Category Archives: Events
Snow: San Francisco Makes a Bold Fashion Statement in Winter White
Copy as seen in the San Francisco Chronicle Sunday, February 5, 2012 By Nerissa Pacio Itchon Never mind the old-fashioned advice against wearing weight-adding white on camera. At the third annual Snow event, hosted by the San Francisco Bay Area … Continue reading
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Sketchbooks, Clothes, and Wearable Art: More from the Arts of Fashion 10th Anniversary Symposium
Earlier this week I wrote about the Arts of Fashion’s 10th Anniversary Symposium at the San Francisco Art Institute and the winners of the international student design competition. I was so inspired by the creativity and high level of craftsmanship, … Continue reading
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Arts of Fashion Foundation Emerging Designers Push Boundaries with “Tension”
San Francisco-based non-profit organization, Arts of Fashion Foundation, celebrated the 10th anniversary of its annual student design competition and symposium this weekend, presenting a body of innovative work from students around the world. Held for the first time at the … Continue reading
Charlotte Ronson Spring/Summer ’12 Trunk Show at Azalea Boutique
While London-born designer Charlotte Ronson has climbed the fashion rank for several years, with major collaborations with Sephora and Uniqlo pushing the brand out into the mainstream as of late, Ronson still manages to maintain that authentic indie vibe that … Continue reading
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Why Alexa Chung’s Capsule Collection for Madewell should be called: “Things I like to wear by Alexa Chung.”
It’s always a curiosity meeting celebrities, especially ones you’ve already formed opinions of well before you’ve ever actually ever seen them in person or talked to them. I get a huge kick out of times when I expect someone to … Continue reading
New York Fashion Week Accessories: Crowd Favorites
Aside from the obvious attraction of being among the first to view the new spring/summer 2012 collections on the runway, Fashion Week is truly inspiring for the parade of fashion that goes by in the crowds—on the street and especially … Continue reading
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NY Fashion Week: More lines, Central Park, and Scenes from 9/11
Today’s the first morning I’ve had all week to really sit down, look at all the images my husband Edric and I have been taking…and write. I needed to pull out for an hour and get some kind of semblance … Continue reading
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Tracy Reese’s Nature-Inspired Collection and NYC on 9/11
Tracy Reese was the first show I attended this week at the Lincoln Center Theater, and it happened to fall on 9/11. I was curious to see what might be in store for the 10th anniversary of the tragedy in … Continue reading
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Parachuting into New York Fashion Week: Backstage and Beyond
I parachuted into New York Fashion Week on Saturday, with the Spring/Summer 2012 shows already under way. So far, the collections I’ve seen have proven to be playful, exciting, and colorful—all that you’d expect from the season.
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Nerissa Pacio Itchon
