Rock Shic: NY Fashion Week

NY Fashion Week

09/19/2016

#750 New York Fashion Week – Art Hearts Fashion Runway, September 2016

How gorgeous is this white coat? Reminds me of something my girlfriend once wore... post here.

Well, Fashion week may be coming to a close, and it’s true that yours truly didn’t really get up to much this time around, unlike some previous fashion weeks pat… but it was still fun to attend a runway show (or two!) thanks to my darling friend New York a la Keiko! We go way back, as you can see here.

This is actually my second time attending the Art Hearts Fashion Runway (see post from last year at Lincoln Center). Wouldn’t you know it, now New York Fashion Week is taking on an entirely new turn and is being held all over the city as opposed to one strictly one locale (a concept that I can definitely get on-board with since hauling my butt to the UWS can be a bit of a pain at times, let’s not kid ourselves).

The event space was at the Angel Orensanz Foundation (172 Norfolk Street), where I’ve actually previously attended a charity gala from way back when!!! (Post here on the Pink Agenda's Annual Spring Gala, circa 2012... vintage!!). Life is funny that way isn’t it.

I must admit… thought the runway show was interspersed with fun cocktail hour, artist receptions and the like, yours truly was completely wiped by 8pm (plus they were running late as you do in FASHUN). Sadly, this means that mamma went home just before the finale featuring L.A.M.B. w/Gwen Stefani (J’adore). But hey, at least home was just a few short blocks away. As I walked back, passing by all the pretty young things in the Lower East Side, it all seemed a bit surreal to me momentarily – “is this what happens at night as I’m putting my son to sleep?!”

The answer – absolutely – and it’s nice to be reminded of that every once in a blue moon, Fashion Week being the perfect opportunity!

New York Fashion Week -- Art Hearts Fashion

Easy Breezy Rachel Zoe

Street Style -- New York Fashion Week

Posted on 09/19/2016 at 09:15 PM in NY Fashion Week | Permalink | Comments (0)

09/16/2015

#701 New York Fashion Week – A night with Karen Walker

With the lovely and talented <a href="https://www.karenwalker.com/" target="_blank" data-mce-href="https://www.karenwalker.com/">Karen Walker</a> #KeaNewZealand see <a href="http://www.rockshic.com/my-blog/new-zealand/" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://www.rockshic.com/my-blog/new-zealand/">here</a> for more of adventures in New Zealand

This was part of the 80 foot long slide inside the apartment! Talk about a conversation piece! #onlyinmanhattan

Well hello there!

Mamma FINALLY made it to a fashion-week event tonight (meanwhile, tomorrow marks the official end of the runway shows, but whateves). As they say, everything is live-streamed these days anyways, but there’s nothing quite like being up close and personal, am I right? (P.S. it's insane to think that last year, exactly this time during New York Fashion week, my nuker could barely walk!! See here).

This event just happened to be particularly special, as it was held at somebody’s home (the only home in Manhattan where I’ve ever been on a 80 foot, multi-floor slide, but that’s another story), and involved an intimate discussion with one of fashion’s premier designers, Karen Walker – who also just happens to be a tried and true Kiwi (she’s basically spent her entire life in Auckland, of which, and these were her words not mine, “every two weeks or so you find yourself on a plane”).

I’ve actually never been able to converse with a designer in this format, so found the entire affair to be quite fascinating. For instance, Karen admitted that being a “Kiwi” in the fashion forum likely didn’t make things any easier for her in the fashion industry (which I can believe). You either have the goods or you don’t. She also said that the first time she truly became passionate about fashion was when she made these circular skirts for her Barbie at the age of seven, and there was no turning back from there! (Incidentally, she has an adorable daughter who also happens to be seven, and I wonder whether Karen’s shown her the ropes).

My current obsession with Karen Walker designs, bizarrely, is actually her eyewear. In fact, several years ago, I’d seen my girlfriend the Hsu Closet bust out with these puppies, back when Karen Walker was entering the scene, and I had remembered thinking how unique looking they were (years later, my love for Karen Walker was rekindled by a visit to the Inverted Edge show room). They tend to be on the chunkier side, more avant garde, Karen herself called them her “King Jong Il/Inspired by Dictators” look, and I absolutely love it! I believe that they are so on-point right now, and her current runway nails it straight on. My favorite one being the image below.

