Temperley’s bridal is for the bride with a sense of individualism. For spring, art nouveau artwork and classic Fifties couture were referenced, resulting in a vintage hollywood glamour vibe. Silhouettes varied from bias-cut ruffled panels embellished with crystal waistbands, to structured halter and backless cuts. On a more bohemian note, the collection included flared sleeved and fitted bodice styles.
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The designer spoke about the challenges of designing a spring collection in the dead of winter. “So imagination sprinkled with a drop of fantasy becomes more important than ever. I always ask myself, ‘If you close your eyes and think about spring, what’s the first thing that comes to mind?’” She said it was a lush, green garden with flowers. As a result, Quinones sent out nine styles with impressive lace patterns, 3-D floral embroideries, dramatic skirts and sequined embroideries.
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Idan Cohen telegraphed bohemian and Victorian inspirations via intricate embroideries, ruffle details, delicate lace, feathers and hints of sheer.
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Anna Maier Collection 47 set out to telegraph romance, sensuality and drama via sculpted drapes and embroidered necklines. The bold use of color, notably on an emerald duchess satin gown with fluted skirt and a slim red column with architecturally draped skirt, projected the looks outside a bridal setting.
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FILL SWEEP: In time for next month’s NYCxDesign and on the heels of Frieze New York, Lee Broom will be joining forces with Bergdorf Goodman Men’s Store to design all four of its Fifth Avenue windows. The four-week run will start with the May 11 unveiling and will showcase his lighting, furniture and accessories with summertime men’s wear.
The multidisciplinary designer’s installation will hit midtown during the city’s high season for all things design. Frieze New York will have just ended a three-day run on Randall’s Island and NYCxDesign, the monthlong five-borough-wide event will be in full swing. Passersby and Bergdorf Goodman shoppers who decide they can’t live without having one of Broom’s creations will be able to find them in his SoHo showroom. Another option will be the designer’s online store, which is scheduled to go live next week.
Marking his 10th year in business, Broom creates 100-plus furniture, accessory and lighting designs biannually. In addition to designing 45 retail, restaurant and bar interiors, he has collaborated with such companies as Christian Louboutin and Mulberry. In fact, Broom has worn many hats in his career, which started in acting as a child and included a stint with The Royal Shakespeare Company.
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PARIS – To mark its 70th anniversary, Dior is taking over Les Arts Décoratifs for a retrospective that the Paris museum is billing as its largest fashion exhibition to date in terms of size.
“Christian Dior, Couturier du Rêve” (“Christian Dior, Dream Couturier” in English) will feature designs by the house’s founder and the six couturiers who succeeded him, spread over 3,000 square meters, or more than 32,000 square feet, with an elaborate set design by interior architect Nathalie Crinière. It is scheduled to open on July 5 during Paris Couture Week and run until Jan. 7, 2018.
The highlight of the exhibition will be a ballroom inspired by the Hall of Mirrors at the Château de Versailles, featuring gowns — some worn by royals, such as Princess Grace of Monaco and Princess Diana, others by celebrities, including current brand ambassadors Charlize Theron and Jennifer Lawrence — displayed under the arched 50-foot-high ceiling of the museum’s central nave.
In its fashion areas — which in recent years have housed exhibitions including “Dries Van Noten – Inspirations” in 2014 and “Louis Vuitton – Marc Jacobs” in 2012 — Crinière has recreated settings including an art gallery, a street, a boudoir and a garden to highlight
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The making of Lost & Found by J Friedman is very much a New York story even though the concept for the company was crystallized in Bali.
Jenny and Jessica Friedman, who share the same last name but are of no relation, first met in 2006, when Jessica Friedman, who was then working as a real estate broker, helped Jenny Friedman find a New York City apartment. The pair became friendly and even took a trip to the Bahamas together. While Jessica Friedman, a Thunderbird School of Management graduate, went on to work in marketing and advertising, her friend built a career in fashion at Akris, Carolina Herrera and Jimmy Choo. Last April she left Jimmy Choo as the U.S. public relations director.
Over the years the two women randomly ran into each other in Montauk, New York City and even once in Tulum where each was surprised to find they had been soaking up the sun side-by-side. At that point, Jessica Friedman was living in Los Angeles and they hadn’t seen each other in a few years. “We were always so excited to see one another but we were never actually making plans to get together,” Friedman said. Last August she
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AMSTERDAM — Sustainability, Nineties nods and activewear were some of the key themes of the fall 2018 edition of specialist denim fair Kingpins Amsterdam.
More than 80 exhibitors — the cream of the crop of mills, industrial laundries, chemical companies and more — offered a first look into the upcoming season’s textile choices, enhanced with seminars and exhibitions to complete the fall 2018 denim panorama.
The short-lived spin-off Why, dedicated to branding and accessories, was reabsorbed into the main exhibition, placing the denim accessories, tags and label exhibitors at the entrance of the show. As highlighted in previous editions’ roadmaps for cleaner denim production, shifts were often on the microscopic level, found intimately blended in the threads or washed as finishes.
Revisited loom techniques were seen at ITV, a family-owned Italian mill that supplies brands such as Tiger of Sweden and True Religion, and provided the winning fabric of last year’s Global Denim Awards. The company premiered a Stretch Non-Stretch construction that gives up to 15 percent of elasticity to 100 percent cotton denim.
“Denim’s definitely coming back in its more authentic variations, with rigid and comfort stretch being more popular than super stretch,” said Barbara Gnutti, the company’s export manager. Likewise, historic U.S. mill
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Blue was the hottest color in Amsterdam as aficionados turned the Dutch capital into the capital of denim for a week of industry and public events surrounding the ever-popular fabric for the Amsterdam Denim Days, held April 17 to 23.
Around town, retailers such as Scotch & Soda, Levi’s or specialists Tenue de Nîmes offered their latest denim wares, customization workshops and other free events, while the city’s Westerpark was home to the two-day premium denim fair Kingpins (April 19-20) and following ticket-based Blueprint festival (April 21 to 22).
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