It’s no doubt New York Fashion Week is a mixed bag, you have ready-to-wear, sportswear, shoes, beauty and beyond. Once in a while, an invitation rolls in as special as the place that inspired it. That invitation was Rafael Cennamo and that place was the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles.
Seriously, how cute is she? Supermodel and co-host of TV’s The Face, Coco Rocha is the face of White House | Black Market’s Spring 2013 ad campaign. And for their new Spring TV spot watch her dance her way through six head to toe work-wear ready looks from the White House Black Market WorkKit Collection.
Also if you missed her expose with BuzzFeed on how to execute the perfect photobomb, you should probably check that out too: BuzzFeed.com
For the launch of Illamasqua’s Spring 2013 collection, titled I’MPERFECTION, the brand is taking perfection from imperfection. Or rather encouraging fans to highlight what other brands encourage you to cover up; release your scars, show off your freckles… (Which I’m guilty of — I cover up my beauty marks.) So it’s perfectly fitting, I take to a collection of nail varnishes that are clustered in marks (it’s a good first step, release the nails, and work towards the face).
I’mperfection consists of 5 new, limited edition speckled nail varnishes ($16) in shades In Fragile (blue), In Speckle (purple), In Mottle (green), In Scarce (pink) and In Freckle (brown). I’m very
“My inspiration for Fall/Winter 2013 began with a recurring dream I’ve been having for years. In the dream, I’m running as fast as I can until I take off into flight. I also recently visited an exhibit with these really interesting midcentury photographs of birds at MOMA and became fascinated with the shapes they create with their wings while in flight. So you’ll see a lot of graphic shapes in the collection that were inspired by those references. With regard to tailoring, I began thinking a lot about vintage military and aviator uniforms shapes while developing the silhouettes for the season.” – Monika Chiang, Designer
