Sneak Peeks: NYFW F/W 2012 Day Three

Erickson Beamon Backstage

KAELEN Backstage

Katie Gallagher

Costello Tagliapietra Backstage

Sneak Peeks: NYFW F/W 2012 Day One

OBAKKI

OBAKKI

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CHRIS BENZ S/S 2012

Since the very first time I saw photos of one of his collections back in 2009, I’ve been in love with Chris Benz.

Few designers do color and mix patterns and materials as well. His clothes are so colorful, viewing them is like injecting Crayola crayons directly into your veins.

His inspiration this season? “Andy Warhol’s superstars go to Coney Island, with a nod to candy kids.”

For Spring, Chris once again partnered with shoe designer Alejandro Ingelmo to create a line of wedges AND sneakers!

The dramatic hair and makeup complimented the 60′s inspired clothing:

Cotton Candy Hair!

The glasses and sunglasses the models wore were to die for.

Details:

The presentation space itself was just as colorful:

Chris Benz

Rent the Runway Goes Vintage Party

Last night, I braved the torrential downpour to head down to the What Goes Around Comes Around SoHo store to celebrate their new collaboration with Rent the Runway: Starting today, you can now rent vintage Chanel accessories via their site!

Modeling the jewelry:

RTW co-founder Jennifer Hyman showing off some of the Chanel bags.

I got to see (and touch) some of the items available, while sipping delicious passion fruit cocktails.

DJ Rajni

Dance Party

Sidney from Krupp Group and Daphne

Sidney x Chanel

The jewelry and bags are gorgeous, and in perfect condition. Insuring that if you rent a piece, you’ll be getting something impeccable — which is never a sure thing buying vintage Chanel from somewhere like ebay. And of course, by renting (for around $150-350) you will literally save thousands of dollars!

Sign up, and start renting here!

LELA ROSE S/S 2012: Backstage Beauty

Backstage at Lela Rose’s S/S 2012 show, the word of the morning was one “glamorous”. From the retro gorgeous hair, to the old Hollywood inspired nails, to the delicate beadwork on dresses…glam was everywhere.

To help amplify the already sparkling clothing, Deborah Lippmann used “Believe“, a hybrid gold-silver shimmer on the model’s nails.

The color was chosen to coordinate, but not match the eye makeup used, and was applied to both the short, rounded nails, and toe nails.

The best thing about “Believe”? It’s both a day or night appropriate color, that works for ALL skin tones!

Beauty by Bare Essentials

Ted Gibson created an alternative to a braid for the show’s easy breezy hair look.

Starting with Build It Blow Dry Spray and Tame It Shine Lotion to tousle the hair, Ted then twisted the front section of hair from the part to the nape, using a pin to secure it. Finishing the look off with Beautiful Hold hair spray.

The finished look:

Luckily, the clothes are just as pretty!

Designer Lela Rose

I love all of the tiny pretty details on Lela’s dresses.

Must-have jewelry!

Lela Rose for Payless

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Sneak Peek: NYFW S/S 2012 DAY SIX

Preen by Thornton Bregazzi

Preen Backstage

Preen: Before the Show

Chris Benz Backstage

Chris Benz

Chris Benz

Chris Benz

The word of the day was definitely “neon”.

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Sneak Peek: NYFW S/S 2012 DAY TWO

Rachel Antonoff

Kim Ovitz

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New Press Clippings

I’ve been crazy busy with all of my pre-fashion week planning. But last week, I had a little free time to run some errands in Soho, and while I was there, ran into one of my favorite people in fashion– Sidney Prawatyotin, the Vice President of Krupp Group.

He’s part of a great feature on fashion week “survival secrets”, which you can see here And his profile includes a photo shot by yours truly!

I actually took part in a very similar feature over at Krupp Group’s new blog, where you can read about some of my favorite NYFW moments from Fall ’11, and find out what I’m looking forward to most this season.

I’ve got a few more photo shoots due to post any day now, so expect more links soon!

United Bamboo Sample Sale for Tsunami Relief

Tomorrow, United Bamboo is hosting a sample sale. Not only can you buy awesome clothes at good prices, you can help support Japan: 100% of the proceeds will be donated to earthquake and tsunami relief efforts.

Do something good, and get a killer wardrobe at the same time!

Rachel Comey Fall/Winter 2011: Backstage

The first days of NYFW seem so long ago! I’ve decided against posting things in order, since that’s boring, but know a lot of you are probably aching for some of that early coverage. My backstage images from Rachel Comey’s show, which turned out downright ethereal from amazing sunset lighting, seemed like the perfect choice to post next.

The lighting coerced me into making the decision to stay backstage for the entirety of the show. Held at Chelsea Piers at 5pm, in a studio space with floor to ceiling windows, I just couldn’t resist the warm glow shining down onto the models. (And no, none of these have been edited in any way!)

I saw a lot of amazing, and truly unique hair this season, but this has got to be one of my tops looks for Fall:
Maybe it’s because (with much help!) I could actually see myself pulling this look off. : )

The hair team was led by Hirofumi Kera for Shiseido.
Wish I would have had a chance to get the step by step instructions!

A more detailed look.