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Drawing attention as you walk into a crowded room or down a sidewalk in 2012 will not involve verbal skills. Your fashion choices say it all. A striking cobalt blue suit screams, “I’m confident!” A color-blocked dress, similarly, states, “I bring together polar opposites.” And, any garment in tangerine tango – 2012’s “it” color – says, “Turn your eyes to me.” To those who attended the latest fall Fashion Week, the choice by Pantone read more (...)

 East meets west in fashion line Baisap. Created by Santof and Mateo, two stylists from Toulouse, France going by first names only, Baisap infuses European men’s streetwear with Asian influences, particularly prints from India, where the line is produced. A relatively new line, Baisap is preparing its third collection for spring 2012. Meeting 15 years ago, the designers collaborated as friends on several projects, bringing together their technical knowledge of read more (...)

Some designers put together men’s and women’s collections, and a handful create one with androgyny in mind. Anthracite, designed by Jennifer Le Claire, falls into the latter. Anthracite is a paradox of a fashion line, one that, compounded with its unisex designs, is full of contradictions. In an interview, Le Claire, a fashion photographer and designer, described her line as: “Sleek, sophisticated, filthy, suggestive. Anthracite is a declaration, a statement, read more (...)

For every action, there’s an equally opposing reaction; in plain speak, what goes up must come down. Such rules are standard to physics (and commonsense), but they also apply to fashion – especially when trends go to extremes. Such a notion applies to menswear over the past few years. Think about the abundance of paisley shirts, prints, and skinny jeans. Spring 2012 collections are the apex of flashiness, with solid bold shades, pervasive athletic themes, plaid, read more (...)