Contrast & Texture
Tag: fwevents
“The minute you join into fashion they want to put you in a hole. They key is to be your own, never let them define you. You have to really define yourself.”
— Mazdack Rassi, owner of Milk Studios
“Opportunities are endless– experiment as much as possible. There is not a play book anymore, when I started there was a play book and everyone had to play by the rules…now there are no rules.”
“When we start a collection it’s a mood… a feeling. Based on that mood we find a silhouette.”
— Jack & Lazaro from Proenza Schouler talking about their design process from inspiration to construction then back full circle to the original feeling in the end.
IFB Conference
“People who wear impressive clothes have better lives. Impressive clothes can be from H&M, the flea market, or you can make them yourself- impressive- is subjective. Fashion is transformative.”
— Simon Doonan Barneys New York Creative Ambassador-at-Large
In regards to self publishing their recent campaign themselves online:
“It’s control. You do it the way you want to do it. We release it on our own terms.”
— Jack & Lazaro from Proenza Schouler @ IFB Conference
“Whatever you choose to do in your free time you should do as a job.”
—Amanda Brooks, Barneys New York Fashion Director
The Welcome Dinner
24 bloggers met up at the Gramercy Park Hotel from as far from Australia, the Philippines, London, Arkansas, Texas, CA and much more.
The video crew who captures Milk Studios Fashion Week is documenting Tumblr’s fashion initiative… having a camera on you all the time is slightly nerve-wracking. I don’t know how reality tv stars do it!
Amazing goodie-bags from Jimmy Choo, DKNY, Of A Kind, and Madewell! Thank y’all!
We are all proud owners of Of A Kind’s newest collector’s item Blue Hex Scarf!
P.S.- I made this and her stunning accessory
Dinner at Maialino
Jessica Quirk’s Old Fashioned
David Karp and his new Leica (*drools*) stopped by.
Editors Eva Chen & Susan Cernek from Glamour and Teen Vogue stopped by
GQ’s Michael Hainey stopped by for a night cap
and had a beautiful watch… and shirt… and suit.
Ella came from Devon, England with one of those ridiculously beautiful accents.
Montserrat Macuer & Sabino Aguad
Introductions have been made, now let’s get down to fashion.