\ RUNWAY MAGAZINE ®: September 2022

September 15, 2022

Michael Kors Spring 2023 New York Runway

Michael Kors Spring Summer 2023 New York Runway. Anne Hathaway attended the show as Andy from Devil Wears Prada. Story by RUNWAY MAGAZINE. Photo Courtesy: Michael Kors / GettyImages.

Michael Kors presented Spring Summer 2023, or perhaps resort summer collection today dedicated as always to New York. He defined this collection as a tribute to polish and sleek elegance of big city.

Urban Resort – that is how Michael Kors defined his new collection. With a runway that juxtaposed the sleekness of the city with greenery inspired by a resort getaway, the show celebrated the fusion of urbanity and nature. Big city polish juxtaposed with relaxed resort glamour, which premiered live this morning on a palm-lined on New York Runway.

Anne Hathaway attended the show, and probably without a special impression she took look of Andy from Devil Wears Prada. Massive comments about this comic appearance blow all social media networks. And yes, she stole the show.

Anne Hathaway as Andy from Devil Wears Prada, Anna Wintour at Michael Kors Spring Summer 2023 New York Runway
Anne Hathaway as Andy from Devil Wears Prada, Anna Wintour at Michael Kors Spring Summer 2023 New York Runway

The Starbucks coffee mug is noted under the seat of Anna Wintour… Did Andy bring it to her?

Michael Kors Spring Summer 2023 New York Runway Magazine
Michael Kors Spring Summer 2023 New York Runway Magazine

Michael Kors Spring Summer 2023 New York Runway Magazine
Michael Kors Spring Summer 2023 New York Runway Magazine


Michael Kors Spring Summer 2023 New York Runway Magazine
Michael Kors Spring Summer 2023 New York Runway Magazine

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September 10, 2022

25th Anniversary Fendi Baguette New York show

25th Anniversary Fendi Baguette New York show. Fendi Resort 2023. Story by Eleonora de Gray, Editor-in-Chief of RUNWAY MAGAZINE.

To celebrate 25 years Fendi Baguette Silvia Venturini Fendi decided to bring fabulous Fendi Spring 2023 show in New York City. The show took place at historic Hammerstein Ballroom, at Manhattan Center. Her show was not part of New York Fashion Week, even though it was a first day of the fashion week Spring Summer 2023 season. 

The house unveiled a special fashion show spotlighting iterations of the Iconic style designed by Silvia Venturini Fendi and Kim Jones in collaboration with Marc Jacobs, Tiffany and Co, Porter Yoshida and Sarah Jessica Parker.

“It was a special day when I designed this bag; the stars aligned. The horoscope said it was a Fendi day,” – said Silvia Venturini Fendi

“I didn’t want to do a traditional ‘collection’ for the anniversary. Rather it’s a celebration of a time, of the moment the Baguette became famous. I relate that time to a sense of freedom in excess and fun – both qualities the Baguette possesses,” – said Kim Jones, Artistic Director of Womenswear, Fendi.

“I’ve got one word: Fendiroma. And it is one word! It is another land, this Fendiroma… And I’ve got two words: The Baguette. It’s a bag – and I am never one to shy away from an iconic bag,” – said Marc Jacobs, Creative Director and Founder, Marc Jacobs.

At once interpretations and celebrations of the Baguette in this 25th Anniversary year, the collections of Kim Jones and Silvia Venturini Fendi at Fendi, Marc Jacobs, Tiffany & Co, Sarah Jessica Parker and Porter pay tribute to the bag and the city in which its place in pop culture history was sealed – New York.



Moved Sarah Jessica Parker said that “I finally left the house and landed in Fendi wonderland. Our top secret collaboration on the iconic Fendi baguette was revealed on the runway tonight, and four colorways are due to arrive sparkly and ready just in time for the holidays. This eve I got to Carrie/carry the lavender delight. The whole show was a feast.”

Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Kardashian at 25 years Fendi Baguette Runway Magazine
Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Kardashian at 25 years Fendi Baguette Runway Magazine

Linda Evangelista at 25 years Fendi Baguette Runway Magazine
Linda Evangelista at 25 years Fendi Baguette Runway Magazine

Taking inspiration from the object itself, a moment in time, as well as the spirit and geography of place, the Baguette is realised in a multiplicity of ways, both in terms of clothing and accessories, reflecting the maker as much as the iconic item, while never neglecting the enjoyment and sense of celebration for the wearer.

In this rough-cut romance between uptown and downtown, luxury and utility, excess and reality, the Baguette and the clothing and accessories it inspires are at once defined as a moment in history and part of a continuum with today.

For Fendi, the essential utility of the bag becomes a multi-pocketed motif, migrating throughout the collection. The unmistakable Baguette dimensions made mini and micro pockets, appearing on parkas to gaiters, roving all over the body, covering gloves, hats, skirts, sweaters and, of course, the bag itself in one of its new iterations. In contrast and cohesion, a sense of hyper-luxe and glossy glamour pervades the collection – the Baguette is not entirely utilitarian after all. Those gaiters are made from silk satin, that parka shaved mink or glossy leather; a stratification of sequins and biased cut silks are often layered beneath, adding a shimmer of art deco allure.

