Jason Wu Designer Profile featuring Lela Rose
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 Delicate Balance featuring Lela Rose
Tweed returns with some new twists but it's lost none of the timeless class and sophistication that 'Kate' Hepburn made her own. more...