Romeo Hunte NYFW FW19

Designer Romeo Hunte showcased his first Men’s Ready- to- Wear collection at PHD, Dream Downtown Hotel at 1PM located on 355 West 16thSt, New York, NY 10011.

The Spring 19 collection was inspired by the Brooklyn streetwear style, that is to the Romeo Hunte collection. This Spring, Romeo was inspired by luxe streetwear meets swimwear, made for the everyday man who wants a classic outerwear piece with a luxurious vibe and twist.

The modern yet classic silhouettes, which are the designer’s true aesthetic were matched beautifully with the Brooklyn street style inspired silhouettes and swimwear. Hunte focused on bringing out the defiant look in his garments by incorporating oversized coats on his models. The designer focused on impactful functional Neoprene wetsuits paired with his signature powerful outerwear that ruled the runway.

 
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Hunte’s fantasy was to add two juxtaposing elements together- Swimwear pieces and Fur to create innovative garments. The collection consisted of light overcoats, mix media jackets and wetsuits. This collection personified the strong nature of water and fur through powerful and impeccable creations. Pops of primary colors- blue, red and yellow were seen in luxe mix media fabrics including mink fur, denim, camouflage, cotton and French terry and the reinvention of the designer’s signature pieces. The models walked down the runway, featuring an array of our collaborations with Swarovski, Look Mate London Socks, Kopenhagen Fur, and Teva.

Among our attendees were celebrities and influencers such as NFL player running back Corey Clement for Philadelphia Eagles, Nigerian- American rapper, singer and songwriter Thutmose, well known for his songs “WuWu and Ride With Me” , actor and son of retired American NBA hall of fame basketball player Isiah Thomas-Zeke Tomas, American actor Derek Luke, popular for his performances in Antwone Fisher and Captain America, actor Sam Clemmett the British actor popular for his role as Albus Potter in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child play, Kareem “Biggs” Burke of the popular Roc Nation and publications such as Vogue, BOF, ELLE, WWD, Harper’s Bazaar, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, GQ, Mr Porter, Teen Vogue and more.
The Spring 19 Ready-To-Wear collection offers an array of styles for everyday men who is looking for signature outerwear pieces with a twist at a luxury vibe. Romeo Hunte the brand has been seen on celebrities like Victor Cruz, Evan Turner, Trevor Jackson, Zendaya, Beyoncé, Halle Berry, who appreciate high-quality craftsmanship.

About the Brand

ROMEO HUNTE NEW YORK the brand is a definitive lifestyle brand created for all. It is a line that is cool, and intricate. Powerful and impeccable outerwear such as the signature shawl is one of the core elements of Romeo Hunte the brand. The vision is to create modern classic apparel that is luxurious, practical and transitional at a contemporary price point.

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Ricardo Seco NYFW FW19

Represented by Paula Rosado PR.

Mexico has always been visionary, an open and friendly country towards the world.

A clear example of this global vision were the activities behind the image and design of the 1968 Olympics, when Mexico showcased its best face to the world.

The person in charge of these tasks was the Architect Pedro Ramirez Vasquez who brought together a team of professionals from different disciplines such as Eduardo Terrazas who worked in New York, and he invites Lance Wyman who had just finished his career at Pratt Institute, and also Peter Murdoch. Ramirez Vasquez and Terrazas drew inspiration from Huichol thread craft. From their earliest experi¬ments for the Olympic logo, they viewed the radiating motif as the combination of traditional Mexican arts with a modern Mexico.

My fashions follow this art making process, in my 2015 Dreams collection, I worked with the wixaricas huicholes with the goal of enriching my designs with Mexican ancient roots.

 
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The team of creatives captured the colors and essence of Mexican popular culture in their Olympic graph¬ics, posters, alphabet and urban signs. They designed an image of a modern Mexico using a style reminis¬cent of Op Art.

Exactly 50 years ago, Mexico opened the doors and invited a team of young creatives and international artists to make a sculpture that will represent their country. The sculptures still exist today and are called “La Ruta de la Amistad”, and they are part of the visionary goal of caring for, maintaining, and respect¬ing, the urban mission of Mexico.

The 68 Olympics also had political repercussions that today make history, as the movement and respect for the community of color where the greeting is made, for the first time to the world, which represented the BLACK POWER.

This collection reflects on some original prints to enrich the message of my proposal, with another object of inspiration being the creation of my own urban icons, that I interpret as the street Olympics, and the lifestyle of today.

