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. 

Designer Daily: Pono by Joan Goodman

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

When Joan Goodman moved from NY to Hawaii back in the 70′s, she didn’t know that the best friend she made there would become the inspiration and namesake of her future jewelry company. Pono means: In Perfect Order, Beneficial, Necessary (among other meanings), and having had a Pono necklace for approximately one week, I can tell you it is all of those things. While Joan runs her family’s button manufacturer, Bobbi Trim, where Marc Jacobs, Derek Lam, Thakoon and Vera Wang all get their buttons, she’s put her brand and resources to work creating sustainable and beautiful baubles. With Italian resins, natural wood, shell and horns, she makes would-be heavy jewelry feel light as air. 

Mary Alice Stephenson on Real Women, Her Favorite Young Designers and the State of American Style

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

LOOKBOOKS contributor Stacey Cunningham helms the regular feature, Kit & Kaboodle, taking a look at what makes stylists tick and keeps them sane. This week she profiled one of the busiest and most successful stylists in the industry, one Ms.  Mary Alice Stephenson:

12 Days of Christmas: 12 Pairs of Tatas [NSFW]

Edited by Amanda Gabriele

On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, 12 pairs of tatas! It’s been a great year for topless editorial and no better time to celebrate our favorite snapshots than on the final day of the Christmas season. These ladies are celebrating in their birthday suits, and we love them for it. That’s right, even you Lindsay.

Jason Wu Target’s Next Designer Collabo

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Now that Missoni has arrived, completely shut down Target and is no longer available except for exorbitant prices on eBay, it’s time for another high-profile designer collaboration. Enter womenswear wunderkind, Jason Wu. 

Springing for 2012 Trends from New York and London

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

Spring 2012 is blooming before our very eyes as trends fall in fringe, sprout like flowers and actively kick it into hyperspeed. Designers from New York and London are on a wavelength that transcends oceans, and that frequency is tickling our future wardrobes with trends we love.

Photos from Style.com

#NYFW Beauty Trend: Rainbow Bright Hair

Edited by Amanda Gabriele

We’ve showed you how to do it yourself on FashionIndie. Countless celebrities have tried it in the past year. And now high fashion has taken it to the runway for Spring 2012. Rainbow bright hair is taking the world by storm, and we can’t get enough. Click though to see beauty photos from all the labels on board.

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.