February 2012
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//DDD// Anna Sui Fall Winter 2012
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Feb 16th
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//DDD//Marchesa Fall Winter 2012
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Feb 16th
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//DDD//Sophie Theallet Fall Winter 2012
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Feb 16th
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//DDD//Prete and Bruno Fall Winter 2012
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Feb 16th
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//DDD// Reem Acra Fall Winter 2012
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Feb 16th
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//DDD//Carlos Miele Fall Winter 2012
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Feb 16th
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//DDD// J. Mendel Fall Winter 2012
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Feb 16th
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//DDD// Derek Lam Fall Winter 2012
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Feb 16th
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//DDD//Vera Wang Fall Winter 2012
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Feb 16th
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//DDD// Michael Kors Fall Winter 2012
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Feb 16th
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//DDD// Emerson: Jackie Fraser Swan, Fall Winter...
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Feb 15th
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//DDD// Norisol Ferrari, Fall 2012
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Feb 15th
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To My Valentine: A Love Note to Books, Movies &...
For My Valentine, Bobby Crace. Written by Maya Contreras, Editor-in-Chief, The DDD Books are everywhere in our house. They are of course on our three bookshelves (which currently out numbers our furniture, the books have more places to sit then Bobby and I do). They’re on our bathroom floor, on our couch, on top of the refrigerator, and on our window ceils. Bobby always has at least two...
Feb 14th
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//DDD//Carolina Herrera Fall Winter 2012
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Feb 14th
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//DDD// Falguni and Shane Peacock Fall Winter 2012
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Feb 14th
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//DDD// Timo Weiland Fall Winter 2012
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Feb 14th
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//DDD// Rachel Roy Fall Winter 2012
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Feb 14th
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//DDD//Thom Browne Fall Winter 2012
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Feb 14th
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//DDD//Behnaz Sarafpour Fall Winter 2012
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Feb 14th
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//DDD// Diane von Furstenburg Fall Winter 2012
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Feb 13th
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//DDD// Jill Stuart Fall Winter 2012
Written by Lynn Furge, Senior Fashion Editor Photography by Casey Vange for www.figphoto.net Jill Stuart kept things youthful and feminine but added a whisper of sex appeal this season. Not so girlie and sweet, a plethora of little black dresses with flesh exposing patches of tulle or lace were the meat of the collection. Floral patterns were darker this time and some slightly surrealistic...
Feb 13th
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//DDD//Custo Barcelona Fall Winter 2012
Written by Lynn Furge, Senior Fashion Editor Photography by Casey Vange for www.figphoto.net In a collection titled Rawvision Fall Winter 2012 Custo Dalmau was surprisingly less descriptive about his theme than usual. With a simple statement that “this collection is an homage to Visionaries and the pioneers of creativity” it was his most retailable collection yet starting with the...
Feb 13th
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//DDD// VPL by Victoria Bartlett Fall Winter 2012
Written by Lynn Furge, Senior Fashion Editor Photography by Marta Traskevych for www.figphoto.net Entitled “Manipulate” the VPL Fall Winter 2012 collection was all about the body’s geography and its opposing forces from transparent and opaque, to masculine and feminine and beyond. Designer Victoria Bartlett’s inspiration came from Michael Clark’s transgressive choreography of Mmm: the...
Feb 13th
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//DDD//Geoffrey Mac, Fall Winter 2012
Written by Gordon West, Contributing Fashion Editor Photography by Gordon West @itakemycamera If you’re a sleek and slightly tarty space-age housewife needing some structural statement pieces, Geoffrey Mac fully delivers the response to your dilemma with his sexy and slightly sci-fi Fall Winter 2012 collection. Select jackets, skirts, and dresses were accentuated with exaggerated shoulders...
Feb 13th
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//DDD// Daniella Kallmeyer, Fall 2012
Written by Gordon West, Contributing Fashion Editor Photos by Gordon West @itakemycamera Last evening in the Highline Loft in Chelsea amidst gin cocktails and indie pop, Daniella Kallmeyer revealed her Fall 2012 collection of easy glamour. Wrought with simple shapes, lines and silhouettes, the collection felt approachable, available and, for the most part, translatable to any wardrobe. The...
Feb 13th
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//DDD//Odilon Fall Winter 2012
Written by Lynn Furge, Senior Fashion Editor Photography by Lauren Cohen Clean, minimal but with the perfect amount of repetitive print Stacey Clark’s Odilon Fall Winter 2012 presentation lived up to its “One to Watch from WWD”. Inspired by David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, specifically Laura Palmer in the Black Lodge, a zig zag pattern took over the High Line Room in the Standard...