One of my favorite looks from her SS16 collection. I just love the simplicity!

View of the Frank Gehry building next door

A rare selfie with just the two of us #nyfw #datenight #grownupsonly (and yes he needs to shave that beard!)

Oh... and did I mention that I also happened to run into Sean Kelly, the incredibly adorable fashion designer from Season 13? Who also happens to be Kiwi?? He was super sweet and down-to-earth, yet another reason why I love that good old-fashion Kiwiana spirit. (For more updates on my adventures in New Zealand, see here).

Posing with fashion designer Sean Kelly -- you may have remembered him from Season 13 of Project Runway (he won!). He was super sweet, exactly how you would have envisioned him to be from television.

Posted on 09/16/2015 at 09:21 PM in Fashion Week NY SS16, NY Fashion Week | Permalink | Comments (0)

02/26/2015

#635 New York Fashion Week – Art Hearts Fashion

Happy Thursday!

This mamma’s been one crazybusy bird and not following her own guidelines (which is to be timely with her featured posts). In fact, I was just remarking to my fellow blogger colleague Tineey, at Tuesday's Tabelog event, of how my writing simply cannot keep up with my life right now. #bloggerproblems.

At any rate – even though I’m happily settled in sunny Florida yet again, last Thursday I was in the frosty tundra that is New York City, toasting the dual celebration of the last night of New York Fashion Week (via the Art Hearts Fashion runway show presented by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation) and the kick-off of Chinese New Year via tasting at Annisa.

These are some of my favorite photos from the runway (all taken by yours truly with my trusty Canon Powershot SX40 HS). The entire line-up of the night was incredible, but I thought that Michael Costello absolutely KILLED it with his grand finale.

Many thanks to my girl New York a la Keiko (blogterview here) for hooking me up with seats at the Fashion show!!!!! Lucky girl, I am.

In the meantime, you can follow my up-to-date Florida escapades via Instagram @Rockshic. Enjoy! Xoxo.

Posted on 02/26/2015 at 09:07 PM in NY Fashion Week, The Runway | Permalink | Comments (0)

02/14/2015

#627 BCBGMAXAZRIA Runway Fall 2015 – New York Fashion Week

Greetings from Sunny Florida!

Between you and me, I’m actually quite amazed that I managed to make it out of snowy Boston last night (it was really looking quite bleak at the airport). Nevertheless, we took off and landed in the land of palm trees, sunshine, and no-frills.

Speaking of frills, I am a bit disappointed that I won’t be able to attend the festivities of New York Fashion Week (which officially kicked off yesterday). For one thing, I would have loved to go to the Naomi Campbell-hosted event tomorrow “Fashion for Relief,” in support of the fight against Ebola. My fellow blogger buddy, Keiko, of New York à la Keiko, even offered me tickets to the Monique Lhuillier show tonight (swoon swoon), which I heard was absolutely breathtaking, but alas – you can’t be everywhere all at the same time.

Thank goodness for live streaming and updates, which allow me to get in oodles of weekend mommy-time with my munchkin, while still keeping abreast of the latest fashion news from #MBFW.

In the meantime, I wanted to share with you my favorite looks from the BCBG show yesterday – which marked the start of fashion week, and also formally illuminated my person design aspirations for the moment.

I’ve always liked BCBGMAXAZRIA, and I find their Fall 2015 collection to be absolutely divine! It’s stylish, eclectic, glamorous and luxe, with just the right touch of exoticism thrown into the mix. I heart the entire thing, and I never thought that leather, silk, fringe and wool meshed so well! The color palette very much suits my own wardrobe aesthetic (lots of greys, beige, weights, with a splash of attention-seeking maroon), and the entire look is very gamine-chic, and so completely what I would rock on the streets of downtown Manhattan.

Enjoy and happy Friday!

