Tag: fashion designer

  • Fashion Titanic

    Stay calm. Take a deep breath.   After attending Milan Fashion Week, having conversations with many industry professionals, fashion is at a major crossroads, with many questions, few answers. Attending events, drinking a glass of sparkling wine, I looked around, buyers, editors, influencers, designers, press people all in attendance, MWAH, MWAH, on the cheeks. For…

  • Bag Inspired

  • MORE IS MORE

    MORE IS MORE

    Desperate and trying to reach a demographic that is hard to figure out was my first reaction to looking over the latest fashion looks from a well known brand. Like so many labels, it is trying to lure younger buyers. For the Spring collection it decided to ditch the old DNA to make a full…

  • CIVIDINI

    CIVIDINI

    Milan Fashion Week coverage from the Cividini Fashion Show, I was not familiar with this brand, attending the fashion show I had no expectations. It is always nice to have a plesant surprise in the frantic schedule. Designers Miriam and Piero established their namesake brand on wearable looks for professional women and men, practical but…

  • Paris Fashion Week Shows

  • Paris Fashion Week-Miyake

    Video by creative collaborator Brice Hardelin for BlackandPaper. 

  • Gucci at Paris Fashion Week

    Gucci at Paris Fashion Week

    This year the Bling brand decided not to showcases in Milan but in Paris for Fashion Week.  A bit of a surprise!   A change of location but the same looks applied.  Creative Director Michele is not about the understated.  Get Noticed! Flaunt it if you got it!  Who cares about restraint.  Instagram is about…

  • NYFW 2018 Review PT2

    New York Fashion Week has ended. There were highs and lows but overall I think the fashion scene showed why it is in the Big 4 League, no questions asked. The city maybe the only place where commerce and experimentation can work. Marc Jacobs has been in the headlines lately, many have been wondering if…

  • New York Fashion Week  REVIEWS

    New York Fashion Week REVIEWS

    New York Fashion Week kicks off the season. “Diversity” is the key word but at times it feels like tokenism. The same as saying, “I have  a friend who is,,,,” and I invited him or her to the party. “Pat me on the back for showing how forward thinking I am. In the 21st century,…

  • La Dolce ITALIANA!

    La Dolce ITALIANA!

    If you happen to be in Milan this week make sure you have a chance to see a monumental fashion collection titled Italiana at the impressive Palazzo Real Milano, located in the centre of the city beside Duomo. The exhibition spans the the story of fashion the city from 1971 to 2001 with looks drawing from the…