Feb 13th
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//DDD// Herve Leger Fall Winter 2012
Written by Lynn Furge, Senior Fashion Editor Photography by Billy Rood for www.figphoto.net This is not your mother’s horse and bridle. Herve Leger’s equestrian theme for Fall Winter 2011 went more towards restraints.. Of the bondage variety. It was gorgeous. For a brand that prides themselves on a celebrity stamp of approval and the body conscious sex appeal that makes them a...
Feb 13th
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//DDD// Simon Spurr Fall Winter 2012
Written by Lynn Furge, Senior Fashion Editor Photography by Marta Traskevych for www.figphoto.net Simon Spurr knows the delicate balance between proper British tailoring, fly off the rack separates, and trend driven pieces that have a sense of humor. Menswear, in particular suiting, used to be a staunchy world where there were little options. After working everywhere from YSL to Calvin...
Feb 13th
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//DDD//Kevork Kiledjian Fall Winter 2012
Written by Lynn Furge, Senior Fashiom Editor Photography by Marta Traskevych for www.figphoto.net There is something to be said for a designer that has such a true vision of his woman that although inspirations come and go, the strength in the identity of the brand remains. So was the case at Kevork Kiledjian’s Fall Winter 2012 show this early Sunday morning. His inspiration this time...
Feb 13th
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//DDD// Christian Cota Fall Winter 2012
Written by Lynn Furge, Senior Fashion Editor Photography by Marta Traskevych for www.figphoto.net Christian Cota brought us into a dream this Fall Winter 2012 collection. Telling the story of an American girl lost in Mexico the designer mixed vibrant colors hand crafted embroideries laying under sheer chiffon, desert hued panels of fur all with a folktale touch. He wanted us to feel enamored...
Feb 13th
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//DDD// Pamela Love – Too Good to Miss
Written by Lynn Furge, Senior Fashion Editor Photography by Billy Rood for www.figphoto.net Going the Native American route Pamela love layered detailed bits of turquoise, gold and silver to create a really hot Fall 2012 collection Her usual strong female vibe seems even more poetic this time around.
Feb 13th
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//DDD// Creatures of the Wind, Fall Winter 2012
Written by Lynn Furge, Senior Fashion Editor Photography by Billy Rood for www.figphoto.net There are few true story tellers left in fashion and Shane Gabier and Chris Peters of Creatures of the Wind are two of them. CFDA runners up for the Fashion Fund award all eyes were on them this Thursday and being a native Chicagoan myself, I’m just excited to see that people are finally taking serious...
Feb 13th
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//DDD// Monique Lhuillier Fall Winter 2012
Written by Lynn Furge, Senior Fashion Editor Photography by Casey Vange for www.figphoto.net A towering inferno, a sexy beast from below. Are these the words that first come into my mind while watching the usually beautiful, elegant Monique Lhuillier? Peppered with red and black, curved seams accentuated the model’s shape which was outlined in a leather waist trim. More leather popped up on...
Feb 13th
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//DDD//Imitation Introducing Doyle Mueser Fall...
Written by Lynn Furge, Senior Fashion Editor Photography by Lauren Cohen There was a magician at my presentation. And the first thing I thought of was “The Lady Vanishes” which has nothing to do with magicians at all… but made me smirk, because subconsciously I must have felt the presence of menswear upon us. Tara Subkoff of Imitation partnered up with Doyle Mueser Bespoke (known for ...
Feb 13th
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//DDD// Tibi Fall Winter 2012
Written By: Lynn Furge, Senior Fashion Editor Photos By: Casey Vange for www.figphoto.net Playing with gender roles again Tibi’s Amy Smilovic started with suits for her Fall Winter 2012 collection, where jackets were boxy and trousers were slim and cropped. Countering that sentiment, were three quarter roomy monochromatic dresses, stiff leather pencil skirts and or tunics layered with...
Feb 13th
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//DDD// Charlotte Ronson Fall Winter 2012
Written by Lynn Furge, Senior Fashion Editor Photos by Casey Vange for www.figphoto.net Charlotte Ronson’s girl has gone more lady for Fall Winter 2012. Instead of a grunge driven city girl, she looks to have moved to the mountains, or at least a flown in for the weekend to a mountain town. The knitwear was an immediate standout. Chunky knit sweaters and dresses in a tribal pattern with...
Feb 13th
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//DDD// Billy Reid Fall Winter 2012
Written by Lynn Furge, Senior Fashion Editor Photography by Marta Traskevych for www.figphoto.net “I Say a Little Prayer” whispered through the speakers as the lights dimmed and as they started to rise, following the model almost as if his presence has lit his path it was certain that the Billy Reid Fall Winter 2012 collection was going to be all about well thought out exquisite details. The...
