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While I have always been a fan of Rebecca Minkoff's bags I just actually met her a few weeks ago when she invited bloggers to her studio to see her new giftable collection and have a holiday cookie decorating party! Her warm and open demeanor and how easily she relates with fashion bloggers impressed me. You totally see how she "gets" today's stylish urban girls and her designs reflect that as well. The giftable collection has great smaller pieces in basic black or great jewel tones and like all her pieces they have subtle details that make them special and get tons of compliments like on this Studded Rockette bag which comes in it's own box ready to be wrapped. (see more below!)
She nicely agreed to answer our questions!



If you could live in another era, when would it be and why?
I’d want to live during the 1920s… such an incredible time for fashion and history.

What’s a movie you're looking forward to seeing this season?
Black Swan with Natalie Portman

What is a current obsession?
MADE HER THINK Jewelry

Do you read fashion magazines? If so what are your current favorite(s)
I love reading international Vogue’s- they have amazing editorials and photography.

Describe your style as a friend would
Classic with a twist

What style/trend (current or past) do you hope is never recycled
The crazy head pieces- Could never wear those anywhere!

What style/trend would you like to see come back?
Booties! For my debut footwear collection for spring 2011 I designed the Dolly Bootie that is sure to be a staple in every shoe collection for the Rebecca Minkoff brand. We made them in pony hair calf and buttery leathers in a variety of color ways to wear with every outfit!

Has the internet changed the fashion industry? How?
The internet has made fashion more accessible to anyone and everyone on multiple levels. We have embraced all social media outlets since the beginning of the company and have found that the Rebecca Minkoff customer is technologically savvy. I have my own blog on our website called Minkette and it's the perfect hub to allow customers to feel not only a deeper connection to me and the brand, but also for me to develop stronger relationships with my consumers.

Can we find you on twitter?
Of Course! @REBECCAMINKOFF

finish this sentence:
I love New York because…
THERE IS NO OTHER CITY IN THE WORLD LIKE IT!! IT’S THE BEST OF AMERICA AND A TASTE OF THE REST OF THE WORLD.

Momma always told me…
BE PERSISTENT!


 

The story began in 2006 when Brooklyn Designer Samantha Pleet debuted her namesake collection, intertwining elements of the mysterious and fantastical with a sense of modernity.
Each season new and ancient ideas from music, art, history, and literature are conjured along with various feelings and are transformed into Pleet's silhouettes, then shown in collaborative projects from films, photographs to unique installations.

The clothes, made in New York City using organic materials whenever possible, have become favorites among creative girls around the world including musicians like Beach House, The Dirty Projectors, and Au Revoir Simone.

She has collaborated with Urban Outfitters on Rapscallion by Samantha Pleet which led to curating the inaugural pop up shop at Space 15 Twenty in Los Angeles. The  Pratt graduate gardens, paints, travels, and hunts for treasure in her spare time.

If you could live in another era, when would it be and why?
 I would want live in Venice in the middle ages for many reasons, it was beautiful, there was influence from different cultures brought in by all the merchants, there were fun parties, good wine, and the women wore really tall platform shoes. 

What’s your favorite movie?
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders

What is a current obsession?
Plants

Do you read fashion magazines? If so what are your current favorite?
Dossier Journal

Describe your style as a friend would
She wears an alchemy of influence from French New Wave, grunge, and wizardry.

What style/trend do you hope is never recycled
Polyester shirts

What style/trend would you like to see come back?
Hats everyday

Has the Internet changed the fashion industry? How?
Yes dramatically, now resources, designer collections and other information is easily accessible, trends spread faster, and more people can be a part of the industry.

Can we find you on twitter?
@samanthapleet

finish this sentence:
I love New York because…there is magic in the air

photos by ANDREW DEFRANCESCO

 You can find Samantha Pleet's designs
in NYC
Bird
203 Grand Street (between Bedford and Driggs Avenues ) Williamsburg, Brooklyn

US Online
Bona Drag

UK Online
The Moon and Mars

for her complete stocklist visit www.samanthapleet.com

Hello lovelies, I want to give more play to NYC based designers and others in the fashion industry. So every friday I'm going to do a short profile with someone new. I'm starting it off with Althea Harper who you might know from her stint on Project Runway. After PR she moved to NYC and gained more experience by working for Tory Burch while still working on her own label. She was listed as one of 6 designers to watch this past fashion week by Refinery29 which piqued my interest and then when I attended her showing during this past fashion week I fell in love with the cool simplicity of her designs.  I met up with her this past week again to take her photo and she couldn't be nicer. Talented and nice? A great combination!

If you could live in another era, when would it be and why?
I consider myself a modernist and I love the future so I can not think of another time period that I would prefer to live. I don't think I could handle living in an era that didn't have woman's rights!!

What is your favorite movie?
I love the movies Great Expectations, And God Created Woman, Repulsion, Azucar Amarga

What is a current obsession?
Military boots- where comfort and fashion meet!!

Do you read fashion magazines? If so what are your current favorites?
I love Elle, ID, Love, Purple

Describe your style as a friend would describe it. 
A juxtaposition between drape and tailoring, comfort and fit and chic and sexy.

What style/trend (current or past) do you hope is never recycled?
moon boots

What style/trend would you like to see come back?
Flare leg pants- they are great for curvy girls! I love my skinny jeans, but I would like to wear my boot cuts without feeling like a dork....

Has the internet changed the fashion industry? How? 
 It has made fashion more accessible to more people, it doesn't matter where you live. It also put people more in contact with the designer which is great!

Can we find you on twitter? @altheaharper

Finish this sentence:
1. I love New York because…
or
2. Momma always told me… if you can believe it you can achieve it!!!

Below a photo from Althea's Spring 2011 Collection- see more on her website


HARMONICS
I was inspired by sound waves- the shapes they make and how they symbolize our communication to one another.  I took the curves of the waves and then contoured them on the body to enhance the female form through both cut and print.  I wanted to create a statement for a woman, through the shapes of sound, to communicate to the world without even saying a word. –Althea Harper