For Marc Jacobs, grand dimensions from another time are contrasted with the humble origins of today and in so doing banish notions of costume in his collection. A reflection of the glittering and gritty New York cityscape the casual is made formal in parachute train skirts, balloon-backed broken denim jackets, rustling cellophane opera capes and fluro recycled fur stoles and hats. The glitter of rhinestones, silver, and fluro yellow pervades, becoming an almost literal example of ‘local colour’; inspired by the glass frontages and workman’s safety vests to be found on the city’s streets.

Exaggerated, platformed and oversized, the take on the Baguette itself also shares something of these silhouettes’ grand gestures – elongated and gleaming, replete with multiple mini versions of itself attached. ‘Fendi at Tiffany’s’ might be the name for the meeting of these two grand edifices. Here, the storied New York institution takes on the Baguette and reimagines it in its most precious of forms, through its use of sterling silver, enamel, croco, white gold and diamonds.

The T and the F complement each other in logo white gold fastenings, encrusted in diamonds while shining crocodile takes on the hue of Tiffany Blue – a colour which also irresistibly permeates the Fendi clothing palette. Perhaps most startling of all is an unprecedented Baguette made entirely of stippled sterling silver. Crafted by hand over a period of four months by the Tiffany artisans, the bag is engraved with lilies and roses – the national flower of Italy and New York State, respectively. It is also the first of Fendi’s ‘Hand in Hand’ partnerships to come from outside Italy and is a measure of Tiffany & Co’s superlative
craftsmanship.

“It’s not a bag, it’s a Baguette,” declared Sarah Jessica Parker in Sex and the City and the pop apotheosis of the Baguette was complete. It is a statement that is also inscribed inside each of SJP’s capsule bags, or rather Baguettes. Designed alongside SVF (that’s Silvia Venturini Fendi), embroidered in degradé sequins with a palette of purple, wasabi, baby pink or soft blue, the bags feature four interchangeable buckles to suit the wearer’s mood.

In contrast, the supreme utility of the Japanese luggage brand Porter, gives the Baguette a decidedly masculine bent. Known for their hard-wearing bonded nylon – that nevertheless exudes beauty and luxury – together with precision Japanese craftsmanship, here lightness and functionality are key. The Porter collection is also a proponent of one of the Baguette’s latest incarnations: the Bum Baguette.

25 years Fendi Baguette New York Show - Fendi Resort 2023 Runway Magazine
25 years Fendi Baguette New York Show - Fendi Resort 2023 Runway Magazine


25 years Fendi Baguette New York Show - Fendi Resort 2023 Runway Magazine
25 years Fendi Baguette New York Show - Fendi Resort 2023 Runway Magazine


25 years Fendi Baguette New York Show - Fendi Resort 2023 Runway Magazine
25 years Fendi Baguette New York Show - Fendi Resort 2023 Runway Magazine


25 years Fendi Baguette New York Show - Fendi Resort 2023 Runway Magazine
25 years Fendi Baguette New York Show - Fendi Resort 2023 Runway Magazine


25 years Fendi Baguette New York Show - Fendi Resort 2023 Runway Magazine
25 years Fendi Baguette New York Show - Fendi Resort 2023 Runway Magazine


25 years Fendi Baguette New York Show - Fendi Resort 2023 Runway Magazine
25 years Fendi Baguette New York Show - Fendi Resort 2023 Runway Magazine

Photo Courtesy: Fendi / GettyImages

September 9, 2022

New York Fashion Week 2022 Opening Night

New York Fashion Week 2022 Opening Night. New York Fashion Week 2022 is a swag – New York Mayor Eric Adams. Story by Eleonora de Gray, Editor-in-Chief of RUNWAY MAGAZINE.

Yep, it’s official. New York Fashion Week is a swag, according to nightlife New York Mayor Eric Adams. And yes, he opened New York Fashion Week last night, the night when the whole world mourn Queen Elizabeth II.

“New York is as cool as can be right now,” Eric Adams said in his opening speech, “in Gracie Mansion with this room full of folks with swag.”

Swag – Swagger meaning: walk or behave in a very arrogant or aggressive way.

Swag is a slang which came from 1960s. Back there it meant “loot”, and it came from a term thieves used to describe stolen goods. And it is how, according to Merriam-Webster, swag became a new world for “freebies”, promotional free given goods. Where New York Mayor Eric Adams got this slang from, you might ask? Check out his biography. Former policemen, who straighten up his life after looting. Does he really?

