LYRA MAG.

Samantha +Patrick Pleet-middle 254 Wolverine Store, Elizabeth Street, NYC cute headpieces-collab w/ Hannah Metz We felt like we stepped into a 21st century "Friends" episode when we checked out the Spring 2014 apparel and footwear collection by Brooklyn based designer Samantha Pleet-hosted by the soon to open Wolverine Store. By the time we got there-during a busy NYFW---it was buzzing and packed with Pleet's friends and collaborators, gathered to celebrate a truly adorable collection of feminine frocks and separates-... inspired by a paradise lush Arcadia- and Darwin's journals recounting jaunts to exotic locales. Token Dress A short film directed by Maximilla Lukacs and Sarah Sophie Flicker -that was refreshingly not sophisticated slick-kinda gave onlookers the MO of the collection-a "female explorer's journey to a mythical island paradise"...with a do I  stay or do I go-or is it just the adventure desired- theme going on

West 22nd Street, NYC Latest in Cosmetics Packaging, Make-up, Tools... MAKE UP Forever Academy in NY ---- tools of the trade... this look took a few hours---fantastic Not our first time going to a makeup tradeshow that highlights beauty packaging and cosmetic labs...but once gain, the French owned MakeUp-in™ NYC was an eye opener ---about the backbone of a few industries that collectively sell several $USA billions worth of cosmetics, skincare + fragrances (men and women)- a year, right here. And this country isn't even the biggest market-it's Asia/Sub Asia (India). sometimes there is a reason products seem somewhat similar-especially at mass merch prices-they use the same company to makes brushes, containers, etc. But formulas and containers can be customer specific too. We left the spacious 3 floors worth of exhibitors, thinking-hmmm, to start one's own credible line of makeup/nail polish etc---you really