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Forget quiet luxury. Custo Barcelona's Fall 2024 is all about maximalist style. I love Custo Barcelona's bright graphic prints every season. When the weather gets more relaxed and more parties...

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NYFW Fall 2024 was a season of deeply emotional collections. Last night, Designer ZANG TOI 's fashion show served as a celebration of life for his beloved brother, See Luon. A beautiful re...

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THE BLONDS brought the heat to the Starrett Lehigh runway Saturday night. Their collection, FUEGO, was a tribute to Latin culture, the fiery, the strong, and the stylish figures who inspire...

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Are you ready for romance? AdoreMe's inclusive lingerie collection opened and got NY Fashion Week off to a sexy start. When this brand first came on my radar, I was impressed that it claim...

http://www.msfabulous.com/2024/02/nyfw-adoremes-romantic-takeover-plus.html

The Carnival of Venice is in full swing in the city of Canals. The multi-week Carnevale di Venezia brings out the most lavish, elaborate costumes and masks the creative world has seen. The class...

http://www.msfabulous.com/2024/02/costume-themes-from-carnival-of-venice.html

When I think of SPRING 2024 collections from this past NY Fashion Week, Custo Barcelona's SS24 runway was the first to come to mind. The sunny rays of yellow, sky blue and statement sha...

http://www.msfabulous.com/2024/01/nyfw-custo-barcelona-ss24.html

Ashlyn So is proof that talent and age are not exclusive. She has the distinction of being the youngest designer to have shown at NYFW. Her inspirations run deep, perhaps surprisi...

http://www.msfabulous.com/2023/12/nyfw-ashlyn-so-spring-2024.html

It is September and hot and humid as hell. It would take a stellar collection and event to get me to wander out in the thunderstorms. and the Dur Doux show Saturday night was it. Mother and d...

http://www.msfabulous.com/2023/09/nyfw-dur-doux-springsummer-2024.html

Are you looking for Venetian-style couture by way of Northeast Africa, via Texas, then New York? Nardos Imam's gorgeous collection was presented at the St. Regis Hotel on Friday. Br...

http://www.msfabulous.com/2023/09/nyfw-nardos-spring-2024.html

What a treat! Pop queen Natasha Bedingfield opened and closed Frederick Anderson's Resort 2024 collection with her top hits on his runway show. Midtown Manhattan nightclub Nebula provided the ...

http://www.msfabulous.com/2023/05/frederick-anderson-resort-2024-and.html

My favorite whiskey brand, Macallan, hosted their highly-anticipated tasting event in a gorgeous former bank in Brooklyn. The stunning Weylin space in Williamsburg welcomed cocktail enthusiasts...

http://www.msfabulous.com/2023/05/the-macallans-brooklyn-tasting.html

Happy spring! We're taking a trip Upstate to celebrate NATIONAL MUSHROOM DAY and the gorgeous spring flowers of the region. WICKED FINCH FARM , together with YELP HUDSON VALLEY and CARAVAN NY...

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I'm so glad to see more and more designers return to in-person showings of their collections at NY Fashion Week. Malan Breton brought his dreamy collection to the ballroom downtown. The the...

http://www.msfabulous.com/2023/04/malan-breton-fall-2023.html

  Do you have nostalgia for 1990s nightlife? Richerette debuted at NYFW in Brooklyn.  Former Club Kid RICHIE RICH was the prince of NYC after hours decadence. He parlayed that to a coveted f...

http://www.msfabulous.com/2023/03/richerette-fall-2023.html

The A. Potts collection for Spring 2023 was the perfect mix of what Brooklyn, NYC and modern urbran style should be right now. Each look was fabulously fluid. By fluid, I don't mean androgyno...

http://www.msfabulous.com/2023/01/nyfw-potts-spring-2023.html

  Canadian winters are cold, trust me, I lived through several decades of them. Canadian outerwear designers are particularly good at creating stylish pieces for the chill because they spend so...

http://www.msfabulous.com/2022/09/nyfw-nobis-spring-2023.html

 Welcome back to NYFW! Starting off with In Earnest, BYRON LARS Spring 2023. Designer Byron Lars brings things back to being an independent atelier with partner SHEILA GRAY. His beautifully t...

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African Fashion Week Toronto celebrated its 10th anniversary this summer. It is one of Toronto's more colorful fashion events that I feel are underattended and not covered enough in the styli...

http://www.msfabulous.com/2022/09/african-fashion-week-toronto-2022.html

  What is American fashion? The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute has been exploring what that means since its inception. Like many museums, many fashion exhibits have been a c...

http://www.msfabulous.com/2022/08/met-gala-exhibit-in-america-anthology.html

  It has been two years without the New York City Easter Parade and I was starving for some good Easter Bonnet action. The parade is one of my favorite events in Manhattan, where New Yorkers an...

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I miss my Canadians! Pajar, cold weather chic mavens of the North landed in Soho and I was so happy to see familiar style (if not faces).  If this winter is as brutal as the last, you're goin...

http://www.msfabulous.com/2022/08/cozy-canadians-pajar-lands-in-nyc.html

  How does it feel to sell vintage fashion you collected for years on HGTV's Everything But the House? Weird. Emotional. Liberating. After my husband's parents passed, we had a 7-acr...

http://www.msfabulous.com/2021/03/vintage-fashion-on-hgtvs-everything-but.html

This was the president that we were waiting for, a history-making vice-president, following a terrible attack egged on by a failed excuse of a leader before them. With all of that before us, i...

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  It's been a while! One of the projects I worked on the past few months was to compete on HGTV's Holiday Crafters Gone Wild! This is an epic 2-hour holiday special where my teammate Terr...

http://www.msfabulous.com/2020/11/our-run-on-holiday-crafters-gone-wild.html

CHRISTIAN SIRIANO led the charge to answer GOVERNOR CUOMO'S PLEA FOR HELP . In turn, he inspired me, and many other fashion designers into sewing masks for healthcare professionals who need the...

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