Charlotte Ronson is fierce with her '09 dark collection!

Charlotte Ronson might be the young designer best known for her uptown-meets-downtown trust fund hipster girl look, but this season she took a drastically different approach to her fall/winter 2009 collection that should be in fine stores everywhere!

While at most runway shows the photographers gather around the runway and the front row, most of the attending photographers at Ronson's show were more interested in what was going on at the DJ booth. Charlotte's sister Samantha was DJ-ing while girlfriend girlfriend Lindsay Lohan stood by here and posed for the attending press.

On the catwalk, Ronson showed a very dark, very moody collection. The shapes were pretty simple with a few cut-outs here and there, which were strange and almost looked like a haphazard attempt to add more edge to the styles.
Ronson's flirty nerds wore black leather and body-hugging knits, but tempered them perfectly with Forties references like aviator vests and high waists.

Ronson really stunned her crowd with awesome music and lights.

All in all Charlotte Ronson is definitely a one of a kind designer!



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Chado Ralph Rucci's Fall '09 collection! Shop Now!

Many people have been impatiently waiting for what coveted American couturier Chado Ralph Rucci had up his sleeve.

On his runway show he surprised his audience by strategically placing provocative "slashes" on several of his creations as well as intricate lattice work and sheer panels with the most ingenious of patterns and designs.
Rucci also experimented with the structural oversized sleeve that gave some of his looks a more modern and avant-garde edge as seen on his zebra pattern silk velvet jacket and others.

The runway was also stark white, very shiny, with three ramps the models walked up and around.
All in all a very structured and modern collection!



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Carolina Herrera's 18th Century Look

New York Fashion week shows consists of many talented designers' collections. One of them was Carolina Herrera with her stylish and classic collection fall collection. Herrera's presentation was everything you would expect. Glamourous, sophisticated, elegant and rich in both colour and textures. Staged in the Tent in Bryant Park, the show opened powerfully with some fantastic copper looks in gazar, silk and lace.
Forget about the '80's, it was all about uptown elegance. Feminine pieces, designed with the actual female form in mind, floated down the runway in bronzed business suits, high-waisted pencil skirts, shimmery satin blouses in purple, fuchsia and teal.

The collection was almost ageless and offered many pieces suitable for everyday wear. The Carolina Herrera show was definitely a hit!

Carolina Herrera, the Venezuelan-born designer who has dressed high profiled ladies including Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, talked about power and optimism. " Fashion should be very powerful," she said. According to Herrera, her line is about women expressing their optimism even in times of economic crisis.


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Brazilian designer Carlos Miele graced the runway once again!

This season Carlos Miele offered up what he does best; slinky evening gowns and pretty cocktail dresses. Drawing inspiration from architecture, Miele's designs were geometric with a focus on line. Each of his pieces fit well and accentuated the beauty of his models. The same will be true for the customers who purchase his pieces.

The collection offers stunning looks for ladies who lunch and for anyone who needs a distinctive dress for a special occasion. For the chilly nights, Miele offers classy bolero's which come in furs, knits, and chiffon.

For this Fall runway show, Miele invited his Brazilian friend and famous musician Max de Castro to rock out whit his electric guitar on the runway while models such as Dominican model Arlenis Sosa rocked the runway!
Before Carlos Miele started designing for the red carpet, the Brazilian made a name for himself with denim in his native country.


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Intermix Welcomes Rag&Bone

Intermix and Rag&Bone Party hosted by Jessica Stam, took place at the Ace Hotel in New York on Wednesday, July 29^th 2009.

This is the ultimate pairing of uptown chic with downtown cool. Intermix has always been about mixing high and low as well as luxury and cool. Therefore this unity of rag&bone being carried at Intermix is the perfect example of that philosophy brought to life. The mixing of the rag&bone cool, downtown attitude with Intermix’s polished, luxury appeal is the main purpose of this venture with which they celebrated last wednesday. The ACE hotel is the perfect venue for them to host this event because of its’ aesthetics, which is completely on par with what they want this event to represent : luxury and cool .

Jessica Stam, Michelle Trachtenberg, Danny Masterson, Robert Geller, Lauren Santo Domingo, Khajak Keledjian and Sari Sloane, all were present for this event.

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