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Backstage at Richard Chai Fall / Winter 2015
Richard Chai always helps kick off Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week with a bang! This season brought the outerwear game up an notch with patterned cashmere chesterfield coats, various duvet parkas (one with a brilliant geometric camo pattern and another with fur collar), an elegant anorak pullovers, and a couple metallic coats. Chunky sweaters, oversized scarves, vertical stripe and plaid suiting separates, and graphic pullovers made up the rest of the collection that used smart and sporty layering.
I’m personally in my fourth season of covering NYFW and Richard’s was the first official fashion week show I got to see back when I was starting out back in 2013. So needless to say I was very excited to cover backstage this season as a journalist and blogger. See moments below with models such as Noma Han and Abiah Hostvedt, celeb visitors that included George Kotsiopoulos, Pete Wentz and model Miles McMillan, and of course Richard himself:
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Gilded Age Fall / Winter 2015 Collection + Backstage Moments
Over at the Refinery Rooftop at the Refinery Hotel, Gilded Age held its Fall/Winter 2015work wear-inspired collection. Designer Stefan Miljanic was influenced by the 1954 film “On the Waterfront”, which resulted in the use of dark tones the included navy, olive, black, grey and rusty reds. Various denim styles, chunky cashmere sweaters, textured railroad stripe and oxford pants, and printed plaid shirts made up the collection along with outerwear styles of lightly padded parkas, plaid jackets, wool pea coats, and a solid and textured reversible wool bomber. The looks were accessorize with Walk Over Shoes and Kyu Melange leather bags.
Take a look at the collection below, along with backstage moments I captured of the models during hair and makeup and as they prepped for the presentation to start: Read the rest of this entry
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Backstage at New York Men’s Day Fall / Winter 2015: David Hart, Ernest Alexander, Cadet and More
Another season of fashion week is here, and it starts with the third season of New York Men’s Day with 12 designers showing at one of two different show times. Hosted by Cadillac and set up by Agentry PR, the first showing of NYMD presentations included David Hart, Ernest Alexander, Cadet and more. Take a glimpse backstage before the presentations when on, and check out the fall and winter 2015 collections: Read the rest of this entry
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25 of the Best Bags, Sunglasses and More Accessories From NYFW Street Style
New York Fashion Week street style is the best to spot out things you can get now. Finishing up my street style coverage from this spring/summer 2015 presentation season, here’s the best bags, sunnies and other accessories I spotted at fashion week:
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20 of the Best Men’s Shoes From New York Fashion Week Street Style
New York Fashion Week street style is the best to spot out things you can get now. Finishing up my street style coverage from this spring/summer 2015 presentation season, I bring you the best shoes I spotted on the feet of the various editors, bloggers, buyers and models. Make sure to see more Vee Travels street style here, and check out my models style photo set on Details for which I talked to 10 different male models to learn about their footwear game.
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Earth Tone Styling To Use Now From NYFW Street Style
I noticed several different style trends men should be using now as we go from summer to fall. Among them, earth tones. See GQ Style Editor Matt Sebra (above), Saks VP and Fashion Director of Menswear Eric Jennings (second), and WWD Fashion Editor and M Magazine Fashion Director Alex Badia (final – make sure to check out his accessory game!) show you how to sport the tones of olive, warm gray and brown this month as we transition into fall: Read the rest of this entry
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Stylish Women From New York Fashion Week SS15: Street Style
Men aren’t the only stylish ones wandering during New York Fashion Week. Since I was shooting well dressed Latinas for Latina magazine, I also snapped several stylish women I spotted. Here are my favorites, with Eva Chen from Lucky sporting a smiley face hardshell clutch that I kind of want to put my electronics in for when I travel.
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Statement + Glam Looks From New York Fashion Week Street Style
My street style photos of Out magazine is live, and while I found dapper and casual stylish men I of course also spotted some fierce, statement looks. See a couple selects from the Out set (and the NewNowNext set) below, plus more looks that I also found and shot: Read the rest of this entry
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Patrik Ervell Spring 2015 Collection, Customized Shoes and Backstage Moments
Patrik Ervell’s spring 2015 collection was inspired by interior and industrial design, and features various technical fabrics such as polyurethane and vinyl on bombers, raincoats and shorts. Among the collection was a transparent vinyl rain duffle, a cerulean polyurethane vented macintosh, tourquise metallic polyurethane track pants, a black leather calfskin racing jacket and a watercolor print silk shirt (one of my favorites).
Also for his spring 2015 presentation, Ervell customized Dr. Marten leather strapped clogs to feature nylon straps in different colors. See how they were put together, get a closer look at the clothes and see the backstage moments with the models during hair, makeup and while getting ready for the presentation: Read the rest of this entry
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Billy Reid Spring 2015 Collection and Backstage Moments
For his upcoming spring collection Billy Reid presented with a runway show at the Refectory in the Highline Hotel, New York once again. I got a chance to be backstage, but first, the clothes.
The spring 2015 collection is said to be built from the concept of easing silhouettes and softening the structure and fabrics of the garments to create a modern, urban take on unstructured soft dressing. This resulted in comfortable outfits with light tailoring for a relaxed-chic looks as show by the above. Patterns played a role of course, as did oversized T-shirts, airy outwear, and long shorts and cropped pants paired tassel loafers, Espadrilles, K-SWISS leather sneakers or other footwear.
I’ll be sharing my favorites from the collection once NYFW wraps up, but in the meantime here’s my photo diary of being backstage at Billy Reid spring 2015. My favorite photo has to be the model selfie I stumbled upon when they were getting ready to rehearse, and possibly also Billy cooling off the models before the show by pressing iced cold cans on their necks. See those, grooming, dressing and more moments below: Read the rest of this entry
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