http://www.douglasjchen.com Dedicated to fashion Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:20:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There are still f.w 2010 collections to write about from this past February and March but May and June came along and Resort and pre-collections for Spring 2011 sprang out of no where.  I had the great opportunity to cross the divide from retail to wholesale and work in the ... http://www.douglasjchen.com/crossing-the-divide-jil-sander.html In the fashion world, there are many designers who contribute to the billions this industry rings up annually. The creative unsung heros who have been in business  and crank out collection after collection, year after year, but do not receive near the attention nor the spotlight as their famous big ... http://www.douglasjchen.com/gregory-parkinson.html Josephus Thimister is a Belgian  designer based in Paris. He has been creatively present in the fashion world since 1997 when he started up his eponymous label and Anna Wintour anointed him one of the top designers of his generation. Josephus has worked with Karl Lagerfeld  and at the House ... http://www.douglasjchen.com/paris-thimister.html Riccardo Tisci, designer and creative director for Givenchy women's and men's collection, is of Italian descent and has been employed by the LVMH group since 2005 to breathe life into the house that Hubert Givenchy established in 1952.   John Galliano, Alexander McQueen and Julian MacDonald are  the well known ... http://www.douglasjchen.com/givenchy-riccardo-tisci.html While we're on the matter of breaks and food in Paris... another great stop is hidden in the Galerie Vivienne in the 2nd arrondissement  ( 4, rue des Petits Champs ). The name of the tea salon is À Priori Thé  ( actual address inside the arcade is 35 Galerie Vivienne ). ... http://www.douglasjchen.com/paris-a-priori-the.html The work of Junya Watanabe has evolved so beautifully over the years. I find myself  looking so forward to seeing his collection every season. Daringly, some seasons, his designs have eclipsed those of his mentor, Rei Kawakubo. He has even out-innovated Ms. Kawakubo at times. He is produced under the ... http://www.douglasjchen.com/junya-watanabe-f-w-2010.html There comes a time when you're on your way to your 4th appointment of the day and you have 5 more to go... you say to yourself  "I need to sit down for a minute!" Between our Stella McCartney and our John Galliano apointments, we found ourselves crossing Place Igor Stravinsky ... http://www.douglasjchen.com/paris-fashion-break.html To emphasize the artistic/artisanal vision of Italian designer Daniela Gregis, a second post is needed to show you her concept for her s.s 2010 presentation decor. Daniela shows her collection in a beautiful space on within the compound of the  Basilica di Sant'Ambrogio in Milan. The original church, noted for ... http://www.douglasjchen.com/art-in-fashion-milano.html Dial back a bit to last season, during the s.s 2010 presentations in October 2009, it seems Dan Flavin's influence was already taking root in the space that Phoebe Philo had chosen to present her debut collection at Celine. After her enormous return to the fashion front of a show ... http://www.douglasjchen.com/art-in-fashion-celine.html Art and fashion, or rather art in fashion, is not such an out there concept. There exist designers who are more artists. Daniela Gregis is an Italian designer based in Bergamo, Italy. She is one designer who treats each of her creations as art. From fabric research and development to her presentations to ... http://www.douglasjchen.com/art-in-fashion-daniela-gregis.html