Today begins our coverage of the Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2022 collections. As with New York Fashion Week, our reviews will be limited to a few per PFW date (Sept. 27-Oct. 5) in which we took interest because it is next to impossible to cover every show without shortchanging both the collections and the…
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A model walks for Philadelphia fashion brand Lobo Mau; photo © Manic Metallic 2021 We recently had the chance to attend Philadelphia Fashion Week via press credentials, and we decided that this would be a great opportunity to show our audience the manner in which a smaller fashion week operates. We're going to give…
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Today begins our coverage of the Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2022 collections. As with New York Fashion Week, our reviews will be limited to a few per PFW date (Sept. 27-Oct. 5) in which we took interest because it is next to impossible to cover every show without shortchanging both the collections and the…
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A model walks for Philadelphia fashion brand Lobo Mau; photo © Manic Metallic 2021 We recently had the chance to attend Philadelphia Fashion Week via press credentials, and we decided that this would be a great opportunity to show our audience the manner in which a smaller fashion week operates. We're going to give…
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Proenza Schouler Spring/Summer 2022; c/o Proenza Schouler We are choosing to release our reviews of New York Fashion Week's Spring/Summer 2022 collections beginning today - as opposed to releasing them while NYFW was in session - for a couple of reasons: We did not want to participate in fashion's continuance of an unsustainable breakneck…
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Ulla Johnson Spring/Summer 2022; photo c/o CNN New York Fashion Week - and with it, Fashion Month for the so-called "Big 4" - began in earnest yesterday (although some designers such as Collina Strada have still opted to show outside of the stated NYFW calendar dates of September 8th-12th). And with so many entrants…
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A view of the Empire State Building, from 5th Avenue; © Manic Metallic 2020 Surely, you've seen the articles. The ones that proclaim that New York is dead forever, like this unfortunate piece by author and entrepreneur James Altucher. The question has seeped into every news source, every social media platform - and many…
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We’ve taken stock of where the fashion industry is at present, and we’ve been able to gauge which global cities are a sufficient alternative to the “Big 4”. We’ve even looked specifically at the United States and realized that as of now, there is no real (current) alternative in the country to New York.…
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We wanted to take a few days after the close of our Alternative Fashion Capitals series to let this months-long project marinate on our minds. Our goal was to consider what we’ve learned over the summer about what the twenty cities that we profiled have to offer – and what lessons they might have…
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Fendi F/W 2020; photo c/o Fendi Known For: Its reputation as a historic city; indeed, Rome is known as the 'Eternal City' for a reason. Rome, however, is also creating multiple opportunities where they groom younger designers for a future in fashion. Monti neighborhood of Rome; photo c/o RomeLoft.com Shopping Districts: Tridente: Tridente is…
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Mood Stockholm; photo c/o World Architecture News Known For: Like its neighbor to the south, Copenhagen, Stockholm is known for its sustainability cred; the city's fashion (both vintage and current designs) reflects this. The Swedish capital, however, also has an impeccable design reputation in a few major categories: architecture, interior design, and now fashion.…
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Time's Up Vintage in Copenhagen; photo c/o Visit Copenhagen Known For: Making sustainability an entire lifestyle - from transportation to their tendency to shop vintage and secondhand, the Danish are devoted to being environmentally-friendly. Strøget, the longest pedestrian shopping area in Europe Shopping Districts: Nørrebro: Nørrebro is known as the melting pot of Copenhagen.…
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