Fall Edge: SquareKey

Check out my latest article for Squarekey.com on some super Edgy fashions from the Runway covering

1] Hemut Lang

2] Theyskens' Theory:

3] Titania Inglis:

Above image by Prutha Raithatha

4] Kimberly Ortiz:

Images by Anna Morgowicz for DSM

Check out the entire article with more images here.

Helmut Lang Show: NYFW Fall 2012

All images by Anna Morgowicz for DSM.

One of my favorite Fall shows at NYFW. The space, presentation, clothes and the show were very well done IMHO. I can't wait to see what Helmut Lang comes up with as a visual artist. 

Finding Spring in the Fall Shows: For Squarekey.com

Hello peoples!

So here is a link to my coverage of the Costello Tagliapietra Fall 2012 show for Squarekey.com. 

Squarekey is an up and coming e-commerce website that will be selling cool International designer stuff to the Indian market. You can find more about it here. The website will be launching officially very soon.

So yeah, the slight lack of posts on DSM are partly cause I am writing for them as well and working on different projects on the side along with my normal full time job as an architect and have parents in town for a month and since I haven't seen them in 1.5 years I am spending as much time with them as possible. Shall be back into the usual groove of things on DSM as soon as parents depart, but until then, things shall be updated as and when I get a moment to breath. Nothing is more important than receiving some unconditional TLC from the family. 

Definitely a lot of cool things going on that I need to update you guys about! Coming soon. 

Check out the entire post here.

Images by Prutha Raithatha

Face It: Street Fashion

Nina Garcia

Ivanka Trump

David of the Daily News

Kyle Anderson: Accessories editor at Elle

Backstage at Victor DeSouza show

Anya Ziourova

All Images by Prutha Raithatha

New York Fashion week: Quirksome

Quirky is probably the best way to be in current times. It’s a state of mind, way of life or a way of dressing that according to me, allows you to be experimental and cute at the same time. It’s the perfect combination where you are not going to be stared down that much for being a little out there. Try it. It’s fun. How? Get some fun ideas from the designers that did it best at NYFW 2012.

1] Libertine:

Libertine was the highlight of fun at NYFW. Big tweed jackets, skirts and dresses all covered in large sized disc shaped sequin and embroidery. A lot of badass skulls made of sequins on pretty plaid jackets. The finale included all the models dancing away on the runway and having fun, which was such a pleasure to watch. The front row quirks included designer Thom Browne [Below Right] wearing his signature-shrunken suit from his own collection and Michelle Reneau [below left] wearing shorts and a hat covered in smiley faces. [Below images by Prutha Raithatha]

2] Anna Sui

Anna Sui knows how to do fun and flirty in the best possible way. The quirky knit accessories where a cool way to fun up the girly pretty outfits. That blue eyeliner is pure genius. Nothing new but definitely something under used and needs to be more out there. Fall, we know, is a season of grays for most people but for those who want to break away and be the sun of their own lives, colors are the best way to brighten up our days and of the people around you.

Happiness is a state of mind, which can very well be achieved by just dressing up in happy clothes. How can you be blue when you have kitten mittens on that you can use as hand puppets to talk to? It’s as simple as that. Animate your wardrobe and you will have fun just laughing at yourself.

All images by Anna Morgowicz for Vogue.in and Don't Shoe Me blog [unless otherwise noted]

New York Fashion Week - The Architectural Lot :Vogue.in

Whenever you cover an entire fashion week there are always shows that feel like they belong to a kind of look. Edgy, Rock-star chic, Hamptons Luxury, Quirky, Disco, etc.  Fall 2012 NYFW had many such categories playing in my mind. Some shows over lapped in categories and fell into more than one type, but if they were slightly more of one kind over the others; they got put into that first category. Stay tuned for the other Categories to come but to begin with, here is my list of Architectural collections from the season. Yes, Yes, since I am an architect by profession, I recognized this category first and love it the most too. 

1] Rad Hourani:

Rad Hourani’s collection consisted of very strong lines and panels in jackets cut horizontally by a simple belt. Each jacket looked like multiple layers of jackets worn on top of each other creating very interesting forms resonating with the architectural “box within a box” effect. Perfect way to totally winter proof your next December in style. One of these jackets will suffice without any additional layers to keep you warm through any sub-zero temperatures in style. Rad’s show had the best creative crowd attendance in my opinion. A lot of goth, dark, Rad and Rick Ownes wearing people. The show felt more like a large group of friends gathering who probably hang out at the same places in real life too.

Architectural Reference: Richard Meier’s Jubilee Church, Rome, Italy.

2] Calvin Klein

Images to the Left by Me

Images to the Right by Anna Morgowicz

Concrete/ ash colored knits, metal strips for belts and window looking mesh panels. Slightly deviating from Calvin Klein’s minimalist parameters, Francisco Costa opted for more feminine silhouettes with cinched waists, strong shoulders and voluminous skirts, keeping it very modern, fresh and clean as always. I am sure Rooney Mara and Emma Stone [who sat in the front rows] already have their eyes on a few. Tons of Occupy Fashion Week protestors outside the show made me feel conflicted about the role of fashion in creating a social divide. A more detailed thought on this topic for another day.

Architectural Reference: Tadao Ando’s Church of Light in Japan

3] Onhe Titel

The sporty collection by Onhe Titel was cool in its details. The form of each jacket, even though fluid in look is quite rigid in its structure and hence fitted. Contemporary architecture to a very great extend has evolved to this stage of rigid fluidity where a room or structure is no longer required to be a square. Technology provides architecture with the fluidity it requires to experiment and be fashionable.

Architectural Reference: Future Systems’ Selfridges Mall in Birmingham, UK.

So in conclusion when you don’t have the money to spend on your dream house designed by your dream architect, I suggest investing in one of the above collections and just live in it. I am sure you’ll feel right at home.

All images by Anna Morgowicz for Vogue.in + Don't Shoe Me [unless otherwise noted]

http://www.vogue.in/content/new-york-fashion-week-architectural-lot

Spocky: Street Fashion

Images by Prutha Raithatha

Love her Captain Spock-ish hair from the Calvin Klein show she walked in earlier.

Locksmith: Street Fashion

Images by Prutha Raithatha

I spotted Vincent Barile at the Titania Inglis show [who specializes in edgy eco-fashion] and sitting across from me I couldn't not take a picture of this cutie. Am obsessed with his matchbox print short and his door hardware necktie-necklace which he designed with his business partner Dana Hurwitz and can be found here. I actually spotted Dana too on a separate day at Lincoln Center unknowingly and since she had great style too, I had to stop her for pictures as well. But unfortunately like all the stupidest things that apparently happen only to me, I lost her images in cyber space somewhere! So for now you guys just have to believe me when I say, she was gorgeous and had great style. And I can't wait to see what this duo comes up with in the future with their jewelry line.