To see her killer “arm party” and Proenza Schouler PS1, click below:
It was only when I went up to take a photo of her wrist candy that I saw her Cartier LOVE bangle and suede Proenza Schouler PS1. That to me was the best part about her, how an individual like Ipek could rock a look so down-to-earth but luxe it up with iconic accessories hidden within. Real style is all about subtleties. You might remember my photo of Saree, an all-time favorite of mine, who also embodies this idea of young women mixing designer pieces into very toned down looks. One might say that the whole Tom Ford-era YSL/Gucci sexed-up high-glamour fashion aesthetic has never been more out than it is today. To me, it seems that the only explicitly sexual references left on the runway are the bondage/fetish themes perfected at the design houses of Givenchy and Louis Vuitton for Fall. But that’s a subject for a whole other post.
I was one of six fashion bloggers chosen to participate in a collaboration with Milk Studios and True Religion during New York Fashion Week. In return for my work I was given backstage passes to all the runway shows at Milk Studios as part of their Made Fashion Week. This project was even featured in Women’s Wear Daily on Wednesday, September 7. Read the article here.
For those of you who’ve never been to NYFW, not all of the shows are at the Lincoln Center tents, often referred to as Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. The time slots there are prohibitively expensive for smaller or up-and-coming designers, and even a lot of established brands choose to show in alternate venues around the city. New York Fashion Week is really just a seven week long fashion festival with thousands of parties, runway shows, and presentations scattered across the city.
Made Fashion Week supports New York’s best independent designers by providing the venue, hair & make-up, and runway production to a select group of designers free of charge, who are awarded those slots on the strength of their designs. Competition is fierce as showing at Milk Studios during NYFW is widely seen as the launching pad for a critically-acclaimed design collection. Don’t believe me? Just ask Proenza Schouler, Rodarte, Joseph Altuzarra, Alexander Wang, all of whom showed there at the beginning of their careers. You get the point.
