New York Fashion Week Spring '13 Front Row Fashion: Sarah Jessica Parker, Christina Ricci, Kate Bosworth, Jessica Chastain, Ashley Greene

What’s a New York Fashion Week without a stellar front row and this Spring 2013 season, there were just as many A-listers as B-listers lining the aisles.  And the week isn’t even half over yet! Wearing bold colors, leather, lace, and prints, Second City Style rounded up the best dressed of the week showcasing everything …

New York Fashion Week Spring ’13: Katie Gallagher's Forever Calm and Peaceful Styles

Summary: Rising fashion star Katie Gallagher made her Fashion Week debut with her Spring 2010 collection. Since then, she has been creating quite an exciting buzz with each new season. Her Spring-Summer 2013 collection, entitled “Everything Forever,” was “an ode to the remnants of our past, which are ingrained in us and ever present.” Gallagher …

New York Fashion Week Spring '13: Chris Benz Introduces Denim and Designs My Sartorial Patronus

Summary: If Miss Havishman wasn’t old and bitter, and if she wore a bit of color, I think she’d be pretty pleased with Chris Benz‘s SS ’13 collection. (Let there be no mistake: this is a compliment. Miss Havisham is a personal fashion icon.) If I had a sartorial patronus, it would be in the …

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Spring '13: Reem Acra's Heavenly Hellcats

Summary: One would never have thought, upon glimpsing the textured cut outs in the initial looks of the Reem Acra Spring/Summer ’13 show, that the laser cut marks were representative of tire tracks of all all things. This is Reem Acra! Conjurer of gowns for fairy princesses and red carpet sirens. Is she outfitting biker …

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Spring ’13: Farah Angsana's Graphic Nature

Summary: There’s no doubt that Farah Angsana likes to make a statement. It seems as if the designer wanted the word “goddess” to instantly come to mind while looking at her Spring/Summer 2013 ready-to-wear collection but looking at the collection as a whole, it seems more like the word should be “chaotic”. Playing with different …