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Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week/NYC words/pics Judith Ecochard VANTAN TOKYO pics/video-MB Fashion Week  Salvatore  Prete  and Filippo  Bruno ---two designers who have shown a prior season at Lincoln Center-staged a small presentation at a private space-down in SOHO. They were running late-and with a show uptown, we could only grab a few pics before leaving.  Impressions overall- wearable frocks--- an ode to the 70's/ 80's glam of club days past---like the fabulous B/W gelatin-silver prints that lined the walls...capturing a NYC era like no other---including Studio 54 regulars and Warhol's entourage ...mixed with lower East Side artists like Jean-Michel Basquiat sharing a moment with rocker lggy Pop. this model reminded us of Candy Darling Back up at Lincoln Center, VANTAN TOKYO -a design school based in Japan-presented a trio of graduates of its X-Seed Program-an advanced design course given in both...

Lincoln Center, Mercedes Benz New York Fashion Week Tokyo's Vantan Design Institute 's design course, "International X-Seed" offers qualified students classes in both English and Japanese in fashion/marketing. A selected few students---got the opportunity to show their wares in NYC. We walked into the show not knowing a thing about the runway apparel were going to see---but at the end of it all...we walked away very impressed-as did our fellow attendees that we sat next to. Sophisticated and modern, with very impressive fabrics and knits---we were not surprised to learn that many of the chosen designers already have their own collections for sale.  Featured Designers: Cheryl Chee, Masato Miyata, Yuya Kubohara, Cheung Siu Yan Another fashion show we saw, that impressed us-was that of Korean born Park Choon Moo ---who we sometimes think should show in Paris---versus NYC which is seemingly all about the business (meaning retail with sale ready me...