When Rihanna needs a leopard print bustier, he’s there. When she needs a back-up dress for the VMA’s, there he’ll be: needle, thread and boob tape in tow. He’s her costume designer.
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Interview: Austin Brown | Popdust Style
He’s a low-key kind of guy who favors flannels and grunge to flashy fashion gear (no Swarovski encrusted gloves here).
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Interview: Asher Levine | Popdust Style
Last week we saw the debut of Rita Ora’s latest single “Radioactive.” The video features Ora in a firey, futuristic world where animal print and leather-like body suits rule the streets. Heavy metal hardware, body-con garb… it was everything we’d expect from Ora, but just who was responsible for this future fantasy wardrobe? Asher Levine.
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INTERVIEW: ADAM ANDRASCIK | Oakazine
When I first saw Adam Andrascik’s collection—an assemblage of ripped edges and flat silhouettes inspired by Salvador Dali and Elsa Schiaparelli—all I could think of was a section in Imogen Edwards-Jones’ book, Fashion Babylon.
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Ex-Fashion City: Chicago | Not Just A Label
We all know what happens to abandoned cities. They turn to ghost towns. You know, those places where myths replace history, whispers generate echoes and remnants decay to ruins. But what about a fashion city?
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DVF: Spring '09 Review | Papierdoll
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Diane Von Furstenberg’s collection was beautiful. It was feminine and embodied the essence of spring. In comparison to season’s past this has to be one of DVF’s more happier and liberating collections, as models wore tunics, safari dresses and tiered dresses in lightweight fabrics. From the floor sweeping dresses, to the leather flowers pinned in the models heads, the collection tapped the late 60s to early 70s and captured the vibe of a socially tumultuous period, where the only antidote was self-prescribed optimism. As much as I would like to NOT be so obvious as to compare modern times, I suspect this had to be a deliberate connection.
DVF allowed dresses to dominate the collection, which seemed like a conscious decision not because of an ongoing trend, within the entire industry, but because what is more freeing, flowing and sexy than a dress? One of my favorite aspects of this collection were the playful prints and the usage of so many strong colors. A billowy chiffon dress in white with black detailing was one of my favorites. From a distance this collection was…well…a lot. The fabric choices, the colors, the headpieces, the long hair etc. However queen DVF knew exactly where to stop: the borderline of excessive.
Fashioning Africa | Papierdoll
It's not always gloom and doom as Africa steps out of the shade into the fashion limelight.
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