New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
“The delight and discovery of being a tourist.” — Trina Turk
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “Spring 2019 entitled ‘Love Me/Love Me Not’ explores the concept of storytelling through the art of songwriting.” — Jonathan Cohen
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “Sponsored by the City of Los Angeles.” — John Elliott
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “Saturation.” — Chromat
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “The Cushnie spring 2019 collection draws inspiration from Jamaican dancehall culture in the late Seventies and early Eighties — from the vibrancy of the clothing to the lively, upbeat energy of the music.” — Cushnie
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “Mixed florals and texture.” — Cinq à Sept
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “This is the first NYFW presentation under the brand’s new design direction and evolution to BLDWN for which we’re building a modern American fashion house. Each season will draw its inspiration from the attitudes and driving forces behind modern American art and design, and spring 2019 is our first chapter in telling that story.” — Johnathan Crocker, president BLDWN
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “Escape to Wonderland.” — Josie Natori
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “A satirical look at our current understanding of exclusivity in the era of clickbait disposability, referring to the backdrop of the commodified female form.” — Di$count Universe
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “Collection Les Fleurs, Inspired by Martial Raysse, Tableau Simple et Doux.” — Lisa Perry
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “The work replicates the dreams of a child after a museum visit. Public sculpture becomes headwear, and Pop Art dots become full jackets.” — Graham Tyler
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “The blue waters of Bali.” — Pamella Roland
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “Category is: Black Dynasty.” — Greta Constantine
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “I was inspired by the idea of piecing different cultural design elements — that don’t necessarily go together — to create a whole. That was very symbolic of how I feel about my own identity.” — LIFEWTR x Jin Won Choi
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “Summer nostalgia after coming back to the city.” — Sylvie Millstein, Hellessy
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “A journey that starts at the beginning to form new paths.” — Kate Spade New York
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “Land of Distraction Collection Four is inspired by the vintage vibe of Laurel Canyon from the Seventies and Eighties.” – Land of Distraction
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “A voyage of new — an homage to the Forever Melting Pot.” — Kobi Halperin
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “There is freedom to be ostentatiously feminine yet quietly cerebral, to experiment with your sensuality and express it through modesty. We explored what it looks like to take the specificity of a single hue and have it be expressed confidently through a trim silhouette, while also providing more ebullient options. We want to offer the customer a wardrobe that reflects their confidence and champions their flare for the dramatic in a modern world.” — Christopher John Rogers
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “Laurence & Chico’s spring 2019 collection is inspired by ‘Sports.’ A large part of the collection is inspired by combining the look of athleticwear together through various techniques including deconstruction, draping and repurposing elements to create something new.” — Laurence & Chico
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “This collection is inspired by softness, and the femme energy often associated with it.” — LIFEWTR x Daniel Cloke
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “The clothing communicates ‘snapping back,’ snatched. The graphics and mechanics are inspired by art brut visibility. Collection naively places hardware on the clothing questioning materials in the fashion context as well as each person’s interpretation. Art Brut is a term derived from Jean Dubuffet, who was classically untrained and he used raw materials, such as sand to represent the grit of war. It refers to art made in a naïve, untrained way — kind of like Folk Art. Today, the term art brut is also referred to as outsider art.” — Elizabeth Hilfiger, Foo & Foo
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “The collection plays with large transparent shapes that surround the body almost as a forcefield. I think it’s a way of commanding a space.” — LIFEWTR x Jamall Osterholm
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “A ceremony of beauty, life and death.” — Mara Hoffman
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “Amalgama.” — Marissa Webb
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “The spring 2019 collection is fully of dreamy ethereal pieces paired together in maximal floral printed looks. Think Jane Austen meets Laura Ashley. Head-to-toe matching bags and shoes to belts dresses and jackets.” — Alexandra O’Neill, Markarian
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “Timeless.” — Nicole Miller
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “The inspiration behind my designs is the use of technology to create garments with some futuristic aspects.…This collection is about ‘The connection between the present and the future.'” — Supima x Jessica Rubinstein, Savannah College of Art and Design
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “We were inspired by Miami Art Deco, but thought what if art deco happened in the future? What will future deco is going to be?” — PH5
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “Spring 2019 is inspired by the effortlessly chic women of Paris and the South of France; paying homage to true French girl style.” — Rachel Zoe
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “The Power of Many.” — Rebecca Minkoff
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “Inspired by Deborah Turbeville’s photograph ‘Something in the Air.'” — Rebecca Taylor
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “We wanted to give our woman clothes that were both elegant and full of life. This season, we looked to our Indian heritage, combining the classic style of Maharani Gayatri Devi with our own sense of joie de vivre.” — Sachin & Babi
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “Mahjong Ladies.” — Snow Xue Gao
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “I often see myself being inspired by the moment or the situation I am living at the moment I start a collection.” — Supima x Paula Amaral, Academy of Art University
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “Buddy & Reva, Greece, 1964.” — Tory Burch
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “Off the Grid” — Staud
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “Nouveau Jacquard” — Zac Zac Posen
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “The inspiration for this collection is the rate at which females in America are forced to grow up.…I want to explore the garments of my past and how I can reinvent them to wear as a comfort to help propel me into the future.” — Supima x Alanna Lizun, Kent State University
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “I am inspired by strong and kind women around me — my family, friends, teachers, etc. I design clothing that highlights their bodies and personalities, while making sure they remain comfortable.” — Supima x Bryn Lourié, Rhode Island School of Design
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “My inspiration comes from the fact that the majority of society puts up a front for what they display to the world.” — Supima x Genevieve Lake, Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “I get inspiration from draping and my paintings. In my designs, I used multiple forms of pleats, they’re my translation of a brushstroke, but also, I see them as a symbol for sequences.” — Supima x Jessica Chang, Parsons School of Design
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “This collection is inspired by Daoism’s philosophy: Dao begets one, one begets two, two begets three, three begets all things.” — Supima x Lili Shi, The Fashion Institute of Technology
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “Look ahead — and up.” — Tadashi Shoji
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “Mexico City.” — Tanya Taylor
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “This season, our collection will be inspired by the most wicked of all Disney Villains, as we reimagine these characters taking over New York.” — Phillipe and David Blond, The Blonds
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “The Novis spring 2019 collection is inspired by bold, sharp, modern surrealism mixed with a sense of nostalgist, vintage ease.” — Novis
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New York Spring 2019 Designer Inspirations: Part One
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo “Graphic tapestry.” — Ulla Johnson