New York Fashion week: A sea breeze downtown, race on the runway
Because I’m a normal person who happens to work in fashion, and that’s okay.
Today at BlackEnterprise.com, we’ve got a bit of a reprise for you-a cheat sheet that goes beyond your usual Givenchy (ZHEE-von-SHE) tutorial into terms more closely related to the African diaspora’s role in innovating fashion. From clean-cut models in Dior’s newest line of vintage-style suits to edgy metropolitans in new age ensembles, Woods’ feed has become one of the hottest sources of men’s fashion during Fashion Week.
New York Fashion Week is here, and I’ll be on the scene giving you the lowdown on all the highlights.
Hailing from the streets of Harlem, Joshua Woods’ (@joshuawoods) has been photographing Fashion Week across the world for the past three years. This has some pros and cons. I could be at the shows, seeing all the backstage madness and watching how the show is actually pulled together, but this just wasn’t doing it for me.
Jason Wu spring ’16 runway collection. There were also dainty blue-and-white stripe button-down dresses paired with green and orange jackets.
Amid the models, the parties and the incredible couture, some designers are using fashion week as a forum to raise awareness or funds for a particular cause.
While there was an androgynous bent to the collection, he downplayed its significance: “At this point, I’ve sort of dealt with gender issues within my perspective and I just feel like it’s part of the DNA of the family of the brand”.
Though she’s appeared in Kate Spade campaigns, the “Pitch Perfect” star said she’s no fashionista. “Some of his blazers were absolutely stunning”. One couldn’t help but wonder whether her son, Brooklyn, 16, who attended, and has made his own splash in the fashion world modeling for high-end brands, influences his mother’s taste. There, a woman in her 50’s! This season, we are presenting fashion week through their eyes. Tisci is a close friend of the Kardashian clan and has included Jenner’s daughter, Kendall, in numerous shows since she launched a career as a blue-chip model.
Models navigated the winding, open-air runway in treacherous heeled mules, including several steps up and down stacked wood pallets. More private viewings of new collections will be possible in the Intimate Stage and in a Designer Presentation Room.
As the global fashion industry gears up for this week’s New York Fashion Week – a massive biannual event packed with runway shows to premiere prominent designers’ upcoming season collections – a Tucson fashion designer will be showcasing her designs at the event as well. We peek at insightful moments of Cunningham carefully reviewing On the Street’s latest edit, for example. And Marshall’s Summer/Spring 2016 collection definitely didn’t disappoint.
The brothers relocated to Vancouver, Canada, after escaping Rwanda.
So where has she been in her loose striped pants of black and white, wrap skirts and sensible chunky sandals in black and white? Here’s what you need to know about fashion’s most imporant week of the year. “It also generates a unique way to excite them beyond in-person experiences”. “Look at us – we’ve been down multiple times”. “That was awesome “, we all whispered to each other at the end of the show.
It has also changed its name. “I just like to keep going, be happy”. “So she’s dressed for packing and traveling and figuring out what to bring, and then she’s there in Fez or Marrakech”.
While trying to appeal to the younger downtown crowd, Siriano can’t lose the older, elegant woman who dresses grandly for evening, “because she’s the one who pays the bills”, he said.