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The Council of Fashion Designers of America [CFDA] celebrated the winners and honorees of the 2022 CFDA Fashion Awards in Partnership with Amazon Fashion at Cipriani South Street at Casa Cipriani in Manhattan. Natasha Lyonne served as the evening's host. The awards were co-hosted by CFDA members Joseph Altuzarra, Gabriela Hearst, Aurora James, and Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough to mark the CFDA's 60th anniversary.
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“Phoenix came to me as the perfect name for the collection; it’s about rebirth. Irreverence, joie de vivre, and a sense of renewal. All part of the spirit of the house of DVF, and of Diane herself,” says Nathan Jenden of his second collection for the house since his return.
DVF Holiday ‘18 captures the diverse and compelling spirit of New York in its provocative era of Pop Art, pop culture, and disco. Jenden was inspired by legendary Seventies muse and activist Tina Chow, a strong female New York icon with a legacy of style.
It’s all about celebrating the holiday party season; with playful paillettes and lurex in bonbon colors. “Creating clothes that look constructed but are light and easy to wear is the most modern approach right now,” says Jenden. The wrap dress comes in many updated variations: key styles include a new iteration in super light-weight printed mesh, and a mini silhouette with ruffled sleeves.
Bold, lush and ditzy florals feature alongside the house Sutra Chain, and the blown up logo appears on wraps and swimwear. Vibrant intarsia knits in Pop Art pantones depict tropical palm leaves and the Leopard Poppy print. The dragonfly appears embroidered and printed, symbolizing transformation and renewal, welcoming in the holiday season and celebrating the New Year ahead.
DVF brought its New York City chic to Atlanta and celebrated with a spectacular grand opening soiree last night. The newest Diane von Furstenberg showroom is located at Lenox Square Mall in Buckhead.
Brittany Hampton, who won the coveted title of DVF Ambassador per the House of DVF - a show on the E! Network that had me glued to my fashion seat- hosted the festivities last night. Brittany was lovely, and naturally, in high demand, surrounded by endless fans and the E! cameras who were filming season 2. From what I heard, next season is going to be insane!
The event itself was wonderful. Mainly because the energy from guests and the DVF glamazons alike was happy, enthusiastic and very friendly. Everyone was having a super great time, sipping on bubbly, engaged in conversation and of course, shopping. I noticed something quite refreshing (for those of us who go out too much!) there were many new, fresh faces in attendance. I loved that!
As for the showroom... its layout, look and design are perfection. The feel is clean, polished, refined and elegant, like its iconic leader. Welcome to Atlanta Diane von Furstenberg.
Learn more now: http://on.dvf.com/1pIO6VN So what's it really like behind the scenes of a global fashion business? Find out as eight talented girls see if they have what it takes to become the next DVF Brand Ambassador. But first, here's a sneak peek of the season ahead on House of DVF.
Fashion designer, fashion icon Diane von Furstenberg opens the doors to her "House" and welcomes us in tonight on the E! network. In this reality show, 10 stylish women compete to be a Brand Ambassador for the legendary house. The show promises that the drama is authentic. I believe it because the only thing more insane than the world of fashion are the people in it!
House of DVF premieres tonight on E! at 10PM.
Photo courtesy of Emily Chandler Westergreen
Diane Von Furstenberg is looking for a Global Brand Ambassador. Could this be you? The job description includes working closely with the iconic fashion goddess and traveling the world.
Sign ME up!
Oh, but there's one catch... You'll be competing with seven others wanting your job while taping the experience for a "docu-series" for E! You know I'll be tuning in - I love DVF and earlier this year, she was a member of the cast of Ovation's The Fashion Fund about the CFDA/Vogue's coveted Fashion Fund. Ms. Von Furstenberg was a judge on the show. One of my favorite moments was when she was paying a studio visit and cautioned the young designer about using the word "signature" too freely. [As in: 'my' signature coat, 'my' signature jacket... 'MY' signature ego!] DVF (which is the working title for now) doesn't have a scheduled air date on E! just yet. However, we do know that New York Fashion Week plays a role.
