait and I wanted the colors to feel like a Renaissance painting.\u00a0 So they are very liquid colors, a lucid mood, it feels like it is in motion because the colors are all done in iridescent fabrics and in a kind of marbled fusion.\u00a0 And then, things are backlit.\u00a0 I have new handbags this season.\u00a0 The leather is so lustrous and luminous.\u00a0 It is really exciting.\u00a0 There is this feeling of depth to all the colors and the palette.\u00a0 The shapes and silhouettes are pretty little miniature bowl skirts, fuller shapes, fuller on the bottom, and still a very strong cut on the shoulder.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It is a mix of luxy fabrics, very industrial, more durable, everyday fabrics.\u00a0 You get this sort of high-low quality, which is very nice because it enables you to wear really fancy, over-the-top pieces during the day or out and not feel too dressed up, which I like to be able to do personally; to wear a military jacket with a sequin skirt.\u00a0 So it is kind of the idea of mixing things the way you really want to wear it and making really glamorous pieces really wearable.<\/p>\n modaCYCLE – How do you feel about the move to Lincoln Center next season?<\/em><\/p>\n Nanette Lepore – <\/strong>I am a little distraught about the move to Lincoln Center because right now I am really sad about my staff not being able to walk over from our office and taking the walk on the runway with my daughter.\u00a0 This will be the last one that we walk down the runway here at Bryant Park together.\u00a0 I am sure we will have many more together in the future, but it is a sad passing in a way because it is symbolic too of the garment center.\u00a0 I worry we don\u2019t want to take the focus away from the garment center because we really do need to keep working to save it.<\/p>\n modaCYCLE – What is one of your most memorable moments here at Bryant Park?<\/em> modaCYCLE – I know you are working on a relaunch of your shoe collection.\u00a0 Can you tell us more about that?<\/em><\/p>\n Nanette Lepore – <\/strong>The handbag collection is actually the big news this season.\u00a0 We are working with Julie Gryson and it is going to be the first time I have ever launched handbags in my name, which is really exciting.<\/p>\n modaCYCLE – How has the economy affected your collection this season?<\/em><\/p>\n Nanette Lepore – <\/strong> Well, actually, things are picking up.\u00a0 Everyone here has had a rough year.\u00a0 We have had an okay time.\u00a0 We have been pretty okay because things are picking up again.<\/p>\n Lepore\u2019s collection was a little heavy in frills and ruffles; 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\nNanette Lepore – <\/strong>I think it is always just in the end, the relief, and walking down the runway with Violet that I will always remember.\u00a0 And the great friends and the great people we have meet here at the tents.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/modacycle.com\/old_modacycle_jan_2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_0989.jpg\")
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