#NYFW Style Setter: Barbara Tfank

Costume and fashion designer Barbara Tfank fuses creativity and class. This season Tfank will show her Fall 2010 collection at Milk Studios. GlamChic chatted with her about her inspirations, favorite restaurant and trends she’s over.

What’s inspiring you now?
The textiles designs of painter Raoul Dufy.

Where will you be wining and dining this season?
I love Cafe Boulud!

Describe your Fall 2010 collection in 140 characters or less:
Witty, joyous, sensuous and relaxed.  Both colorful and textured.  Inspired by the
textile designs of Raoul Dufy  who thought to make beauty
accessible to all.

What three things can you not live without?
By Terry Baume de Rose,  my green Hermes pouchette bag,  Barbara Tfank Cape coat.

What cartoon character do you most identify with and why?
Betty Boop…petite with a black bob.

What’s the most stylish place in New York?
The Upper Gallery at the Carlyle designed by Renzo Mongardino.

Whose closet would you like to raid?
My Mother’s.

What song describes your current state of mind?
Two Door Cinema Club-  “Good Can Work.”

In your opinion what trend is currently in and what trend is  definitely out?
In – Refined, chic and joie de vivre.   Out- Too tight and too much cleavage.

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