Alice and Olivia NYFW SS 2019 Review
The Alice and Olivia Spring 2019 collection was created for a woman who lives her life internationally. Seamlessly moving from city to city while living with luxurious abandon and an embrace of youthful elegance. This was evident from the moment you arrived. As guests were greeted outside the venue by a yacht decked out in the rich colors and cultural references that comprised the collection. All precursors to the presentation awaiting inside Pier59. Managed by partner Booking.com, the boat was available for overnight stays throughout Fashion Week and had already been booked at the time of the show.
Inside the venue Creative Director Stacey Bendet created scenes from Paris, Provence, Marrakesh, Positano, Careyes, and Tokyo. That comprised an immersive experience appropriately named “Wonderland”. Each vignette was home to multiple models adorned in patterns and vibrant colors influenced by the region they represented. The energy in the room was palettable. As celebrities such as Katie Holmes, Nicky Hilton-Rothschild, and Caitlyn Jenner mixed with a bevy of media influencers and guests. Jackets, pants, floral prints, short skirts, floor length dresses, layered looks, and brightly colored matched sets abounded. There was indeed something for every Alice and Olivia fan. Diversity was not limited to color and cultural reference as the models represented a range of countries and ethnicities.
As Benet noted, “I’m excited to merger the world of travel with fashion. To highlight the influence travel has on personal style and to give women from all walks of life a way to connect with clothing…”
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Thomas Wener is our Editor at Large since August 16th 2016. He is the author of the book "The Fashion Image" for Bloomsbury Press, London (2017), and an Assistant Professor and past Photography Program Director at Parsons School of Design in New York. The former owner of Thomas Werner Gallery in Manhattan’s Chelsea Art District, he currently lectures internationally on topics of photography, fashion, education, and contemporary professional practices, and recently lead a team developing a media and literacy web site and resource center in five languages, Spanish, French, Russian, Arabic and English for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations/UNESCO. Thomas has worked with the Department of State as a cultural representative in Russia, and been a photography consultant for COACH and Rodale Publishing, among others. He is a recurrent instructor at the United Nations Education First Summer School, and is presenting workshops on effective message development and communication on an international basis.
Over the last nine years his personal work has been Russia and Ukraine centric, spending an average or 70 days a year there partnering with 33 cultural, educational, and governmental organizations to develop projects in 34 cities. The focus of this work has been the introduction of the principles of civil society, the advancement of media literacy and contemporary education methodologies, and the development of creative cultures within the country. He has curated exhibitions in the United States and abroad, and his personal art work and private collection of Russian photographs and artifacts have been exhibited internationally.
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