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Project Runway All Stars
Host
Carolyn Murphy gets to wear the winning design to a red carpet event -
poor thing!
I bet she's regretting it now after seeing the dresses. Okay, so I'm exaggerating just a tad, but not entirely. CFDA President,
Diane von Furstenberg
was the special guest judge last week. The episode was all about embracing eco-friendly fashion design. The All Stars learned of the challenge while taking a stroll through NYC's Highline. They were given environmentally friendly textiles to work with and the task was to create a red carpet look.
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The designers worked with reversible fabrics. Joshua was safe with his toga-esque look. Not my favorite but not the worst.
Casanova's dress may have been the best design of the group but his mistake, in my opinion, was choosing pattern over solid. If the dress had been bright red with the pattern appearing only in the accents, like the ruffled wave trim on the bodice, his dress would have been an elegant and modern show-stopper. Casanova was safe. BTW, how much does this model look like a young
Naomi Campbell
?!
Anthony Ryan created a tent. Isaac Mizrahi felt there was too much fabric on the sides, agreed. The problem came in that Anthony had to double-up the chiffon because it was too sheer. He solved one problem yet created another.
This was one of the ugliest dresses I've seen in a while. Ivy's sketch was GORGEOUS but sadly, overly ambitious. She had the vision but not the skill to deliver the sketch. Ivy knows she messed but lucky for her, someone messed up greater, keeping her butt safe!
Emilio ran into trouble. More specifically, he ran out of time. Technically, the gown was not up to his standard of construction; i.e. too long, not hemmed, etc etc... He's a good designer and I predict we'll be seeing him in the top three.
In the spirit of recycling, the All Stars had to incorporate trim from past challenges into their design. Well, that was like music to Uli's ears. Girl loves her trim and knows how to work it. I was uncertain as I saw this design come together in the workroom. I kept chanelling mentor Joanna Coles, is it hideous or fabulous? When it came down the runway, it was anything but hideous. Uli has a real gift for working trim in the most aesthetically pleasing ways.
Althea went home. I didn't like the style of the dress or the color but I liked her. And Althea goes home with bragging rights. It's not everyday a fashion icon (DVF) compliments you. While Althea's design was lacking, her skills weren't, as pointed out by Ms. Furstenberg.
Unreal!
If I had to describe FNONY in just one word it would be, unreal. Last night was a celebration of the good, the tragic and the OMG-WTF are you wearing, as fashion victims of all kinds took over the streets of Manhattan in honor of the biggest fashion night of the year, in it's birthplace of NYC. You should be proud of me Atlanta because [apparently] I represented our city right. I was photographed by four different media types for their publications while I was out and about. My vintage bowtie - metallic shoe combo turned heads, I guess!
So, what was FNO like in NY? I called it unreal, but why??
The energy and excitement in the air. The masses of people flocking stores. The long lines to enter designer showrooms looked like the lines you'd make at Disney. All this made it seem unreal. AND fabulous!
I wasn't alone. My friend of twenty-six years, Jeff, was with me. We started our evening in the Meatpacking District because
Alexander McQueen
was on the top of our list. It took us about fifteen minutes to get inside and that was lucky for us because not much later, the line went down for several blocks!
Guests were invited to enter a room where the walls were filled with these hot pink cards, McQueen called it their "Wonderwall." On the back of the cards was a a gift item for about nine lucky winners. The rest of us got a whopping 10% off any item in the store.
Pop-up tents like this were common throughout. Loads of FNOers were getting hair / make-up, etc...
We missed out at
DVF
. There was no line when we got there but were distracted by Jeffrey across the street. When we came back outside, a clusterfuck style line had formed to get inside of DVF. We said, "no way!"
It was great to finally visit Jeffrey NY. It's at least 3X or more the size of the Atlanta location and they carry menswear!
After Jeffrey, we were done with the Meatpacking District and headed uptown to check out that scene. Jeff and I wandered into
Saks
to say hello to a friend who was working. Saks was insane. All of uptown, neighborhood to so many fabulous designer showrooms, was totally insane. As much as we loved FNO, it is fair to say that we were overwhelmed [but ready for it again next year!].
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