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May 2008 Issue
Papierdoll’s 3rd Anniversary issue comes at an interesting time in fashion. With emerging designers dominating headlines and the masses looking for what’s next on the horizon, this month we look at several newcomers with interesting stories. First up is an interview with Christopher Brosius, and his line of perfume ironically called: I Hate Perfume. Brosius delves into why he created the line and the direction of nearly thirty scents that comprise the collection.
We then take a trip to Los Angeles and take a look at Brazillian-based Dekaibrands. The group held a showcase with their various designers in the city of angels and we bring back photos of pieces from their swimwear and resort collections. The Spring/Summer season means bringing the sandals out and we seek to do just that with an essentials section that looks sandals from emerging and a handful of established designers. We’re also on the ground in Australia on our international blog, iPapier covering the who, wheres and hows of their fashion week. It is all here in Papierdoll’s 3 year anniversary, May 2008 online issue. Don’t forget to stop by daily for our news updates, our multiple blog updates and our giveaway that can get you a complete beauty kit worth nearly $300.
May 2008: Erin with an E
Spring/Summer fashions are abound in this photostory by Kristiina Wilson
Spring Feature
The Girls of Brazil
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editor in chief /creative director MICHELLE BELL
managing editor TENISHA ANDERSON
print
art director KUMAR BEST
director SAM FRANCOIS
editor at large LISA RADON
features
market editor SAMANTHA CABRERA
international editor MARQUITA HARRIS
beauty editor ANDREA THATCHER
news
news editor MEGHAN HART
photography
photo director ANNE-MARIE MICHEL
senior photographer REKA NYARI
runway photographers KEVIN KANE, MICHAEL BROWN
blog editors
editor Papierblog EVA RIVERA
editor iPapier MARQUITA HARRIS
editor Thriftychick Blog COLETTE SMITH
editor Look Photo Blog ETHAN HELLER
thriftychick.com editor COLETTE SMITH
colette |at| papierdoll.net
contributors writers Cam-link Xiou (international), Sabah Karimi, Jess Stein, Stephanie Nolasco, Mengly Taing, Barbara Cannon , Yona Park , Erin Manning, Meryl Demiglio, Yisell Santos, Elizabeth Cutler , Wendy Soucier, Caroline Boyd Hartmann , Rachel Guerrier, Dara Bramson (writer/stylist), Genevieve Pelot , Sherri Feldman , Lashunda Tate , Valerie Russo, Marquita Harris, Sean Mobley (photographer/writer), Bonnie Allen , Amelia Savage (writer/international), Angelina St. Jean , Siena Antsis , Theresa Bennett , Crystal Cunningham , Berman Fenelus (photographer)
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April 2008 Issue
There’s so much to look forward to in this season of renewal. In fashion there’s a sense of starting all over again whenever the seasons switch over. Designers start releasing collections that were shown last September to the masses at store racks and boutiques. The lines are finally seeing the light of day with the warmer weather. There’s intrigue in finding out whether new trends like Marc Jacobs’ experiment of wearing underwear as everyday outerwear (even if it is a glimpse) takes hold and becomes the “it” thing or a passing fad. With that, this month we take a peruse through 30 looks from designers that showed at New York Fashion Week. We interview jewelry designer Bridget Lynne on the direction of her new Spring jewelry line. We also look at elegant Spring trends in a photo story shot by photographer Kristiina Wilson. It is all here in Papierdoll’s April 2008 online issue. Don’t forget to stop by daily for our news updates, our multiple blog updates and our giveaway that can get you a $500 shopping spree at top indie fashion retailer Smashing Darling.
April 2008: Mood Swings
Sometimes Spring brings out our wildest emotions. Love, happiness, joy, sadness, it’s all here.
Spring Feature
Papierdoll Magazine updates daily with our favorites from fashion week
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March 2008 Issue
With Spring now knocking at our doors, Papierdoll looks at several important fashion needs for the season. Contributor Jess Stein writes about the underwear outside of the clothes phenomenon in her article entitled Inside Out, Meghan Hart deconstructs three shoe designers who have won the hearts of many and are looking to to the same with their Spring collections and writer Colette Smith looks at 5 Spring essentials no one should be without. It’s a great time to read Papierdoll online. Enter our gorgeous designer handbag giveaway and visit us daily for fashion news updates.
