Cathy Horyn elucidates the three dominant trends from the Spring 2012 collections at New York Fashion Week in this video. Cathy is one of my favorite fashion critics because she takes her role as a journalist seriously. She’s an intellectual who values her role as a scholar of fashion. In today’s era of “editor as stylist” it’s refreshing to see a fashion journalist who can actually write. I anxiously check the New York Times website for her runway show reviews during fashion week, although her articles for the Times during the rest of the year are equally insightful.
*Thank you to Aaron Ealy, who indirectly brought this to my attention via my Facebook newsfeed.
As Glamorama 2011 was titled “Artrageous” this year, the evening was all about great artists. Everyone from modern day enigma Banksy to iconic Vincent Van Gogh works was featured as a backdrop to phenomenal fashion. My favorite part of the entire evening was during the Keith Haring portion of the night. Dancers began breakdancing on stage in brightly colored outfits. Adult male dancers were later joined by women on stage, followed by youth. The performance was energizing and completely wowed the audience, who cheered and applauded the dazzling display of physical movement and choreography.