Posted on 02/14/2015 at 12:26 AM in NY Fashion Week, The Runway | Permalink | Comments (0)

09/11/2014

#571 Avant Collective for Fashion Week New York

Mamma's wearing the <a href="http://www.abiferrin.com/products/nikki-1" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://www.abiferrin.com/products/nikki-1">Abi Ferrin signature wardress</a> in blue (I'm obsessed, see another version I wore to Fashion Week <a href="http://www.rockshic.com/my-blog/2014/09/568-new-york-fashion-week-ready-set-go.html" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://www.rockshic.com/my-blog/2014/09/568-new-york-fashion-week-ready-set-go.html">here</a>), plus my trusty and oh-so-fun <a href="http://www.chewbeads.com/" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://www.chewbeads.com/">Chewbeads</a>!  This was before little man had his very first haircut at <a href="https://socozy.com/" target="_blank" data-mce-href="https://socozy.com/">SoCozy</a> in the Upper East Side! (Featured <a href="http://www.rockshic.com/my-blog/2014/09/574-so-cozy-babys-first-haircut.html" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://www.rockshic.com/my-blog/2014/09/574-so-cozy-babys-first-haircut.html">here</a>).

Posing with <a href="http://www.dreamsequins.com/" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://www.dreamsequins.com/">Dream Sequins</a>, co-founder of <a href="http://avantcollective.com/" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://avantcollective.com/">Avant Collective</a>.  We (three) all have our game face on, and yes -- that's my new <a href="http://www.lionsinfour.com/product/amsterdam-leather-nude/" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://www.lionsinfour.com/product/amsterdam-leather-nude/">Amsterdam Leather Nude clutch</a> by <a href="http://www.lionsinfour.com/" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://www.lionsinfour.com/">Lions in Four</a> (see <a href="http://www.rockshic.com/my-blog/2014/10/583-lions-in-four-attitude.html" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://www.rockshic.com/my-blog/2014/10/583-lions-in-four-attitude.html">here</a> for recent press preview). I know you're jelly ;)

Rockshicbaby having a ball with Jane! Talented fashion illustrator of Hello Kirby.

No sooner had we said go (see kick-off post here), that New York Fashion week is officially coming to an end, like a ray of sunshine -- gone too soon!

Sigh… such is life!

Lucky for me, I was able to take my little munchkin with me to Avant Collective’s Fashion Week event this Saturday. We had nibs & treats by FIKA catering, loads of bubbles, some spa pampering (courtesy of Rehoboth Spa Lounge), and even got our portrait taken by Fashion Illustrator Jane Kirby!!! Swoon.

Okay – so young Nuke wasn’t really able to sit still for very long, but I couldn’t be more pleased with the result. (See below).

There was also a press preview of some goodies brought to you by Lions in Four – a socially conscious brand that produces all recycled, vegan products. I was first introduced to them via my gal Melissa Gonzalez of Lion'esque, and wouldn’t you know it, yours truly was the lucky winner of my very own Lions in Four Amsterdam Leather Nude clutch!!!

I can’t wait to rock this puppy in the Lower East Side – aka my own personal runway!

Voila! Our lovely #mommyandbaby portrait by <a href="http://hellokirby.wix.com/art" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://hellokirby.wix.com/art">Hello Kirby</a>

Avant's stylish relaxation lounge, sleek and tranquil.

Pampering littles

Noms noms by FIKA

Being groomed by <a href="http://www.rehobothspalounge.com/" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://www.rehobothspalounge.com/">Rehoboth Spa</a>

It's official, the Nuke is walking! #12months

He's no Mona Lisa, but the Nuke was well behaved for his first Portrait session! #babyfirsts

Posted on 09/11/2014 at 03:14 PM in NY Fashion Week | Permalink | Comments (0)

09/07/2014

#569 Zimmermann SS15 – keeping it bold and feminine (NYFW)

My favorite #NYFW collection so far -- Zimmermann SS15 Ready-to-Wear

I’ve been keeping my eyes peeled on fashion-week trends worth noting, and I must say – I’m a big fan of the SS15 Zimmermann collection, brought to you by the Australian designers Nicky and Simone Zimmermann. It’s chic, bold, nouveau, and exciting… and unlike many of the fashion you might see on the runway at New York Fashion week since it kicked off on Thursday, it is all completely wearable!

I tell ya, if money were no object, I would completely snag at least half of the collection for my own wardrobe.

Best of all, it is all so tastefully done and romantic. Just goes to show how the Aussies can get it so incredibly right!!! (Okay, I officially forgive you for the train-wreak that is “the Real Housewives of Melbourne”).

Posted on 09/07/2014 at 08:03 PM in NY Fashion Week, The Runway | Permalink | Comments (0)

09/05/2014

#568 New York Fashion Week – Ready Set Go!

Outside of the Empire Hotel, donning my newly acquired #nyfwready goodies and wearing my Abi Ferrin signature Nikki dress (which you can wear 5 ways!). Love them.

