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ApparelMagic clients walk the Met Gala red carpet

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual Costume Institute benefit gala, or the Met Gala, as it’s commonly known, brings A-listers from around the world to celebrate the museum’s annual fashion-oriented show.

It is the biggest night in fashion, and this year the biggest names in fashion, music, and sports chose to wear custom creations by ApparelMagic clients for their struts up the red carpet.

Jonathan Simkhai, one of New York’s leading young designers, and an ApparelMagic client, took Josephine Skriver, a supermodel and one of his muses, as his date. They stunned paparazzi and onlookers alike with their coordinated florals.

Basketball star Odell Beckham Jr. one-upped the rest of the men on the red—or more accurately, pink—carpet when he showed up in a Thom Browne sleeveless suit jacket and matching wool kilt. Worn with unlaced boots and tattoos all over, he took the look to the next level.

Shutting down the arrivals was the ever-charismatic musician Cardi B, also in Thom Browne. In an anatomically-correct burgundy gown with a bodice encrusted with real rubies and a yards-long train edged in feathers, she was the night’s fan favorite, topping best-dressed lists and showing that ApparelMagic clients are on the cutting edge of fashion.

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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.

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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.

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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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