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Daily Fashion & Runway News
Feb 13, 2011
With Jennifer Carpenter, Selita Ebanks, and Kelly Rutherford.
Catherine Malandrino is the ultimate Frenchwoman in America. Her looks mesh the structure and fashion-forwardness of her homeland’s best designers with the fun-loving real-girl vibe of her beloved New York City. Her American-flag dress put her on the map (Madonna wore it on tour), so she brought it back for her label’s tenth anniversary. With retail spaces on both coasts, as well as in Paris, Istanbul, and Tokyo, Malandrino became a virtual household name after serving as a judge on Project Runway and having her store and designs featured prominently on Sex and the City.
“[H]er inspirations seem to be the healthy product of a decidedly internationalist state of mind.”—Cintra Wilson The New York Times
“Boho-chic beachwear, perfect for hookah-smoking on Mustique, is intended, in her words, to be clothing ‘that a man just wants to discreetly take off.' This seems to suit the chic European ladies who buy it, n'est-ce pas?”—Cintra Wilson The New York Times
“Catherine Malandrino does seem to work that fine line between the intriguing and the wearable. Often the subtlety is in the fabric, as in organza whipped like egg whites into soft shapes.”—Suzy Menkes The International Herald Tribune
“I can't say that Paris was not ready for my clothes. I just found New York to be more captivating, more embracing, filled with a kind of enthusiasm and speed that I had never known before. I just followed the rhythm.”—Catherine Malandrino International Herald Tribune
Catherine Malandrino