The repetition of stripes and optical illusions, are an essential part to unite and combine everything, and the BLACK POWER is empowered to combine it with all the colors that reflected the power of this commu¬nity in many sectors that today move the world: art, culture, politics, music and fashion. Also, as a Mexi¬can and as a Latino, I share my DACA POWER greeting where I take the mission of the Olympic Games to unite in bonds of friendship, what each person knows how to do well, and we manage to promote peace in the world where we often forget where we are, and who we are, to demonstrate power first, and Ego as a result.

This collection is composed of street, sport and urban silhouettes, that when mixed show a positive and sophisticated man, without fear of saying and doing what he feels, highlighting his style without excess, and reflecting an attitude empowered by his awareness of being in this world, in a responsible way.

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Feng Chen Wang NYFW FW19

Represented by Purple PR.

Who is your other half?

Is it a person? Is it your career? Or is it something else? These are the questions which are at the forefront of Feng Chen Wang’s mind for Spring/Summer 2019.

This season, the designer continues her exploration of human connection, though this time she looks inwards, not outwards, focusing on the things that ‘complete’ us.

 
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‘Half’ is the word of the season, appearing in text on baseball caps, but in less literal ways too– throughout the collection, two items of clothing merge to become one. Shirts are draped on top of one another, while jackets, created as part of Wang’s ongoing collaboration with Levi’s, are layered too. Jeans have additional legs melded to them and the shoes (an iteration of Converse’s iconic Chuck Taylor All Star) see two pairs cut up and spliced together.

These designs are accompanied by some new additions to Wang’s oeuvre, such as suits and shirts, in addition to new outerwear styles, such as trench coats and t-­‐shirts with panel details. Bags and jewelry take the form of hands, some holding hands – a universal signifier of connection – while a sculpture constructed from multiple hands stands erect in the center of the show space. Spring/Summer 2019 also sees the introduction of the Feng Chen Wang women – the female counterpart to her male character.

This season, Wang was particularly inspired by diagrams mapping the increase and decrease in temperature throughout the human body as we experience different emotions. While love warms us all over, depression cools us, and anger ignites our head, upper chest and arms. Wang explores this phenomenon through PVC body pieces that refer to different emotions and the area they heat, and in hypercolor-­‐style coats that also serve to illustrate this effect.

Alongside neutral tones, black, white and grey, crystal-­‐inspired shades of hot pink and cool blue flow throughout the collection, symbolizing love and hate, happiness and sadness, day and night, summer and winter – it’s the Feng Chen Wang yin and yang.

“Who is your other half?” Wang asks. Maybe it’s within you.

ABOUT THE BRAND

Feng Chen Wang is a Chinese-born, London-based menswear designer at the forefront of a new generation of fashion talent emerging from China. Wang studied MA Fashion Menswear at the prestigious Royal College of Art, London, graduating in 2015. Describing her aesthetic as “bold, futuristic and structured”, she focusses on technical outerwear, creating unisex clothing that is functional but at the same time conceptual and personal, drawing on her life experiences.

Nominated for the 2016 LVMH Prize, Wang has designed seven collections to date, showing two at London Fashion Week Men’s as part of Lulu Kennedy’s support scheme for emerging designers, MAN. Additionally, she has collaborated with brands such as Levi’s, Converse, and Nike, bringing her unique and artistic sensibility to those projects.

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Bristol Studio NYFW FW19

Represented by Sandrine Charles Consulting.

SS–19 explores one of the key questions that Bristol Studio is founded upon: can a sport (or sports) be considered a form of art?

To take the question even further, where do the lines between sport and art blur? This collection consists of sportswear staples – sweats, track suits, and basketball shorts – reimagined.

 
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Heavyweight mesh and lightweight mesh are juxtaposed on shorts; sweats are deconstructed (and reversible, a nod to a classic practice jerseys); track suits are elevated through adept tailoring (calling to mind a classic suit).

Bristol Studio x adidas Originals enlist The Shoe Surgeon to design 3 never-before-seen Crazy BYWs (Boost You Wear).

Taking a sculptural approach to sneaker design, Bristol Studio chose to emphasize the 3-D nature of footwear, giving the Quarter on each shoe a three-dimensional texture.

“I designed SS–19 with the intention of blurring the lines between sport + art. I always felt my most creative, as a kid, on the basketball court. When designing, I’m always chasing that creative feeling, trying to rediscover and recapture it.” Luke Tadashi, Bristol Studio

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Linder NYFW FW19

Represented by Purple PR.

Linder Menswear Spring Summer 2019 continues the story of the previous collection, which dealt with acceptance of one’s self, coming out, and revealing the inner life of a gay man–after shedding the exterior shell of imposed masculinity.

