NYFW Greenshows: Luis Valenzuela's Wearable Sculptures
Luis Valenzuela is both a fashion designer and a visual artist, and it shows in his creative use of eco fabrics (incorporating new types of unrefined silks) paired with sculptural and draped silhouettes. The dresses here were shown at the Greenshows as part of New York Fashion week. Wearable art…
Greenshows at NYFW: Study NY's Classic Knits Gone Edgy (and Convertible)
Study NY’s F/W collections (see last year’s here) always make me look forward to the colder seasons (even if we are still in the midst of one!). Sewn from sustainable fabrics that are uncompromising in their green roots, and made NYC, this year’s showing at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Greenshows…
New York Fashion Week Greenshows: Bright Young Things Debut is About Extreme Wearability
Classic lines, without dropping into Preppie territory; funky proportions give these pieces a strong whiff of cool. Bright Young Things designer Eliza Starbuck was the creator of the dress behind the much-lauded Uniform Project (the concept was which suggested, beautifully, how a single dress could serve as the backdrop or…
