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Skylight Clarkson Square, Gallery 1                  One of the first shows we attended was by Internationally recognized Chinese-born designer Lan Yu’s namesake brand  LANYU    with the runway debut of the  Fall/Winter 2017  collection. Inspired by her mother’s hometown of Suzhou, the designer showcased 40 looks inspired by the city’s architecture, natural beauty and serene canals. Drawing inspiration from these and the designer’s childhood memories,  LANYU’s Fall/Winter 2017  collection incorporated soothing mint and jade hues, as well as power pink and sky tones.  The collection featured the perfect pale toned and deep jade green oversized coats and statement trousers offset by feminine dresses in LANYU’s trademark fitted silhouettes in luxurious fabrics such as jeweled tweed, marled wool, cashmere and silk on velvet with touches of leather and metal.    Before the show-this stun...

Highlights from Presentations: At Artbeam....Claudia Li "Self-Preservation" collection theme.... Make-Up Shiseido, Hair Cutler/Redken origami shapes and folds... White waffle Bell Cuff top, White waffle-Wine leather Combo skirt Midnight Dress-Denim panels DENIM trench coat-a fav look-wrapped silhouette knits...  Rubin Singer-Industria Studios "HOMOMORPHISM" Hair-Jon Reyman-Aveda, Make-up Janell Gleason for Aveda oversized chrome yellow duchess satin ruffle=stylish exclamation point  on black paneled silk faille cocktail dress.... architectural feminine...evening wear Day wear-or evening wear-shimmery jacket and sheath dress-bonded velvet+duchess satin fabrics are luscious, silks, with accents -glass, bugle bead embroideries-emerald -teal-chartreuse silks richly jeweled in glamorous collection  new-cashmere knits + day-evening wear intricate details on cocktail frock-a big wow!

Hudson Studios/NYC Sometimes fashion doesn't have to be an intellectual statement. Modern beautiful clothes that flatter---may not have the critics clucking ---but designers-particularly women designers...just seem to 'get' their clientele. Case in point: Morgane Le Faye is a seasoned NYC-SOHO based fashion house with romance, elegance and a dose of mystery embedded in all the collections we remember ever seeing. (And yup-we have a few purchased separates too-they all withstand style's dismissible trends and are the feel good pieces we love to wear). As we ' explained'  to another attendee at the recent Spring 2016 show---think= "Game of Thrones" sensuality and the power of its female leads--- attired in Morgane Le Faye ...if they went through a time machine. The show-focused editorial collection of solid colors- titled "Everything Blooming"-featuring sheer chiffons, organza, silks and cotton-  skirts, blouses and our favs-the dres...