2013 New York Fashion Week, A Layman's View
Sometimes, people who are living in this beautiful and insomnious city find themselves facing some serious downsides ranging from the potential 9/11 type target that comes from so called diabolical countries and groups in the world to the highest cost of living in America. For instance, a glass of simple cocktails at the restaurant Nello can cost you around 20 bucks and so does a cup of coffee from Eleven Madison Park. By the way, if you think they are too extortionate, the reality is that none of these two restaurants are the most expensive ones on this Island, there are some price tags paid to the menu offerings in some eateries are even more outrageous. But on the other hand, there are, every year, some rare bright spots/events that make peers in other cities envious - one of them is New York Fashion Week.
This year, New Work Fashion Week started from Feb. 7th and ended on Feb. 14th (The final note was struck on V-day, can you imagine that?)Many people would bark "Fashion Week, so what? What is the big deal about it?" I don't know about you, but to so many locals, this event was a big fuss. Let's just put aside how much tax revenue was generated for the city coffer because of the goods and services the fashion industry and show-goers paid, here comes the kicker, locals could indulge themselves with all of these dazzling eye candies everywhere they went.
Now, please conjure up a scene like this if you can: during a time frame of 10 days, you would be able to see hundreds of gorgeous and fabulous fashion models from all the corners of the globe. Did I mention some of them are supermodels? If you are lucky, you can even strike a conversation and share a joke with those beauties in arms-length distance since there were hundreds of fashion events that took place across the city from runways to designers' presentations to the hot after-hours parties . Guys, we are talking about the real hot chicks here not the heavy psed photos on the billboards that makes your blood suddenly flow faster when you drive to work in the morning, or the phony sexy pictures at the supermarket magazine shelves you flip through when you try to kill your time before your turn to pay at the cashier lines. Do you get the picture? :)
Some ladies would repudiate my male-centered, testosterone-drenched,point of view above, arguing "What do we get?". My answer to that question is one word - huge. Actually,from the female's vantage points, the New York Fashion Week would be even more exciting and important to ladies in this world. To begin with, you would have a sleek preview for the fashion trends which may shore up in your wardrobe closet soon, let alone to provide the guidelines for the prevailing styles and colors incoming this fall and next spring.
Speaking of colors and style that may become the focus of the clothing racks in your favorite boutiques, I think the popular colors,based on my layman's observational digests, will be royal blue, olive green,light gray and plum. For the styles that may dominate in next few months, I suspect,the combinations of simple boxy tops combined with short sex bottom in sparkling embellishments would draw sensations. Of course, the color and the texture must be right in order to the bright notes.
Another big game changer on this year’s Fashion Week run way was the undeniable Asian inspiration. The Eastern culture influence was so obvious and so powerful that you can almost feel it in the air. The American Chinese designers are really big stars in the spotlights this year from young restless and bold designers suc has Jason Wu, Richard Chai to the subtle yet creative ones - Derek Lam, Anna Sui, and Vera Wang. All of them did incredible jobs to dazzle the fashion world with their talents. Yes, the big guns such as Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, Domenico Dolce, Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Stella McCartney, and Donatella Versace will remain to be powerhouses for fashion shows, but Asians are climbing the career ladders and fast.
Note:I am just a guy who lives in NYC and accidentally date a girl in fashion world, so please ignore my nonsense above. I believe that you know better than me when it comes to fashion.
2) Normally, I am not a fan of Vera Wang's work, but this year, I think that she got something that get my attention - simplicity and elegance.
Sorry for relying your comments late. I don't know why wxc seems not always showing comments in the sequence of time, that is puzzling me. :(
In terms of "weapons", I am grateful to you for never using negative languages to respond my comments even my choice of words were not accurate at the time. In my mind, no matter how mad we might be, we should always try every fiber of our constraints to hold the line of civility, either in personal spaces or on the nets.
Thanks for the sensible idea and advice! But I think it only applies to those who actually possess and carry a "weapon" :D
Indeed, I never actually possess one myself, should I had one, I would never ever use it on any friend of our blog cicle~~~
“指尖交戰”，僅為朋友 ;)
"Fashion is AD's middle name..." 嚴重誤導哈，Fashion is not my middle name, money or something else could be the one, I guess. :)
"假如那所謂“燕語鶯聲”避也避不開呢？" 怎麽可能避不開呢？ 有一個方法你可以試一下； it's called "clickaway". It's equivalent to the real life one - "walkaway". Step away from the source and cool off by drop your "weapon" (your keyboard, mouse, touchpad, smart phone, toxic words, whatever) , and then no one gets hurt.
