Dear Pennies & Pens, It’s Pen here to continue New York Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2013 coverage with the GenArt Fresh Faces in Fashion 2012 show. The GenArt New Faces show took place on Sunday, September 9th at Pier 57. For those that don’t know, GenArt is a national organization dedicated to showcasing and elevating emerging talent [...]
Dear Pennies & Pens, So a few weeks ago, I received my daily newsletter from one of my favorite blogs, Refinery29. In one of their latest posts, they profiled the 14 hottest emerging designers. After reviewing the list, I decided to feature some of the designers here on de la Pen. In essence, for this [...]
Dear Pennies & Pens, It’s Pen here to report on Mathieu Mirano Fall/Winter 2012. I’ll admit when I first saw this collection, I wasn’t really a fan. However, after going back and seeing pictures of the collection I’ve changed my mind. Not completely, but, the collection was better than I originally thought. Fall/Winter 2012 was [...]
Dear Pennies & Pens, For this week’s Designer Discussion, I chose to feature Tadashi Shoji whose S/S 2012 collection I reviewed here on de la Pen after attending his runway show during New York Fashion Week. After receiving an invite to Tadashi’s press preview, I decided to attend so that I could view the collection up [...]
Dear Pennies & Pens, It’s Pen here to report on Zang Toi’s Spring/Summer 2012 runway show. Zang Toi is another previous de la Pen, NYFW feature. For this season, Zang called the collection: “My Dream of North Africa” since he was inspired by the northern part of one of the most historical continents. The collection was beautiful as [...]
Dear Pennies & Pens, On Wednesday, Sept. 7th, I had the pleasure of kicking off New York Fashion Week by attending & covering, The Couture Council’s Annual Awards Luncheon where they honored the iconic fashion designer & couturier, Valentino Garavani. The Couture Council is a prestigious membership group dedicated to supporting The Museum at FIT. [...]
Dear Pennies & Pens, So this morning, an email from a fabulous new T-shirt brand popped up in my inbox and it’s called Tourne de Transmission! Tourne de Transmission is a UK based T-Shirt line that was started in 2010 by Graeme Gaughan. Unlike many T-Shirt brands, Tourne de Transmission is offering something that is [...]
Dear Pennies & Pens, For this week’s, Model Mondays, I wanted to share a fresh emerging male model named Baptiste Giabiconi who is currently #1 on the top 50 male model list on models.com. I first noticed Baptiste when I saw him walking in a Chanel Haute Couture show and immediately saw his amazing bone structure [...]
Dear Pennies & Pens, This morning, I was browsing through tweets when I came across @thefashionbomb’s tweet about French African Olivier Rousteing taking over at French luxury label, Balmain. Excited to hear the news, I clicked on the link and voila! The Fashion Bomb confirmed it. Normallly, I don’t post such time sensitive fashion news but this [...]
Dear Pennies and Pens, The guest list at Italian designer Renato Balestra’s U.S. debut sparkled as much as the couture. The event not only showcased Balestra’s work, but also benefited the City of Hope—enticing the social elite to gather at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles on April 14 for both fashion and [...]
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