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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Sunday, April 08, 2012

An evening with Agatha Ruiz de la Prada.

This post is quite (and when I say quite I mean super) over-due, but I had these pics in the backburner and I'm dusting them off now I have some free time.

Last Valentine's Day my Fashion school organized a runway with a very special guest: Agatha Ruiz de la Prada! All the fashion design alumni had to create an outfit inspired by the designer's work. The result? An invasion of over-the-top, colorful and extremely creative garments (there even was a lit-up bird cage!). The students really outdid themselves in such a talented display, +and some of them are not even 15!

My pics aren't really good because I got to the show a little late (I got lost trying to get there oops!) but still, have a peek at the students' amazing creations. After the show there was a little cocktail in one of the museum's gallery and Ms. De La Prada greeted the young students and signed some of their garments.

The event's dress code was, obviously, colorful (it is said that Ms. de la Prada despises black) and there were some very interesting outfits at the event. Here are some pics of the runway and some colorful outfits during the cocktail.

Anna Fusoni + me!

Oh and the highlight of the night for me was meeting Anna Fusoni, a hugely important person in the Fashion Indsutry in LatinAmerica, once a winner of Vogue's Prix de Paris, worked with Diana Vreeland and established the first Fashion Week in México. Naturally, I'm a huge admirer of her work and contribution to Mexico's Fashion and it was an honor to meet her. Hopefully in the future I'll get to interview her.

What do you think of Agatha Ruiz de la Prada's work? Pretty colorful or too over the top?

Saturday, April 07, 2012

Genius at work: Alexander Wang illustrated.

Genius at work!

Recently in my Saturday Fashion Design classes

I had to make a presentation about a designer of my choosing.

I had a tough time trying to decide which designer to talk about. In the end I was between Proenza Schouler, Peter Pilotto and Alexander Wang. I was going for Proenza Schouler until I remember I had recently done this illustration inspired by a photo of Alexander Wang working on a fitting for his latest collection and it stuck with me, so I decided to make my research and presentation about him.

Alexander Wang comes from a Taiwanese-American wealthy family from California. He attented High School in San Francisco. (Random fact: he attended the same prep high school as Miss Couturable), and then moving to New York to attend Parsons The New School for Design. Alexander quit a year before graduating to launch his first pret-à-porter collection in 2007, a collection displaying an 80's vibe mixed with some glam-rock style.

Since then he has only continued escalating in the Fashion World and Industry, now being of Contemprary Fashion favorites and such an influential designer for such a young age. He has recieved several awards from the CFDA and a couple Swarowski awards. Also, Mr. Wang develops most of his fabrics (his last collection were all custom-made fabrics) and his minor line, T by Alexander Wang, began by the quest of the perfect weathered t-shirt.

Alexander once stated in a interview: "Anyone can get all dressed up and glamorous, but it's how people dress in their off days that's most intriguing to me" and that reflects perfectly his line. His clothes aren't about glamorous Oscar dresses, but about the Paris meets New York streetstyle look we love so much. The A. Wang look is the model off-duty look, fashionable in the perfect disarray kind of way.

Some of my favorite looks by Mr. Wang!

Some of his biggest hits have come from the accesories department, like the Rocco Bag (The Handbag version of the Litas phenomenon for Fashion Bloggers) or the Linda Farrow Collaboration sunglasses. Personally, I think his handbags and shoes are to die for, especially in his latest collection...if only I could afford them.