I know we said we wouldn’t go on and on about fashion week shows but some just can’t be ignored such as this one. Because of the truncated shortness of some of these looks, we were not fans of the skirts that had a higher hem in the front as seen to the right. But we really enjoyed all of these looks (All photos courtesy of Style.com where you can see the entire show -you don’t even want to see the blurry images from our digi cam):
Okay there are just some fashion week shows that cannot be ignored, not for just greatness or WTF moments but for sheer obscurity. Alexander Wang is just about the most adorable man alive -no contest. But we were a bit perplexed by some looks from this collection. Our absolute favorite thing is mixing up, mismatching genres, materials and ideals. However, jersey paired with silk or leather was something interesting. Below are our favorite looks -we appreciate his incorporation of color (it’s clearly going to be very colorful next spring!) but we still loved all of the black pieces best. P.S. -we just heard a style rumor that riding pants and head wraps/scarves are the new…and then it popped right up on the runway in the third look here. Nothing in fashion happens naturally, spontaneously or by accident I suppose. To see all the jersey combo looks and colorful adaptions mentioned above go to Style.com where we source all our runway photos.
People have not been able to shut up about this place for months and it’s just now opening, sort of. They’re hosting a lot of private events for fashion week and such over the next week or so but they are open, in some cases, after the events. Everyone became obsessed with getting a ‘key’ to the place that was supposed to be completely private -yeah, Bungalow 8 all over again- but I don’t know why these places waste their time. I will always get in 
In fact, The Eldridge wanting to be the new Bungalow became even more evident when owner Matt Levine described it as “a club fused with the hospitality of a concierge service” -someone call Amy Sacco! The ‘key’ pictured above right that was originally needed to enter has gone south and it will be open to the public -with a strict door, as all places worth going have. It has a clandestine front facade camouflaged as a bookstore and the interior details include gold-flecked floors, leather banquets and wood everywhere plus the oh so ‘mine is bigger than yours’ aspect of a $650k gold-plated Armand de Brignac champagne wall. I believe one of us has an event to attend there this week -we’ll update the details if necessary. 247 Eldridge between Houston & Stanton. Interior shot with house lights up (i.e. it will be much more dark and mysterious in person) courtesy of Thrillist.
Oak Manhattan is celebrating its first fall season in Manhattan, on Bond St., with the offering of an exlusive collection available beginning today.They requested a bevy of designers to create pieces inspired by the theme of “bondage” -kinky. The concept was interpreted by Filippa K, Obesity and Speed, Hood by Air, Complex Geometries and all the others listed on the flier. Although you are back and forth to fashion shows you must make an effort -the looks are only available online and at the Bond St. store Sept. 8-11th.
Neglect is such a dirty word but this week you may see some of it from us (much like last week). Advanced apologies. The Army of M.E. are collectively like chickens without heads -between sending kids to school and dealing with all the fashion week shows and parties there’s hardly any time to sleep let alone write on here but we promise to do our best. Much like fashion week in NY last year at this time, it’s been a sweaty affair thus far. However, yesterday’s awfully drab rain cleared way for today’s perfect weather sans the humidity. We’re not going to bore you with the dronings of our affairs and front row seats, it just seems silly -we sometimes feel silly being there. Plus, we realized after seeing 30 seconds of that Rachel Zoe reality TV show preview how incredibly disgusting it is to listen to/read other people gushing over inaccessable clothes. It makes you feel like you need to shower, or vomit -there’s just no way to not sound completely pretensious or utterly stupid when doing so. We were always more about Paris when it came to fashion weeks but thus far we’ve seen some really great looks. What we do love about NY is that what we see on the runway is translatable to the street/our bodies. Naturally, not many of us can afford such luxuries but it’s all about the inspiration of it all…the next thing, a vision of spring via clothing. It’s lovely, it’s artistic and it’s fun -no harm in any of that. But we’re a little more pre-occupied with the current presidential election so while we see you at the parties, we’ll likely have a political agenda. Here’s the most stylish member of The Army of M.E. on her first day of pre-school striking a pose -we taught her well…
Beginning today through Saturday 6. Sept. will be Project No. 8 end-of-summer sample sale. There will be men’s and women’s from Martin Margiela, Kostas Murkudis, Christian Wijnants, A Detacher and many more. Thursday 5-9p, Fri. & Sat. noon-7p. 215 Centre Street (betw. Howard & Grand), 2nd Floor. We know the fashion week schedule doesn’t really allow for sample sales but just in case you need some last minute fashion week looks…
Purple Magazine Fall/Winter 2008 ||
Pop Magazine Sept. 2008 ||
Vanity Fair Italia September 2008 ||
(The New) Interview Magazine September 2008 (celebration party at the not-yet-opened ‘The Standard’ Hotel in Meatpacking tomorrow night) ||
i-D September 2008 ||
Dazed & Confused September 2008 -another NY Fashion Week party fast approaching ||
Numero #96 September 2008 ||
Wonderland September 2008 ||
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