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Your Coffee Break
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HerCampus.com profile
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StyleDefinedNYC + Her Campus
Recently Jessica Pawlarczyk interviewed me for HerCampus.com, a leading website for college women. I was flattered that they wanted to profile me in their “how they got there” section and was excited to share my experience…you can read the whole piece here.
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Interview on Fashion Indie
Today I spent playing with Dana + Vince of Bond Hardware (more accurately it was an interview/photo/video shoot for SDNYC). So frankly I’m a bit fried and can’t be bothered to shoot myself in an outfit today. Since I was recently interviewed by Nicole Vardo of FashionIndie I thought I’d share that instead. Hope that’s cool.Happy Sunday!
Fall Fashion 2011, Northeast Style
Type F, Tyra Banks new website recently interviewed me about NYC style versus other east coast girls. You can read what I wrote here. What Girls in NYC wear Would love to know YOUR thoughts – how is the style where you live? And if it’s NYC do you agree or disagree with me?
Mandy Coon
When I decided to start “Fashion Fridays” to highlight someone working in fashion in NYC I asked Erin Dixon, the editor of Dossier Journal who she thought would be good to feature. Mandy Coon was one of the designers at the top of her list. I knew Mandy had shown this past NYFW at Milk Studios but didn’t know her background first as a model then a DJ and finally becoming a designer via FIT and apprenticing for Camilla Staerk. What I did know was that when I checked out her designs I found the mix of sleek satin and leather with more architectural knits creates the perfect cocktail of sexy/smart/sophisticated for the downtown set.
Here are Mandy’s answers to my FF questions:
If you could live in another era, when would it be and why?
The ’50s were a pretty amazing era decade for design….
What’s your favorite movie?
Visually, I love The Night Porter. It’s pretty intense, but Charlotte Rampling is so amazing in it.
| A purse from her Fall 2010 Collection |
What is a current obsession?
Rabbits (real ones). And my dog.
Do you read fashion magazines?
Occasionally. I used to read them a lot, but this days, I’m super busy, and I think I might be unconsciously trying to avoid them, to some extent. I don’t want to be unconsciously influenced by anything….
Describe your style as a friend would
Dark, but fun.
What style/trend (current or past) do you hope is never recycled?
Uggs
What style/trend would you like to see come back?
High-waisted trousers- not the ridiculously high ones, just the ones that sit at the natural waist, instead of falling off and showing your bum.
Has the internet changed the fashion industry? How?
Definitely. I was not exposed to much, growing up in texas. Now kids are exposed to everything.
Can we find you on twitter?
Yes- but I don’t tweet much.
I do have a facebook problem, though…
finish this sentence: I love New York because…
literally anything can happen here.
| Autumn/Winter 2010 lookbook, photo by Samantha Rapp |
| Autumn/Winter 2010 lookbook, photo by Samantha Rapp |
Where to find Mandy Coon
NEW YORK:
ASSEMBLY (www.assemblynewyork.com/)
EVA (www.evanewyork.net)
OPENING CEREMONY (www.openingceremony.us)
BIRD WILLIAMSBURG (www.shopbird.com)
LOS ANGELES:
OPENING CEREMONY (www.openingceremony.us)
PARIS:
COLETTE (www.colette.fr)
Samantha Pleet
The story began in 2006 when Brooklyn Designer Samantha Pleet debuted her namesake collection, intertwining elements of the mysterious and fantastical with a sense of modernity.
Each season new and ancient ideas from music, art, history, and literature are conjured along with various feelings and are transformed into Pleet’s silhouettes, then shown in collaborative projects from films, photographs to unique installations.
The clothes, made in New York City using organic materials whenever possible, have become favorites among creative girls around the world including musicians like Beach House, The Dirty Projectors, and Au Revoir Simone.
She has collaborated with Urban Outfitters on Rapscallion by Samantha Pleet which led to curating the inaugural pop up shop at Space 15 Twenty in Los Angeles. The Pratt graduate gardens, paints, travels, and hunts for treasure in her spare time.
If you could live in another era, when would it be and why?
I would want live in Venice in the middle ages for many reasons, it was beautiful, there was influence from different cultures brought in by all the merchants, there were fun parties, good wine, and the women wore really tall platform shoes.
What’s your favorite movie?
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
What is a current obsession?
Plants
Do you read fashion magazines? If so what are your current favorite?
Dossier Journal
Describe your style as a friend would
She wears an alchemy of influence from French New Wave, grunge, and wizardry.
What style/trend do you hope is never recycled
Polyester shirts
What style/trend would you like to see come back?
Hats everyday
Has the Internet changed the fashion industry? How?
Yes dramatically, now resources, designer collections and other information is easily accessible, trends spread faster, and more people can be a part of the industry.
Can we find you on twitter?
@samanthapleet
finish this sentence:
I love New York because…there is magic in the air
| photos by ANDREW DEFRANCESCO |
You can find Samantha Pleet’s designs
in NYC
Bird
203 Grand Street (between Bedford and Driggs Avenues ) Williamsburg, Brooklyn
US Online
Bona Drag
UK Online
The Moon and Mars
for her complete stocklist visit www.samanthapleet.com
Chrissie Miller from Sophomore
Chrissie is wearing Sophomore’s brilliant “Flowers in the Attic” t-shirt -from the book that i stole from my babysitter to read the “dirty parts” when i was a kid and jeans by Court Jeans
Chrissie, along with Madeline von Froomer is the designer for the label Sophomore. Unapologetically at ease with herself in the world, she has none of the pretensions that you sometimes find in the fashion world. Which makes sense since she’s a native new york city girl who began by making t-shirts for herself and her friends. So she wasn’t trying to be a fashionista: she just did her own thing and the girls who loved her cool/casual style started following Sophomore. Not unlike how the really cool girl in highschool will inevitably divert a little attention from the Queen Bees without even trying…
You can find Sophomore at Opening Ceremony in Manhattan and Bird in Brooklyn and a bunch of other places as well as online. All the deets are on their site.
