And Now It’s Time to Catwalk…for Your Life: Casting for New York Fashion Week with Andrew Weir and ACW Worldwide

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

“Now watch the flames shoot out of her feet,” gushes casting director Andrew Weir after instructing veteran catwalker Tanya Dziahileva to take a stroll. Adding, “And she is giving us a loooook,” in reference to the model’s fingerless lace gloves and a rather jaunty chapeau. The fashion was a major point of conversation during Andrew Weir’s ACW Worldwide Casting event this Saturday. So much so that Mr. Weir mentioned that he’ll have trend-forecasters on-site next time around. Having noticed girl after girl march by wearing variations on a singular theme, Mr. Weir proclaimed, “The trend this season is all about  black, skinny jeans with this sort of waxy finish. It’s a sea of black.” The one exception was a model who dared to wear a beautiful white dress by The Row – “I hope you keep it clean,” he warns. 

Design Houses Discount for Housingworks

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

This weekend, the big guns are coming out for charity, and by guns we mean designers. Everyone from Marc by Marc Jacobs, Christian Dior, Jimmy Choo, Christian Louboutin, DVF, BCBG, Rebecca Taylor, Brooks Brothers, Tory Burch and many more are donating thousands of dollars worth of merchandise to the Housingworks Fashion For Action event this weekend. Rachel Roy and Thom Browne are hosting the event tonight which kicks off the sale. Oh yes, it’s a sale. Everything is ON SALE! It’s gonna be super ritzy, mad cheap, and all going to support the victims HIV & AIDS and the homeless. 

Full Color Spectrum of Spring Fashion Week

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

Amongst the bevy of busy prints that has shaped this fashion week, we’ve noticed how equally represented Roy G. Biv has been. These shades, however, are unique to now, with a sense of vibrancy. According to designers in the Big 4: New York, London, Milan and Paris, it’s going to be a colorful Spring. Taste the rainbow. 

#NYFW Cheat Sheet: Rebecca Taylor Spring 2012

Edited by Amanda Gabriele

The Rebecca Taylor Spring 2012 show was like a funky-glam pool party. Glitter, floral prints and sheer knits in acid hues carried her signature “girly but not too much” vibe while aqua blue eyes and wet, slicked-back hair made me want to jump in the water.

Andrew Weir Has “Never Seen This Many Great New Faces in a Season. Ever.”

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

This Sunday, in the middle of a parade of some 400 girls from every New York modeling agency, I sat down with casting superdirector Andrew Weir at the Hudson Hotel’s library. Weir was casting catwalkers for four shows this Fashion Week: Thakoon, Rachel Zoe, Rebecca Taylor and Jen Kao. The selection of beautiful young things was  impressive to say the least and I took the opportunity to pick Weir’s brain on the state of the modeling industry today.

INDIE NEWSROOM: Sex and the Prequel…Julia Roberts and Christy Turlington No Longer Allowed in UK…Gays Marrying Kind of the Cutest Thing Ever

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

- A Sex and the City prequel with Blake Lively as Samantha, Selena Gomez as Charlotte, Emma Roberts as Miranda and Elizabeth Olsen as Carrie? Someone’s clearly enjoying a game of fantasy fagball. [Fashionista]

Bloomingdale’s Gets into the Mother’s Day Spirit

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

To commemorate Mother’s Day — the day for which greeting cards were invented (or maybe vice versa) — Bloomingdale’s is showcasing five designers and their mothers in their windows on Lexington Ave.

Rebecca Taylor Fall 2011 Gets Surreal

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

Ethereal floral paintings sporadically  printed, appliqued and sequined over shades of dusty burgundy and teal, and brighter hues of magenta comprised Rebecca Taylor‘s Fall 2011 collection. She dropped the waist way deep with this flowing dress of superfine pleat fused to the thigh hugging demure sheer top. This collection is where prairie child gets disco fever.

Spring Trend 2011: Exotic Skin Clothing & Accessories

Edited by The Fashion Web

                                 
Rebecca Taylor Alejandro Ingelmo Kara Ross Sang A Thakoon Peter Som Edmunso Castillo Jonathan Simkhai Anya Hindmarch Michael Kors Reed Krakoff Altuzarra Hot off the New York runway: snake. This exotic skin could be found all over the city, from sexy dresses at Altuzarra and chic clutches at Kara Ross…

What To Wear When Dating a Shortie?

Edited by Carly Spindel

Dating columnist and shopping addict, Carly Spindel has dated her share of men in NYC. For every type of date, there’s a different type of outfit. Here she takes us into her closet to handle a little problem, what should a fashionable girl wear when dating a short man?