Celebrating the New Year: The Best Chinese Designers You've Never Heard of
Happy Chinese New Year! To celebrate the Year of the Horse we’ve pulled together a list of our favorite Chinese designers—from ready-to-wear to haute couture—for styles you’ll want to fill your closet, no matter the year.
Peter Pilotto Wins 2014 British Fashion Award/Vogue Design Fund
Announced yesterday, Peter Pilotto won the 2014 British Fashion Council/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund award. The prize includes company mentoring, a grant of approximately $330,000 to help fund the brand and recognition among past winners like Nicholas Kirkwood, Johnathan Saunders and Christopher Kane.
To Tommy, From Zooey: A New Collaboration Between Two of Fashion's Favorites
Oh, Zooey Deschanel. There’s something about the quirky actress that makes her an unexpected fashion icon—maybe it’s those lash-grazing bangs or vintage, throwback dresses—either way she’s one of our favorite celebrities to watch
.Elie Saab Couture Spring 2014: Gowns Fit For A Modern Princess
We like to think of Elie Saab as our fairy godmother; if we’re ever in need of a gown to catch prince charming, you can bet he has one that is fit for a princess. The Elie Saab Couture Spring 2014 collection was no exception—every dress...
Jean Paul Gaultier Spring Couture 2014: Lepidopteron Collection Takes Flight
You knew this was going to happen—did you somehow think you could make it through Paris Couture Fashion Week without the insane eccentric designs of Jean Paul Gaultier’s Spring Couture 2014 runway show? It’s the upper echelon of couture: those over-the-top designs you can only wear once and will likely find their way into a Smithsonian collection some 40-odd years into the future. But for now they’re brand new sparkly designs that make us both marvel and detest the artistry in fashion.
The first few designs hitting the runway were simple and could easily be mistaken for ready-to-wear, with an all-black palette and feminine silhouettes—but as the models walked and the butterfly motif progressed it was apparent this was meant to be a true Gaultier collection. Soft lepidopteron accents soon made way for a fully formed entomological exposition.
Gaultier’s reviews have been going downhill as of late—perhaps it’s the lack of excitement for the same, tired, over-the-top designs or maybe it’s the creativity of the pieces themselves, either way, we were pretty on the fence about this collection. We fail to see the ingenuity in literal interpretations of nature, and to be honest—we can't imagine anyone rocking that orange butterfly dress. Seriously even Gaga wouldn’t touch that with a 10-foot pole.
Some of the more subtle nuances in design were gorgeous, inspired, red-carpet-worthy—but were lost on the runway, surrounded by dresses that were practically sprouting wings and taking flight. Couture is where Gaultier shines, and while we can usually appreciate the beauty of his genius, this collection was not one of those times.
