Word Up: The One-Word Inspiration Behind the Collections
We asked designers for just one word to describe spring 2009. The results are comical, endearing, puzzling, and enlightening.
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We asked designers for just one word to describe spring 2009. The results are comical, endearing, puzzling, and enlightening.
A lot can happen in a week — but the past few years have been particularly spectacular. Here are our favorite moments.
Also, checking into Fashion Week might not take so long this year, and Seven for All Mankind sweeps through Asia.
The label can't afford to produce the collection Som envisions. It also can't afford to pay Som's salary.
The designer wants to leave his position as creative director of the label to focus on his expanding namesake line.
Rumor has it he's done with Blass, but Nexcen wants to keep his name attached so they can sell the label.
With a luscious new book, we can drool over fashion sketches courtesy of everyone from Karl Lagerfeld to Peter Som.
Marc showed lots of hearts, Proenza showed satin pajama-esque wear, and Kors showed tie dye.
Peter Som likens the CFDA to Hogwarts and says he wants his models to walk on the ceiling for his next fashion show. (He's kidding, but this Q&A is still hilarious.)
Fur Fashion Week is lying pretty low this year, but it takes place today and tomorrow. Chris Benz won an award for emerging fur designer, and Michael Kors, Isaac Mizrahi, and Peter Som will show.
The long, roomy style popped up on the runways of Diane Von Furstenberg, Lanvin, Nina Ricci, and Bill Blass. The shape, designers say, empowers women.
Peter Som restaged his first collection for Bill Blass today. Quite smartly the designer brought his show to Saks, the ultimate ladies-who-lunch destination.