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Diane, A Shaded View on Fashion
Diane, A Shaded View on Fashion (dianepernet.typepad.com) has great Fashion week news, photos, videos and more
Thursday, Jan 28
GEORGETTE KONING ON JAN TAMINIAU S/S 2010 COUTURE
Last night Jan Taminiau opened the Amsterdam Fashion Week with his stunning couture. A few days ago Taminiau showed during the Paris Couture days, for more and better pics look at my previous post. Photo Peter Stigter. Last night Jan Taminiau opened the Amsterdam Fashion Week with his stunn...
GEORGETTE KONING ON MATTIJS AMSTERDAM FASHION WEEK DAY 1
Mattijs studied at Central Saint Martins College in London. A Harvey Nichols buyer was spotted in the audience, so who knows Mattijs will soon be sold in London. www.matthijsvanbergen.com
Thursday, Jan 14
My Favourite Dress book launch in London
Dear Shaded Viewers, Last night Zandra Rhodes and Suzy Menkes hosted the launch of 'My Favourite Dress' at the Fashion and Textiles Museum in London. Gity Monsef , Samantha Erin Safer & Robert de Niet are the authors of the... Dear Shaded Viewers,
Wednesday, Jan 6
SR.MARCELO HORACIO MAQUIEIRA REPORTS ON TOGA’S PIZZA&LACES FOR S/S10.
Paris Fashion Week allows you to enjoy megastructures, some of them strategically obsessed with conquering global markets and delivering impressive shows, while others attempt to seduce you in a modest way. Though the result is the same . . ....
Friday, Dec 18
STOP BY DOLLYMOP POP-UP SHOP
London born Stylists/Performance Artist/Fashion PR sisters Beckielou and Millie Brown are setting up shop in their West Hollywood bungalow come retail space. The Dollymop store concept was born from the sisters desire to bring something fresh and new to the safe and homogenized bout...
Monday, Dec 14
SHOWstudio: 10 Days of Naomi
I was asked to contribute to the SHOWstudio: 10 Days of Naomi project which is part of the exhibition SHOWstudio: Fashion Revolution at Somerset House. It will continue over the Christmas period and if you are in London around that time it is really a must see. Fashion Revolution is a totall...
Saturday, Dec 12
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG campaign by Nick Knight & Gareth Pugh
Nick Knight. My congratulations to Mercedes-Benz. It's obvious, but also brilliant, to have them both working together. Not to mention the SLS AMG looks one hell of a ride. Too bad my driving license was evoked—speeding while driving a stolen car.
Tuesday, Sep 8
080 Barcelona Fashion Spring/Summer 2010 by Glenn Belverio
My friend Jean Paul Cauvin, Senior Fashion Editor at Fashion Daily News in France, and designer Bernhard Willhelm were members of the 080 Jury. Their job was to decide which designer showing this season would receive the 20,000 euro Barcelona Fashion Award prize.
Tuesday, Jun 9
Day 2 in Vienna for the 9 Festival of Fashion and Photography - ASVOFF screening tonight at 20h at the Filmhaus
I've been feeling sick ever since I arrived but none the less I'm trying not to spend the entire day in my bed. This morning I had breakfast with Imran Amed, The Business of Fashion,before he went back to London and then I met Daniel Wakahisa, one of my contributors. We went to see the Cy Two...
Wednesday, Apr 8
Opinion: Seoul Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2009, Part 2 by Glenn Belverio
The next night we were off to the Generation Next shows, a showcase of young designers... During the finale of another show, a model mysteriously handed me a bird cage. Oops, wrong palace.... Thanks for reading! Further reading: Seoul Fashion Week by Glenn Belverio, Part 1
Tuesday, Apr 7
Seoul Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2009 Part 1 by Glenn Belverio
Let me be frank here: Seoul Fashion Week is really only about the menswear collections, some of which were excellent. The women's shows--derivative and uninspired--gave many of us an excuse to catch up on our sleep. Perhaps the Koreans are seeking to emulate the Japanese avant-garde, zen...
