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Caycee Black & Alisha Trimble Kickstart Fashion Week With Film Premiere

Danika Daly — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:00:41 +0000

New York Fashion Week is quickly approaching, and what better way to kick it off than with fashion films. In an era of Vimeo and video lookbooks, Brooklyn-based designers Alisha Trimble and Caycee Black have taken the video campaign idea a bit further with the upcoming debut of their fashion films. The designers have teamed-up to premiere their films Dry and Between Two Worlds on February 8 at the Milavec Hakimi Gallery at 7pm.

Alisha Trimble collaborated with director Seth Edwards to shoot an innovative, genre-bending short on 16mm film. The story line is an Old-Hollywood-meets-contemporary society take of two actresses fighting for the limelight. The dramatic tension is fueled with music by Emily Zuzik and Tim Lefebrve.

Caycee Black created an intertwining of moments and clues along a woman’s path on Super-8 film with experimental filmmaker Mary Billyou. Caycee’s paintings, which turn into her prints each season, are filtered through the film in playful movement. The film was described by Billyou as “a sunny day, Kuleshov visits Fort Tilden’s ruins, in the form of a Brighton Beach model dawning polka-dots and acid colors, accompanied by a haunting melody, futuristic static, and crickets.” If that looks as genius as it sounds, we can’t wait.

To RSVP for the film premiere, email Social@AlishaTrimble.com.

Wednesday, February 8 at 7pm, Milavec Hakimi Gallery, 41 Cooper Square, New York

Vena Cava for Uniqlo Launches Tomorrow: Sneak Peek Here

Jessica Lapidos — Wed, 11 May 2011 17:49:27 +0000

Some fashion news we can afford to hear about: Vena Cava for Uniqlo launches tomorrow! The much anticipated collaboration kicks off May 12th, at the Uniqlo in Soho tomorrow with the delicate beauty you’d expect from the design duo of Lisa Mayock and Sophie Buhai. They’ve mixed their soft eye with the technologically advanced and well-priced fabrications of the major Japanese brand.

This collaboration is part of Uniqlo’s initiative to celebrate New York designers. Costello Tagliapietra and Charlotte Ronson have launched collabs there in the last month, and we saw Philip Lim there over the winter.

Each piece is no more than $29.90 – a freaking steal for any of these coveted designers! So thanks Uniqlo for making their stunning aesthetic available for a price that doesn’t jeopardize our first borns.

Check out the line at Uniqlo.

RUNWAY RUNDOWN: Nima Fall 2009

admin — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:56:17 +0000

While there were definitely strong pieces in her collection, including this bowed asymmetrical pink gem, I feel that this collection lacked the direction and vision of some recent women’s new comers. Still fresh from the mean halls of Parsons, Nima has all the potential to become a great fresh face, but first she needs a handle on styling a collection.

GALLERY: Nima Fall 2009

That’s what we had to say, check out what other blogs are saying about this collection.

1. WWD. “Less than two years after launching his namesake line fresh out of Parsons, Nima Taherzadeh is showing a knack for elegant, inventively detailed ready-to-wear. It’s unabashedly luxurious.” Images courtesy of WWD.

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