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Fashion Fringe

Designer Diva — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 11:21:57 +0000

Not to be confused with Fashion East, the collective presentation of emerging London talent founded by Lulu Kennedy and funded by Topshop, the Fashion Fringe show represents the final face-off in a design competition something like a real-life Project Runway. Launched in 2004, Fashion Fringe claims the imprimatur of both the mayor of London and Harold Tillman, chair of the British Fashion Council, and it can count one undisputed success story, Erdem, among its previous winners. This year, the jury included Roland Mouret and Claudia Schiffer, and the three finalists whose collections they were judging couldn’t have been more unalike.

First up was Fyodor Golan, a year-old label designed by Latvian Fyodor Podgorny and Israeli Golan Frydman. The duo met working together at Alexander McQueen, and it was easy to read McQueen’s influence into Podgorny and Frydman’s high-impact, gothic clothes.

Next was American Heidi Leung, who treated dressmaking as a form of collage. Working off a seventies-inspired palette of beige, bright green, and orange, and incorporating craft elements such as embroidery and quilting, Leung laid an instant claim to a distinctive aesthetic point of view. The silhouettes here were a little clunky, but Leung’s ideas deserve further development.

Last on the catwalk was Syria-born, Sheffield-raised Nabil El-Nayal. El-Nayal seemed like a heavy favorite going in—his dramatic, inventively constructed clothes were finessed in all the right ways, and he had the added feather in his cap of having his graduate collection from the Royal College of Art picked up by Harrods. Nevertheless, it wasn’t his night: In what Fashion Fringe creative director Colin McDowell called a close competition, Fyodor Golan carried the day.
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Fashion Week’s Front Row Favorites

Designer Diva — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:59:19 +0000

See who showed up at the tents this week to check out the newest looks and support their favorite designers. View full post on InStyle.com – This Just In

Fashion Week’s Best Moments

Designer Diva — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:42:39 +0000

Get the inside scoop straight from the runway sidelines—celebrities, fashion shows, makeup and hair included—for the perfect Fashion Week cheat sheet. View full post on InStyle.com – This Just In

Stars Remember: My First Fashion Week

Designer Diva — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:25:37 +0000

Hear celebrities’ first-ever fashion show memories and find out which shows they’ll always remember. View full post on InStyle.com – This Just In

Celebrity Stylists’ Fashion Essentials

Designer Diva — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 08:10:04 +0000

Find out what the stylists to the stars are scooping up for their clients this summer—plus, equally fabulous super-affordable options (in case you don’t have a star budget). View full post on InStyle.com – This Just In

See how Liz Taylor shaped the fashion world

Designer Diva — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 02:44:57 +0000

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Red Carpet Fashion at the 2011 Oscars

Designer Diva — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 01:22:55 +0000

See our coverage of the gowns, the glamour and the little gold statues on Hollywood’s biggest night. View full post on InStyle.com – This Just In

Red Carpet Fashion at the 2011 Oscars

Designer Diva — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 01:22:55 +0000

See our coverage of the gowns, the glamour and the little gold statues on Hollywood’s biggest night. View full post on InStyle.com – This Just In

Click through the top fashion moments from 200 issues of InStyle

Designer Diva — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:53:49 +0000

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Play our fashion game: Instant Stylist!

Designer Diva — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 21:11:50 +0000

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