It struck more than a few observers as odd that Organic designer John Patrick chose to present his Spring ‘10 collection at, of all places, a steakhouse. What would Michael Pollan say? Doesn’t the production of one pound of beef require something like 100 gallons of water and emit about 15 lbs. of CO² into [...]

Fashion folk have a reputation for being food-phobic, but the fact of the matter is there’s nothing that makes a harried editor happier than arriving at a fashion week presentation and finding a spread. Cookies! Fresh bread! Locally produced Camembert! These were the wonders laid out at Organic’s Fall ‘09 presentation on Monday. Designer John [...]

“It’s not easy being green,” quipped Bodkin designer Eviana Hartman at her presentation Monday afternoon. “People seem to forget that that’s how the song goes: It’s ‘not.’” Maybe so, but Hartman is making the creation of green fashion look like a breeze. The ex-TeenVogue and Nylon staffer has earned beaucoup press and plaudits for her [...]

“I had tickets to the U.S. Open and everything,” says Dana Lorenz. “I was dead-set. No fashion week. Maybe some other time.” Or maybe not, because Fallon designer Lorenz has ceded the courtside seats and found herself a fashion week partner-in-crime. She’s collaborating with CFDA/Vogue-nominated designer John Patrick of Organic on a new collection of [...]