Despite its oft-discussed and analyzed economic slowdown, China still offers opportunities for growth for practically everyone, even publishers. Case in point: Italian men’s magazine, L’Uomo Vogue dedicated its October issue to China. The issue, with 144 pages of advertising, increased revenues for the magazine by 104% compared to last year’s October issue. It features interviews by EIC Franca Sozzani of super-blogger, Han Han, actors Fan Bingbing and Chen Kun, and composer Tan Dun.
Video: Yiqing Yin’s Fall/Winter ‘12/’13 Couture show in Paris.
On one hand, the Asian design aesthetic usually brings to mind conceptual asymmetry, hyper-volume and androgyny, on the other, is cliched, Oriental costume. Chinese-French designer, Yiqing Yin breaks rank with this paradigm while proving that modern doesn’t have to equal Western. Her latest Couture collection retains the cerebral, intellectual curiosity Asian designers are known for, while remaining grounded with luxurious, feminine, and avant garde sensibilities the likes of the late Alexander McQueen. You can find some of her designs at MODEWALK.
Flying Scissors launched its Fall 2012 collection and I have to say, even though satchels are on their way out, I’m kind of in love with this doctory red saffiano leather version from FS’s Moonlight collection.
For the young’uns out there, House of Style is a new show about fashion hosted by models Karlie Kloss and Joan Smalls, but for the rest of us it’s the third incarnation of a show that’s waned along with the supermodel era. Wonder if it’ll last longer this time than the last, one-episode revival? It may just be my nostalgia, but I’m thinking it’s better not to mess with a good thing (even though I do love Karlie and Joan). Here’s the first episode, what do you think?
"The best thing about London is Paris."
- Diana Vreeland
Masha Ma’s Spring ‘13 collection was perfection. I thought STYLE.com did comprehensive show coverage, but apparently not. Kudos to NOWFASHION for having the coverage…so happy to have discovered them!
Photo: NOWFASHION
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel, a documentary on the High Priestess of Fashion, is coming soon to Palo Alto, CA, the fashionable home of hoodied techies. Guess who’s excited to attend? It’s near the end of its run, so be sure to check out showtimes near you.
Great turnout at the Fashion + Tech SF’s Fashion and Tech Expo meetup for #SFFW. There were a disproportionate number of second-hand swapping sites, all variations on the original theme, the UK’s Big Wardrobe (SNOBSWAP, Threadflip, Copious). Strangely, none (to my knowledge) do a Halloween-themed swap. I can’t think of a better opportunity to get new customers than with a costume swap.
Most excited about: Bonfaire.
Ended up unexpectedly buying: a SOLZ solar backpack.
Photo of moderator Joanna Riley Weidenmiller of 360Fashion and panelist Manish Chandra of Poshmark by Owen Geronimo.
Can’t wait till October 3 to see the Masha Ma SS’13 collection, which is being shown during Paris Fashion Week. If it’s anything like her AW’12 collection, it should be to die for!
People have asked me what it’s like to walk fashion week: do the butterflies ever go away before stepping out (no), what is it like to walk straight into a wall of photographers at the end of the runway (blinding), don’t you care about changing in front of other people (no, everyone else is busy in the mad dash to change looks and/or trying to find their shoes to pay attention to you—someone else always has your shoes)? While my heyday was back when shows were held in the tents, and photographers polaroided light tests (how digital photography has changed everything!), despite the innumerable changes in the fashion industry over the years, the experience and energy of a fashion show somehow have always remained the same.
Given my fashion and increasingly tech-focused nerdery, I was so excited to hear about Diane von Furstenberg collaborating with Google to demonstrate Google’s Glass technology for her Spring 2013 RTW show. If you’ve ever wanted to experience a snippet of the exhiliration of walking the runway, and the chaos of fashion week, here’s your chance. If the video isn’t showing up, you can check it out here!
