PARSONS Fashion Graduates do a Run-way Show

A selecet grop of graduates are chosen to show their designs on the runway.

MARGO was chosen to show her designs.  It was a fantastic showing of talented designers.  I loved the show.

My friend MARGO designed this ensemble.

 

Elie Saab: Spring Summer Collection 2017

Elie Saab is definitely one of my favorite designers of all time. She is really into details a thorough designer indeed. Looking at her 2017 Spring Summer Collection I was lost in reverie. WhatR…

 

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FASHION WEEK nyc Feb 2017 • Snow Storm!

I had my DAILY hand delivered……….and I am skipping all SHOWS.  I am not venturing forth into the SNOW.

I will NOT be in the front row.  Hollywood stars seem to be absent from the front row this year……..the luster of a famous names seems to have faded.

 

My friend Margo………and her Dahli Llama made the

“Wolly be my Valentine”.

The new BARNEY’S in Chelsea

Renate and I dropped in at BARNEY’S new Chelsea store.

Is the renovation spectacular………..YES YES YES !!!

The lunch room……..simple…….elegant…….sophisticated.

A glass of wine…………….and

Tuna tartar……perfection.

Chicken and chips………

Pizza………too much crust….but tasty.

The boutiques blend into each other……as do the prices.

Three different jackets………each about the same price….$2200

Sweet!  At $1800 not so sweet.

 

Heels…………$2800…………Renate did NOT buy them.

RENATE……..a fashion designer……lives in Nice France………but when she is in New York……..we spend the afternoons together……….shopping and eating.

NEW YORK FASHION WEEK • Fall 2015 • What women are wearing now

Pick your style……….pick your designer………..get out your charge card………..head to Bloomies………Bergdorf……..Lord&Taylor.…………and the boutiques on Madison Ave…….then STRUTT YOUR STUFF.

Lots of fur [some faux]……….leather………….lace…………fishnet and some very kinky boots.

ZUOYU SHI……..a student at Parsons School of Design

This week at the “opens studios ” of the fashion students at Parsons School of Design…it was my pleasure to meet a zany…………..funny………….and oh so talented designer……….ZUOYU SHI.

Her designs are incredible……….edgy and oh so kool!

 

 

Mandarin is, of course, her native tongue………but just as fluent in english.

MERCEDES-BENZ FASHION WEEK • Taking the tents down for the last time.

AN ERA IS OVER……….the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week tents are coming down………and will never be raised again.

New Yorkers who live in the area sued the Metreoplolitasn Opera House………..which takes in $33 million a year  renting out the PUBLIC SPACES.  New Yorkers want their park back……..and they WON!  No more fashion shows under the tents at Lincoiln Center.  Mercedes has withqtawn their corporate sponsorship.

THE WALL!  No one gets past this wall into the tents without a pass…….and those are nearly impossible to get.  You can’t buy your way in!

 

The snow covered tents are in the upper left hand corner.

 

 

 

Then tent on the left…….1000 seats.  The SALON on the right………..700 seats.

The tent in the middle………. VIP’S!  Very hard to get into.

 

By the end of this week……….no trace of the tents will be visible.  The New Yorkers who live around here………….are very happy!.

NEW YORK FASHION WEEK •Fall 2014• Finally, it’s OVER ! ! !

Mercedes-Benz Fashion week, NYC, happens in Lincoln Center twice a year.

This is THE WALL. Six BOUNCERS…..oops……….ticket checkers………guard the door.  The 1ooo seats in the tent are coveted by fashionistas……….celebrities and buyers from the worlds leading department stores.  You cannot but a ticket for the shows…….it is by invite only.

This is where it is happening.

Koch Ballet Theatre on the left.  The Metropolitan Opera House in the Center and Philharmonic Hall on the right.  The cultural center of the upper west side.

 

We are not here for PRINCE IGOR……..rather the fashion shows on the runways in the tents.

The tents are put up in DAMROSH PARK next to the Opera House.  It is a public park…….but Lincoln Center takes it over for “Pprivate” affairs [to the tune of $33 million a year]. The local residents in the area have a lawsuit against the Center for usurping their park.  Sooooooo……….how long with the tents be able to take over this space?

It can cost up to ONE MILLION DOLLARS [like Marc Jacobs paid] for a 12 minute Runway Show.  The tent rental is $60,000 [seats 1000].  If you want a celebrity in your front row………you can get Beyoncé for $100,000.

This is what the tents look like today.  More than 100,000 people descend on NY for the Fashion Shows, which bring in almost 1 BILLION to the city’s coffers.

Some beautiful people and a bunch of crazed street style peacocks were all over the Plaza…….as you have seen on my blog.

And a THANK-YOU to all of you who enjoy my BLOG.  I certainly enjoy putting it together

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NY FASHION WEEK •Fall 2014• The Fur is Flying

NY FASHION WEEK • Fall 2014 •   Fur was flying.  Hats…………………. shoes……..coats and handbags.  PETA would have had a “field day” but no protesters seemed to be present.

Designers using fur are: Alexander Mc Queen………Alfred Sung…….Anna Sui………..Arnold Scassi…………Badgley Mischka……….Bally………Balenciaga…………Baby Phat……..Bob Mckie………….Bottega Veneta………Christian Dior………DKNY…….Gucci…….Jason Wu………..Jean Paul Gaultier……..THESE ARE JUST A FEW.  But, FUR is definitely back in fashion.

BARBIE goes to a Fashion Show

I walked  over to Amsterdam Avenue to drop off my dry-cleaning at the Apthorpe Cleaners…….and there in the window was BARBIE.………putting on a Fashion Show.

WOW!  Does that bring back the memories.

 When I worked for E.J.Korvette’s Department Store in 1963 I put on a FASHION SHOW for the new doll sensation………BARBIE.  I hired limousines, rolled out the Red Carpet…..and Barbie was a hit!

BARBIE made her debut in 1959………an invention of Ruth Handler….one of the owners of MATTEL.

 

BARBIE is surrounded by many of her friends……Midge, Skipper, Christie.

It looks like Marilyn Monroe was the model for this doll. “Hello” Mr. President”!

KEN was named after Ruth Handler’s own son.

BARBIE has sold over one billion dolls making her the most successful toy in history.

Katherine Hepburn “look-a-like”…………oh so glam. [Fashion Designers were brought in to design her wardrobe].

BARBIE has had many profession………..fashion model, firefighter, Dentist, Doctor, astronaut, paleontologist even Presidential Candidate.

Feminists have protested that BARBIE reinforces sexism.

Playing with BARBIE seems to enhance a girl’s self- image [and some boys]………expanding their sense of their potential.