NYFW 2024 Schedule: Top 5 Shows
PUPPETS AND PUPPETS
NYFW 2024 Schedule: A Gatsby dream comes to an end; a lesson on how to leave on a winning note.
New York is where dreams come true, but it is also the place where many don’t live to see another fashion season. Set on a skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, cult favorite designer, Carly Mark, showed her last ever collection. A sad and melancholic moment as we say goodbye to one of America’s biggest promising pioneer designers.
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Carly has taken over the fashion world as a consequence of the “we want knew, we want excision” hunger shared by fashion enthusiasts. Who would’ve thought that a bag with a chocolate chip cookie embedded on its side would become the brand's iconic item? A humor she has previously dwell on as she proposes laughter as an ally to sexiness. This, being her last season, begs the question; is humor and gimmicks a lifeboat for designers? Just when one would assume that having a promising and large following in the era of social media would be enough to maintain a brand's success.
“Thriving is just surviving” - Mark
This is not the end of the CFDA nominee, it is merely a new beginning. Leaving ready-to-wear behind and saying “cheerio” to handbags. The real money and bread in luxury fashion lies in accessories, so Carly’s new entrepreneurship into focusing on handbags might just be the saving grace for Puppets and Puppets.
"This season isn't going into production, unfortunately. I can't afford to put this into production. I was halfway through designing the collection when I kind of realized what was going on, but I wanted to see it through because I love what I do," Mark told Fashionista backstage at her Fall 2024
Puppets and Puppets kooky designs were once more shown to New Yorkers; dark colors, torn fabrics, moody models and lots of tights. So for now and for the foreseeable future there will be no more clothes, just bags. We can't complain and can't wait to see Carly’s journey.
LUDOVIC DE SAINT SERNIN
What to Wear in NYFW 2024?: A Mapplethorpe, and don’t forget to be sexy.
As we say goodbye to one designer we say “bonjour” to another. Paris based designer made his New York Fashion Week debut, a premiere that didn’t lack sensuality and sexual allure.
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The journey to cross the ocean came as no surprise as de Saint Sernin has garnered a huge market in America, and made some friends along the way as his introduction to the CFDA calendar came with a collaboration with none other than the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. A collaboration waiting to happen.
The designers' deep fascination for photography and solace for the late photographer's provocative and avant-tarde work. To honor and pay homage to Mapplethorpe's life he used his famous flowers on sheer backless tops. Pieces that embraced the designer's sensual nature with the raunchy eroticism that exudes in Mapplethorpe's imagery.
Skin would be the dress code of choice for this show. Some cut-outs, chainmail and leather harnesses NSFW with a strong queer pride paid homage to Mapplethorpe's famous and controversial documentation of gay culture back in the 70s and 80s.
ELENA VÉLEZ
New York Fashion Week Schedule: Finding Fashion Beyond the Runway.
Fashion, an industry that holds on for dear life to its veil of appearances. One where beauty and aspiration paint a picture for all consumers to look at. I believe honesty should always be rewarded and fashion darling, Elena Velez, just as Mark has been open and transparent about the financial problems and struggles that come with creating and owning a fashion brand. Known for her “delightfully deranged”, “provocative” and “rare presentations” this season she did not disappoint.
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Some watched the Super Bowl, others attended a costumed ball hosted by Velez on Fifth Avenue at the Ace Hotel. Doing things her own way as she stated this wouldn’t be a commercial season, rather a building exercise. Immerse people in what Elena Velez, the brand, is about; all things non-traditional.
What better way to honor the brand than to host a salon where “anti-heroine” was the subject of discussion. Inspired by her affinity and fascination with the social critics made by Camille Paglia, talks about controversies and unconventional views on womanhood. Nothing more fitted for such conversations than Velez’s romantic, grunge corsets, cascading ruffles, ripped skirts and sexually-but-romantic gowns.
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To keep things untraditional and accessible, Elena Velez gave her following an exclusive sneak peak of their BTS. One can download the Guide Human app for a one-of-a-kind fashion experience. Where we get to see the works of the different sponsors that made this presentation possible as well as the works of Kristin Kaide, MUA, music by Terry Waldo and PR production by Gia Kuan Consulting.
Photo via @elenavelez
“I guess I’m a method actress, I like to create with the same hand and technique as my source of inspiration,” she said.
FFORME
New York Fashion Week Conversations: Femininity and Ease
Paul Helbers knows a thing or two about ease. Something excepted from the Row’s former creative director, experienced in telling stories where minimalism means more.
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The simplicity of beauty at Fforme truly lies in the details; architectural shapes, perfect fit, single seams. Praised for blending seamlessly the European refinement with the American ease, riding the popular wave other designers hopped on to: “less is more”.
Photographer Eliot Leblanc-Hartmann captured the core essence of Fforme; structure with flow. Easy to spot and admire in Helbers’ knit sweaters and merino skirts. Ease reminds me of something unheavy, like the lightness of the poplin tops and pants combining classical silhouettes reimagined through structural and architectural shapes.
Monochrome tones that make any piece a “forever” item.
Sticking to traditional presentations, Fforme hosted a runway show produced by consultancy agency Dixon Inc, with live performances by Anastasia Coope, playing a beat for models to walk to.
An exploration on how modern, eased femininity looks like. “Textures and contrast, fluid rhythms, studies of pleats and gatherings, embodying the duality of couture and ease”.
LUAR
Who can Attend New York Fashion Week 2024?: Beyoncé.
Probably the most shock worthy moment of all New York Fashion Week; Beyoncé sitting front row in Bushwick.
Not only that but Solange's son walked the runway, a family affair for the ages!
Photo via Elle
LUAR, Raul Lopez, presented a collection crafted from the premise; “remember the metrosexual?” Well, we know it refers to a well groomed man, who takes extra care on his looks and is always fashionably presentable. Now what does this have to do with LAUR? Lopez explained how throughout time there has always been a version of a metrosexual man, be it someone who wears frosted tips, thighs to court or crop tops. Today, he says we have the “stray”, a straight gay.
Deeply meaningful as metrosexuality always refers to the “femininity” or feminine dichotomies a man showcases. A term, Lopez expresses to have found solace in growing up and coming into his sexuality. Fashion is also the breathing grounds of social cues when it comes to defining how hetero someone is. All ridiculous and imprisoning.
Lopez’s collection is exactly that; flamboyant and masc. Why can't someone where zebra print devore shirting, glossy leather and jeans? Is that too metro? Maybe. But it's good.