Nicholas K New York Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2016 runway show looks like a goth pirate Gypsy ship docked backstage. Black looks, kimono belts, long and mini fingerless gloves, headbands and scarves, asymmetry, satin dresses, contrast paneled leather pants, black on black leather shearling jackets, long velvet coats, an amazing shirt collar skirt tied with the sleeves, and capes strut the runway.
The color palette begins in all black, then transitions to gray and white with textile prints, as shown on the poncho and tunic worn over matching or contrasting shirts, and finally segues to gray-purple and purples, browns and taupe, and deep wines. The white off the shoulder dress gave us Marilyn Manson when paired with the dark berry lip, bold brows, and nude ruddy eye-makeup and black manicure. I’m angry that the holster bags are my idea and Nicholas K got to it first, but they’re very cool nonetheless. Who isn’t craving velvet and crushed velvet right now? I love the way the sleeved taper in at the wrist and turn into fingerless gloves, and how cool is the arm armor?
The Nicholas K NYFW FW16 girl is a Gypsy Street Pirate bringing bad ass to a neighborhood near you. It’s on-trend, fashion forward as it is 90’s retro.
Perry Uwanawich is an American fashion designer and illustrator- AuricWear.com; fashion, beauty, and lifestyle blogger at Subversive.Style; and Spirituality Lifestyle Blogger at TheGypsyMystic.com. Perry has a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from The Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, two certifications in Fashion Design and Industrial Sewing, and has a background in graphic design, marketing, journalism, and fashion design.
Perry Uwanawich launched two fashion collections, the first called Deity Greek Wear, while enrolled full-time in college, and the second in 2020 called Auric Wear available at AuricWear.com and on Etsy. While pursuing a Certification in Fashion Design, Marketing, Public Relations, and Photography, he became the Parsons Teen Vogue Ambassador and created multimedia content which was included in the course. He completed another Certification in Industrial Sewing and was placed as an Industrial Sewing Machine Operator in a Rhode Island mill, working in production sewing for Military, Bags, and Medical Health industries.
Perry Uwanawich has worked in retail, acted as a graphic designer for multiple brands creating graphic prints for screenprinted garments. His marketing experience spans several industries from Fashion to Media, Medical Billing to the Medical Field- he's created graphics, logos, digital and print media assets, designed and managed websites (HTML, XHTML, CSS, WordPress…), managed social media accounts, and created marketing campaigns and ad campaigns which drove significant traffic in the local and national markets for respective industries. He has experience with photo and video editing, re-touching, motion graphics, and also worked as a freelance makeup artist working in Beauty as well as SFX makeup.
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