NY Fashion Week Updates and Stars who wear their clothes

Since it's NY Fashion Week, it's super busy and hectic so I decided to write yet another blog of my top looks/designers showcased so far at NY Fashion Week. I decided to pick a designer based on race/background. 1 French, 1 Italian/American, 1 English and 1 American. Do you know which designer belongs to which category? Along with this little guessing game, I added pictures of celebrities who have been spotted wearing these designer labels. So enjoy my 2 favorite looks from each designer showcased this week.

Every girl wants to have a "Princess Moment" where they wear a breath taking gown and everyone in the room stops, stares, and adores. Stylist Rachel Zoe describes her job to find celebrities dresses that creates "Princess Moments" on the Red Carpet. So which designer creates dresses that do this? In my opinion it's Marchesa. Celebrities including Jessica Szohr, Kelly Osbourne, and Gabourey Sidibe attended the show at the Chelsea Art Museum. Can it be the attention to fine detail? Or the precise embellishments? But the talk of this season is the delicately hand painting on the tulle. The other details found on Marchesa dressers were heavily bejeweled necklines, hand painted florals on rolling sculptural drapes.

So who has worn Marchesa and was the talk of the town this year? Sandra Bullock's Academy Awards dress. (Sandra Left, Model during showcase Right)

Of course this is a Marchesa dress just look at the detailing of the dress- and of course Eva Longoria would be wearing this beautiful dress on the red carpet.

Kate Beckingsale in a Marchesa gown. Just look at the embellishments and the paring of the different texture.

Herve Leger by Max Azria show embodied a modern day Marie Antoinette with the use of lingerie lace, corsets, and lots of cream and pink. Of course he transformed his very well known bandage dress to more details.

Stars who love these curve hugging dresses . (Posh Spice and Megan Fox)

Tory Burch followed her dreams of designing clothes after seeing a commercial after 9/11. It was a commercial that said to do what you want to do- and that's exactly what she did she started designing clothes. First known for her tunics, and then her Reva ballet flats named after her mother, this designer is now known world wide- opening flagship stores in Rome and London.

Celebrities who wear tory burch:

Amanda Bynes and Paris Hilton wearing Tory Burch Tunics

Mandy Moore wearing Tory Burch ballet flats.

Chado Ralph Rucci admitted that the recession has hit his business thus for spring he made adjustments by creating more pieces in less precious fabrications. However this didn't stop him from making expensive looking pieces.

Regulars Vogue Andre Leon Talley & Whoopi Goldberg attending a Rucci show

Clearly the names give away their nationalities but here is some background information about the designers.

Italian American- Chado Ralph Rucci designed by Ralph Rucci is the first American Italian designer to receive an invitation to the Paris haute couture shows since Mainbocher. Chado name comes from the Japanese tea ceremony noted for its attention to detail, exactitude, sense of austere style. Ralph Rucci was born and raised in Philadelphia and holds a degree in philosophy from Temple University at 21 yrs old he went to study at FIT and trained under Halston and a Balenciaga patternmakers.

Tory Burch- American attended UPenn and was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. After graduation, she too went to NYC and worked at Harper's Bazaar. She was also a copywriter for Polo Ralph Luaren and worked for Vera Wang. She gang her fashion label in Feb 2004 and was endorsed by Oprah.

Marchesa by Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig- English Marchesa is named after socialite Marchesa Luisa Casanti. Georgina and Keren met at the Chelsea College of Art and Design in London, Georgina a 2001 graduate of the Wimbeldon School of Art began her career as a costume designers and Keren graduated from Brighton Art College in 200 and focused on print and embroidery design. Thus the pairing of these two designers has created the couture asthetic designs of Marchesa.

Herve Leger by Herve L. Leroux - French Leroux adopted his current name after he lost the rights to the Herve Leger name. So how does he make the bandage dress that conforms to a woman's curves? He uses materials traditionally used with foundation garments. In September 1998, Gerve Leger was acquired by the BCBG Max Azria Group this was the 1st acquistion of a french couturier by an American designer. In April 2007 Max Azria relaunched the Herve Leger brand under his own design direction.

Fashionably yours,

Karen Abiog xoxo