Abandon featuring Granville Millinery
In ink, colored pencil and water colors, Alyson Fox evokes entire worlds. Fox's world is childlike, but precocious, playful, but dark. Through simple geometric shapes and nostalgic color palettes, she creates complex narratives. Her drawings linger in our minds, provoking us with effortless intuition, and inspiring us to inspire others. view fullscreen feature
Eyes Like Laura Mars featuring Granville Millinery
There's something slippery about Chris Han's Fall 2008 collection.
It's not really evening wear, and its not really day wear; to blur the categorical lines even further, Han gives floor-length skirts industrial details. She turns tulle gothic.
Feminine fabrics with blood red lips and black nail polish stir up memories of Laura Mars portrayed by Faye Dunaway. Like the film and its characters, the collection uses devices of femininity to portray darkness. It's a sexy darkness, but it's still dark. Matched with short leather gloves, and Transylvanian makeup (as Han chose to during the collection's unveiling at New York Fashion Week), the collection in its highly stylized context brings out the beauty... and the beast.more...