Anna Sui
“The eccentric French interior decorator Madeleine Castaing. My colors and prints are directly inspired by her iconic palette, textiles and wallpapers.” — Anna Sui
“The eccentric French interior decorator Madeleine Castaing. My colors and prints are directly inspired by her iconic palette, textiles and wallpapers.” — Anna Sui
“1935’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ — so ethereal, fantastical and sensuous.” — James Mischka and Mark Badgley, Badgley Mischka
“Metamorphosis: The spring 2013 collection acknowledges the prophetic symbolism of the Luna Moth to exhort the evolution and transformation of an ever-intuitive Bibhu woman.” — Bibhu Mohapatra
“Geometric shapes placed within an organic form.” — Serkan Sarier, Brood
Calvin Klein Collection
“Crusade for clarity.” — Chadwick Bell
“A glamorous evening in the Sixties in Deauville, France.” — Dennis Basso
“‘Thrashin’,’ the 1986 American cult skateboard film.” — Sophia Kokosalaki, Diesel Black Gold
“Daydream, blossoming romance…crisp, light and fresh.” — Douglas Hannant
“Sunrise and sunset of North Africa.” — Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Elizabeth & James
“The Galapagos Islands.” — Michael Bastian, Gant by Michael Bastian
“Flowers and nature as seen through the lens of the Time Life books on nature from the Sixties and Seventies.” — Tom Mora, J.Crew
“I came across some photographs of these incredible Japanese wisteria gardens — dense tunnels of beautiful purple blossoms.” — Gilles Mendel, J.Mendel
“‘I will always think of her as a kind of rose, in a luminous black-and-white photo taken at Chasen’s or Romanoff’s. There’s a part of her that’s phantom and a part of her that’s very much alive.’ — Bruce Wagner, of Angie Dickinson.”
— Jenny Packham
“Kinesio tape, baseball, plissé prints, flak vests, pigment dye, reflective foil, camo lace, Spanish moss.” — Jeremy Laing
“California. Sexy. Cool.” — LeAnn Nealz, Juicy Couture
“Limoges porcelain and John Donne poetry.” — Lorry Newhouse
“Texture and color.” — Louise Goldin
“Veruschka for Artisans du Liban et d’Orient, Vogue Paris September 1969.” — Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig, Marchesa
“Blue skies ahead.” — Michael Kors
“Contemporary Surrealism.” — Michelle Smith, Milly
“Techno porcelain.” — Nanette Lepore
“I love you.” — Narciso Rodriguez
“I believe what we wear sometimes disguises who we really are.…I am doing a design study about revealing our true selves through clothing.” — Norma Kamali
Oscar de la Renta
“Collage.” — Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, Proenza Schouler
“Enchanted garden.” — Rachel Roy
“From the androgynous sophistication of Diane Keaton, the ease and elegance of Jane Birkin and the classical cool that is Ali MacGraw.” — Rachel Zoe
“Spring 2013 is inspired by memory.” — Kate and Laura Mulleavy, Rodarte
“The nomadic spirit of Americana.” — Babi and Sachin Ahluwalia, Sachin and Babi
“Evasion of the monotony of daily life.” — Sophie Theallet
“American prep remix. Classic sportswear with artisanal textures and prints.” — Tory Burch
Vena Cava
Victoria, Victoria Beckham
“Harmony and balance of nature.” — Vivienne Tam
“Crystalline.” — Whitney Port, Whitney Eve