Sweet Nothings At Lorick
Not to get all intellectual on you the second day of fashion week, but to quote Marshall McLuhan, the medium is the message when it comes to Abigail Lorick’s Spring collection. Well, artist’s medium, that is. Inspired by Francesco Clemente’s watercolors, Edgar Degas’ pastels, and Jonathan Greene’s acrylics, the Gossip Girl ghost-designer created a collection [...]
Gossip Girl Trades Upper East Side for Hell’s Kitchen
It’s not exactly breaking news that Abigail Lorick is the ghost designer for Eleanor Waldorf on the Best Show Ever, a.k.a. Gossip Girl. (Sorry, Little Jenny, we didn’t mean to blow your cover, but we’re here to separate fact from fiction.) Lorick’s debut show, way west in Hell’s Kitchen, was a civilized affair complete with [...]
the internet with texture
When Matthew Siskin started designing Web sites for designer friends under the name designedmemory, it was a way to pay the rent so he could focus on his music career. That was back in 2002. Fast-forward six years and he’s responsible for some of the fashion industry’s most inspired online presences, including the Web sites [...]
on the having and eating of cake
Proof that models do eat was to be found at Abigail Lorick’s charming presentation, where luscious-looking cakes were artfully arranged with a slice or two cut out for poetic effect. The models saw them more prosaically, and it turns out that their big eyes were not bigger than their stomachs: They ate them all, somewhat [...]
a book of one’s own
The coolest invite to come across our desk so far this season? Hands down, it’s a battered copy of Virginia Woolf’s masterpiece “A Room of One’s Own,” all wrapped up in a silk scarf bow courtesy of New York fashion week newcomer Abigail Lorick. We look forward to cracking it open in, oh, about five [...]






