Recently, Manic Metallic posted a TikTok video stitch (you can follow us HERE) about Anna Sorokin (scam name: "Anna Delvey") returning yet again to the public eye - this time during the recently completed New York Fashion Week. Let's just say that I did it for science. I commented on the mediocrity of the…
Keep ReadingThe start of New York Fashion Week is upon us this week, which feels like a good time (albeit a bit late) to give designers a very important - but simple piece of advice: you don't have to produce or present a fashion collection every season if you’re not inspired to do one. It…
Keep ReadingDur Doux FW22; photo © Manic Metallic 2022 For Manic Metallic's recent attendance at the New York Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2022 collections, we wanted to take care to cover design talent that isn't already cloaked inside of an aura of hype. We made an effort to see a few selected shows where the design…
Keep ReadingEleanor Lambert; photo c/o Time Magazine For the next entry in our “Who Is….?” series, we’re going to take the opportunity to celebrate the institution of fashion week. Specifically, New York Fashion Week. We’re going to discuss the woman that made it all possible, and by all, we mean the infrastructure of the modern-day…
Keep ReadingProenza 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…
Keep ReadingUlla 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…
Keep ReadingBadgley 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…
Keep ReadingUlla 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…
Keep ReadingA 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…
Keep ReadingLibertine 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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