March 2008: Satoshi Date
Emerging designer Satoshi Date didn’t exactly bring a storm to London, but what he did bring was just as good.
Spring Feature
Papierdoll Magazine updates daily with our favorites from fashion week
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London Fashion Week Fall 2008
Fall 2008: London
Visit this page daily for all the up to the minute photographs from London Fashion Week Fall 2008. The photos are updated 24/7. NYC Fall 2008 >>
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Fashion Week Preview | Twinkle by Wenlan
Eva RiveraBlog
Heatherette Cancels NYC Show
Fashion Week got some bad news when the party boys stated that they would not show this season
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New York Fashion Week Fall 2008
Fall 2008: NYC
Visit this page daily for all the up to the minute photographs from New York Fashion Week Fall 2008. The photos are updated 24/7. << London Fall 2008 | NYC Spring 2008 >>
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Fashion Week Preview | Twinkle by Wenlan
Eva RiveraBlog
Heatherette Cancels NYC Show
Fashion Week got some bad news when the party boys stated that they would not show this season
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February 2008 Issue
February 2008 means the start of the Fall fashion week season. It’s a time of running back and forth at the Bryant Park tents, late night calls to London and wondering if we’re going to get into see Marc Jacobs, let alone get an interview. This month we look at Christine Rhee, a designer who we feel is coming into her own with her third collection. She’s worked with design icon Mary Ping and now is striking it out on her own. Photographer Chris Grace shot her collection in a foto series entitled, "The Becoming".
We’re also going behind the scenes of fashion week to see what it really takes to put on a fashion show, as well as interview emerging designers you care about. It all happens in this fashion week month at Papierdoll.
February 2008: Becoming
Fashion is always evolving. This month we look at a designer who is literally coming into her own. Her Fall 2008 collection is part of what she is becoming a full fledged designer.
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New York Fashion Week Fall 2006
Fall 2006: New York
Our first ever coverage of New York fashion week with a photographer in tow turned out to be interesting in a didn’t realize how much work this would be sort of way. Still, the photos and reviews came and went and we managed to get backstage at several shows. Take a look at the photos.
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While I wasn’t there for the free stuff (well, not completely), I managed to make out like a bandit at fashion week, snagging all the swag available…
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Vera Wang
We absolutely adored the fashions coming out of the Vera Wang show this year. The gowns flowed on the models effortlessly. There was a white wedding dress (image 7 in the gallery) in particular that is a must have for the wedding season.
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New York Fashion Week Spring 2007
Spring 2007: New York
Our second visit ever to New York fashion week came with expanded galleries, more reviews and more random musings. Take a look at our Spring 2007 coverage.
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Passport to Paradise, a self evident theme for Heatherette’s Spring 2007 line, still provided plenty of surprises and allowed Traver Rains and Richie Rich to create a collection that was more light-hearted and …
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Last Season
We’re busily preparing for New York Fashion Week, which officially starts tomorrow. We are going to pay special attention to the designers from some of our favorite shows last season.
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Singapore Fashion Week Fall 2007
Fall 2007: Singapore
We received an e-mail from Singapore saying that they loved us and wanted us to come and visit for their fashion week. When you get an e-mail like that, the only thing to do is get the passport ready and look for a cheap enough flight.
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I was sifting through the mass emails sent to me by unknown PR reps and the contact form spam that crowds my Papierdoll inbox when I almost missed one of the most important emails I would receive this year.
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Khoon Hooi
So our managing editor, Ali Manning, took a long 24 hour trip to Singapore via New York, via Bali and wound up covering.
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New York Fashion Week Fall 2007
Fall 2007: New York
With a team of 3 of the most tenacious photographers you will ever see, Papierdoll covered New York Fall fashion week with reckless abandon. Take a look at all the photos from the season.
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Ladies and gentleman, Alexandre Herchovitch very well may be planning to assassinate the prime minister of Malaysia.
Ali ManningBlog
Elie Tahari Sketches
The new Elie Tahari fall line evokes the architectural shape and graphic design of mod style. Tahari has managed to fuse the classic muted
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London Fashion Week Fall 2007
Fall 2007: London
Photographers Anne-Marie Michel and Malene Bjorge cover London’s Fall 2007 collection for Papierdoll with a look at all the designers you want to see. Some of their favorite include Gareth Pugh, and PPQ.