If you could live in another era, when would it be and why?
The 1960′s in Los Angeles, Laurel Canyon.
I could have hung with Jim Morrison, Graham Parsons and Waylon Jennings!
What’s your favorite movie?
Beaver Trilogy
What is a current obsession?My boyfriend
Do you read fashion magazines?
I really dont. I mostly just check out style.com
Describe your style as a friend wouldI’m a jeans, t-shirt kinda person.
What style/trend (current or past) do you hope is never recycled
Ugg Boots
What style/trend would you like to see come back?High waisted jeans, I’m not into a low waist.
Has the internet changed the fashion industry? How?I think its great that anyone can look at images both old and new. I think it helps people who are interested in fashion learn their history.
Can we find you on twitter?
Yup! @chrissiemiller and @sophomorenyc
Finish this sentence:
I love New York because…I was born here.
or
Momma always told me…the future!
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Althea Harper + FF = Fashion Fridays
Althea Harper in her own sweater.
Hello lovelies, I want to give more play to NYC based designers and others in the fashion industry. So every friday I’m going to do a short profile with someone new. I’m starting it off with Althea Harper who you might know from her stint on Project Runway. After PR she moved to NYC and gained more experience by working for Tory Burch while still working on her own label. She was listed as one of 6 designers to watch this past fashion week by Refinery29 which piqued my interest and then when I attended her showing during this past fashion week I fell in love with the cool simplicity of her designs. I met up with her this past week again to take her photo and she couldn’t be nicer. Talented and nice? A great combination!
If you could live in another era, when would it be and why?
I consider myself a modernist and I love the future so I can not think of another time period that I would prefer to live. I don’t think I could handle living in an era that didn’t have woman’s rights!!
What is your favorite movie?
I love the movies Great Expectations, And God Created Woman, Repulsion, Azucar Amarga
What is a current obsession?
Military boots- where comfort and fashion meet!!
Do you read fashion magazines? If so what are your current favorites?
I love Elle, ID, Love, Purple
Describe your style as a friend would describe it.
A juxtaposition between drape and tailoring, comfort and fit and chic and sexy.
What style/trend (current or past) do you hope is never recycled?
moon boots
What style/trend would you like to see come back?
Flare leg pants- they are great for curvy girls! I love my skinny jeans, but I would like to wear my boot cuts without feeling like a dork….
Has the internet changed the fashion industry? How?
It has made fashion more accessible to more people, it doesn’t matter where you live. It also put people more in contact with the designer which is great!
Can we find you on twitter? @altheaharper
Finish this sentence:
1. I love New York because…
or
2. Momma always told me… if you can believe it you can achieve it!!!
Below a photo from Althea’s Spring 2011 Collection- see more on her website
HARMONICS
I was inspired by sound waves- the shapes they make and how they symbolize our communication to one another. I took the curves of the waves and then contoured them on the body to enhance the female form through both cut and print. I wanted to create a statement for a woman, through the shapes of sound, to communicate to the world without even saying a word. –Althea Harper
(Chic + Rage) * (Perverted + Cool) = Cody Ross
A Q & A with the madman behind Priestess NYC
Forget the props he got from Rihanna recently. It’s Cody Ross’s unique point of view, constantly morphing and mutating his Priestess NYC line with a tantalizing cross-section of coolness, cosmopolitanism, wearability and straight-up fun. Even Walter Van Beirendonck would be intrigued by Cody’s fashion propositions.
After a few cocktails chez lui, Cody agreed to a spur of the moment Q & A.
What’s hot right now in fashion?
Atalanta Weller, Anne Pachan’s swimwear line “Cala Ossidiana”,
Jean-Pierre Braganza, Millie Cockton, Hannah Marshall and Gemma Slack! Oh, and I just previewed Pleasure Principle’s new range and it’s impossibly cool!
What’s in your ipod?
Die Antwoord, Dommin, Depeche Mode, Boyz II Men, Lucas Banker,
Isaac Mutant.
What visual art have you been eyeing?
Leon Botha, Marianne Aulie, and Banksy & Co.
Where do you shop?
Seven NY and cool showrooms around the city.
Do aliens exist?
Yeah, but a hundred billion galaxies away (making contact could be seriously risky!).
What are you reading these days?
Chris Trela’s super-cool new book “The Autobiography & Sex Life of Andy Warhol.”
Wow! You should meet Lindsay of Outlaws of the Border. She’s reading alot about Warhol lately too. Maybe it’s in the air!
Who’s your favorite ‘it’ girl?
SIGRED AGREN or anyone who looks like her! And lately I’m crazy for that Israeli girl, Luda Dolgun!
If you could clone a girl and then make out with the both of them tonight who would it be? Melissa B.
Who has cool style?
Brittany Kubat and Yo-Landi Vi$$er from Die Antwoord. And of course, Katya from Style Defined!
Ha! Okay, cool. Thanks!
Lydia Hearst in Priestess NYC
