KAVIAR GAUCHE at MERCEDES-BENZ FASHION WEEK BERLIN THE AUTUMN/WINTER 2012 COLLECTIONS

Kaviar Gauche creates must-have bags and conceptual, feminine, avant-garde clothes. The Berlin-based label was launched as a guerrilla fashion show in front of the Paris department store Colette in 2003. Since then, KAVIAR GAUCHE has held a successful presence at an international level.

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The modern interpretation of evening dresses brings KAVIAR GAUCHE more frequently onto the red carpet. Along¬side top models such as Nadja Auermann, German actress Heike Makatsch is one of KAVIAR GAUCHE’s most regular customers. In addition to that Britain’s newest super model, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is a new ambassador for the brand.

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KAVIAR GAUCHE‘s elegant innovations are also winning the hearts of the music industries biggest superstars: Lady Gaga has been dressed in KAVIAR GAUCHE creations and England‘s rising talent – the enchanting Florence Welch (Florence & The Machine) – is frequently clad in the designs.

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The label’s name was inspired by the so-called “gauche caviar“, the French jet-setters who liked to coquette with the revolutionary ideas of the ‘68ers.

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KAVIAR GAUCHE focuses on the symbiosis between bags and clothes. Bag elements are transposed onto the clothes and characteristic details of the clothing are conveyed onto the bag designs. Flexible silhouettes and functions frequently arise from their vision. This is a development that occurs from within the brand and its products, from collection to collection. Without subordinating to the latest trends, they always capture the pulse of the moment.

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I’L CORPS de Next Super Model de Puerto Rico 2012

La tarde del domingo 15 de enero del 2012 se dio cita en el Teatro Georgetti en Santurce la tercera mini competencia I’L CORPS de Next Super Model de Puerto Rico 2012. La competencia dio inicio con un número de apertura montado por el coreógrafo Eleot Cartagena. Los competidores sirvieron de modelos para el desfile de modas de Tommie Hernández con su colección de Bañadores Gitanos del Mar. La misma se caracteriza por combinaciones de varios estampados floreados y abstractos en un mismo bañador, complementados por agremanes, cordones metálicas y otras ornamentaciones que le dan un toque masculino gitano pero chic. Delicados volantes y drapeados mantienen la femineidad que siempre ha caracterizado las colecciones de esta diseñadora con sobre doce años de experiencia. Los colores que predominan son el purpura, crema, rosa viejo.

Bañadores Gitanos del Mar de Tommie Hernández

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Luego dio comienzo la competencia de trajes de baños donde todos los competidores utilizaron su creatividad para crear una pieza donde luzcan sus mejores cuerpos. Esta noche se evaluó pasarela, condición física, asimetría, piel y total look. Este trabajo estuvo a cargo de un gran Jurado Diana Vazquez – Diseñadora, Azarel Nadal Top Model de Puerto Rico, Carlos Rodríguez asesor de la legislatura, Vale – Propietario de Vale Salón, Naldo Montañés Diseñador de Modas, Jason Vesant – estilista profesional, Edgardo Virella asesor intelectual de Miss Universe Puerto Rico. Los Ganadores de dicha categorías lo sabran en la noche Preliminar pero le dieron un adelanto de las 4 finalistas de talento de la categoría Next Super Model Petiza 2012, Heyde Castañeda, Francilet Rodríguez, Stephanie Rosali y Jeymarie Feliciano una de ella será la ganadora de la competencia de talento y tendrá un pase directo al cuadro de finalista del Next Super Model 2012. La animación estuvo a cargo por Darli Arni Pacheco y Víctor Surita

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HUGO BY HUGO BOSS at MERCEDES-BENZ FASHION WEEK BERLIN THE AUTUMN/WINTER 2012 COLLECTIONS

La puertorriqueña Joan Smalls participo de este desfile

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The HUGO brand delivers an innovative look for men and women with a young, upbeat lifestyle. With their stylistically unique and innovative vibe, the collections target a progressive clientele that defines fashion as a matter of attitude.

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Initially introduced as a menswear line, HUGO was first launched in 1993 and complemented by a womenswear collection in 1998. The HUGO world is rounded out by shoes and accessories along with eyewear and fragrances that are produced under license. Eyan Allen is the creative force behind HUGO Womenswear; Bart de Backer is responsible for the men’s fashions.

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JULIAANDBEN at MERCEDES-BENZ FASHION WEEK BERLIN THE AUTUMN/WINTER 2012 COLLECTIONS

Julia Heuse and Ben Klunker met as students at the prestigious Berlin design school ESMOD and launched their eponymous fashion label after graduating in 2006.
They channel their respective influences into a mens and womenswear label that continues to strike a balance between commercial and conceptual, classic and avant-garde and mixes glamour with a unique Berlin street style.

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The interaction of abstract and conceptual ideas between the designers is symbiotic and fuels designs that both challenge conventionality – such as boxy, oversized cuts or draped fabrics in both their designs for women and men – but, importantly, their creations are also flattering. Many of the materials they use have been tie-dyed, bleached, moon-washed or aged to create different effects.

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The label was born in the back room of Ben’s art gallery on Torstrasse in Berlin’s bustling art district Mitte. In the beginning of 2011 Julia, who also has always been in charge of all the Art Direction, photography and graphics took over the Label and recently moved to a bigger space on Gormannstrasse which houses the JULIAANDBEN store as well as the atelier of the burgeoning label. JULIAANDBEN also sell globally.

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MONGRELS IN COMMON at MERCEDES-BENZ FASHION WEEK BERLIN THE AUTUMN/WINTER 2012 COLLECTIONS

The designers Livia Ximénez-Carrillo and Christine Pluess met at Esmod School of Design in Berlin and soon discovered that they both had in common being from multicultural backgrounds: their roots origin from Germany, Switzerland, Peru and Spain. They launched their label in 2006.

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Neglecting ethnic, national and generic barriers they combine pieces of a cultural kaleidoscope creating a different style. Uncompromisingly mixing masculine severity and straightness with female delicacy together with high-quality materials they present a look that is elegant and exclusive as well as sexy and cool.

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Lena Hoschek at MERCEDES-BENZ FASHION WEEK BERLIN THE AUTUMN/WINTER 2012 COLLECTIONS

You´re attention loving? Well, you’ll be getting attention! Wearing Lena Hoschek places you directly into the spotlight of the ultra feminine.

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After assisting Vivienne Westwood at her London studio, Lena Hoschek started her own label in 2006 at the age of 24. Her collections do not follow trends or the general conception of ‘cool’, they are simply a reflection of what has fascinated her since her childhood: the female ideal of the 40s and 50s, craftsmanship, high-end tailoring, traditional materials and patterns but also rock ‘n’ roll and punk music, tattoos, bad guys and fast cars.

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Celebrating the erotics of the Pin-up who didn’t take herself too seriously, her clothes are made for all the Sophia Lorens and Marilyn Monroe’s of today. Lena Hoschek’s collections take you back to times when women were real women and men were real men. I bet, when designing, she secretly dreams of Rhett Butler.

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