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June 20 2013

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Sally LaPointe Goes for Gold

New York fashion week officially kicks off in a week and a half, and in preparation, we’ve been running around the city sneak previewing several of the new Fall ’13 collections. At a recent studio visit with up-and-comer Sally LaPointe , the designer divulged that she’ll be showing jewelry—a collaboration with Meredith Kahn of Made Her Think—on the runway for the first time. Stylist Natasha Royt introduced the two designers, who used a gold bracelet that originally belonged to LaPointe’s boyfriend’s mother as a starting point. Kahn soldered together seven rows of chain links, all of which drape loosely around the wrist and are connected with a matching chain spine. While it was inspired by the 1994 Depeche Mode song “In Your Room,” LaPointe’s new lineup has a slight eighties vibe. And her collaborative bracelets are a fitting complement. The designer is also working with Alejandro Ingelmo on runway shoes for the third consecutive season. Ingelmo created booties with cutout sides and an architectural metallic heel that, like the bracelets (which will potentially be produced later), provides a “flash of gold.” Here, an exclusive look at Sally LaPointe’s gilded Fall accessories.

Sally LaPointe’s Fall ’13 show will take place February 8, at 11:00 a.m., at Pier 57 in New York.

Photo: Courtesy of Sally LaPointe

Sally LaPointe, In Development

Now in her second season, Sally LaPointe showed a futuristic, second-skin collection of after-hours gear on the far western fringes of Chelsea Friday night. Despite the sci-fi bent, LaPointe’s latest had an old-school inspiration: photography development (with, like, film) and the RGB process of colors—red, green, blue—appearing one at a time. The clothes followed the same progression. Monochromatic looks in silver were replaced by head-to-toe red, then turquoise, and finally black. LaPointe has been linked to Lady Gaga (whose new single dropped yesterday, too), and while there might not be too many non-pop-phenom takers for the collection’s molded hip peplums and lame leggings, they’re just the sort of thing Gaga would slip on to pick up the paper.

Photo: Courtesy of Salle LaPointe