Pack your bags, book your tickets and hotels and jump on the next thing smoking to… perhaps Palm Springs or St. Barths! Cesar Galindo’s FW24 Runway Show falls nothing short of a resort wear for the upcoming winter season. Catering to the ladies (and some gents) of discerning taste. Pop life in the Riviera, or “Twiggy London” doesn’t fall too behind either.

The collection harkens back to when the swinging 60s fashion was at its peak, an era that still transcends the boundaries of fashion. Supermodel Lu Sierra walk the walk that recalled the 90s model strut. It sent the crowd cheering! A true testament of just how much the elegance in catwalk dramatization is missed. Musical artist and philanthropists Consuelo Vanderbilt held her own elegantly on the ruway as a guest model.

Cesar’s pairing of mix media fabrication and prints was exquisite! Drop shoulder style maxi dresses, smartly tailored sets with encrusted sequin and crystals, many easy fitting silhouettes in breathable fabric made for a better part of the collection. Perfect options for day out with friends for lunch or loungewear at a cocktail party on a yacht! Cesar Galindo clearly has his sights set on a particular clientele of style. He knows his audience.

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Lu Celania Sierra

Consuelo Vanderbilt

Bibhu Mohapatra’s FW24 fashion show at the swanky Pierre Hotel in New York City had me really thinking about some of my fashionable short and opera length gloves, long forgotten in my closet. It seems to be the reigning accessory at just about every show I’ve covered this season, along with the futuristic design glass handbags on some of the models. Bibhu cleverly paired the gloves with gowns and dresses, a few of which included cinched leather corset style belts, giving some of the dresses an updated edgy and youthful appearance.

A handful of styles featured strong shoulders on dresses and free flowing sleeves in chiffon and delicate pleated chantily lace fabrics. A few AI inspired silhouettes’ sleeves and collars made it down the runway. Bibhu’s intricate detailed beaded work on lace was impeccable. Each of his model embodied true glamour and grace in the collection, a true testament to Bibhu Mohapatra’s sense of style and understanding of his core clientele.

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Glass handbag photo by Bobby Heard

Designer Bibhu Mohapatra

David and Phillipe’s FW24 Runway collection for The Blonds during NYFW last night, as usual, was exhilarating! They delivered all the bells and whistles that has now come to be expected of the ritzy brand. A go to place for bold names and Rockstars looking to set themselves apart from the norm on any red carpet or world stage for that matter. They’ve got their fingers on the pulse of a fast moving tiktok era that we now live in. With every passing season of shows, they keep evolving with the times with collections and cuts befitting of the LGBT community and to the most quiet girl next door who might want to vamp it up once in a blue moon and be vivacious! The models blazed down the vast runway in shimmering corset, feathered tops, figure hugging jumpsuits, power shoulder jackets and sometimes barely there numbers, towering in staggering heels supplied by their long time collaborator, Christian Louboutin. Some of the models braved their way through despite the pain felt by a handful of them.

The after party carried the same tune as the show’s electrifying energy with legendary dance music icon, Crystal Waters belting some of her popular hits to the packed room at The Standard’s Boom Boom Room. It was indeed a long night of celebration of the brand like no other.

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Tinu with Crystal Waters, Ty-Ron Mayes and The Blonds co-founders David and Phillipe

A rare opportunity just popped up on our radar! If you’re a big fan of the legendary artist Prince, then you definitely don’t want to miss this! A handful of his iconic fashionable belongings just hit the auction block. Under the auspices of RR Auction, the items are up for grabs by way of what is anticipated to be a fierce bidding war for these rare one of a kind pieces. Some of which includes his white ruffled shirt and brooches worn during his triumphant 1985 AMA performance of Purple Rain, his screen-worn outfit and cashmere coat from Under the Cherry Moon, and his stage-worn gold chain hat from the 1993 Act II tour, and much more! Our Editor Tinu was at the unveiling/preview party earlier today to capture these images below. Be sure to visit RRAuction to try your luck. Bidding for this auction closes on November 16, 2023. Good luck! 😃

Who needs to go a stadium filled rock concert when you need to look no further than David and Phillippe’s “The Blonds” New York Fashion Week biannual presentations! The bedazzled, high octave corsets, strong shoulder capes, and intricate bejeweled tops and bell bottoms will have you looking for a Narnia closet door to teleport to a rock concert magic land. And be sure not to forget a good pair of staggering Swarovski encrusted high heels, like those Christian Louboutin numbers, complete with Rapunzel luscious length hair salon blown tress, as seen on The Blonds’ models!

The star studded affair on and off the runway was well attended by luminaries of young Hollywood set and LGBTQ community who showed up full support, such as Danielle Brooks, Amanda Lapore, et.al. Hit TV show Pose alum, Dominique Jackson, now a fashion runway staple, strutted down the fashion highway like an assertive angel.

Video footage of the show can be seen on instagram.

Swedish designer MaxJenny is carving out a niche for herself in New York if her premiere fashion show today is anything to go by. The Swedish Consul General Camilla Mellander graciously offered her lavish Park Avenue pad to host the eclectic and stylish designer’s NYFW show today. The medley of styles (for all genders) sent down the sistine chapel ceiling inspired runway definitely did not disappoint. I think even the most jaded stylist and fashionista would concur. Prior to today, I’d never heard of the designer. To my surprise she’d dressed the likes of Madonna and the Swedish Crown Princess Victoria! MaxJenny’s fresh and approachable romantic fun take on print had me looking up where to acquire some her designs shortly after the show. She’s definitely one to watch.