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Neo.Fashion.: The Vanguard of Fashion Emerges from Germany

When it comes to composition, storytelling, or pure emotional grit, designer graduates are unhinged in their creativity.  A “Look at EDGE” presents Neo.Fashion.’s showcase of emerging talent from Germany university graduates.  They dream (and execute) the improbable, the impossible, feeding our desires of want, although more clothes we don’t need, the visual consumption of the […]

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Fashion Week – digital, in-person, new approach, or not at all?

Against the backdrop of unprecedented store closures, bankruptcy, and excessive inventory throughout the supply chain, is fashion week necessary?  Mckinsey & Company suggests the global industry’s economic profit will fall by 93 percent in 2020 after rising 4 percent in 2019.  In a worst case scenario, the industry won’t get back to 2019 levels until […]

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Ukraine’s BE SUSTAINABLE! – a platform making noise

Fashion is universally cited as being one of the most polluting industries in the world.  Thank you to conscious consumers and to environmental activists such as Greta Thunberg for their demands on attacking the environmental crisis.  Putting sustainability at the forefront of business models, strategic plans, supply chain infrastructure, etc., is long overdue. But all […]

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EDGE Top Picks – Style Fashion Week NY | Gregorio Sánchez

Gregorio Sánchez showcases his colorful México heritage through his use of handmade embroidery and an artistic bent on simplicity through design. Of the 27 featured designers, Gregorio Sánchez is one of a handful of emerging designers/brands EDGE selected from Style Fashion Week New York runway that exhibits timeless elegant and pragmatic pieces. Investing in clothing […]

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EDGE Top Picks – Style Fashion Week NY | Brittany Nicole

Non-conforming, fun, whimsical, graphically bold, socially charged, playful, colorful, daring. This is not your usual stuff, hmm .  . . this potpourri collection stimulates conversation. Fashion should be a little lighthearted and make you take a pause. Brittany Allen, CEO and Creative Director of Brittany Nicole, who holds an MFA from Savannah College of Art […]

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EDGE Top Picks – Style Fashion Week NY | Grace Moon

The Korean American designer, Grace Moon, brings artistry to her designs with striking color block combinations, unconventional layering, and architectural cuts.  A work of art! Her designs reflect her Korean heritage and are based from the Korean traditional clothing, Hanbok. Of the 27 featured designers, Grace Moon is 1 out of a handful of emerging designers […]

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Next Up! The Best Designer Showcases of Art Hearts Fashion

EDGE’s selection of the best of Arts Hearts Fashion designer showcase are Patrick Kevin Francisco, Alena Sablan, Jovani, and Jessie Liu. Out of 38 designers, these 4 meet the EDGE criteria of design excellence. Photo Credit: BEVERLY HILLS, CA – MARCH 17, Arun Nevader/Getty Images, Courtesy of Art Hearts Fashion More of the Look at […]

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The EDGE Lookbook | Commatteo at Style Fashion Week

Antonella Commatteo labels her brand as a “fashion disruptor – fashion that lets you be who you want to be”.  The look of her prior collections have been disruptive, undisciplined with no continuity as a collection.  With this collection, there was discipline and a cohesive vision.  She took a simpler approach by mixing a primary […]

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The EDGE Lookbook | Richard Hallmarq at Style Fashion Week

The acclaimed designer, Richard Hallmarq, known for his star-making fame on Project Runway Season 11, presents his F/W 2017 collection at Style Fashion Week LA. Richard’s item driven line are vital elements of fashion with a fresh design – an upside down hoodie, a yoga knit dress, an oversized copper metallic sweatshirt, and both the grey wool […]

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Stop! In Front of Time | EDGE Interviews Francesco Rasola

Francesco Rasola‘s new collection, “It’s Just Matter of Time”, expresses this Italian fashion designer’s gift in executing a look that defies mainstream [repetitive] fashion, brings meaning to the artistry of fashion, and showcases how the trajectory of our culture impacts fashion.  He embraced the concept of time and has given us something we never expected, not only […]

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Fashion Unknown Fact – Fashion Week Designer Costs

Well established big brands can start at $100,000, which can include venue, models, styling, hair and makeup, production, public relations, and live streaming. Pay to play celebrities is an addition. In 2011, the New York Times reported that the Marc Jacobs show cost at least $1 million, which breaks down to about $1,750 per each […]

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Models, Make-Up, & Mayhem? Backstage at Fashion Week

A bit of chaos and confusion may be expected in contrast to a slick, sleek, and orderly fashion show.  We see the glamour and glitz in front of the stage, but what goes on behind-the-scenes [bts] requires  precision ‘military like’ planning, enormous preparation, and an experienced team of professionals to pull it off. The goal: implement a […]

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Next Generation of Fashion Designers on the EDGE Radar

Who are the ‘ones to watch’?  The next generation of emerging designers who have got the edge [EDGE] are, quite simply, coming from the art and fashion schools. The Art Institute of California showcased, what I would call, the ‘next generation’ of designers at the Art Hearts Fashion, international fashion week production, in Los Angeles.  […]

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Santa Barbara Fashion Week presented by De Marcos Fashion Academy

Attention all aspiring fashionistas and those fascinated by the industry, Santa Barbara Fashion Week was a runway show full of inspiration, possibilities, and relevance. The story was about ‘direction’, under the tutelage of Jodi de Marcos, Founder of De Marcos Fashion Academy [DMFA].  The student and alumni designers along with Jodi de Marcos’ collection presented a sophisticated […]

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