Kendall Jenner, Chanel Iman, Chiara Ferragni in Dylanlex at Coachella

Kendall Jenner

at Coachella wearing a DYLANLEX necklace.

Kendall Jenner in DYLANLEX choker necklaces at Coachella Day 2, via Kendall Jenner on Instagram.

Chanel Iman

Chiara Ferragni

How you accessorize is as important as what you wear, especially when you're Kendall Jenner, Chanel Iman and Chiara Ferragni - and you're partying at Coachella. You want to achieve that balance between no fuss but I know what I'm doing... Well, these ladies know what they're doing all the time and they chose to make their Coachella statement in the most sparkly and divine way - with DYLANLEX.

DYLANLEX began as Drew Ginsburg, a young jewelry designer, took to documenting her unique jewelry creations in the form of an Instagram photo journal. Her designs and "selfies" ultimately garnered the attention of a cult following and evolved into a social media movement. As a result the young designer was able to cultivate a consumer fan base via her social media platforms. Today DYLANLEX exists as a full a line of original hand crafted statement pieces that has grown to include necklaces, rings, and bracelets. You can "Shop The Instagram" here: http://dylanlex.com/pages/shop-the-instagram

Each DYLANLEX piece is hand crafted in New York City, using the expertise and craftsmanship of artisans gathered from across the globe, to create pieces that blend modern edge with the elegance of traditional techniques. Swarovski Crystal, antiqued metals, and internationally curated elements combine to create statement jewelry that would normally only be possible by combining several distinct pieces. In a world where everyones fashion has something to say, statements must be louder. DYLANLEX.

Celebrity fans of DYLANLEX include Beyonce, Rihanna, Gigi Hadid, Bella Hadid, Katy Perry, Kendall Jenner, Zoe Kravitz, Lady Gaga, Kylie Jenner, Alicia Keys, Laverne Cox, Ashley Tisdale, Shay Mitchell, Hilary Rhoda, and more... 

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#TheFryeLife Men’s Styling Event with Mary Todd Hairdressing Co. @ Frye Atlanta

Grab your friends and head to The Frye Company at Ponce City Market on Thursday, April 21 from 7 to 9 p.m. for #TheFryeLife Men’s Styling Event featuring the talented stylists from Atlanta’s own Mary Todd Hairdressing Company. While the event is open to men and women, gentlemen in attendance will be treated to complimentary hair and beard trims on a first-come, first-served basis by the Mary Todd team. A live performance from Radio Birds will only enhance the experience as shoppers enjoy a complimentary whiskey tasting courtesy of Independent Distilling Company and local bites from Chef Kevin Ouzts’ new hotdog joint, Frankly, while being the first to shop new arrivals from the Spring Collection. The event is open to the public by RSVPing to RSVP@TheFryeCompany.com.  

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alice + olivia's See-Now-Buy-Now LA Runway debuts Grateful Dead collection, draws Emily Ratajkowski, Kourtney Kardashian

Emily Ratajkowski & Kourtney Kardashian

Ken Downing, Senior Vice President and Fashion Director, Neiman Marcus and Stacey Bendet, CEO & Creative Director of alice + olivia

Stacey Bendet, CEO & Creative Director of alice + olivia

The alice + olivia brand, in partnership with Neiman Marcus, held their first ever See-Now-Buy-Now runway show with music by The Dolls and Ana Calderon. The show, held the Wednesday before Coachella, featured the highly anticipated alice + olivia x Grateful Dead capsule collection paired with limited edition items from the Spring 2016 collection. Twelve exclusive items are now available at  aliceandolivia.com and neimanmarcus.com. 

“I hope to inspire consumers worldwide to kick off their festival season with alice + olivia,” said Stacey Bendet, “a See-Now-Buy-Now runway show is something I have been wanting to do for a few seasons but it took time to feel out when and where felt right…I wanted what I showed on that runway to be relevant to what consumers actually want to wear, now. I came up with the idea to have the show around Coachella and have the runway looks be based upon things that every girl would want to wear to a music festival.” 

"It is exciting to be involved in the forefront of a new fashion phenomenon with Stacey,” said Ken Downing, Senior Vice President and Fashion Director, Neiman Marcus. “She has always been wildly intuitive, with the ability to anticipate her fashionable customers’ wants and desires. Creating a highly curated, creative, clever, and in-season fashion show, as only Stacey can do, with a Buy-Now-Wear-Now mantra, makes sense for her fashion followers that love and adore what she designs!”

