Category: women's fashion

  • Power Pieces, for the Young and Restless

    10.08.2011, Malcolm Thomas

    The 80’s, era of decadence, social climbing and the Working Girl, when women were no longer trophy wives but heads of state. It was the decade of power, between those who had it, and those who were trying so desperately, to get it. It also heralded the age of designer, when who you wore, became just as important as who you were, and which Ivy League you graduated cum- laude from. Read on fashioner.com

  • Halston: The Icon

    15.07.2011, Malcolm Thomas

    The news of beloved, fashion maven, Sarah Jessica Parker’s departure from Haltson Heritage, as the brands creative director, Wednesday, sent yet another somber note through the fashion industry as the brand, like it ’s most memorable star, died nearly 20 years ago, and has been trying to make a comeback ever since. Read on fashioner.com

  • (International) Margaux Lange. Barbie Recycled

    03.06.2011, Magda Zięba
  • The Tale of a Fairy

    30.05.2011, Uniqua Hardy

    Did you miss the news on ‘The Tale of a Fairy’? If yes, you’re certainly on the right page. Read on fashioner.com

  • Anna for Equality

    19.05.2011, Malcolm Thomas

    Yes, that’s right your virgin ears did not deceive you, Vogue, editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour released a public service announcement ,yesterday, announcing her support of gay marriage along with her partnership with the Human Rights Campaign. Read on fashioner.com

  • Luxury Losing it’s Luster?

    14.04.2011, Malcolm Thomas

    Undeniably, Gossip Girl taste paired with Sex and the City spending has led consumers into a tailspin of designer obsession, not seen since the 1980’s, the era of decadence and conspicuous consumption. But we all know nothing too good lasts for long and just as the late 80’s gave way to the stock market crash of 1987 (Black Monday), we’re once again left in a similar predicament. Read on fashioner.com

  • All About Annie

    25.03.2011, Malcolm Thomas

    With a high powered resume that includes: Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair and Vogue, Annie Leibovitz has shot ‘em all, and like her peers Mario Testino, Patrick Demarchelier… etc, Leibovitz is a name synonymous with high art and high fashion. Read on fashioner.com

  • Designer Spotlight: Young and Restless

    19.03.2011, Malcolm Thomas

    What can be accomplished in a little under a year? Perhaps you should ask stylist turned designer Ashburn Eng, creator of the skyscraper bound Singapore brand, Young & Restless. But don’t just take my word for it ask editors at Elle, Style and countless other fashion magazines. Read on fashioner.com

  • What It Feels Like For A Girl/Boy

    02.03.2011, Malcolm Thomas

    In the 1920’s, renowned couturier Jeanne Lanvin, introduced the fashion world to “La Garçonne”. A radical new style of dress for women. The bourgeois could finally be rid of those ghastly corsets and dress more like their husbands. It was an interesting time, women wore blazers, and men’s dress shirts, but still managed to stay feminine and delicate, simultaneously. Read on fashioner.com

  • Noir Valentine

    11.02.2011, Malcolm Thomas

    From left: Langston Hughes and Dorothy Dandridge. Imagine Harlem without Langston Hughes. A world without his sweet, honey-dripped syllables and verses to describe a renaissance long forgotten. What would a world be if words were used as weapons, instead of fists? Imagine a world without color – the color of harmonies that only Dorothy Dandridge could sing. Read on fashioner.com