Byronesque.com is going hard core.
The editorial-based contemporary vintage resale web site will showcase more than 300 signature and hard-to-find Maison Martin Margiela pieces from some of the designer’s most sought-after collections, including Oversize and Flat when Byronesque takes over the city’s last porn movie house, Le Beverley Adult Cinema at 14 Rue de la Ville Neuve, during Paris Fashion Week on March 5 and 6.
“We’re playing on the idea that you’re in a secret place seeing something taboo that’s not for everyone,” said chief executive officer and editor in chief Gill Linton. “Nothing else makes people want something more.”
The fact that Byronesque.com is getting down and dirty should surprise no one, given its propensity to shock and offend. Simon Burrill’s fashion film about skinheads was featured on the site, along with a photo shoot and essay about Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren’s Swastika Sex cape in which Joe Corre said that the symbol “was used within the same kind of spirit as the images of gay sex, pedophile victims, images of the Queen and in the context that they were tearing down all the taboos.”
Linton said Byronesque.com will offer “the most sexy vintage Maison Martin Margiela” from 1980 to 2009, including a rare Margiela plastic bag collector’s piece and artisanal accessories from the

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AFTER SCHOOL: With news-making skills that seem to keep pace with her design ones, Laura Kim will be honored at Pratt Institute’s May 4 fashion show along with Fernando Garcia, her cocreative director at Oscar de la Renta.
The duo also started and design the Monse label, showing their most recent collection as a double billing with their Oscar de la Renta one during New York Fashion Week. They will pick up Pratt’s Fashion Visionary Award at the school’s 118th annual show at Spring Studios.
Kim learned sketching, pattern making and sewing, growing up in Seoul and Calgary before earning a bachelor of fine arts in fashion design at Pratt. Kim interned at TSE Cashmere, Donna Karan and Oscar de la Renta. With a B.S. in architecture from the University of Notre Dame, Garcia also interned at Oscar de la Renta and later served as principal designer for six years. In 2015, they launched Monse, which counts Selena Gomez, Sarah Jessica Parker and stylist Kate Young among its fans. Lottie Moss, Doutzen Kroes and Mia Moretti were front row for last week’s show at Skylight Clarkson Square. Garcia replaced Peter Copping, who had been selected by Oscar de la Renta as the

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NEW ROMANTICS: Ahead of its move next season to a see-now-buy-now format, Mother of Pearl creative director Amy Powney hosted appointments to give press a preview of the fall collection, which will be shown on the runway in London in September.
Powney looked to the 19th-century Romantic period, and the desire of artists and poets to return to nature in reaction to industrialization, for her inspiration, making much of florals and frills.
Her favorite artist, Caravaggio, provided the inspiration for the moody darkness of the palette, his chiaroscuro technique of rendering light and dark coming through in the dramatic flowers printed on heavy satins, the artist’s Renaissance period evident in the opulence of deep black velvets and heavy golden jacquards.
The brand’s sporty DNA was evident in the great quilted zip-front coat in a lush floral satin, and in the baby pink tweed tracksuit that had raw-edge frills on the outside of the sleeves. And the brand’s signature pearls were at work on many shoulder seams, tucked in the folds of yet more frills.
Powney’s Mother of Pearl collections get stronger from season to season and, when the full collection hits the catwalk later this year, it is sure to impress.

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IT’S A FEAST: Dover Street Market was packed on the night of Feb. 21, as shoppers were trying to get their hands on a copy of “Click-to-Buy,” the first photo book released by London-based streetwear label Aries in collaboration with fashion photographer David Sims.
“David has always been interested in subcultures and streetwear — he had a surf shop,” spilled Aries cofounder Sofia Prantera. “And one day he offered to take pictures for me; I think he just wanted to do something slightly different. But I was quite shocked; it took me two years to get the courage to say: ‘Do you really mean it?’” she said.

Inside the “Click-to-Buy” book by Aries and David Sims. 
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Teased Sims: “You know what? And I probably shouldn’t share this: Sofia knows something about my history that I wouldn’t want people to know, and she threatened to tell people, so that’s why I did it — and that’s the truth.”
Naturally, don’t expect to find any polished fashion photography in the 96-page tome, which is available today.
Styled by Jane How and featuring artwork by Prantera’s creative partner Fergus “Fergadelic” Purcell, the book zooms in on Aries’ visual language. “I wanted it to be less about the clothes and more about the branding,”

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Natasha Zinko went retro for fall, fusing Forties tailoring elements with the romance and innocence of the Eighties for her playful-yet-polished lineup of dresses, coats and separates. The upbeat music from the era played during the presentation, during which some models danced around.
Zinko’s use of feminine silhouettes from the Forties elevated the range and gave the outing a refined appeal. A lilac midi-length jersey plaid coat with wide shoulders was nipped at the waist with a black patent leather belt, while a yellow tweed jacket featured a swingy peplum silhouette.
She introduced shearling into her range via a reversible coat, worn over a fuchsia zip-front shirt, which was tucked into soft pink plaid ankle-length trousers. Tweed was also seen in an overcoat paired with a black patent-leather bustier dress.
The range was done up in a palette of bold hues in pink, green, violet, aqua and lilac.

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