Jason Wu Designer Profile featuring Bing Bang
Jason Wu is certainly nostalgic for the past. Citing one his influences as Horst's photography, Wu's designs resuscitate Bette Davis and Marlene Dietrich mystique and invoke Charles James's hourglass. Yet while aiming to achieve the elegance from mid century, Jason Wu also debunks the constricting nature of old-fashioned cuts, and aims to impose the elegance of eras past on today's woman. Although layers of luxury fabrics and emphasis on gowns often places Wu in the evening wear category, his risky stylistic runway choices more...
A Lovely Grey featuring Bing Bang
'Grey matter' is the intelligent stuff, 'grey area' is a space where nothing is quite defined and to a brave soul, grey is a place of infinite possibility, where boundaries are constantly being reinvented. Explore the subtleties of monochromatic looks with geometric patterns or surprising highlights of periwinkle. Play with the protean color grey and witness its shape-shifting in the light like a Greek deity. Add dimension with subtle combinations of fabrication. Whether you choose slate or charcoal, you are sure to have a 'Lovely Grey.'more...