30/09/2014

Stella McCartney serves up a breath of fresh air for SS15

 

Opening the sixth day of the city's biannual fashion showcase, the collection served as a breath of fresh air in a week of shows that have so far, been dominated by a male interpretation of female beauty.

 

With the practical needs of the urban modern woman at the forefront of her mind, McCartney's latest offering placed clothes designed to empower through comfort at the top of her agenda.

 

The result was a soulful fashion collection that is set to delight fans of the McCartney label when it hit stores next year.

 

Toying with a loose and liberating silhouette, McCartney presented ribbed knit dresses crafted from organic yarn on an army of models that included Brits Cara Delevingne, Edie Campbell and Sam Rollinson. Knotted and twisted to expose panels of skin, the dresses were complimented by oversized statement necklaces crafted from PVC.

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Outerwear, and in particular parachute anoraks also dominated today. Worn layered over boiler suits in corresponding silk satin voile, the jackets were effortlessly elegant but also achingly cool. When it came to evening wear McCartney continued to avoid complicated design offering up fluid, patch-work print gowns in light organza as well as circular motif that found a home on slouch jumpsuits.

 

A series of knotted flat sandals crafted from the designer's signature vegan leather enhanced the idea that these were clothes for a woman with a disaffection for restrictive fashion.

 

For McCartney who's multi million pound business is backed by French conglomerate Kering, this desire to empower women through fashion has long served as both a source of inspiration. Her dedication to practical femininity is also her greatest trump card as a designer. While so many in Paris neglect to consider the idea that a woman must feel at ease in her clothes in order to feel empowered in them, it is this approach to design that defines the McCartney brand.

 

Confirming that McCartney's designs delight strong women with heart and soul was feminist icon and loyal Stella McCartney customer Neneh Cherry who watched from the front-row.

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26/09/2014

Fan-designed fashion makes couture geeky

Great skirt, Marty! Fan-designed fashion makes couture geeky

This year's San Diego Comic-Con now seems like a distant dream of celebrities, comics, costumes and chaos, but in the middle of the geek gridlock many of us have come to love, there was a fashion show like no other.

Her Universe, Hot Topic and Nerdist teamed up to show off geek chic couture created by the fans themselves, and modeled by both celebrities and well-known cosplayers in a one-of-a-kind nerdtacular runway show.

Now comes word that geeky fashionistas will be able to wear clothes by some of the featured fan designers before long.

"We are working with the winners, Amy Beth Christenson and Andrew MacLaine, right now on designs," Ashley Eckstein, founder of Her Universe clothing, told Crave this week. "It's very exciting and their designs are amazing. Fans can expect to buy their designs at Hot Topic in the spring of 2015."

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The fashion show highlight reel showcases 36 designers and their pop-culture-inspired fashions shown off by various models including first "America's Next Top Model" winner and cosplayer Adrianne Curry.

This "Back to the Future" outfit called "Great Skirt, Marty" won over the judges. Her Universe

Dresses paid homage to "The Hunger Games," "Divergent," "Back to the Future," "The Hobbit" "Doctor Who," "Star Wars," Metroid, Pokemon, X-Men, Iron Man, the Fantastic Four, Thor and more.

The show also served as a design competition where two winners chosen (one by the audience and one by the panel of judges) at the fashion show won the opportunity to design a collection with Her Universe to be sold at Hot Topic.

The judges' winner was Amy Beth Christenson for her "Back to the Future"-inspired ensemble called "Great Skirt, Marty." The audience winner was "Once Upon a Time"-inspired gown "Regina's Curse" by Andrew MacLaine.

Judges included Tarina Tarantino (fashion designer); Chloe Dykstra (actress on "Heroes of Cosplay"); Justine Ezarik (YouTube star iJustine); Hilly and Hannah Hindi (stars of "The Hillywood Show"); Cindy Levitt (Hot Topic senior VP of merchandising and marketing); Tara Sinclair (Lucasfilm senior manager of Softlines); and Lacey Prince (Lucasfilm product development, fashion and accessories).

This "Once Upon a Time" gown "Regina's Curse" by Andrew MacLaine captivated the audience. Her Universe

For fans who may have missed their chance to participate and see the fashion show in person, Eckstein promises there are more to come.

"In developing the Her Universe fashion show, it was always our goal to make this an annual show," Eckstein told Crave. "Geek-inspired fashion is not a trend, it's a fashion category that's here to stay. We look forward to many more geek couture fashion shows for years to come."

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24/09/2014

Fall fashion is here amid warm temperatures

 

If there was one thing the recent fall fashion shows at Fashion Island and Laguna Design Center did, it was to make us long for the temperatures to drop by 10 degrees – no, make that 20 degrees – so we could start wearing those dark hues, those layers, oh, and those must-have boots. Only a swimwear runway show in Manhattan on a frigid January day would have topped that.

 

Ready or not (we are), fall styles have arrived in Orange County, and nothing – not even mother nature herself, who seems to be having hot flashes – is going to delay or stop the onslaught of cool weather clothing on the local runways this month through October.

 

Among the more than half a dozen shows so far, the presentation by Anastasia boutique earlier this month at the Laguna Design Center is a standout for its precise perspective. The Laguna Beach store that’s known for being faithful to the original vanguards of the avant-garde showcased a tightly edited selection of mostly black ensembles from Issey Miyake, Rick Owens, Gareth Pugh and Vivienne Westwood. Anastasia’s aesthetic was unmistakable: clothing as wearable and minimalist sculpture, with the curves, asymmetrical hems and folds evoking the undulation of a Frank Gehry building. These are clothes that you wear when you want to walk into a room and make a statement about defying the herd mentality in fashion.

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The show was part of a series of fall events called OC Fashion Week (not to be confused with Fashion Week that takes place in New York, Paris, Milan, London and Los Angeles).

 

Meanwhile, Fashion Island’s “An Evening of Glamour” last Sept. 13 demonstrated, at least on the women’s side, how to put together fall the Southern California way – not with chunky, heavy pieces, but with darker colors (Tahari), or the arresting long-sleeved winter white dress (Halston Heritage) and light layering.

 

The shopping center’s ongoing Style Week OC series includes a partnership with the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising for an annual student design competition that culminates with a “Project Runway”-esque finale. (Full disclosure: This writer was one of the judges this year and last.) With Celebrity Cruises as the inspiration and modern luxury as the theme, Paul Hernandez topped three other students for his strapless, fitted dress handpainted a la Hernann Nitsch. It featured an amoeba-like neckline and long skirt that snapped off and converted into a cape. You can imagine the audience’s gasp of surprise and delight after the model whipped off the floor-length skirt and wrapped it around her shoulders.

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