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ApparelMagic clients nominated for 2019 CFDA Fashion Awards

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The fashion industry’s leading brands use ApparelMagic, and yet again their success has yielded accolades from the highest places. This year, at the 2019 CFDA Fashion Awards, commonly known as the “Oscars of Fashion,” it will be ApparelMagic clients walking the red carpet instead of the glamorous men and women they dress.

Thom Browne’s trademark shrunken wool suits and Amiri’s rocker-chic casual wear might look lightyears apart, but designers Thom Browne and Mike Amiri, both ApparelMagic clients, have gotten the nod for Menswear Designer of the Year.

With his logo-embossed tote bags hanging off the shoulders of a crowd both socially-conscious and trend-aware, New York it-designer Telfar Clemens has been nominated for Accessory Designer of the Year.

And it’s not just established ApparelMagic users who are getting the star treatment. Both Sarah Staudinger and George Augusto of Staud and Emily Adams Bode of Bode have been nominated for Emerging Designer of the Year.

Nominated designers will gather with many of the fashion industry’s leading lights at a ceremony on June 3 in Brooklyn, New York.

In addition to the nomination from the CFDA, Bode was also honored as a finalist for the LVMH Prize earlier this week.

Naeem Khan relives big nights out at Studio 54

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The phrase “age is just a number” has never felt more accurate than at Naeem Khan’s fall 2019 show during New York Fashion Week.

The designer, an ApparelMagic client, let an intergenerational cast of beauties strut down the catwalk in some of the shiniest, sparkliest, and most feather-laden pieces of clothing this side of a Bob Mackie retrospective. And even more, Khan did it in the best taste imaginable.

Like disco dancers from the legendary 70s night club, every fluid movement of these women captured the light and energy in the room. From teenage models in the running to be this season’s it girls to women like Pat Cleveland who were really in attendance at some of history’s greatest parties, each woman looked strong, elegant, and very, very glam in her individual look.

These looks were not for the wall flowers. Dresses were dripping with metallic threads, spangled in sequins, flowing with fringe and feathers, and worn with very high slits and sheer panels. For believers in astrology, though Khan is a Taurus-Gemini cusp, his clothes are made for Leos, ready for the spotlight at a moment’s notice.

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Going back to nature with Lauren Manoogian

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Never have neutrals looked more enticing than in ApparelMagic client Lauren Manoogian’s fall 2019 collection. The lookbook, shot in and around the workshop of famed carpenter and wood artist George Nakashima, played with knits, Manoogian’s forte, in a range of taupes and browns, putties and oatmeals.

Working with wide, loose silhouettes, Manoogian layered soft sweaters effortlessly with scarves and cardigans, turning each of her models into the picture of wearable hygge. Ornament was practically nonexistant, with all but a few wooden buttons eliminated. Plush jackets hung open without closure, and some coats were belted in self fabric.

Pairing stiff denim and weightless cashmere, the designer played with hard and soft, durable and delicate. Silhouettes, on the other hand, were refined into one easy concept: oversize sweaters that in some cases, reached to just above the ankle. After all, in some weather, isn’t all we want to do cuddle up in something soft and warm?

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Apiece Apart shows sumptuous separates for fall at NYFW

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Apiece Apart designers Starr Hout and Laura Cramer are getting very comfortable. With a fall collection launched at New York Fashion Week this February, they helped their woman get plenty of room to breathe with cozy, effortless clothes perfect for a trip to the country house.

In amethyst, bottle green, and clay tones from taupe to terra cotta, each piece gave off a decadent, even mysterious vibe. Fine mohair and cashmere sweaters begged to be touched, and even more tactile was a thick corduroy jumpsuit in magenta.

Another strong statement was below the belt, with variations on pants, whether they were pleated, cropped and wide-legged, or flaring out at the hem. Each pair was a pitch-perfect take on 2019 casual dressing.

Ending the collection on a subdued note was an elegant halter-neck gown in a muddy green velvet. It was just asking to be worn at a dinner lit only by candlelight. These were clothes that spoke for themselves.

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Taking NYFW around the world with ApparelMagic client Prabal Gurung

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For his fall 2019 New York Fashion Week show, Prabal Gurung took us far from Manhattan with a show that combined the ikats and brocades of South Asia with the lurex and luster of a glittering night out.

The Nepali-American designer has never shied from making these bold juxtapositions, but never before has he merged them into such an arresting package. Diamond quilted house coats in shocking pink (famously the “navy blue of India” according to Diana Vreeland) and loud puffer jackets in teal paired seamlessly with cargo pants and jumpsuits patched together in a half dozen batik patterns.

For evening, Gurung continued the theme, skillfully clashing floral brocades, here adding feather trims and metal ring embellishments. With a caftan ready for Studio 54 or a sheer coat covered in metallic tropical vegetation, these looks were in no way understated, but better than that, they vibrated with the energy of cultures near and far.

Jonathan Simkhai mixes sweet, spice, and everything in white

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Jonathan Simkhai’s New York Fashion Week presentation was an ode to everything sweet and girlish. Full-grown women in christening gowns these were not, but dressed in tiers of lace and white chiffon ruffles the models exuded youth, innocence, and an easy-breezy attitude.

 

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In ApparelMagic client Jonathan Simkhai’s world, this season it was all about the garden party. Not limiting himself to any one silhouette, he put forward day dresses for women at every age, taste, and shape. There were sexy slitted numbers with gingham that stretches across curves, Victorian-style gowns that cover skin from neck to toe in a gauzy lace, and dramatic high-low hemmed halter dresses in pale yellow or baby blue.