The Grateful Deadx alice + olivia collection debuted both on the runway at Bendet’s See-Now Buy-Now and online at aliceandolivia.com. The capsule features a collection of 9 ready-to-wear and accessories items all created in the designer’s take on the iconic dancing bear print. 

alice + olivia X Grateful Dead: Dancing Bear Shift Dress, Retail: $298

alice + olivia X Grateful Dead: Dancing Bear Ball Gown Skirt, Retail: $1298

alice + olivia X Grateful Dead: Short-sleeved Tee, Retail: $165

alice + olivia X Grateful Dead: Clutch, Retail: $245

alice + olivia X Grateful Dead: Dancing Bear Tank with Fringe, Retail: $275

alice + olivia X Grateful Dead: Embellished Crop Sweater, Retail: $348

alice + olivia X Grateful Dead: Sleeveless Tank with Beadwork Detail, Retail: $155

alice + olivia X Grateful Dead: Yellow Slip On Sneaker, Retail: $298

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Mister Triple X Serves Sexy to Serbia Fashion Week

Mister Triple X

Serbia Fashion Week

Erik Rosete

Mister Triple X / Serbia Fashion Week

Over the weekend Mister Triple X by designer Erik Rosete brought a sexy show to Serbia Fashion Week, the largest fashion week in the region. The packed venue was wall to wall with international media, bloggers, and fashionistas all eager to see the edgy show put on by designer Erik Rosete.

The collection featuring the brands signature metallic and bold prints was a huge hit . The collection featured Adam and Eve printed jackets, camo pants, and the signature feminine silhouettes that set Mister Triple X apart as one of the names to be reckoned with in the fashion industry. International model Sandro Yves opened the presentation in a pair of show stopping metallic pants followed by Miss Serbia Katarina Sulkic wearing a black leather dress with zipper accents. Other models included pro athletes Marko Stankovic and Ivan Knezevic. 

Serbia Fashion Week is a long-term project that works to create economic development and opportunities for the next generation of fashion, accessories and textiles designers as Serbia prepares for integration into the European Union. This new talented generation will be important in the future for the creation of jobs and for economic development in the country. www.SerbiaFashionWeek.com 

Erik Rosete president of the Art Hearts Fashion platform has partnered with Serbia Fashion Week to bring international talent to the US. Art Hearts Fashion showcases in New York, Los Angeles and Miami making it the largest bi-coastal platform in the United States. Not only does Art Hearts Fashion support nearly a hundred designers every season, but the events support great charities such as AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Make A Wish Foundation, and VH1 Save The Music. Serbia Fashion Week designers had their first edition at New York Fashion Week in February 2016 as special guests of Art Hearts Fashion. The next edition of Art Hearts Fashion will take place at Miami Swim Week on July 14th 2016. For more information visit www.ArtHeartsFashion.com 

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When Art and Fashion Collide: Suzan Pitt & the Painted Coat

back of CARTOON coat in Times Square,  model Dave Williams

RUMBLE and BLACK & WHITE coat at NYFW

coats were shown in collaboration with House of Byfield at the Angel Orensanzt Center / Art Hearts Fashion
 

CARTOON coat / model Dave Williams

CHRISTY coat

Photo by Warren Giddarie / model Jordan Hall (Jordan is BOY RADIO, a NY musician)

BIG FLOWER COAT on the Bowery / artist Marja Samsom and little BIBI.

CARTOON coat on Suzan Pitt / photo by Ari Seth Cohen
 

RUMBLE coat

This is how they're painted, stretched out on the wall.

She's an accomplished filmmaker, artist and designer. When I first saw the surreal meets graffiti meets pop-wearable masterpieces by Suzan Pitt it was during my recap of the House of Byfield runway show for Art Hearts Fashion, NYFW. They caught my eye and I was captivated. Next, Suzan was reaching out to me and sharing her incredible body of work. Suzan has received international acclaim, having exhibited at the Whitney Museum and MoMA. Most recently, of course, at fashion week. The coats are original works of art - expressive thoughts, ideas and statements from a talented artist who truly lives her life with an artful purpose. I had the opportunity to ask Suzan a few questions about her coats and her vision... see below.

How did you come up with painting on coats? 

In 1984 I had the idea to paint images on coats for a sale called the Amore store in New York.  The Amore Store was and is a project by the artist collective COLAB- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colab

The coats all sold and following this I began to sell these through Patricia Field Store in NY- after making about 50 coats I left this project to begin my film JOY STREET.  Then in 2015 I began again to make painted coats and these were featured recently in the NYFW show on the runway in collaboration with House of Byfield.

The coats will again be presented in a new COLAB Amore store at Printed Matter in New York to open on April 15, 2016

Talk about your ideas.

I think of them as animated objects which can move about in the world- walking in the street, sitting at a bar, coming through a doorway, emerging from a car... Each coat is like no other- they are one of a kind artworks you can wear or hang on the wall. I'm inspired by images from popular culture (comics, advertising, historical paintings, trash and lettering found everywhere) and images from my films and watercolors. I love to juxtapose multiple images to create a chain of association to the viewer, much like my paintings but simpler- and I hope a coat will make someone happy- that the positive energy from the coat will surround the wearer and surprise those who see it.

How long does it take to create a coat?

It depends on the coat but about 3-4 days.

Your coats are art. Has anyone purchased them to hang on their walls?

I do hope if someone buys a coat they will hang it on the wall to enjoy as an artwork. 

What's in your future?

I am buzzing with a lot of ideas for the future.  I would like to manufacture a really good quality printed coat in a limited edition.  I am planning an edition of fine art prints of my coat designs and paintings by the German print publisher Michael Domberger.  And a new collection of my designs for the Gooey company phone covers which is coming out soon.

