Waris Teaches Haider Ackermann & Tilda Swinton How To Dye in Paradise

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

On the luscious Thai island of Yao Noi, the House of Waris Batik Lab held its first session. When the elite guests of the Film on the Rocks film festival weren’t viewing flicks on the floating movie theater, Waris Ahluwalia gave them the opportunity to learn the ancient wax dyeing technique, Batik. Waris (a jewelry designer and occasional actor) arranged for a group of local artisan women to demonstrate the process, in celebration of his batik scarf collection hitting stores now. The final result will be revealed at a gala in Bangkok, with proceeds going a film-centric children’s charity. Come be a Thai fly on the wall at Waris’s brilliant meeting and enhancing of the minds.

WISB Kicks It Old School With New York Fashion Film

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

This film is the Way It Should Be. Literally. WISB just dropped their lookbook in a film starring Hannah Bronfman; an entrepreneur, artist, and latest subject on StyleLikeU. Shot in the West Village and accessoried with House of Waris jewelry (last seen presented in the Circa Lounge at Lincoln Center for NY Fashion Week, stunning), everything is, well, as it should be.

Alice Ritter Tells Tales and Recommends Some Fashionable Reading

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Jessica paid a visit to designer Alice Ritter as part of LOOKBOOKS.com‘s new feature, “Tales of the Atelier”:

Through the concrete and brick columned hall of the CFDA Incubator, past glass doors with names like Bibhu Mohapatra, House of Waris and Prabal Gurung etched upon them, sits a room on the end that houses the studio of a French expat with a beautiful concept. Alice Ritter works seemingly solitary in a tidy, brightly lit room with a towering cubic bookshelf, a sewing machine and inspiration all around. Her style rings from the authenticity of growing up in the late 70s in France, where Yves Saint Laurent was god and high power glossies were sacred. Having studied economics, she created a fashion lab within her home with her Brooklynite husband to pursue her true art of design. Poring over books and dissecting vintage clothing lead to her creating an aesthetic that is uniquely hers. 

CFDA Picks 12 for Fashion Incubator

Edited by Rebecca Alexander

The Council of Fashion Designers of America and New York City Economic Development Corporation have tapped 12 designers (Alice Ritter, Bibhu Mohapatra, Prabal Gurung, Sophie Theallet, Rachel Dooley with Gemma Redux, Grant Krajecki of Grey Ant, Waris Ahluwalia of House of Waris, Joel Diaz with Jolibe, Alison Lewis of Lewis, Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne of Public School, Yuvi Alpert and Danna Kobo of Ruby Kobo, Justin Giunta of Subversive Jewelry) as the first tenants of the CFDA Fashion Incubator.

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More Reason to Love Colette

Edited by FashionIndie

Colette always has the best array of merchandise, from kooky (like the above) to red carpet ready.