 

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When Simkhai tried his hand at the bifurbicated items too, results were equally successful. Trading tea dresses for cargo pants, he gave them a boyish appeal without creating anything in the least bit masculine. Here they were done up in silky creams, a high-shine olive, or a guipere lace. Simkhai knows his brand’s codes well, and he’s proving season after season he is a master of them.

 

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Badgley Mischka celebrates 30 years at #NYFW

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This garden party has been three years in the making. Longtime ApparelMagic client Badgley Mischka celebrated their big three-oh in style during New York Fashion Week with a show for the books. Taking their girl to the great outdoors—albeit a manicured topiary park more likely—designers Mark Badgley and James Mischka did what they do best: elegant occasionwear for the most sophisticated women.

 

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Flowers were everywhere, here as a rich, moody floral print on marabou-hemmed shift dress and there as palm-sized three-dimensional silk flowers adorning a super abbreviated mini dress. For women of a certain age though, there are plenty of more pared-back column dresses that are just as beautiful, especially one worn just days later at the Emmy Awards by actress Laurie Metcalf.

 

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Sachin & Babi’s tropical getaway

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There are few things in life as pleasant as packing for a well-deserved vacation, and Sachin & Babi took this knowledge to heart, editing down their collection for next spring to only the happiest, most smile-inducing hues—clothes that would certainly bring a grin to your face even when you’re condensing them into a carry-on.

 

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For day, the designers propose flirty long dresses that will blow around in beachy breezes. Printed in bold, warm florals, they’re the perfect antidote to any winter blues.

 

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After a day at the beach, the Sachin & Babi woman dresses to the nines. Here, she’s provided with everything she needs: a marigold satin ballgown to grace a red carpet in Cannes, a beaded floor-length shift for a black tie gala in Miami, or a sequin covered suit to wear on a night out at some exclusive rooftop night club.

Zero + Maria Cornejo does sleek shapes for summer

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In the dog days of summer, the last thing anyone wants is layers of fabrics weighing them down. Maria Cornejo knows this better than anyone. That’s why with this ApparelMagic client’s pre-fall line—available now!—she can do a lot with very little. Lightweight fabrics draped in dim olives and dark siennas are full coverage while feeling barely there.

Second layers like kimonos and jackets are without any closure and all the better to spread open at the slightest breeze. Beating the heat in crisp white dresses or loose pants, Cornejo did all the thinking so her adoring customer base can authentically channel effortless #summervibes.

Cornejo thought of sultry summer nights too, with highlighter orange separates hemmed in angular shapes. Perfect for a beachy sunset or after dark in the city, it’s the cool girl’s easy, breezy, go-to summer look.

Thom Browne plays with his signature proportions

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New York designer and ApparelMagic client Thom Browne is not afraid of doing things his own way. Case in point? This season he might have put the first garden gnomes—Plural!—on the Paris catwalk.

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Browne shrunk his models down to the size of gnomes and set them walking about an astroturf runway among oversize pinwheels and rainbow picket fences.

While the gnomes might be miniature, the clothes themselves didn’t get hit by the shrink ray. The attendees at this trippy garden party wore the Thom Browne classics scaled way, way up. Blazers were knee length. Gingham shorts hit just above the ankle. At foot, his signature wingtips were set atop tall platforms. Preppy critter embroidery went from WASPy and barely noticeable to being twelve-inch-wide embellishments crawling up pants and coats.

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Pastel and super-bright, some jackets were covered in topsy-turvy whales, and others in wide, graphic stripes. Mixed and matched with shorts and skirts just as saturated with spring colors, the models looked less Cape Cod and more Yellow Submarine.

While the big statement being made was, well, big, Browne didn’t forget his core customers. After sending the oversized collection down the runway, he sent a second troupe of models out in the same looks but shrunken right back up to his standard proportion. Big or small, these are the suits for men ready to take convention and turn it on its head.

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Helena Christensen shines in Sachin & Babi’s resort collection

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For Sachin and Babi Ahluwalia, high glam is no foreign concept. Who better, then, to be the face of their resort line than supermodel Helena Christensen? While it doesn’t take much to complement her famously high cheekbones, ApparelMagic client Sachin & Babi’s gowns have the razzle dazzle to make the rest of us feel just as glamorous, if only for one night.

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Sticking to time-tested and universally flattering silhouettes, the spotlight here was on surfaces bedecked with gleam and glitter both subtle and attention grabbing. A couple of minidresses covered in dense layers of oversized paillettes were made for dancing on banquettes under disco lights, while sophisticated cocktail dresses skimmed the body in tiny beads, reminiscent of back-in-fashion painter Mary Corse’s luminous canvases.

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As for color, the pair went for bold, bolder, and boldest with vivid red, shocking pinks, and a tone of yellow that this summer is set to eclipse millennial pink. When it comes to making a statement, Sachin & Babi is the label women turn to for elegant but always on-trend eveningwear.

ApparelMagic clients honored at CFDA Awards

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The best brands in the business choose ApparelMagic. At the 2018 CFDA Awards, ApparelMagic clients were honored by their peers and the most important names in fashion.

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Thom Browne’s shrunken suiting gained him another nomination for Menswear Designer of the Year, adding to the many nominations and three awards already under his belt.

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Rachel Mansur and Floriana Gavriel, makers of gorgeously minimal handbags, were nominated for Accessory Designer of the Year for their eponymous line Mansur Gavriel.

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New to the CFDA awards was Mike Amiri for his line of luxuriously distressed clothes that have quickly attracted attention of press and buyers. Amiri earned a nomination for the Swarovski Award for Emerging Talent.

Whether it’s high end tailoring, rockstar quality menswear, or women’s handbags and accessories, ApparelMagic is the solution the fashion industry trusts to grow their businesses.