One of the things I have always enjoyed about making films is the dispersion of ideas to a large audience, bypassing the sometimes elitist art world- so that my moving pictures spread out into the world animating my visions and ideas- the coats too move about and are animated by a living person!

The future?  I want to continue always to make new artworks in interesting forms...I created last summer a 17' mural for a show in Michigan of the plants and trees and lifeforms of the upper peninsula of Michigan...I really like working on very large canvases and would  like to do more...

*For more information on the art of Suzan Pitt, visit suzanpitt.blogspot.com. To contact Suzan: suzanpitt@earthlink.net You can also find Suzan's coats at Patricia Field. 

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Puppy Love, Tracye Hutchins & Doggies on the Catwalk

This is not her first 'catwalk!' 

Tracye Hutchins, the evening anchor on CBS 46 is no stranger to Doggies on the Catwalk. Tracye first came onboard in 2010. At the time, she was the host of CBS Better Mornings and I was teaching at Grady High School. One of my student designers created Tracye's dress for the 3rd annual Doggies on the Catwalk. That year, Georgia Public Broadcasting produced the event as an hour-long GPB special. It was an amazing experience, though truth be told, I'm glad to have my show back.

Since then (2010) Tracye has been involved with Doggies on the Catwalk almost every year. She told me that she looks for that modeling invitation every year... it'll keep coming! 

Last Friday, I met up with Tracye at the Canine Assistants farm - 18 acres of beautiful land in Milton, Georgia with horses, ponies, goats and of course, doggies - lots of them!

Tracye called Grace at Canine Assistants to set up the tour. She wanted to meet the doggies and learn more about the important work they do and life-saving services they provide. Tracye and I were love stricken by the puppies. There was a 3 week old litter that just melt our hearts.

Styling Tracye in an amazing frock from The Shops Buckhead Atlanta is the easy part... deciding which doggie will be her modeling partner will be the challenge. She loved them ALL!

This is a slideshow of Tracye Hutchins through the year's at Doggies on the Catwalk:

Tracye Hutchins

Doggies on the Catwalk 2015

Alice + Olivia

Doggies on the Catwalk 2015

Alice + Olivia

Doggies on the Catwalk 2014

Doggies on the Catwalk 2013

Vera Wang

E. Vincent Martinez & Tracye Hutchins

Doggies on the Catwalk 2012

Doggies on the Catwalk 2010

Georgia Public Broadcasting

Come see Tracye walk in the 9th Annual Doggies on the Catwalk on June 4th! Support Tracye and cheer her on! Get your TICKETS!

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IVYREVEL - A PIONEERING DIGITAL FASHION HOUSE

IVYREVEL

IVYREVEL

IVYREVEL

IVYREVEL founders Dejan Subosic, Aleksandar Subosic, Kenza Zouiten and Gustav Springfeldt

Introducing IVYREVEL – a global digital fashion house for women, setting a new agenda in digital innovation, design process and customer experience. IVYREVEL is a pioneering digital fashion brand proud to be supported by H&M GROUP, PAYPAL and selected influential business giants within digital technology, launched globally on April 7th 2016.

“We are proud to be digital-only, breaking boundaries to create a new fashion heritage by merging fashion creativity with technological innovation,” says Dejan Subosic,  Co-Founder of IVYREVEL.

IVYREVEL's style is polished, bold and extrovert, with a focus on feminine silhouettes and a dressed-up attitude. The IVYREVEL woman is a “revelista” who uses online living to her own advantage, setting her own rules, looking for the next trend she spots on her feed, always sharing her cosmopolitan lifestyle on social media. Most of the designs will be limited edition, adding particular uniqueness for a global offering. The product range will be constantly monitored and updated to meet customer’s needs: there will always be something new and unique at IVYREVEL.

Innovation is in the heart of IVYREVEL. The company is reshaping the traditional creative process - experimenting within the fields where human creativity is empowered by machine learning ability, creativity and workmanship. “Technology as a source of creative expression within fashion is something that excites us. We will learn a great deal about the evolution of creativity by fusing these two worlds together,” says Dejan Subosic. 

Customer data has long been a backbone of the fashion industry: IVYREVEL will pioneer new trend analysis that fully integrates multiple sources of data. Specially developed algorithms will enhance its design, creating the product its customers want and ensuring IVYREVEL truly understands its customers changing passions. 

IVYREVEL is founding its own Fashion Tech Lab in Stockholm that will be tasked with blue-sky thinking to experiment with the future of fashion. Machine learning as part of the creative process, interactive fabrics, wearable tech, distribution, customer experience: the Fashion Tech Lab will ensure that IVYREVEL continues to innovate, and to stay at the forefront of 21st century fashion.

IVYREVEL is supported by its global partners. H&M GROUP is an investor and support within production and strategic advice. PAYPAL is a partner and advisor within payment and distribution. "We are delighted to support the entrepreneurs at IVYREVEL on their journey to explore the merge of fashion creativity with technological innovation and in creating a fashion brand for women of the digital generation", says Björn Magnusson, Head of H&M CO:LAB, part of H&M New Business.

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