Fashion – Page 11

Vida Ghaffari: So Very Very Chic

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

The ravenously chic and multitalented Vida Ghaffari is the girl about town in this city of glitter, fashion, and art. Ghaffari provides that key missing ingredient – substance – through her thoughtful journalism and artistic acting endeavors. As a celebrated journalist, the jovial and genial Ghaffari has been active in Los Angeles for over a decade covering subjects as varied as fashion, entertainment, royalty, and human interest, on every beat conceivable from Skid Row to…

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Divine Haute Couture

Posted on July 5, 2015July 12, 2019 by Faith Boutin and Murray Rosen

We were in the city of light, Paris, and it certainly was that, a city of light, and magic as well, especially when it comes to Haute Couture. Indeed, we had specifically journeyed to Paris for Haute Couture Week Autumne–Hiver 2015–2016 to join our good friend and colleague, Eleonora De Gray, who is Editor–in–Chief of Runway Magazine in Paris, for as many shows as we could attend. To our delight, Mademoiselle De Gray had secured…

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Sue Wong’s Royal Soirée

Posted on June 26, 2015July 12, 2019 by Faith Harrington Boutin

The social event of the Los Angeles fashion season was the birthday party held by the famous fashion designer Sue Wong for Her Highness Dr. Princess Antonia Schamburg-Lippe. The event was held at Wong’s iconic Hollywood landmark mansion/palazzo, The Cedars, on September 23, 2015. The affair was brilliant and had a radiant cast of characters. Where else in Hollywood can one find such refinement and élan as in Sue Wong’s Café Society? In fact, never…

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Sue Wong: Designer as Miraculous “Alchemist”

Posted on June 25, 2015July 12, 2019 by Faith Harrington Boutin

Sue Wong, the internationally renowned fashion designer, is, in reality, an “alchemist:” she turns fashion into theater, to the delight of all who view and covet her creations. Her latest fashion show of dazzling designs and majestic headdresses was a scintillating combination of high drama and masquerade, with iconoclastic performances by pop opera singer Michael Peer and HH Prince Mario Max Schaumburg-Lippe to enhance the theme of the presentation. Her show Alchemy and Masquerade Spring…

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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 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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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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