the lady in green

Ahh, I was extremely fortunate to score a seat at the Alexander McQueen (my favorite designer) fashion show at Milk Studios in NY on March 26 - a runway display of his gorgeous Autumn Winter 2008 collection previously shown in Paris on February 28. He continues to impress with his amazing silhouettes, luxurious materials and […]

I recently attended an event at the Soho store of Mieko Mintz, a Japanese designer who makes wonderful creations including a wide variety of apparel, accessories, and jewelry out of fabrics from all over the world, such as knitwear and vintage kimonos.
Meiko brought in Yukari Naganuma, licensed kimono instructor, for an evening of kimono dressing […]

The prina design house party was a lovely way to close out NY fashion week. They opened up their studio (pattern & sample making, production, marketing/PR for designers) for great food, drinks, a lovely crowd, and a display of muslins (toiles en francais - the versions of a garment that lead up to the final […]

Being my first time living in NY during Fashion Week, I was delighted to be able to attend several shows. Richard Chai was fairly low-excitement - with a disappointing finale - the last three pieces were dresses in the same grey printed chiffon, in almost identical silhouettes. However, I adored this fabulous orange number!

The first […]

I never mind attending trade shows or events at Gotham Hall - the seven-storied ballroom has much more ambiance than Javits or any other conference hall I’ve been to. I admittedly did not thoroughly peruse all the fabric shows this season, but I will highlight the trend seminar given by David Wolfe - Creative Director […]

Thursday night’s launch party for So-Cal based, CFDA fund award winners Trovata’s “Shop-in-Shop” at the Manhattan Meatpacking District’s Earnest Sewn concept store was packed with attendees. Not sure if much of the Trovata collection was actually purchased during the evening, but at least the party was a good one! Hopefully shoppers will find their way […]

The highlight (for me and the two friends with whom I attended) of the Fashion Group International (FGI) Rising Stars Awards Luncheon on January 25 at the New York Hilton was by far getting to meet my long-time idol, Venezuelan-born, NY-based fashion designer Carolina Herrera.
She presented the award for Women’s Apparel, and we scurried after […]

I attended the brand-new Prefab Supima Premium Fabric Show, January 23 – 25, 2007, at Gotham Hall in NY. All the fabrics were extremely high quality, long-fibre cottons & blends, as well as a large selection of organic cottons and sustainable fibres like bamboo, tencel, etc. Only thing about this show was that most of […]

While in NY this past week, I visited two wonderful exhibits at the Museum at FIT (7th Ave at 27th St.), one of which was: She’s Like a Rainbow: Colors in Fashion (November 11, 2006 - May 9, 2007) The exhibit explores the fascinating history and symbolism of colour in fashion, with a significant […]

For as long as I can remember, my favorite colour has been green. Despite not always being the colour of the season, I’ve always managed to integrate it into my personal style and then the branding of my clothing design company, Tigresse.
Thus, GREEN has become my signature colour, with many different shades and hues playing […]