New York Mayor Eric Adams, Anna Wintour, Steven Kolb, CFDA CEO - NYFW 2022
New York Mayor Eric Adams, Anna Wintour, Steven Kolb, CFDA CEO - NYFW 2022

New York Mayor Eric Adams was co-hosting the opening party with Steven Kolb, CEO of the Council of the Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), and Anna Wintour. This is the second fashion week since Adams took office. During his first, in February, he was seen sitting in the front row at Michael Kors’s runway show, beside Wintour. He also attended the Met Gala, and Balenciaga show.

New York Times published a very sarcastic article “Mr. Mayor, Who Are You Wearing?” about this opening New York Fashion Week night and Eric Adams.

Vanity Fair went even further: “The New York Times recently published a front-page story that focused on the mechanics and finances of Adams’s regular evenings at the restaurant Osteria La Baia, which is run by two friends, the brothers Robert and Zhan Petrosyants, who pleaded guilty to felony charges in 2014 after federal prosecutors accused them of money laundering.” And this is just top of the hill.

That night went “swaggingly” well.

New York Mayor Eric Adams, Anna Wintour, Steven Kolb, CFDA CEO - NYFW 2022
New York Mayor Eric Adams, Anna Wintour, Steven Kolb, CFDA CEO - NYFW 2022

Eric Adams published on his instagram several photos about this event with the description: “There’s a reason New York City is home to Fashion Week, just look around our city and check out all the incredible style! It was an honor to join CFDA and Vogue Magazine last night to help kick off New York Fashion Week 2022. Let’s head to the runway!”

He received massive wave of the comments like this one: “Are you going to get the drug addicts, criminals. and homeless off the street or just continue to prance around like a socialite???”

To add here New York officials recently declared a disaster due to polio outbreak In New York which have infected THOUSANDS in the state. It comes after officials announced the detection of the virus in wastewater in April 2022. But how this problem can be compared to fashion, and “business” dinners at Osteria La Baia, owned by felons-friends?

But let’s face it, the best way according to the Mayor Adams is to battle criminals with fashion. In the article on CFDA website, describing this evening and speech of Eric Adams, he was expressing his admiration to fashion and his personal fashion sense, “When I want to place emphasis on ending gun violence, a designer comes to me to design my tuxedo with “End Gun Violence” on the back of it drawn over the entire subway system to show we must be safe in our city.”

That’s one way to do it…. But not the way a mayor should. Even Mayor in “Jews” didn’t go that far!

New York Mayor Eric Adams, Anna Wintour, Steven Kolb, Michael Kors, Thom Browne - NYFW 2022
New York Mayor Eric Adams, Anna Wintour, Steven Kolb, Michael Kors, Thom Browne - NYFW 2022

Eric Adams also expressed his admiration to Anna Wintour: “No person personifies the spirit and energy more than Anna, the Angel that Wears Prada. Her love for this city is remarkable. Her dedication, commitment, and how she talks about what this city will become.” Another personal friend, I presume.

Mayor Adams is also announced that “This week, we will move about and know you are a 600-million-dollar juggernaut just in this week alone. That is twice the amount we make than if we had the Superbowl here. You bring the economy to the city with 100,000 employees, 100 million dollars’ tax revenue; you bring the character, the posture, and the stance of this city; you are the exclamation point of New York. New York is back! We are live; we will bring the artistic energy and the diversity we are known for. We will make this a signature event every year that I am Mayor.”

Who gave him these numbers? These numbers were valid when designers like Ralph Lauren participated in New York Fashion Week. But I guess these numbers were not calculated by the participants at the New York Fashion Week. These are just global numbers of fashion business in USA. Who he wants to fool? This New York Fashion Week, like any other previous fashion week is a week presenting mainly emerging designers who don’t have this kind of money to invest in one show, and hire so many people. Get real!

Mayor Eric Adams, Anna Wintour, Tommy Hilfiger at Gracie Mansion - NYFW 2022 opening
Mayor Eric Adams, Anna Wintour, Tommy Hilfiger at Gracie Mansion - NYFW 2022 opening

Steven Kolb, CFDA CEO, was also quite pleased with the new New York administration and the way Mayor is handling the fashion industry. “I love that he opened Gracie Mansion. Mayor Di Blasio did this 8 years ago, but this is different. He supported manufacturing initiatives and economic development; he saw it and elevated and collaborated on it. Mayor Adams sees that too, but he also sees the creativity. He understands the seriousness of fashion but also the magic of it,” he said.

This evening attended “swaggers”: Tommy Hilfiger, Michael Kors, Thom Browne, Tory Burch, Vera Wang, Stan Herman, Andrew Bolton, Victor Glemaud, Karlie Kloss, Aurora James, Emily Ratajkowski, Cynthia Rowley, Rebecca Minkoff, Stacy Bendet, Lauren Santo Domingo, Derek Blasberg, Willy Chavarria, Dee Ocleppo, Bach Mai and Carly Cushnie among others.

Swag it all off, guys! Perhaps this is a time for a new clean start for these emerging designers who are so eager to show what they are capable of. After all New York is always rich on talents.

Photo Courtesy: Mayor Eric Adams / BFA