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Of New York Fashion Week and Menswear fashion

admin — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 01:18:25 +0000

There was a time when fashion meant only women’s fashion. But the times are certainly changing and it seems that the trend in the US is that the Menswear fashion market is just exploding continuously over the past five years or so. Now there is a movement among designers, patrons as well as industry insiders who wonder as to whether Menswear fashion should be a staple and a regular fixture in the New York Fashion Week. This is only fair considering the kind of interest that has been generated in menswear over the past few years. There seems to be some overlap between the European and the American shows which means that while the Europeans shows gets precedence , the American ones do lose out as the New York Fashion Week does not have a dedicated Menswear fashion.

This is really a shame because en are now coming to their own and have discerning tastes and preferences when it comes to fashion, gone are the days when Menswear fashion used to be just an insignificant foot note in fashion weeks and as just as a kind of filler or so . This is not true and the Europeans have stolen a match by having special shows for ‘homme’ or men who are quite fashion conscious nowadays.

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What to do for New York when the water rises

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:56:26 +0000

The stories of global warming seem quite scary. From Australia to India and coastal cities like New York, you will see so many changes in the ecology. There will be huge waves as the water rises and threatens to engulf the low lying areas of the cities by the sea. You can imagine that places like Manhattan will be a number of tall buildings surrounded by the water as the water rises. This is not just the story because the experts are saying that in a few years, this story may be really true as the water rises.

This is one of the main reasons why the city has told experts to come up with new plans to save the city as the water rises, in a few years. The very first thing that they plan to do is to build a large wall all around the island city. When this happens, it would be easy to keep the waves out, as and when the water rises. Apart from this, there would be other secondary plans to create a new buildings and localities to be protected from the rising water. All of these plans have to be decided upon and implemented in the next few years so that the city can be saved when the water rises.

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Joseph Altuzarra and high fashion in New York

admin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:21:46 +0000

When it comes to high fashion, it is quite true that what seems to be strange is that you could have avant garde designers making their way to the Big Apple and making it big, on the back of their talent. It seems this is the case with the brand new designer in town, Joseph Altuzarra, who is being worn by people like Carine Roitfeld. Roitfeld had worn Altuzarra’s ivory coat, which had mink tails coming out at the shoulders, which caught everyone’s fancy and had them quite amazingly enchanted with the coat as well as its designer. It is quite true that you knew that Altuzarra has indeed made an entry in the NYC fashion circles, with quite a splash.

If you know what we mean, just try to get even a single piece of his fall 2010 collection shoes, which have just sprung out of the shelves at Barney’s. Joseph was so sought after, that it seems as if all that folks wanted to wear was leather, that season. It is quite true that Joseph has become a cult like figure in the world of high fashion in New York, and getting to the dizzying heights as he has done in such a short span of time is nothing short of a miracle.

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