Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Spring '11. Georges Chakra Sculpts The Female Form

      Summary: Inspired by the architecture of the Absolute Towers in Canada, Georges Chakra sculpts the female form with the use of satin straps, sometimes crisscrossed and other times parallel creating modern and fitted cocktail dresses for his Spring  2011 RTW Collection. The short and well fitted "hot chick" dresses are tasteful and …

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New York Fashion Week Fall '10. Vaudevillian Fantasy at Marchesa.

  Summary: An old-fashioned circus theme was a perfect choice for the elaborate majesty that is Marchesa. Inspired by the vaudevillian stateliness of Lola Montez, Marchesa's fall '10 collection was a dramatic display of courtesan-like confections. Like a classic circus-tent exhibition, models were placed in vignettes of twos and threes, set against a black, curtained …

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New York Fashion Week Fall '10. The Tibi Girl Mans Up.

Summary: Inspired by the gritty and artful portraits of photographer Peter Beard, the Tibi fall'10 collection was a study of contrasting themes, a clear one being the pairing of masculine and feminine. Tibi dappled in more menswear shapes this season, pairing military-inspired coats and tailored trousers with their signature celebration of all things "girl" like …

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