Goodies inside the Empire Hotel suite. #eventsuite

This busy (and finally recovering mamma) took a break today and headed uptown to the Runway Ready Room, brought to you by PRIV, Yosi Samra, and GiGi New York – arguably the most delightful trifecta of yumminess.

I must admit, it’s nice to leave my piles of paperwork and mommy duties behind for a little glamour and beauty treatment. And what better place to do it than at the suite of the iconic Empire Hotel, right across from Lincoln Center, at the heart of all the NY Fashion week action. (Funnily enough, yours truly was just here last week with Nuke baby at the Lincoln, as the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Tent had just gone up).

The best part? I got my own personalized leather clutch from GiGi New York, plus a pair of Samara leather flats from Yosi Samra in neon that will so fantastically pop with my summer tan! I can’t wait to rock these beauties for my girl-trip in Montauk next weekend!!!

Now… onwards to more avant fashion for New York Fashion week.

A touch of old-world glam inside the Empire Hotel. Be sure to check out the rooftop bar!

I went with Gigi's "All in one" bag in Kelly Green, so pretty!

So fun! The last time I had anything monogrammed was at the Louis Vuitton Champs-Élysées during Paris Fashion Week. That was last March while I was 16 weeks pregnant, might as well be a lifetime ago!!

Posted on 09/05/2014 at 08:34 PM in Collaborations, Fashion night out, NY Fashion Week, Shopping Guide, The Runway | Permalink | Comments (0)

09/14/2013

#423 Clover Canyon – Spring/Summer 2014 (NYFW)

@clovercanyon #nyfw

Quite possibly my favorite two looks out of the entire collection! I would rock these two pieces in a heartbeat.

Part of the reason why I love NY Fashion Week so much (besides the obvious glamour and style) is the ability to learn something new. My recent obsession – the up & comer Clover Canyon by L.A. based designer Rozae Nichols – is not to be missed!! (Is it just me or are Californian designers killing it these days? Think Rodarte, Libertine, Jennie Kayne… just to name a few).

The look, the silhouette, and the imaginative patterns (purportedly inspired by SoCal’s landscape and architecture) is amazing and totally up my alley. It is fun, with a touch of whimsy and artistry, and reads high-fashion. I simply cannot get enough! One thing is for sure, Nichols definitely has a good understanding of how to manipulate graphics so as to enhance, conceal, and flatter a woman’s shape. Plus, her technique with materials is also quite commendable. Bring me some of Clover Canyon’s art-to-wear please!

Posted on 09/14/2013 at 01:34 AM in NY Fashion Week, The Runway | Permalink | Comments (0)

02/27/2013

#302 Carolina Herrera (NYFW 2013)

Happy hump day! I should have posted these pics long ago… but between travel and work, and some upcoming travels for work – well, lets just say that I’m running a little bit out of steam!

Right before we took off for Bermuda, I went and checked out the Carolina Herrera collection at Lincoln Center during New York Fashion week. It was full of elegance, class, and femininity, everything that I would have expected from the 74-year old Venezuelan beauty/powerhouse (hailed as “Fashion’s First Lady,” and she still looks so fab!). True to form, there were lots of full skirts, small hour-glass figures, and beautiful movements of fabric. As I gazed upon the bright hues of those long and flowy cocktail dresses, I couldn’t help but wonder – where would I wear this to if I had such an opportunity?

Carolina Herrera macarons! Love.

Posted on 02/27/2013 at 01:11 PM in Fashion night out, NY Fashion Week, The Runway | Permalink | Comments (0)

02/11/2013

#288 Glam Rock by DVF (NYFW 2013)

“Simplicity and sexiness, that’s what people want. At a price that’s not outrageous,” Diane Von Furstenberg (1976).

True to her own statement, DVF delivers yet again with her Fall 2013 collection at New York Fashion Week, which debuted yesterday in the aftermath of Nemo, just hours before the Grammys.

Part resort, part Studio 54, and definitely all fab – here are some of my favorite pieces. I am loving the saturated colors, vibrant prints, and fine detailing. I think the pantsuits would be my favorite pieces, coupled with some fun accessories – that blinged out knapsack for instance! (Though I must admit, I don’t quite get those futuristic glasses).

My other favorite quote by DVF: “It’s time to become a myth,” which she announced on her 40^th… what a gal!