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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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The Holiest of the Holy: CHANEL Couture Spring 2014

Posted on March 22, 2014July 28, 2019 by Faith Harrington Boutin

The superb Chanel Haute Couture collection for the Spring of 2014 was presented in the round, Cambon Club at the Grand Palais in Paris in January. Karl Lagerfeld’s models made their entrance from cylindrical mirrored enclosures to the accompaniment of a full orchestra playing at the foot of the stage. The Haute Couture collection for Spring 2014 is another example of Karl Lagerfeld’s penchant for the incorporation of magic into his designs, flowing effortlessly. Lagerfeld…

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Ralph Rucci: The Maestro of the Fashion World

Posted on July 22, 2013July 22, 2019 by Heather Herndon

In the design world, creativity is the lifeblood and it runs deep in the veins of the artist who commands it. There are few still left on this planet who can manipulate designs and art into true haute couture, and Ralph Rucci is most certainly one of them. Ralph Rucci, the maestro, was born and raised in Philadelphia. His first field of serious study was philosophy, at Temple University, a discipline which had a marked influence…

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The Lavish Fashion of Dalia MacPhee

Posted on April 22, 2013July 22, 2019 by Faith Harrington Boutin

There is sparkle in her eyes and cheer in her voice as celebrity fashion designer Dalia MacPhee speaks to the press from the red carpet, on a night in which she is the center of attention. And, well there should be, as the Consul General of Canada in Los Angeles, David Fransen, is honoring her with an affair at his home to match her creative oeuvre. MacPhee, a native Canadian, has been carving out her…

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News From the Fashion Trenches of New York Fashion Week 2012

Posted on July 25, 2012July 25, 2019 by Faith Harrington Boutin

New York fashion week sparkled as the models twirled in Lincoln Centre where New York Fashion Week was held. Everyone watched in anticipation for the collections to soar to great heights, in the Spring of 2012 and that is exactly what happened. Lincoln Centre is where the cultural elite attends the arts. What an appropriate venue to set New York Fashion Week then in Lincoln Center. Yes, fashion is an art form and it is a…

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Ode to Ferragamo

Posted on July 25, 2012July 25, 2019 by Faith Harrington Boutin

In a refreshing and bold break with the boring, the staid, the customary, and the uncreative, Massimillano Giornetti gives a newer, younger, fresher, and more colorful look to the Ferragamo Women’s Spring/Summer RTW collection, his first for them. These fashions present a virtual explosion of color and images, with a nod to the 70’s, as if Mr. Giornetti was paying homage to Yves Saint Laurent, but with a new twist. The collection was brilliant, perhaps best…

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Fashion Show: CHANEL

Posted on July 25, 2011August 14, 2019 by Eleonora Genieve de Gray

There was some early morning rain on October 5th– the great morning of fashion week. Karl Lagerfeld showed his collection for Chanel in Grand Palais – the Grand Canyon of Paris. The whole stage was grand in nature and was shown as a replica of the Versailles garden. The only distinguishing difference was that the garden had a black and white, monochromatic color scheme which portrayed the garden in a different light. The runway theme was…

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December 2011 Men’s Fashion Trends

Posted on July 7, 2011July 12, 2019 by Larissa Love

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Hollywood Fashion Stylist to the Stars George Blodwell Celebrates His Birthday

Posted on March 25, 2009July 25, 2019 by Darren Darnborough

Friends, celebrities, and colleagues were out in force on a recent July night for Hollywood Celebrity Stylist and GenLux Editor-At-Large GEORGE BLODWELL’S birthday at Eva Longoria’s landmark on the LA restaurant scene, Beso. Taking over the exclusive Kiss Lounge upstairs at the hotspot, the party, hosted for George by producer Christine Peters and GenLux magazine, looked out over the restaurant below, and attracted a mix of hot young Hollywood and established names, reflecting both the…

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Kevan Hall Captures the Spotlight

Posted on January 25, 2009July 25, 2019 by Faith Harrington Boutin

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