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Remember the movie "The Village" by M. Night Shyamalan? Being at Betty Jackson’s show gave me the idea that this is what those living in "the village" would have worn had a little bit of the 21st century crept into their environment.
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Basso and Brooke Backstage
Sometimes the best action at a fashion show happens backstage. Papierdoll photographer Anne-Marie Michel went backstage at the Basso and Brooke show to see exactly what happens right before the show.
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Hong Kong Fashion Week Fall 2007
Fall 2007: Hong Kong
Photographer Kung Chan was ready willing an able to cover Hong Kong fashion week for Papierdoll and came back with remarkable photographs. The designers in that city sought to proclaim their that they had arrived and were as relevant as their New York, London, Milan, Paris counterparts. Take a look.
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Hong Kong New Fashion Collection Awards
Anne-Marie MichelBlog
The Hong Kong Preview
iPapier promised you an eclectic look into international fashion all over the world…literally! We sent one
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London Fashion Week Spring 2008
Spring 2008: London
For our intrepid team of London writers and our photographer Anne-Marie Michel, London fashion week was an excercise in logistics, getting around was half the fun, the other half was trying to figure out what emerging designer we liked best. Click the drop down above to see all the shows we covered.
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There is something liberating about a designer with humour. More importantly a designer who doesn’t take himself too seriously.
This is what makes Peter Jensen, well, Peter Jensen….
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New York Fashion Week Spring 2008
Spring 2008: NYC
Spring fashion week for the 2008 season in New York saw the emergence of new designers that put together breathtaking shows. More established designers displayed everything from controversial pieces to retro color block collections.
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Fashion Week Diary Day 7 My fashion day started with some preppy pep at the Milly show in the Salon at…
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What they are saying
About Marc Jacobs 2 hour late show notwithstanding, we decided to key in on what others were saying about the Marc Jacobs show:
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January 2008 Issue
The new year starts with a look at the pre-fall collections of Bill Blass and runs all the way back to Valentino’s 40th anniversary collection in our retro look of his Fall 2001 collection. This month we also take a look at putting together beauty resolutions for the New Year. Some of them are what one would expect, others are completely new beauty commandments.
Photographer Shane Fowler plays with monochromatic colors and shapes in his androgynous Monoshape foto story. We also look at photographer Anne-Marie Michel’s foto feature entitled Dark You. The updates come daily and this month’s Chanel giveaway should hold be enough before we begin our Fall fashion week blowout in February. Dig in.
January 2008: New Gen
If you’re wondering what’s coming next from designers in 2008 wait no longer. This month we preview some of the best designers London has to offer in our foto story entitled New Gen.
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The Pre-Fall collections are rolling out at a steady pace. What exactly pre-fall and why should you care?
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December 2007 Issue
Sometimes all an aspiring designer needs is a chance. The designer doesn’t need a handout, a shortcut, or special treatment. All they need is a canvas (or a body form) to make their dream come to life. Designer Simone Williams took her chance and made it into something positive. 3 years in and her line is beginning to flourish.
This month in Papierdoll we look at Simone Williams’ rise through the designer ranks in London as well as feature a foto story on her line. We also look at the essentials for the holiday season in our White Christmas essentials section. We then look at Kym Canter’s Star Von Bunny A Model Tale book which has us rolling in the aisles. Don’t forget to come back every day for the daily updates. See you next month!
This Issue - December 2007: Being Simone
Simone Williams is a new breed of designer that bucks trends and creates pieces for her clients. Born and raised in East London, Williams learned at a young age from family members that designing can be a labor of love. Since that time
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For six days and nights in a shipyard warehouse on the Willamette River north of downtown Portland, Portland Fashion Week showcased the products of a boom in Portland fashion design that is at an all-time high after eight years of growth.More
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November 2007 Issue
If interviewing the next in fashion means looking for a designer that has committed her or himself to creating a new path, then the two artisans featured this month bring focus to doing just that. Amity Cooper creates 50 different handbags representing the 50 states in the US while giving a varied look and feel to each bag. On the left coast, Donna H. Baxter gives couture meaning for Los Angeles denizens and expansion is only natural. Our update doesn’t just end with this month’s issue, our blog updates daily and our news section always features the latest happenings in fashion. See you next month!
This Issue - November 2007: The Mid-Terms
It’s that time of the year when cramming becomes de rigeur. Midterms, broken pencils, all nighters, moutain dew with coffee and fashion.
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