Fashion – Page 10

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 Receives Three Humanitarian Awards at “Coming Home with Nick Palance and Friends” Charity Benefit

Posted on June 24, 2015July 12, 2019 by Faith Boutin and Murray Rosen

The golden girl of the moment, innovative and inspirational fashion designer Sue Wong, received three awards for outstanding humanitarian contributions from the California State Assembly, State Senate, and State Legislature at the “Coming Home with Nick Palance and Friends” charity benefit for social services agency OPCC, held June 28, 2015 at the Casa Del Mar Hotel in Santa Monica, California. “It was indeed a great honor and humbling experience receiving three awards,” said Ms. Wong,…

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Sue Wong’s Sweet Sweet! Launch Party

Posted on June 23, 2015July 12, 2019 by Faith Boutin and Murray Rosen

On April 25, 2015 La Maison of Sue Wong launched its online boutique, featuring the fashion designs of Sue Wong and her new line of perfume, hand cream, and shower gel products, at an opening party at Sweet! Hollywood at the Art Hearts Fashion boutique. Ms. Wong also had her own line of Chardonnay on hand for the party and it flowed aplenty that night as more than two hundred guests and fans stopped by…

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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 Eau de Parfum

Posted on June 21, 2015July 12, 2019 by Faith Boutin and Murray Rosen

The Sue Wong Eau de Parfum is like spring itself. It is tempting, sensual, and timeless. Indeed, I get a lot of compliments when I wear it. For the next six months, this fragrance will be available exclusively through the official Sue Wong online boutique, which launches this week. Please note that for the next six months this fragrance is available exclusively through the official SUE WONG online boutique: www.suewong.com under SHOP. Sue Wong expounds, “I designed…

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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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