"...評論別人，往往是在介紹你自己啊." 這位高人的論點，有點道理。
AJ， 你怎麽可以跟著 A Su起哄呢？ 胳膊肘朝裏彎才對。：） 她是善意的拿我開唰逗你們玩，別當真。：）
阿袖看得好準。 Fashion is AD's middle name, in my humble opinion :D
俺從來不時尚，也不反時尚，穿著打扮，頂多頂多算earthy style~~~
對了，既然縱然那天也提到earthware，算是居家時尚？ 這個話題倒是挺輕鬆快活。 正巧那天在人來茶香那裏看到一些圖片，或許大家也可以從不同角度去分享，譬如米麥建議縱然秀個咖啡杯具，這，大概不需要理由“扭扭捏捏”？ 我過兩天給你看一樣好玩的咚咚~~~
假如那所謂“燕語鶯聲”避也避不開呢？ 是否還得繼續撞幾塊豆腐 :)))
來，一道分享一段他人的高見：
“自媒體時代，誰都信心滿滿地像個評論家一樣，運用自己的經驗、想象、幻覺去判斷事情，本來很簡單的事情，你可能會解讀得很複雜；本來很複雜的事情，你可能會解讀得非常簡單。一切取決於你的大腦智商。所以說，別老覺得你有話語權就可以自由的說三道四，你說的每一句都將成為降低你智商的不利證據，請律師都沒用。評論別人，往往是在介紹你自己啊。”
幹嘛這麽含蓄？：）你是說誰呀
不過阿蘇，我看他還是很享受你們的“教唆”的：）你什麽時候上個時尚帖，給我們掃掃盲，也飽個眼福？
當然也鼓勵ad不時地透露些內幕時尚tips
為何還要扭扭捏捏害羞呢？ 都被你“教唆”（教導）得積年累月了。：））
完全同意。說話做事都應該試圖堅守一條底線 - 尊重別人的感受。 如果有可能，盡量避免一時“燕語鶯聲” （意氣用事）逾越過臨界域。 不然，輕則，削弱回旋的餘地，重則，傷了情緣。：（
有，絕對有，但適度和分寸往往還是底線。
"...不入鄉隨俗點，怕不大合適..." 能不能解釋一下，不要懵我哈。：） --- 不敢說啦，不然又追加一等“教唆”之罪狀哦！:D
"...不入鄉隨俗點，怕不大合適..." 能不能解釋一下，不要懵我哈。：）
其實，我們都不是完人，所以我希望，在我塊小小的地盤內， 來的朋友都可以暢所欲言，實話實說而不必小心翼翼。這一點，網絡提供了比日常生活更靈活,更開放的交流方式。你有沒有覺得?
謝謝你的同情心, I can certainly imagine your "hurting/委屈". :))
"我真的是不懂時尚，尤其是在溫哥華住了久了之後。" 不要太謙虛哈， 有的美眉天生就具備對色彩和線條的特殊敏銳力， 你知道我在說誰嗎。：）
阿蘇，我也是同樣的苦惱，每次過節我很起勁，但是家裏的孩子居然不在乎，覺得我是找麻煩，所以現在也是應付一下，索性出去吃，意思到了，也省力：）
謝謝回複。嗯，Zac的確有走懷舊路線的傾向，會不會跟當紅的Mad Man係列劇有關。那天看見他設計的一組長禮服，當場就感到的是五六十年代好萊塢，倒談不上華麗。 個人感覺，他的色彩搭配不夠創意獨到。 認識Vera Wang, 但隻限於雜誌和報刊範疇，一個self-made designer. 我才來這兒不久，她開始走紅，她設計的婚紗，似乎成了每個新嫁娘的夢想吧。
嗬嗬，相互同情一下。早晨晨練後，回去一通忙乎，折騰半天，給他倆一人乘了一碗鮮肉湯團。 某人吃了一口，便滿腹糾結地端坐在那，還往ZZ碗裏塞過一隻。 ZZ歡歡喜喜吃完，他磨磨唧唧說從來不愛吃鹹湯團。 得正好剩了兩小團濕麵，包了兩隻紅豆沙，勉強對付掉，唉，挑剔的人傷不起。。。你們說說，我這折騰勁給不給力？^_^
Are you joking me ? I felt a sense of embarrassment to write fashion from a man's angle. Anyway, I just share my thoughts wether or not your ladies like it or reject it, totally up to you.
You are right that Vera Wang indeed have been a predominate fashion designer on dressy gowns for years, not to mention her successful bridal gown lines. Further, her designing concepts and style do embrace simplicity and elegance, but I was not her fan before, in part, her expressed too much extravagance which overpowers the simplicity, another part is that anything remotely connects to wedding or marriage scares me.:) This year, she seems trying to revolve herself a bit, although she is not a minimalist yet, she moves the dial quite a bit to that direction.
Do you know Vera Wang ,her Chinese name is王薇薇, has a family root in SH?
