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ACID NYC The Nolcha Shows at New York Fashion Week just wrapped the Fall/Winter 2017 season at Artbeam Studios, featuring 9 runway shows.  The platform for indie brands remains the go-to downtown destination for discovering fresh designs during fashion week.  Our top pic: With a name like ACID NYC -a men’s and women’s line of modern wearable separates... by husband & wife design duo-  SCOTT CHESTER-  EVELYN LUNA -designers ACID NYC ...we could not help but favor this fun rtw show..smart city cuts-vibrant patterns and prints.

PAUL DRISH, SCHUYLER 4 LTD. THE HAUTE HOUSE, PLANET ZERO MOTORSPORTS- PERFORMANCE FASHION Nolcha Fashion Lounge featured small-independent designer labels and niches beauty brands---always worth checking out---something specialty retailers with brick+mortar biz- should consider when looking for new merchandise to entice consumers who find everything online-everywhere. Highlights: A lot of menswear at the lounge… Paul Drish -an interesting name and an homage to an Uncle-quality made shoes and haulers for guys-sources the bets in overseas know-howand producers for a premium footwear line (dress, business, casual) founded by a smart woman with engineering background. leather duffel weekender $495 and Camel Ben Briefcase $425+tassel loafers-classic Paul Drish premium footwear+accessories for men. Suede Clifton monkstrap $275 hiking boots gone glam-lined, leather and lug rubber soles Sebastien boot $475 slip-ons in Spring colors jogger pants are stylized...

All images courtesy of Nolcha Fashion Week pleated skirt-is a work of wearable art Fresh off her July 2014 Pret-a-Porter Sketchcolors Project Award, ( impressive-we looked it up-there are over 1000 entries competing at this   annual competition that recognizes, honors and promotes legendary design visionaries and uncovers emerging talents in Architecture, Interior, Product, Graphic and Fashion Design on global leve l )….   ...fashion designer  Katty Xiomara presented a colorful feminine collection of pretty day and glamorous evening wear ---- "inspired by the art form of a “chocolatier” which melted geometric shapes into organic forms."  this pattern enlivened several items…soft and dreamy Hailing from Portugal-where she is a big brand …the designer's Spring efforts 2015 were just the right balance between modern edge and...

SOHO MEWS-A New Shopping Destination 311 West Broadway, SOHO-NYC words/images Judith Ecochard A few yards away from the cacophonous, somewhat gritty Canal Street...the posh Soho Mews building has opened to quite fanfare---the retail kind, hosting two new posh spaces plus the next-door trendy Jezebel restaurant---  that are emblematic of the sophisticated international destination that NYC is... 20 years old--- Peruvian Pamela Gonzales Recently, we attended the glam fashion store debut, hosted and assembled by the young and clearly talented Pamela Gonzales--- a gal who shows her beautiful evening wear through the forward thinking Nolcha Fashion Week collective. en famille- The concept store features a carefully curated collection of worldly fashion and accessories designers who craft upscale contemporary collections for women who appreciate not wearing apparel that's mass marketed. Carlos Luna -designer (right) A Lady Gaga approved dress --- one would a...