CQ hits Amsterdam Fashion Week with Supertrash
Although the brand may not be a household name in the UK, in the Netherlands a Supertrash fashion show is a massive occasion, an excuse for a huge party, and one of the highlights of Amsterdam Fashion Week.
So I was extremely excited to be invited to join Supertrash at the show final weekend.
Designer Olcay Gulsen is a bit of a celeb in her homeland, and her label specialises in glam daywear, party dresses, separates and some genuinely wonderful jackets. It is all wearable, reasonably priced stuff thats sold for around €50 – €200 per piece. But don’t let the high street priced fool you – the show was all about glamorous spectacle!
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How I’m Making It: Greg Armas of Assembly New York
On a cool-kid block of the Lower East Side is a white shop that is so meticulously orderly, it might make your head spin. Envelope clutches rest upon a white piano. Minimal gold rings sit beside crystals on the countertops. Shoes are perfectly paired on the floor. Of course I’m talking about Assembly New York.
The kid of Greg Armas’ adore of fashion and art, Assembly New York is an aesthete’s wet dream. Not only is it a clothing shop, but it is also its personal label, launching womenswear at fashion week for fall 2012. With his calm demeanor and soft-spoken nature, Greg Armas is the thoughtful brains behind Assembly New York’s good results. I sat down with him to talk about his budding company and specifically how he makes it in fashion right now.
Fashionista: How did Assembly New York, the shop and the brand, come to exist?
Greg Armas: Initially it was a continuation of a shop I had in LA, known as Scout Los Angeles. October, three years ago, is when I began Assembly NY. It was initially two doors down, and then October of last year we moved into this location, and it actually grew into a men’s and women’s store. When Assembly opened it was pretty significantly for the guys, but then we began obtaining far more and a lot more females coming in and purchasing the mens stuff, so when we moved we decided to do both.
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SPONSORED CONTENT: Shop Like a Style-Savvy Tokyo Local
A excellent location to discover out what stylish Japanese fashion lovers are buying & eyeing is ZOZOTOWN.COM, one particular of the country’s largest online fashion stores. They carry a mix neighborhood labels and must-haves, all told a lot more than 500,000 items from seven hundred brands, supplying the rest of us with equal access to stylish Tokyo-style shopping. The website also ranks items by how nicely they’re promoting, so you can tell at a glance what’s hot. Current crowd faves contain:
- - a super-soft cardigan from snidel in a leopard print, which remains a strong trend
- - the Double Regular Clothing cape (a well-liked item on the runway at the most current Fashion Week) with an ultra-luxe fur collar and circular silhouette to keep you warm and chic
- - an adorable pompom blanket by Kai Lani exclusive
- - AZ’s tailored jacket – perfect for a sophisticated winter look
- - Double Regular dresses – lightweight and embroidered in lace which can be worn year round and in an oversize knit with gray and black color blocking, an additional key fall/winter trend
- classic shorts to compliment a sleek shirt (BY BLACK by moussy)
- - short MONTANA cowboy boots with embroidery in leather (a wonderful deal from Kai Lani exclusive)
- - the oversized printed tote by BLACK by moussy with a patent leather deal with that steps up the style quotient
And be positive to check out the winter sale where merchandise is up to 80% off.
Haute Couture Fashion Week: Valentino S/S 2012
Haute Couture Fashion Week continutes to amaze us with collections that remind us exactly why we adore fashion in the very first location. The Valentino show today was no exception a dreamy show full of gorgeous concoctions in light fabrics and soft colours, with out even a hint of the trademark Valentino red. For style team Pier Paolo Piccioli and Maria Grazia Chiuri, this was yet one more opportunity to prove they are the appropriate individuals for the job.
Opulent and rich, but still light and romantic, the show went from the salon – with rich embroidery and embellishment, chic high necklines and lovely layers of high-priced fabric – to the prairie, with puffy sleeves, floaty florals and even a bit of smocking.
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Doll make up at Christian Dior Couture
Fairly, doll-like beauty was the make up look produced by Pat McGrath for the models at Christian Dior‘s Haute Couture Fashion Week show yesterday in Paris.
Following the trend started by some of the shows throughout S/S12, models were fresh faced as they produced their way down the catwalk – skin was kept minimal with a touch of dewy foundation and a light rosie-pink blush to accentuate their cheekbones. Eyes had been the focal point, and even they had been kept pretty minimal: lids had been coated with a glowing white shadow and given a slick of black eyeliner on the top rated lashline, all set off with subtle but fluttery false lashes.
The hair was given a deep parting, curled, and then pinned into a faux bob to fit in with the ’50s style of the clothes and make up. Lovely, but extremely tame for couture week – hopefully things will get a bit much more thrilling!
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Style Hunter Men’s Fashion Week: Red Leather
Tank magazine’s publisher and Executive Fashion Director, Caroline Issa, never ever ever puts a sartorial step incorrect. Seriously! She even pulls of red leather jeans (from Joseph) off so naturally that we all reckon we could give them a try… It is the classic items she’s paired them with that make it operate – a tweed jacket and dressy white blouse (each Jason Wu), along with a grey knit and black patent pumps are all chic sufficient to make such bold pants appear effortless peasy!
What do you like about Caroline’s top look? Remember, the very best comments get into Grazia mag and the girl with the most Facebook likes wins our ‘Look of the Week’! Check out Style Hunter’s other girls here.
Style Hunter’s Street Guide To The Trouser Suit
As you know, we’ve been snapping away all week at Milan’s menswear shows and to be really frank, we couldn’t give two hoots about what the boys are wearing to the shows – we’re ALL about what the girls have packed. But interestingly adequate, the ladies in attendance do tend to steal from the guys’ wardrobes and take a bit of a sharp sartorial twist for these fashion week looks. Well, it’d be challenging to not be inspired by all of the fabulous suiting on those catwalks and with the Pre-Fall collection nevertheless fresh in a lot of a fashion eds’ thoughts – those baggy mannish suits from Celine et al. are a huge trend on the horizon – it’d be tough to ignore the boy-meets-girl vital of a good suit any longer…
Two ladies in particular caught our eye this time. Both editrix Anna Dello Russo (who we all know is as fond of a excellent trouser suit as she is a totally OTT dress) and Katia Grassi (who functions for Jil Sander’s Navy line) tried out the trouser suit and each succeeded. So why did they get it so proper? Nicely, they kept things straightforward, homochromatic (that is one colour, peeps), with practically zero accessorising and nicely, a totally cool attitude. Oh and heels assist for those of us who do not want to appear too masculine. We’ve picked some pieces to assist you on the way to finding this appear on track – but you’ll have to bring that swagger oneself, ladies…
