I’ve finally relocated to NYC after a 19-years-long journey in the pursuit of my career in Fashion Design. It isn’t easy to break into the fashion industry- with every job having nearly 100 applicants or more, and the required skillsets and experience to be inducted into it, it is a highly competitive and sought after…
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Christian Dior Designer of Dreams, The Brooklyn Museum Fashion Exhibit
So Sorry- So Sold Out! It is the first day of fashion week, my birthday, February 11th, and I make it to the Brooklyn Museum by 10 am thinking I’ll be too early to wait for tickets to the sold-out Christian Dior, Designer of Dreams exhibit; to my dismay, there is already a line of…
The Met In America a Lexicon of Fashion
The Metropolitan Museum’s The Costume Institute 2021 Exhibition, In America A Lexicon Of Fashion All Looks shown at the Metropolitan Museum’s The Costume Institute 2021 Exhibition, In America A Lexicon Of Fashion can be seen in the video above. Some of my favorite garments include the voluminous blue Rodarte gown and the black Tom Ford dress which was so striking in…
Le Gitan (The Gypsy) Fall CLO3D Fashion Show by Fashion Designer Perry Uwanawich
Le Gitan (The Gypsy) Fall CLO3D Fashion Show by Fashion Designer Perry Uwanawich, created in Marvelous Designer 11 and After Effects. I wanted to design a capsule collection that represents where the Gypsies, Rom, my people, descended from and migrated to, from Asia (India to China/Korea/Japan, etc.) to Europe, Spain, and the United States. The…
Working In Fashion Industry Jobs: Experience and Advice
This video covers different positions I’ve held in the fashion industry, from Fashion Design, to Graphic Design for T-shirts, to Retail, to Certifications and College Education. Support my small business, shop Auric Wear https://AuricWear.com, follow @AuricWear on social media, and use the hashtag #AuricWear. Fashion, Beauty, and Lifestyle Blog: http://Subversive.Style -Skincare, Makeup, Beauty Product Reviews…
New York Fashion Week Spring 2022 NYFW SS22
As New York Fashion Week Spring 2022 comes to a close and we look onward to the Met Gala and other fashion weeks, let’s take a look at my favorite looks from the collections- along with a few I didn’t care for. We saw a lot of anoraks, and a resurgence of the waist cut-out…
New York Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2021 Highlights
Below are designers and houses which I may have only micro-blogged on in addition to those linked to posts. In the Spring/Summer 2021 collection, I feel as if Tomo Koizumi has a very clear albeit repetitive motif with this fabric manipulation, but the designer(s) should be conscious of silhouette and the natural waistline in the…
Rebecca Minkoff Spring 2021
The star of the Rebecca Minkoff Spring/Summer 2021 New York Fashion Week collection was, of course, the bags! I once had a Convertible backpack like the one in this collection- it doubles as a hobo which is just so versatile it would be the envy of the gays. Here, it was paired with a leopard…
Bibhu Mohapatra Spring 2021
Bibhu Mohapatra Spring/Summer 2021 collection remains true to the designer’s aesthetic- timeless, glamorous, perfectly executed and constructed garments which still manage to be unique and original without looking over-designed or forced. The chartreuse criss-cross gathered leg-of-mutton sleeved bodice and open-weave-skirt dress, chartreuse-yellow pleated tulle peplum skirt and black satin gathered asymmetrical top, chartreuse mini dress,…
LRS Spring 2021
LRS Spring/Summer 2021 New York Fashion Week presentation stood out for a few of its garments- the round-the-leg drape of two of the looks (red shown below), the denim cape, the crop hoodie, and the mixing of materials with the rib-knit turtle-neck harness with nylon straps and d-ring fasteners.
