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4 Trends that Spring Forward

Jessica Lapidos — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 20:39:37 +0000

Fashion Week has spread its Spring seed. The Big 4; NY, London, Milan and Paris have offically had their say, and now we can reflect. (We’re certainly not reflecting on NJ Fashion Week. Wait, what? That exists?! No, no. Well, yes. But really, no.) We’ve collected the trends that have spoken. The four trends that dominated the four cities we trust with our fashionable senses called out to us from many a runway. We’ve taken our favorite from each city, each trend that matters. See what’s abuzz here, there and everywhere for Spring 2012.

Duchess of Cambridge to Wear DVF on North American Visit

Lester Brathwaite — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:39:09 +0000

When wrap-dress-impresario Diane von Furstenberg found out from the kids across the pond at Harrods and Selfridges that Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge had bought two of her dresses for her upcoming North American tour with fuddy duddy hubby Prince William, she was reportedly “very happy.” Probably in hopes that Kate’s magic touch will work on both sides of the Atlantic.

Kate, it seems, is taking a page out of the Michelle Obama playbook by adhering to the rules of wardrobe diplomacy — the practice, as The Financial Times‘ Vanessa Friedman explains it, “of a national leader (or leading representative) wearing clothes from the country they are visiting as a form of economic and cultural outreach.”

For her tour of Africa this week, the Fierce Lady has mixed and matched her Narciso Rodriguez and J. Crew staples with Nigerian-born designer Duro Olowu.

Meanwhile, DVF is a logical choice for Kate. Not only an iconic designer and president of the CFDA, the DVF wrap dress is the prototype for those damn Issa and Reiss dresses Kate can’t seem to get enough of.

I can’t wait to see what else Kate wears — especially since she’s picking out her own wardrobe like the down-to-earth princess she is. Personally I’m pulling for some other all-American designers to cover that emaciated royal back of hers. Imagine, Princess Katherine in Alex Wang? [Financial Times]

LOOKBOOK: Duro Olowu Spring 2010

FashionIndie — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:00:30 +0000

I love this collection! Duro Olowu’s signature prints are always unusual, unique, colorful with a little “sculptural” design thrown in.

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London Fashion Week Begins Today

Rebecca Alexander — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:42:37 +0000

London fashion week, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, begins today. Collections to anticipate: Burberry Prorsum, Pringle of Scotland, Matthew Williamson, Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen, John Galliano, Stella McCartney and newcomers Erdem Moralioglu, Bruno Basso and Chris Brooke, William Tempest and Hannah Marshall.

Image above: London designers clockwise Paul Smith Women, Duro Olowu, Jaeger London, Louise Goldin, Paul Smith Women, Paul Smith Women, Eley Kishimoto, Paul Smith Women, Eley Kishimoto, Louise Goldin

Via WSJ

Ludicrous Looks from London Fashion Week

Kirby Marzec — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:00:50 +0000

Duro Olowu

House of Holland

Temperley

Danielle Scutt

Eley Kishimoto

Need I say more?

Thanks NY Magazine!