Tuesday, Mar 31
Lakme Fashion Week - Sabyasachi
Sabyasachi is one of the week’s main attractions at Lakme Fashion Week, and this season he certainly didn’t disappoint his fans. While many designers are busy reigning in their creative impulses, Sabyasachi was deliberately taking risks. He sent out what...
Cyprus Fashion Week - Robb Young reports
While ASVOF is certainly not averse to extravagance, the style scene in Cyprus still tends to be rather blatant. A few other designers did manage to capture an original (or refined) take on the country's mixed heritage where Ottomans, Venetians, Greeks, Arabs and many others have left t...
Sunday, Mar 22
080 Barcelona Fashion Fall/Winter 2009 by Glenn Belverio. Catwalk photos by Biel Sol; most other photos by Glenn Belverio.
I was surprised and delighted to see this collection by Mareunrol's, who are the design team Marite Mastina and Rolands Peterkops from Latvia. I remember seeing images of models wearing these outlandishly outsized wigs here on A Shaded View and then my friend Gabriel said he had seen the f...
Saturday, Jan 31
Sao Paulo Fashion Week by Daniel Wakahisa — OUTRO
After inserting the password "Paris" I was taken downstairs to their first-class showroom where designer Isabel Del Priore welcomed me with a flute of rosé and a lowcut dress. She also offered to speak in French. Feeling in the mood, we exchanged countless words on the current business of f...
Friday, Jan 30
wrap up of Stockholm Fashion Week A/W 09
Wrapping up three days of Swedish Fashion Week below. Fresh and new names to look for next season: Diana Orving, Nhu Doung and A-S Davik. Diana Orving finale HopeA successful tailoring brand, Hope’s clothes don’t necessarily need a runway show....
Thursday, Jan 29
Sao Paulo Fashion Week by Daniel Wakahisa — Six
On a van to the Bienal, I recognized a familiar nose. Former MF Fashion journalist, and now working for CNBC — Tommaso treated me to a full account in Italian on the history of SPFW, an event he's been attending since its origins. I love Italians, for they've taught me most things in life — not ju...
Wednesday, Jan 28
Stockholm Fashion Week A/W 2009
After working on a joint exhibition with +46 for days, Please explain to me what you are telling me with 14 international illustrators, it's time to sit down for a glorious opening lunch at Berns Hotel, host of Swedish Fashion Days. The new patron, HRH Princess Madeleine is present and a new...
Tuesday, Jan 27
HUSSEIN CHALAYAN AT LONDON'S DESIGN MUSEUM BY RACHEL MARIE WALSH
Oh how I long for Paris and couture in January! This year, however, London has much to distract me with. On Thursday, the Business of Fashion is holding a fabulous party at the Swarovski Communications Centre, which I will write and tell you all about. This is also the first week of the Design M...
Monday, Jan 26
Sao Paulo Fashion Week by Daniel Wakahisa — Five
VOGUE Portugal's editor in chief Paula Mateus and fashion editor Paulo Macedo being treated to a preview of one of my ASVOF reports. The most "high sewing" of Brazilian labels — this backstage always remind me of a time when juicy couture had an entirely different meaning.
Sunday, Jan 25
Fashion Rio Fall/Winter 2009 Report, Part 3. By Glenn Belverio.
Above: The runway at Espcaco Fashion reminded me of something out of a '40s musical or a '70s TV variety show--which is to say, I loved it. Above: The runway at Espcaco Fashion reminded me of something out of a '40s musical or a '70s TV variety show--which is to say, I loved it. Dear Shaded Viewer...
Wednesday, Oct 22
Seoul Fashion Week Day 4
Job well done, Junghee, Director of Daily Projects and Jordan Kovin, art director at Daily Projects and Juun J, much appreciated menswear designer that shows in Paris. After the party at Corso Como we went to the last show of the day at Seoul Fashion Week's Generation Next at De Vill
Thursday, Oct 2
Capital Fashion Week in Brasilia, Brazil. By Glenn Belverio
Here are the highlights from my favorite collections: Actor Paulo Zulu (center, in tank top) backstage after the SummerShop show. Dear Shaded Viewers, When Gabriel Rajão from ABIT phoned me from Sao Paulo to invite me to fashion week in Brasilia, I reacted like a hysterical housewife on...
