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Our Fall Top Five: Modernist Fall 08

coutorture — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:21:29 -0700

Wrapping up the list of our favorite shows from Fall 08 is British brand Modernist. We've said from the start that this list has no real rhyme or reason save for the fact that the five shows each impacted our impression of Fall 08 as a season. Bringing you this list was as much about having the galleries back up on the front page as it was talking about them again. We think it's reason enough. So, after bringing up Prada, Preen, Yves Saint Laurent, and Miu Miu, we're going to finish up by talking about the Modernist Fall 08 show.

British brand Modernist, headed by Abdul Koroma and Andrew Jones, showed their second collection as part of London Fashion Week this Fall 08. The collection, feminine and appropriately paired down with a strict palate of red, charcoal, and black was a stark and striking contrast to the opulence that overran New York Fashion Week the week prior. Everything from the cool grey backdrop, to the thick painted eyebrows and slicked hair, to the shapely garments that layered over one another quite beautifully, made this collection on of our favorites. To our surprise the brand is stocked sparingly in the United States and abroad, but we're confident that will change if they keep moving in this direction.

Helmut Lang Spring 08 Rebirth

coutorture — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:12:29 -0700

As the first fashion week collection since Helmut Lang left the brand, Spring 08 followed his genius full suit. The designers for Helmut Lang, Michael and Nicole Colovos, had quite a bit of responsibility resting on their shoulders. If you remember, Lang left the brand in 2005 inspiring Prada to sell them off to Link Theory Holdings (who owns Theory, Rosner, and PLS+T; three mass market brands with a significantly lower price point), shortly thereafter. The brand, in transition, was then absent through three seasons, kept Spring and Fall 07 rather quiet, and remerged for Spring 08 during Fashion Week. The designers, Michael and Nicole Colovos, founded Habitual jeans before taking lead with the quickly changing brand, and the general consensus is that they've done right with their first collection out of the official gates. The collection showed off the signature Helmut Lang palate of blacks and whites, as well as the expected tailored separates, and modern-bondage twists and turns. Although Helmut Lang may have lost it's young New York fallowing (these minds have such little devotion anyway) we predict, at least in New York, they'll garner support from Rad Hourani/Modernist scene, taking those young, avant garde professionals by storm once again.

London Fashion Week Photo Coverage

coutorture — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:04:57 -0800

Just because New York is over doesn't mean we have seen it all. London is in full swing and we are simply obsessed. We have photos from high street favorite Topshop Unique's Fall 2008 runway show, bad girl favorite Christopher Kane, Sinha Stanic, Core, Modernist and many more! We promise to keep updating so you can keep drooling.