Oligo Mixed Tape: NY Fashion Week
February 27, 2009
NY fashion week came and went and for those of us not so lucky to have attended, I have compiled a mixed tape both music and fashion lovers can appreciate. Designer fashion shows are notorious for featuring emerging talent and this time was no different. Big name artists or not, these songs had me struttin’ my stuff all week long. Enjoy!
Badgley Mischka
Beirut “My night with the prostitute from Marseille”
Benhaz Sarfpour
Animal Collective “My girls”
Charlotte Ronson
Puppini Sister “Heart of glass”
Dsquared2
Ella Fitzgerald “Night and Day”
Vena Cava
Cocteau Twins “Beatrix”
Temperley London
Massive Attack “Angel”
Generra
The Ting Tings “We Walk”
Chris Benz
M83 “Graveyard Girl”
Carlos Miele
Max De Castro “Iluminismo”
E. Y. Wada
White Lies “Death”
Headlines this week 10/10
October 10, 2008
- Luxury goods Industry ready for hard times- AP
- Alessandra Facchinetti is no longer Creative Director of Valentino but a report in WWD cites that perhaps the “long and difficult design process” and not the lack of sales as the reason for the ousting. Designers be able to work to an ever-increasing seasonal cycle, they must also be able to work with all kinds of people, and communicate a vision that everybody at the company, both on the business and creative side, can take pride in.
- Charlotte Ronson and J.C. Penney partnership launches I (heart) Ronson , contemporary sportswear collection, in Spring 2009. Reuters
- Thrift shops thrive is today’s economy. Courant
- 3D imaging spreads to fashion and beyond. BW
- Evian teams with Jean Paul Gaultier and brings us the $13.95 bottle of water. Brilliant! Luxist
