Plus Size Fashion
I’ve been involved in the fashion industry for almost 10 years. When I began, I was frequently the biggest person in the room, almost never seeing another person my size in the seats at a show, let alone on the runway. Plus models at NYFW were…
The blizzard had subsided, but streets were still covered with snow. Not that pretty, powdery white that people in the country enjoy, but that sludgey, brownish-grey slush that city-dwellers get to deal with. Lucky us. So, of course, I had to…
Oy. It’s finally the LAST day of NYFW F/W 2016 coverage, hurrah! This is going to be a short one because unfortunately so many things came up that I’m only finishing this in April… *hangs head in shame* Naeem Khan Very bohemian, gypsy, and…
Regardless of how glamorous NYFW can seem, by the time the second week of shows rolls around, you can see the fatigue on every face. For day 6 I wanted to take it easy, so I skipped my morning shows and only stopped by a few shows and events in…
Day five was pretty calm, with only a few shows and meetings on my roster. I stopped by Lela Rose and ran into the fabulous Nicolette Mason, who made for a welcome seat-mate. After the show, I had a fantastic meeting with the killer-chic…
Day 3 we were hit by absolutely frigid temps and I did something I never thought I would do….wear an ankle-length puffer jacket out during fashion week. But, as the wind whipped down the west side highway, and I trudged from Art Beam to Pier…
I started the “official” day 1 fairly early – in the city around 9ish for my first three presentations and a runway show, then home for a bit, and then back into the city for another presentation and two runway shows. NYFW gets built up as a…
A combination of jewelry and clothing, Laurel DeWitt’s designs are always impressively breathtaking, and this season was no different. Every metal garment was entirely hand-crocheted, hand-cut, and hand-painted; a skill that left the audience…
NEW POST: NYFW Day 1 New York Fashion Week (henceforth referred to as NYFW) is a fun, thrilling, beyond exhausting experience. My days are typically 12+ hours, running all over the city, and typically not eating. It’s a quasi-joke in the…
Well, technically NYFW doesn’t start until Thursday, but over the last few seasons I’ve had more and more shows beginning on Wednesday! So I will be sorta off the grid for about a week, but you can follow my fashion week updates on Twitter or…