Fashion – Page 13

Sue Wong: Fashion Designer Extraordinaire

Posted on June 22, 2015July 12, 2019 by Faith Boutin and Murray Rosen

The honours never stop for Sue Wong, world renowned recherché fashion designer. This time she is being recognized by Marymount University, receiving its 2015 Designer of the Year award at the school’s student fashion show on April 30, 2015. Achieving excellence is the standard by which each recipient is judged and Ms. Wong now joins an elite group of previous award winners including Oscar de la Renta, Carolina Herrera, Michael Kors, Eileen Fisher, Isabel Toledo, and…

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Sue Wong’s Eau de Parfum

Posted on June 21, 2015July 12, 2019 by Faith Boutin and Murray Rosen

The Sue Wong Eau de Parfum is like spring itself. It is tempting, sensual, and timeless. Indeed, I get a lot of compliments when I wear it. For the next six months, this fragrance will be available exclusively through the official Sue Wong online boutique, which launches this week. Please note that for the next six months this fragrance is available exclusively through the official SUE WONG online boutique: www.suewong.com under SHOP. Sue Wong expounds, “I designed…

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Sue Wong’s Exotic Dream: Mythos and Goddesses

Posted on June 20, 2015July 12, 2019 by Faith Boutin and Murray Rosen

Photo credits: Walter Tabayoyong, Fashion Show Photographer & Arun Nevader, Photoso of Sue Wong. A Sue Wong fashion show is not just a show, it is a theatrical production of epic proportions. When her Fall 2015 Collection was unveiled on March 9th at the Taglyan Complex in Hollywood under the title “Mythos and Goddesses,” it was as if the Greek goddess Hestia had reigned down fire from the heavens, sizzling the audience with the sheer…

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Oliver Tolentino: Filipino Designer Achieves International Success

Posted on March 24, 2015July 24, 2019 by Faith Harrington Boutin

While waiting to interview Oliver Tolentino, I go through the gowns from his latest fashion show and realize how truly talented he is, this international fashion designer who marries couture with eco-friendly materials. He is most certainly a man for all seasons, as he also does prêt-a-porter as well as men’s custom-made clothing. Tolentino is also known for his wedding gowns. Born in the Philippines, Tolentino enjoys working with and showing off his native fabrics. …

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Los Angeles Style Fashion Week Opens with a Goddess: Sue Wong

Posted on June 26, 2014July 24, 2019 by Faith Boutin and Murray Rosen

LA Style Fashion Week started October 15th at The Reef in downtown Los Angeles with the Sue Wong mega-show “Fairies and Sirens.” “I design stories,” says Ms. Wong. “My designs and clothes are my words … that is my real expression.” And what stories she tells!! “Fairies and Sirens,” her Spring/Summer 2015 Collection presentation, sold out its 900-seat venue, with enthusiastic dignitaries, celebrities, and fashionistas abounding, including Miss J Alexander and Wong’s celebrity model for…

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The Holiest of the Holy: CHANEL Couture Spring 2014

Posted on March 22, 2014July 28, 2019 by Faith Harrington Boutin

The superb Chanel Haute Couture collection for the Spring of 2014 was presented in the round, Cambon Club at the Grand Palais in Paris in January. Karl Lagerfeld’s models made their entrance from cylindrical mirrored enclosures to the accompaniment of a full orchestra playing at the foot of the stage. The Haute Couture collection for Spring 2014 is another example of Karl Lagerfeld’s penchant for the incorporation of magic into his designs, flowing effortlessly. Lagerfeld…

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Ralph Rucci: The Maestro of the Fashion World

Posted on July 22, 2013July 22, 2019 by Heather Herndon

In the design world, creativity is the lifeblood and it runs deep in the veins of the artist who commands it. There are few still left on this planet who can manipulate designs and art into true haute couture, and Ralph Rucci is most certainly one of them. Ralph Rucci, the maestro, was born and raised in Philadelphia. His first field of serious study was philosophy, at Temple University, a discipline which had a marked influence…

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The Lavish Fashion of Dalia MacPhee

Posted on April 22, 2013July 22, 2019 by Faith Harrington Boutin

There is sparkle in her eyes and cheer in her voice as celebrity fashion designer Dalia MacPhee speaks to the press from the red carpet, on a night in which she is the center of attention. And, well there should be, as the Consul General of Canada in Los Angeles, David Fransen, is honoring her with an affair at his home to match her creative oeuvre. MacPhee, a native Canadian, has been carving out her…

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News From the Fashion Trenches of New York Fashion Week 2012

Posted on July 25, 2012July 25, 2019 by Faith Harrington Boutin

New York fashion week sparkled as the models twirled in Lincoln Centre where New York Fashion Week was held. Everyone watched in anticipation for the collections to soar to great heights, in the Spring of 2012 and that is exactly what happened. Lincoln Centre is where the cultural elite attends the arts. What an appropriate venue to set New York Fashion Week then in Lincoln Center. Yes, fashion is an art form and it is a…

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Ode to Ferragamo

Posted on July 25, 2012July 25, 2019 by Faith Harrington Boutin

In a refreshing and bold break with the boring, the staid, the customary, and the uncreative, Massimillano Giornetti gives a newer, younger, fresher, and more colorful look to the Ferragamo Women’s Spring/Summer RTW collection, his first for them. These fashions present a virtual explosion of color and images, with a nod to the 70’s, as if Mr. Giornetti was paying homage to Yves Saint Laurent, but with a new twist. The collection was brilliant, perhaps best…

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