Feb 12th
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//DDD//Karolina Zmarlak Fall Winter 2012
Written by Lynn Furge, Senior Fashion Editor Photos by Marta Traskevych for www.figphoto.net For all of you that have been following us from the launch issue Karolina Zmarlak was our first New York Fashion On the Rise Designer. This season the young talent unveiled Matadora, a collection where the story of a futuristic bullfighter took center stage. The hero this time is a heroine, masculine...
Feb 12th
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//DDD// Jen Kao Fall Winter 2012
Written by Lynn Furge, Senior Fashion Editor Photos by Marta Traskevych for www.figphoto.net A foxy approach, polished but cagey, East meets West for nightcaps. These words, from Jen Kao’s collection statement for Fall 2012, could be taken literally with Americana languid pleats and mink coats mixed with Asian inspired floral embroideries, Jen’s girl was all about romance this New York Fashion...
Feb 12th
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//DDD//Doo Ri Fall Winter 2012
Written by Lynn Furge Photos by Marta Traskevych for www.figphoto.net Doo Ri does many things well, but one thing not seen by other designers who create under the same genre of draped, languid jersey pieces… she plays with texture. Her inspiration for this season was elegant haunting movement of Butoh and poetic motion. Key words like graceful slouch, elegant ease, slow motion of...
Feb 12th
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//DDD//Yigal Azrouel Fall Winter 2012
Written By: Lynn Furge, Senior Fashion Editor Photos by: JP Yim @ Wire Image I have long been a Yigal fan so much so that every time I pull for an editorial that features a strong woman, I make a point to hit the showroom and this Yigal Azrouël Fall Winter 2012 there are multiples that I know I can use again and again. Dresses were the focus and they long and lean in buttery calf...
Feb 12th
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//DDD//Nautica, Fall 2012
Written by Gordon West, Contributing Fashion Editor Photography Gordon West Nautica docked its Fall 2012 collection at Ed’s Chowder House in a secluded second floor reception of the Empire Hotel this afternoon. Because, when unveiling a ready-to-wear line inspired by the iconic watermen of the American northeast coast, where else than a chowder house across from Lincoln Center during...
Feb 12th
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//DDD// Jason Wu Fall 2012
Written by Lynn Furge, Senior Fashion Editor Photography by Billy Rood for www.figphoto.net Massive doors and clouds of smoke revealed a collection that was more serious and true to the luxury that the Jason Wu brand achieves season after season for his namesake Fall Winter 2012 collection. Of course when looking at the winter season all eyes start with outerwear and Wu kicked things off with...
Feb 11th
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Feb 11th
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//DDD//Honor by Giovanna Randall, Fall 2012
Written By: Gordon West, Contributing Fashion Editor Photos By: Casey Vange www.figphoto.net @figphoto.net What do you get the girl who has everything? More specifically, what do you get the girl with ripened allure, poignant individuality, cultural confidence and a knowledge of good design? Such a silly question. You get her Honor’s Fall 2012 collection. A liquid black base, equally fluid,...
Feb 10th
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//DDD//Costello Tagliapietra, Fall 2012
Written by Gordon West, Contributing Fashion Editor Photosgraphy by Casey Vange www.figphoto.net @figphoto.net For some, fall is a chance to transform one’s body into a rack for shawls, scarves and sweaters. For Costello Tagliapietra, it’s just a chance to change the palette. For their Fall 2012 collection doesn’t provide a fleet of shields against the seasons, it expresses the epitome of...
Feb 10th
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//DDD//BCBGMAXAZRIA, Fall 2012
Written by Gordon West, Contributing Fashion Editor @itakemycamera Photography by Billy Rood www.figphoto.net @figphoto.net Cohesion through contrast was the overall aesthetic for BCBG’s Fall 2012 collection. Not one to conservatively choose a palette, colors ran the gamut from cream, coral, paprika, merlot, ochre, olive, teal, navy to evergreen. Such a range might easily get muddled and...
Feb 10th
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//DDD//Dominic Louis, Fall 2012
Written by Gordon West, Contributing Fashion Editor @itakemycamera Photography by Gordon West For Dominic Louis, the mission to embody raw insecurity inspired his Fall 2012 collection leading him on a journey of discovering the emotions that surface in moments of insecurity, and then translating those emotions into a tailored vision. In the candlelit halls of the Bowery Hotel, Louis unveiled...
Feb 10th
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//DDD// Nicholas K, Fall 2012
Written by Gordon West, Contributing Fashion Editor @itakemycamera Photography by Gordon West A home on the range. A dusty tumbleweed. A gun-slinging western sunset. Any or all of these could have been the inspiration behind Nicholas K’s Fall 2012 collection at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week this morning at Lincoln Center. A dusky, sexy vibe of Wild West allure was injected into each piece whether...
Feb 10th