After this step the door opens to fantasies, hopes and questions about legacy, future, love, companionship, and resiliency.

 
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The designer continues:

“My mother’s lineage goes back to a Dutch immigrant who in the 1800s migrated through Germany to start life in America. In the collection there is a modern take on Dutch clogs, and sweaters with intarsia replicating drawings of my great great grandmother’s children that she kept in scrapbooks. Each one’s sleeve has florals she cut from a garden magazine in the 1960s. All of us contribute to a legacy throughout our lives.

“In reference to the natural progression of embracing one’s sexuality and finding companionship (an embroidered tee with the word “boyfriend” is a key piece in the collection), love letters asking for him to “wait for me”, signed off with the letters XOXO, adorn a series of jewelry. A modern guayabera wedding shirt, traditionally worn in countries such as Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Puerto Rico, points to companionship, as does an orange transferware china pattern splashed on jeans, jacket, and tees — a symbolic choice partners make when marrying. The track and field jerseys and medals reference the call to jump over hurdles throughout one’s life and to be able to run a long distance race and relay race, giving and receiving help through our true friendships (another tee has the words “best friend”). The sandals with cut-out leaves represent the seasonal cycle of growth and death that one experiences as you challenge yourself to push to a higher plane.

The collaboration with Parisian luxury brand Chapal was a natural fit for the season. Their craftsmanship and knowledge of leather goods is unparalleled, and their history rooted in outfitting race car drivers tied perfectly into the collection. The bags, shoes, gloves and leather jackets integrate with the rest of the pieces to create a beautiful texture and a bridge between a long-standing French brand and a new American fashion label.”

About the Brand

Linder is a ready- to-wear brand launched in New York City in 2013.

The brand’s aesthetic reflects the partnership of Co-Creative Directors and Designers, Sam Linder and Kirk Millar.

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Parke & Ronen NYFW FW19

Represented by Agentry PR.

Spring Summer 2019 collection draws its inspiration from the inimitable natural beauty of the Malibu landscape, combined with the synthetic beauty of LA culture as imagined during its over-the-top ’80s heyday.

 
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We’re picturing the cool-kid skater boy meets the preening peacock from Muscle Beach, with a healthy dose of the Hollywood hustler’s bravado thrown on top.

In other words, a fantasy world where you could never look too fit or too tan, where ten-hour pool parties would spill over into late night romps on the beach.

This season we are creating an intentionally escapist vision, as seen through the rose-tinted glasses we all need to put on from time to time, about a moment when the only fight was for your right to party.

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Victor Li NYFW FW19

Represented by Sandrine Charles.

Victor Li’s debut collection, S/S19, features two patterns created from illustrations of the designers’ faces, hand drawn by Victor.

Signature silhouettes include elevated tees, casual jackets and modern suiting in fresh cuts, finished with idiosyncratic details and crafted for the customer who craves a smart yet easygoing alternative to streetwear.

 
Victor Li: NYFW FW19

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Thoughtfully made in New York from Italian, Japanese and French fabrics, VICTOR LI is designed by and for the new breed of gentlemen.

About Victor Li

Born in the U.S. and raised in China, Victor Li creates next-generation menswear with a sophisticated global outlook and a lively, uniquely expressive approach to design.

The son of a prominent Chinese entrepreneur, Victor grew up in a jet-setting family whose frequent travels between Asia, Italy, and New York made an indelible impression on him. After receiving his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Parsons School of Design, he worked alongside his father for a year before partnering with Claudia Li to develop a menswear line reflecting their shared vision of a playfully elevated, well-curated lifestyle.

Together, the two will launch VICTOR LI in July 2018 during New York Men’s Fashion Week. Like Claudia’s eponymous womenswear brand, the new label is infused with artistic, color-soaked influences and an emphasis on bold prints.

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Descendant of Thieves NYFW FW19

Represented by Atelier PR.

The Spring 2019 collection is inspired by Tulum and the Mayan Riviera — its laid-back luxury, life of cabanas, untouched coastline, natural habitats, exotic cocktails and jungle parties with renowned DJs.

A beautiful young international crowd arrives from world capitals of NYC, London, Milan, Paris and Barcelona to unplug and retreat from their fast-paced cosmopolitan lifestyles to a more natural, relaxed setting. They bring with them a piece of their urban lives, yet embrace the Mexican culture — its religious motifs, its Day of the Dead celebrations — while kicking back in beach sombreros and ponchos.
– MATTEO MANIATTY, Creative Director and Co-Founder

 
Descendant of Thieves: NYFW FW19

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