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Words/Images Judith Ecochard Trina Turk’s five vignettes’ presentation of men’s (Mr. Turk) and women’s (mostly) separates started the official first day of Mercedes Benz Fashion Week NY--- and got us in the mood for some wardrobe additions NOW. Cocktails by a Palm Spring’s patio has been a fashiony inspiration of collections since the 60’s--- with iconic images of society’s swankest captured at the moment--- serving as jump off points for entire wardrobes…(see Douglas Hannant Resort  for example). Trina Turk’s collections live that life 365, 24-7…and for her 15 th anniversary gave NYers a taste for the good life. Bright prints (Laguna plaid, Avocado Tiger Leaf), bright colors (Key Lime, Hot Pink…), and a light dab of the retro added up to a lot of charm… The ...

October 29th 2008 Broome Street NYC 2PM Words, Images by Judith Ecochard The creative team at Eres’ deserves a mega-bonus for their presentation …and location at- SICIS-The Art Factory. The high-end mosaic store was decorated with oversized murals-made entirely of tile- of lingerie and swimwear clad pinup glamour queens à la Rita Hayworth/Esther Williams. How perfect. THE COLLECTION: For lingerie, lace is the keyword-as it was on the Spring 09 RTW runways. The Edun collection has hipster boy cut shorts (the top choice for panties)…though in keeping with the old time Hollywood theme, there a high waist briefs too. The bestseller- that’s sold out in Autumnal colors- is the body shaper from the Jersey Lumiere line that’s IMHO positively Rudi Gernreich/Jean-Paul Gautlier for Madonna. For Spring - “Elephant” gray, “Artifice” pink, “Bliss” ivory, Vert Galante (gray/green) and “Nacré” (a pale lavender) will surely sell as well. The swimwear in the Bijou Collection is already causing print ...

Text, Casi Densmore-Koon Edited by Vivian G. Kelly Images Coutsey of Peter Tsai Photography
 www.pertersaiphotography.com Beach Bunny Swimwear is West Coast Love! What: Beach Bunny Swimwear Spring 2009 Collection Time: 7:00pm Where: The Lightbox, Smashbox Studios, Culver City, CA Model gone designer, Angela Chittenden is known for her bathing suits being classy sexy styles and inspired by lingerie. Seen on some of Hollywood’s hottest stars; Heidi Klum, Eva Longoria, Petra Nemcova, Britney Spears, and Jessica Alba. For this collection her inspiration was Malibu Barbie Meets Hollywood and that's exactly what she gave us. Looking on were Karissa and Kristina Shannon, Hugh Heffner’s new twin girlfriends sitting front row as Saleisha Cycle 9 winner of Americans Next Top model strutted down the runway. Songs like Britney Spears "Gimmie More", and Pussycat Dolls played while models showed off suits with names like “Fantastic Voyage”, “Suicide Blonde” and “Viva La Vida” helping m...

EUROGLAM STYLES FOR 24-HOUR COVERAGE Words, Images by Judith Ecochard Empire Hotel Penthouse & Pool, NYC September 4th, 2008 7:00PM The sun was slowly setting as we piled into an Empire Hotel elevator-jammed with more straight guys decked out in business suits-than is usual for a Fashion Week event. Take a posh mash-up of lacy underthings (La Perla’s BLACK LABEL), chi-chi bathing suits that will never feel a splash of water (MARE swim line), serious strappy high heels (Stuart Weitzman), and fetching knit dresses/satiny gowns that ooze expensive elitism (PRET À PORTER) on gorgeous leggy models…and DUH…even we can do the math . THE SHOW: The aforementioned models all looked seriously beautiful and maintained perfect composures in the posed vignettes- amidst all those hordes of Type A dudes. The twenty accessorized looks from this luxe Italian company- ran the gamut from evening-wear (ivory chiffon gown with lace detail), day looks (a chic black knit dress under a black cotton silk t...

Images, Dan Lecca, Courtesy of Mercedes Benz The GOTTEX spring 2009 Collection TIME/PLACE: 8:25pm, Monday, September 8, 2008 The big Tent at Bryant Park THE THEME: Anchors Away! Just add in some 24 carat gold detailing. THE INSPIRATION: Glamorous ports around the world from St. Tropez to Porto Cervo, and the lush colors of the Mediterranean Sea. THE COLORS Black is never boring when it comes to a swimsuit and white always looks right, and they also work well together as shown here. Add in some huge floppy hats, gold ankle strap heels and an armful of gold bracelets and you can’t go wrong. Gideon’s a master with prints and the digital anchor print looked fabulous trimmed in 18 carat gold – especially a high waisted 2 piece suit with multiple gold straps. COLOR SHOT Color came lest, shocking pink hooded jackets make for a fun cover up complete with a huge scrawled Gideon Oberson logo. For a trip to town, there are the adorable lycra mini polo dresses to choose from that match the shocki...

THE GIDEON OBERSON PRIVATE COLLECTION – Sophisticated swimwear for the jet set woman Text, Vivian G. Kelly Images, Richard Spiegel Time: Saturday afternoon, July 19, 2008 Place: The Miami Convention Center – the SEA CO. Booths Miami Swim Week’s highlight was not at the Raleigh tents this year, but at the cavernous Miami Convention Center a few blocks away. We liked EVERY single piece in this collection, and it’s just not that often we can honestly make such a definitive statement about any collection. The collection is called “Jewels of the Sea”. Everyone needs a little bit of fantasy, especially in these troubled economic times. Gideon Oberson delivered ours, in spades when ATELIER PR’s LOU IACOVELLI showed us the whole GIDEON OBERSON 2009 PRIVATE COLLECTION. THE FANTASY: You’re a jet-setting socialite who flies on private jets, lounges on your and your friends’ yachts and spend the year traveling between your many homes. Being such a fortunate creature, it’s highly probable that you’...