Posts in fashion trends
Ouest AW24

We were completely jet lagged by this point of our trip and the thought of a 9:30 a.m. show on such a cold and rainy morning felt like torture. But as I looked out the window that morning, I found myself feeling sorry for the models and production who had to be there hours prior. The least I can do is to show up and enjoy the fashion. When we arrived, my colleague started the morning with the comment, "Did I just die and go to heaven?"

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Feng Chen Wang AW24

This collection transforms the Chinese tea culture into a fashion collection. The underlying themes were respect for nature and traditional culture while conveying contemporary values. There is a sense of freedom and confidence in this collection from one who is proud of their traditions and is eager to share them with the world.

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Masu AW24

I wasn't expecting to get into a fight with a photographer at a show. But there I was, waiting for all the attendees to arrive and getting yelled at by a photographer who insisted that I was going to block his shot. After an exchange of me yelling at him in English and him yelling back at me in French we somehow understood each other and cooled down in the frigid venue, just in time for the show to start. That is the beauty of Fashion Week. It is multicultural, multilingual and there is always respect for the show.

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Airei AW24

Paris in Winter isn't pleasant. This season I finally understood how Europeans in the last centuries died of consumption. The streets are cold and damp, buildings that are hundreds of years old drip dirt all over you and finding a warm place to escape the weather isn't as easy as it should be. I was overjoyed to enjoy a little respite at the Airei presentation. I did not expect, however, to walk right into the '80s Maxwell cassette ad.

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Kidill AW24

Walking around the grounds of the Louvre is always a surreal experience for me. It is where the ghosts of royalty past live and the remnants of the splendor they left behind is extraordinary. My head was far away in Fantasyland when I remembered that I was there to see a show. Kidill AW24 is starting in a few minutes and I best get Google mapping.

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Mame Kurogouchi SS24

Mame Kurogouchi travels down to Arita town in Saga Prefecture, a historical town for early Imari pottery from the dawn of Japan's famed porcelain industry in the first half of the 17th century. Maiko Kurogouchi was fascinated by Japanese porcelain's rich and fine craftmanship.

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Maitrepierre SS24

What are future generations looking to dress like? The notion of adaptability is becoming increasingly important to us in our daily lives. Socially we are evolving so expeditiously, the way we express ourselves is also evolving at a rapid pace. What can we bring with us from our past that will still hold up in the future?

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IA London SS24

Ira Iceberg, the artist that became a fashion designer is truly one of my personal creative heroes. It is evident that she trained in classical art using mediums such as oil and canvas. The digital age had changed her medium drastically therefore her art has evolved into creating in a way that interacts with the observer. The observer turns into the art to be observed.

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EENK SS24

"Y for Yesterday" is a striking new take on classical femininity and powerful modernism. Designer Hyemee looks back on her own past, her inspirations and emotions, as well those of EENK, to present an innovative collection between nostalgia and modernism.

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Hian Tjen SS24

Hian Tjen makes me want to show up awkwardly to a party completely over dressed. From start to finish these over the top, opulent pieces are a marvel to behold. Tjen does not hold anything back, more is more. The textiles used are a mix of feathered, embroidered, burned out, applique'd and beaded. It's all in there.

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Ruohan SS24 and interview with Ruohan Nie

In the second installment of Ruohan Nie's three collection series, "Line" is a wonderful study of conveying that lines can run forever. Designers strive to design timeless collections that can be versatile through seasons and time, few are successful at it. Ruohan Nie is successful with this season after season through her study in design and textiles.

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Reemami SS24

I never would have known it but this collection was inspired by surf skating. I'm so not even sure what it is but it is an activity that the designer, Reema Al Banna has been involved in for the last year and a half. This collection infuses something that is electrifying yet refined for the designer.

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Uma Wang SS24

This season Wang explorers how we view Venice once the playfulness and grandeur ceases and we start to notice the decay. The silhouettes of this collection plays off of the outlines of the architecture and dilapidated colors of the walls, frescoes and paintings inside the buildings and the pungent smell of laguna water accompanied by the signs of rampant decay.

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Jarel Zhang SS24

... Before we get into that, I want to go back to the mid-90s. It was July in Paris and I was the typical 90s teen; unchaperoned, untracked and without a phone in Paris for a whole summer. There will never be a time in the future where this experience will ever be duplicated.

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Empty Behavior SS24 and Interview with Joel and Nino

Never have I ever been so unsettled to walk into a fashion show before. At first glance, this show was just extremely weird. After a long day of running around Paris, I was more than elated to land in the Palais de Tokyo at the Empty Behavior show. I have never heard of this brand before that day and it took me a while to figure it out, what exactly I was there to see?

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Dawei SS24

My favorite color is pink. You could not imagine how well this collection captured by interest from the first model. A voluminous dress of bubblegum pink styled with fuzzy black slide on slippers flounced down the runway. I was not only excited to see this look because it was an exuberant show of pink, I was excited because I can see myself in it.

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Anrealage SS24

This season, building on his exploration of Umwelt (German for environment or surround-world), Kunihiko Morinaga uses a colorless PVC base for his creations. Using his trademarked ANVISUAL photochromatic technology, he creates a series of transparent "empty" garments and uses UV light to transform them.

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Victoria Tomas SS24

Everything about this collection feels slightly extreme. Exaggerated openings, leather, grommets and snakes paired with metal chains. Somehow within all of these extremities, there's still a very soft feminine voice that speaks through it. It's like the woman who is ready for everything and anything.

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Svencum SS24 and Junyan Xu Interview

A performance artist was reading a poem written by the designer in French about the human experience, or rather the human workhorse. Life was described as just non-stop work and enjoying a small morsel of the fruits of our labor until one day we inevitably perish.

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TAAKK SS24

Walking into the Rue Jean Pierre Timbaud courtyard full of colorful banners I truly felt like I finally had been invited to enjoy a joyful summer moment in Paris. It may possibly be because of the sweltering heat the mise en scène was every bit the idyllic European city summer as it could be. Arriving at the TAAKK show and watching everybody file in, many faces looked recognizable and familiar. Not personally, I've just seen them on social media. The excitement built and finally the show began.

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