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Posts for February 4th 2008

Liveblogging Oscar De La Renta Fall Winter 2008 Fashion Show
Oscar De La Renta

Liveblogging Oscar De La Renta Fall Winter 2008 Fashion Show

The show started at 1:20pm on the dot.
by coutorture The show started at 1:20pm on the dot. And while we hate reporting on the basics like color and silhouette what else can we really liveblog? Jessica Stam waltzed by in vivid purple. Otherwise the entire experience is one of grays, browns, and integrated metallics. Wide leg pants are making quite a few appearances as well. And of course the traditional full skirt. A live pianist Regina Spektor is singing "Den of Thieves." From our vantage point we can see Oscar watching the girls come out. Look closely!
At Oscar de La Renta Fall Winter 2008
Oscar De La Renta

At Oscar De La Renta

It's just 1pm and there is a palpable buzz.
by coutorture It's just 1pm and there is a palpable buzz. The photographers are already jockey for position as Oscar is notorious for starting on time. We are admiring the incredible organ. Last season Oscar treated us to a full choir. We hope that he has a few other musical tricks in store as there is a giant Steinway in full view.
Carolina Herrera Autumn Winter 2008 Collection with feathers
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Herrera Shakes Her Tail Feather

The Herrera show just finished here at the tents, and damn if it wasn't pointed and dandy-esque.
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The Herrera show just finished here at the tents, and damn if it wasn't pointed and dandy-esque. Long feathers emerged from hats, from the backs of frocks, from nowhere in particular. The message seemed directed at the sloppy, bed-headed generation of twenty-somethings. A certain maturity was exaggerated for A/W 08, perhaps simply because Herrera is no Betsey, and never adheres to an adolescent aesthetic. With Oscar to follow, it looks like today's a day for the grown-ups.

Charles Nolan Autumn Winter 2008 Backstage Interview
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Backstage Interview With Charles Nolan

Yesterday, a beautiful Sunday afternoon indeed, Charles Nolan showed his A/W 08 collection.
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Yesterday, a beautiful Sunday afternoon indeed, Charles Nolan showed his A/W 08 collection. We'd been to his studio recently, for the FGI Rising Star Awards party he hosted, and, like last time, the large space filled up in a casual Thanksgiving-dinner sort of way. Children were running between legs, people were sipping coffee and eating bagels with lox and cream cheese. Sure, there was the usual chaos of preparing for a show, but the Nolan-way was present. It was our pleasure to interview Mr. Nolan before the show, where he told us a little bit about the collection and its mix of tradition and technology. Soak up that bright light (that's a sick river view you're witnessing) and the amiable manner of a gentleman who can manifest 'lifestyle' from backstage to brick and mortar.


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Preen Backstage Mac Makeup Interview
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Backstage With Mac: Preen A/W 08

Yesterday, we stopped by the Preen show, backstage, to talk with the Mac team.
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Yesterday, we stopped by the Preen show, backstage, to talk with the Mac team. Last year, makeup was inspired by Lauren Hutton, and this year, Kim Bassinger (in L.A. Confidential) and Kurt Cobain. For the Kurt there were smudgy shadows in shades of brown, and for the Kim, red stained lips that 'look like you've been kissing and making out for hours'.


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