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Quote Of The Day: Cathy Horyn On Innovation In Fashion

· June 8, 2009 · 0 Comments
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I mean only that it took radio roughly 40 years to reach 50 million people, while it took the Internet just 4 years to reach the same number of people. This is the dynamic that fashion must embrace in the coming years in order to be truly creative and relevant. It’s great to talk about “slow fashion” and the value of handcraft in informing our imagination. These qualities will still be important, as Paris is, but imagine the other system of thought that revolts and finally breaks free of the old world.

”"The Bigger Picture", On The Runway
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Quote Of The Day: Cathy Horyn Compliments The Acne Paper

· June 2, 2009 · 0 Comments
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The appeal of Acne Paper is the unfettered blend of the new and the nostalgic, except it doesn’t feel like nostalgia in this context. Maybe it just feels free.

”"Bikini Mowing", On The Runway
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Quote Of The Day: Cathy Horyn Criticizes The Model As Muse Exhibition

· May 6, 2009 · 0 Comments
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Ultimately, in this attractive-looking exhibition, you don’t learn enough about the modeling experience as it played out in the late 20th century really to care... By the time you reach the last rooms of “The Model as Muse,” in the ’80s and ’90s, you might as well be flipping through the pages of a fashion magazine, so random and arbitrary are the conclusions...What goes unaddressed is the change from film to digital photography, and how that affected sittings and the dynamics of the photographer-model relationship. It’s the sort of elemental question the curators should have asked. Instead they seem guilty of the grossest fashion sin: wanting to hang out with the models.

”"Perhaps More Than Just Pretty Faces", Cathy Horyn for The New York Times
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Quote Of The Day: Cathy Horyn And The Retail Scene

· April 20, 2009 · 0 Comments
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I guess we shouldn’t be too surprised that stores are starting to put spring clothes on sale, since nobody’s shopping... In a number of stores, as we were taking iPhone pictures of the clothes we liked, sales people rushed over and warned us that pictures were not permitted. I guess they didn’t have anything else to do. Besides, what could they be protecting? The store was empty. Did they think we were industrial spies—that we’d email the pictures to a factory in China? It’s too late for that.

”"Further Thoughts On Retail And Mrs. Obama", On The Runway
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Quote Of The Day: Cathy Horyn Reflects On Fall 2009

· March 19, 2009 · 0 Comments
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Retailers seemed almost surprised that designers had managed to cram so much style into classics like the coatdress without overdoing it. As Mr. Frasch said, “It’s fashion, but it’s not going to be going out of fashion.” Julie Gilhart, the fashion director at Barneys New York, brought up the Lanvin sheath with the twist, which will cost about $2,300. “It’s the kind of dress you can wear, then put away in your closet for 10 years. When you bring it back out, people will say, ‘What is that?’ And you can say, ‘Yeah, it’s a 10-year-old Lanvin.’ ”

”"Two Words For Fall: Toughen Up", New York Times
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Quote Of The Days: Cathy Horyn Talks Balenciaga Prices

· March 12, 2009 · 1 Comment
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Those draped satin pants at Balenciaga that everyone’s been talking about, with a cummerbund waist, are, as you might imagine, expensive: about $8,000. But in the showroom, which was chocked this morning with buyers (including the Barneys team), I saw a commercial style in black wool that I liked almost as much. They’re sort of full and soft at the top and then narrow and become snug below the knees: about $950. Some of the draped skirts and skimmy print dresses from the commercial line also looked pretty good, I thought. If you want one of the beaded “tweed” tops that opened the Balenciaga show, with the satin draped skirts, the long-sleeve tops will set you back $50,000.

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Quote Of The Day: What Fashion Folk Do In Paris Between Haider Ackermann And Ann Demeulemeester

· March 9, 2009 · 0 Comments
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When I returned to the [Dries Van Noten] shop, it was filled with editors. Suzy Menkes was there. Sarah Mower. Virginie Mouzat of Le Figaro, and maybe eight or nine other writers trying on clothes and shoes. I bought a black cotton skirt with a cuffed hem. Around 2 p.m., I went to the Café Castiglione to meet my friend Tim Blanks for lunch. Some Vogue editors filed in, followed by the crew from Saks, and the folks from Browns in London. At one point Tim and I looked up, and through the window we saw an impossibly cool group of young people in big jackets and leggings. It was Alexander Wang and his posse. Somehow, on Rue Saint Honore, they looked overdressed.

”"Paris: Between The Shows" Cathy Horyn for the New York Times
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Quote Of The Day: Miuccia Prada Talks To Cathy Horyn Backstage

· March 3, 2009 · 0 Comments
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Glamour, glamour, city-girl glamour--That’s not about feeling alive. 85168382_10.preview

”Prada: Gone Fishin, On The Runway
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Fashion In 50 Seconds 02/19/09 "The Model As Muse" & More

· February 19, 2009 · 0 Comments

The next Costume Institute exhibition will be entitled "Model As Muse: Embodying Fashion", the Gala will be hosted by Kate Moss and Marc Jacobs.

Could that explain why the Fall 2009 catwalks were filled with over-thirty models, some of whom haven't walked in years? 

Milliner, Molly Yestadt, whom we featured in our Put A Lid On It shoot, is interviewed on the hats she designed for the Marc by Marc Jacobs show. 

Cathy Horyn loved the Michael Kors show, Style.com loved the Michael Kors show, and The International Herald Tribune interviewed the designer about the recession.  

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Quote Of The Day: Cathy Horyn On The Start Of New York Fashion Week

· February 13, 2009 · 0 Comments
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Last night, I’m sure a few memories were made on West 25th Street. The wind was blowing hard, the cars and taxis were double-parked, and people were streaming in and out of the galleries for the Thursday-night openings. Prabal Gurung, a former assistant at Bill Blass, presented his first collection, at the Flag Art Foundation. The place was jammed.

”"Fashion WeeK: And They're Off" Cathy Horyn for The New York Times
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