For Zac Posen, general perception from fashion circle is that he has been looking into the inspirations from 50's and 60's, in which that slender silhouettes are basic elements such as slim pant, bodyflattering dresses and exaggerating embellishments, etc. His designs are not my coupe of tea, too girly fancy, and gayish.
Happy sweet rice ball festival to you! I was thinking to make traditional sweet rice balls by ourself, yet she showed no enthusiasm at all. As a result, I had some ready-to-eat sesame sweet rice balls this morning for breakfast, she ate one piece just for mercy of me and then complained "How people can this kinda sticky stuff?" :( A lesson learned for your prince, never date a fashion model and live in NYC at the same time - not only he will have to go to parties all weekend long, but also be humored for spending time to make food in his own hands. :(
反複的告訴你們， 到現在到不敢示人， 不就是因為矮醜窮猥瑣男嗎， 高帥富 那跟那哈。 ：）
豔福？有點太誇張了吧。：） 但是， 這麽多年來，有緣分和這些城中許多知名美女、才女互動的經曆的確是值得我珍惜並感恩。
你在那邊，夜夜-酒肉笙歌到天明，天天-左擁右抱小mm的那種生活，要悠著點哈。 ：））
提醒你一下， 米麥美眉和我開玩笑開慣了， 所以她的恭維我的話，you should take them with a pinch of salt。不能當真d。：）
拜托，拜托，不要這樣損我。 嘴上留點德， 可不可以？
我講的柔情，風情，熱情 是指多點“甜言蜜語” ：）
"難道你覺得人人都一定喜歡帥氣的男人嗎？" 這個問題我可以回答： 不是。 相反， 許多人不喜歡喜歡帥氣的男人。 因為她/他們覺得，帥氣的男人常常都是壞家夥
。：））
看來AJ很懂時尚，不好意思，我會不會給你留下班門弄斧的感覺？:(
今年，寶藍，橄欖綠，李色紫 和淺灰有可能成為當紅流行色， 不過，馨紅和曜黑仍然會一如既往的被注重。
哦，米麥的描述就是高帥富啊？ 這麽說縱然就是一枚:)) 曾經叫什麽石老五對吧～
帥氣養眼的男人，當然會引人注目啊。不過，審美疲勞終究也是難免滴。
理想的男人，我這麽看哦，不知道這樣的要求算不算太高^_^
他有一幅溫柔的眼神；一個溫暖的懷抱；愛我所愛；還會做飯。
謝謝大俠美言。很高興在這裏遇見你：） 問好
Royal blue, olive green,light gray and plum， all colors I like... however never know olive green can go with plum, creatvie combination, i will try it in my cards. Plum offers a tender touch in deep heart, very much related to the mood.
One thing you probably already know: there is no fashon in vancovuer. maybe some impressive water wicking running jackets!
謝謝流沙兄，其實我覺得是我們的豔福不一般啊~~:)))縱然小弟是城中有名的才子帥哥，運動健將，寫作能手，出生名門，又具紳士風度。。。（縱然，真心話，否則你老是說我mock,tease你,沒有風情柔情熱情～）
你提到烏鎮，我知道你是什麽時間什麽原因看到的了。那是不忍回首的日子。看到你的留言，我去翻開那本好久沒有翻過的畫冊，想看看流沙兄當時留下的文字，隨手一翻，第一頁就看到了《贈攝沙人》，旁邊配的圖片，就是作者送給我的圖片之一---並不是我最喜歡的，但我想當時他手頭也隻剩下那幾幅了。都是心意，我都珍惜！
我不是攝影大師（我知道是客氣話：） ），真正的大師您已經見識過了。：）對了，流沙兄給我的印象就是：儒商！：）
祝大家元宵節快樂，天上，人間！
olive green, 很美啊，今年夏天怎麽也得去弄一件什麽來，那種色彩讓我想到意大利，地中海那一帶的陽光，房子，美女。。。
盈袖問的問題是請你作答的。：）你問盈袖的問題，讓我想問：難道你覺得人人都一定喜歡帥氣的男人嗎？
問好樓下的流沙詩人！ 兩位美才女的眼光一定是沒錯的啦，何況也是縱然的“老相識”：）） 元宵快樂！
也向盈袖和米麥兩位妹妹問好！我曾在網上瞎穿過，與兩位肯定在哪裏交錯過。我記得的盈袖是位下圍棋的美女，圍棋我不會，但去年有機會在蘇州和聶衛平切磋過橋牌；記得的米麥是位攝影大師，攝影我也不會，但你放過的烏鎮景色，記憶猶新。
很高興在這裏偶遇兩位美女 ：），可見平行小弟豔福不一般。
"simplicity and elegance", I thought Wang made her name known by designing simple and elegant wedding gowns in the past two decades, well looks like she is evolving on it. I agree, it's a delight to watch her new clothing line, thank you for sharing it! and
元宵快樂！