“I started the season being inspired by a couple of Beardsley illustrations,” Doo-Ri Chung says of her Spring 2012 collection. “Using that as a starting point, I did some sketches that became the foundation for the prints, and throughout the development of Spring, the idea of illustration really played a part in not only the [...]

Kristen Stewart may look more comfortable in well-worn hoodies and Chuck Taylors, but that doesn’t stop the Twilight mega-star from turning up on red carpets in some very fashion-forward duds. Remember her in look 20 from Proenza Schouler’s Spring ‘10 collection at the New Moon premiere in London? Rumor has it Stewart actually selects all [...]

“We just didn’t have the money,” explained Jeffrey Chow yesterday while showing his first collection for sportswear label Poleci. Chow, you’ll recall, had a strong four-season run as a young designer with both critical and retail support and even an Ecco Domani Award before closing in 2005. He spent the intervening years as a jobbing [...]

Doo.Ri spreads the love. The designer will launch a lower-priced line next year, with plenty of draping and jersey and price tags in the under-$500 range. Recession dressing just got fun.The latest bizarre fashion collaboration: Converse and the Grateful Dead. That’s right, dancing bears on your kicks.European football mogul and oligarch Roman Abramovich and his [...]

Doo-Ri Chung’s Spring ‘09 collection was as light as a breeze and built for speed, which may be why it was easy to credit the Bruce Nauman-inspired neon piping on a series of dresses with a more athletic derivation, e.g., Olympic swimming, or racing stripes, which were our first thoughts. “Racing stripes? That’s new,” Chung [...]