Blasblog: overland’s surprise guests
Elise Øverland was worried that Hurricane Hanna was going to ruin her turnout for her presentation Saturday afternoon. “Oh, thank goodness it’s not empty,” she was starting to tell us when a woman...
View Articleblasblog: stripping down for charity
Noot Seear, the Canadian model and a child of international social worker parents, has come up with a novel approach to fundraising. “No more slideshows and sit-down dinners,” she said at Milk Studios...
View ArticleThrough the Looking Glass at Villency
With the Villency Emerging Fashion Fund now five years old, few of us question seeing stylishly outfitted mannequins in the windows of the 57th Street furniture store. The latest fashion-centric...
View ArticleIt’s Sushi Post-Show For Elise Overland
Elise Overland has always been a gem-embellished, leather-obsessed, artfully feral kind of gal, so when it came to finding inspiration for her Fall ’09 collection the answer was obvious: sushi. “A...
View ArticleVikram Chatwal’s Dream Comes True
Tourism is one industry hurting as badly as fashion, but in India, happily, business is still booming. Take Vikram Chatwal’s next Dream Hotel, in the lush city of Cochin in the state of Kerala,...
View ArticleApril Showers At Julia After-Party
The crowd at Allison Sarofim’s West Village town house got totally hosed last night—literally—when a disgruntled neighbor doused the backyard patio. It happened just as the after-party for Julia, a...
View ArticleThe March Of The Teutons; Fashionably…Early?; And More…
Keep an eye on the castings at Elise Øverland this season: Heidi Klum and her fellow judges from Germany’s Next Top Model (pictured) will be front-row judging their contestants, who will be among the...
View ArticleElise Øverland’s Next Stop—Carnegie Hall?
When Elise Øverland met the South Korean violin prodigy Hahn-Bin at a dinner at Peter Marino’s, she was taken with his spirit and talent. So she wrangled her friend Diana Widmaier Picasso to bring him...
View ArticleNon-Monsoon Wedding: Elise Øverland In India
Elise Øverland is a frequent visitor to India, where she’s picked up no small number of friends (and a few inspirations for her collections, too). The Norway-born designer was recently on the...
View ArticlePopping Bottles “Just For Fun” On Avenue Crazy
Ever try to assemble a group of fashion types for something that’s not a launch, an opening, or a worthy cause? Harley Viera-Newton, Lily Kwong, and Stephanie LaCava gave it a shot last night, hosting...
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