A fashion display at the Moore College of Art and Design; photo © Manic Metallic FashCon Philly 2025, presented by the Philadelphia Fashion Incubator, wrapped up its inaugural event on Friday at the Moore College of Art & Design. The significance of choosing to hold this event at Moore can’t be overstated to the…
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Podcast host Avery Trufelman and curator Andi Soos discuss the intersection of fashion and architecture; © Manic Metallic 2024 About 150 people filled a room in New York on an otherwise uneventful Wednesday evening in Greenwich Village to hear an American podcast host and a Hungarian curator discuss the intersection of fashion and architecture.…
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(l-r): Gucci Fall 2021; Balenciaga Pre-Fall 2021, Michael Kors Fall 2021; all photos c/o the respective designers April is not generally known for showing a wellspring of fashion collections. This year, however, many brands decided to show this month independent of their usual fashion calendars. Manic Metallic decided that it would be worth it…
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Rick Owens Fall/Winter 2021 RTW; photo c/o Rick Owens Paris Fashion Week was officially over a few days ago and, as we have done with a couple of previous fashion weeks, we created short video reviews for select PFW shows. Each video is under 60 seconds long, allowing for more insight than our previous…
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Badgley Mischka Fall/Winter 2021; photo c/o Badgley Mischka The official schedule for New York Fashion Week wrapped up yesterday, but the American Collections Calendar will carry on for some time (for more on what the American Collections Calendar is, click here). While there were designers that could have certainly done better work, there were…
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Ulla Johnson F/W 2021; c/o Ulla Johnson It seems like just yesterday that we were observing New York Fashion Week's Spring/Summer 2021 collections. However, the fashion world is a hard and fast one, so the Fall/Winter 2021 shows are already upon us - having started yesterday. We are always eager to see the creative…
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Azzaro Couture Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2021; c/o Azzaro Couture We're over halfway through Paris Haute Couture Week Spring/Summer 2021 and, while we've been wowed by some collections, we've been underwhelmed with others. We decided to do a 30-second review on each of the shows for everyone. In each of these videos, we give our…
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Valentino Haute Couture Spring 2019; photo c/o WWD Paris Haute Couture Week's Spring/Summer 2021 presentations started today (1/25), and will last through Thursday (1/28). As is to be expected during the Covid-19 era, no shows are allowed to have guests. This means that the vast majority of shows that have elected to remain on…
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Christopher Kane S/S 2021; photo c/o Christopher Kane London Fashion Week, with regards to time, was a couple of days longer than New York Fashion Week. Somehow, though, there didn't seem to be as many fashion shows/films/presentations/'however the designer chose to present' as NYFW had. However, London's shows and designs did not lack quality.…
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Libertine S/S 2021; photo c/o Council of Fashion Designers of America New York Fashion Week came and went like a thief in the night, and it'd be understandable if you missed it altogether - especially given global circumstances. We didn't miss it, however. In fact, Liberty - our Founder/Editor-in-Chief - took in many of…
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Tonight, I had the pleasure of attending the Fall/Winter collection launch for The Kooples, held at their Meatpacking District boutique. It was a crowded affair, as the brand has a devoted following. As one entered, there was a DJ stationed at the door and full clothing racks waiting to be perused. Right away I…
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