Dear Pennies & Pens, It’s Pen here to introduce to you Maison Kitsuné a popular French fashion brand. Maison Kitsuné was created by Gildas Loaec and Masaya Kuroki in 2002. Their first ready to wear collection was launched for the Spring/Summer…
Designer Discussion
Dear Pennies & Pens, So earlier today, a fabulous press release along with lookbook images from “Mode Creation Munich” a.k.a. MCM luxury handbags popped up into my inbox. Unfortunately, I missed the press preview a couple weeks ago. However, since…
Dear Pennies & Pens, A couple of weeks ago, I attended a press preview for world renowned shoe designer, Aruna Seth. Aruna Seth is based in London and is a graduate of the London College of Fashion where she majored…
Dear Pennies & Pens, For this week’s Designer Discussion, I chose to feature Tadashi Shoji whose S/S 2012 collection I reviewed here on de la Pen after attending his runway show during New York Fashion Week. After receiving an invite to…
Dear Pennies & Pens, For this week’s, Designer Discussion, I wanted to share an amazing emerging Australian based brand, Robb & Lulu. “Robb & Lulu” consists of Robert Zagame and Lulu McDermott who are a Melbourne, Australia based design team.…
Dear Pennies & Pens, This morning, I was browsing through tweets when I came across @thefashionbomb’s tweet about French African Olivier Rousteing taking over at French luxury label, Balmain. Excited to hear the news, I clicked on the link and…
Dear Pennies and Pens, About a month ago, I attended a trunk show at the Soigne K boutique for Indian designers Shyamal and Bhumika Shodhan which I announced in this Press Pen post. If you follow me on Twitter, you know…
Dear Pennies, It’s Pen here to report on the NOMIA Fall/Winter 2011 collection. NOMIA is an emerging New York fashion label, started by designer Yara Flinn in 2007 after she sold her first dress to Barneys New York. The name…
Dear Pennies, It’s Pen here to report on the Fall/Winter 2011 presentation of the menswear brand, NUMBER:Lab. Established in 2007 by Greg Lawrance and Luis Fernandez, NUMBER:Lab is a growing brand with trendy sportswear for men. The perfect blend of…
Dear Pennies, Some of you may remember my article about Charleston Fashion Week’s Emerging Designer Competition. For those unfamiliar, Charleston Fashion Week hosted a competition for emerging fashion designers. The semi-finalists for the competition have been announced. The semi-finalists come from…
