Stephan Schneider is no stranger to the fashion scene, but his name is not likely to roll off the lips of most. A graduate of Antwerp’s Academy for Fine Arts, Schneider was instantly recognized as a talent to watch and since 1994, his career has been picking up momentum. Schneider subscribes to the Demeulmeester school of thought crafting both a womens and mens line out of the same materials and patterns. Schneider’s spring collection is a tranquil sea of light and airy grays perfect for any wardrobe.
“The [clothes] are relaxed yet sophisticated, and it is this combination that distinguishes the collection from the rest.” [JC Report]
Seven New York Revamps
Seven New York has finally joined the modern age and revamped their website. Now you can checkout and make purchases online. They also just posted their Henrik Vibskov buys. Check out the tweed cape above. It’s love at first sight.
Slow and Steady Wins the Race
Slow and Steady Wins the Race. But why? Maybe, because wearing the up and coming label nearly guarantees you will walk into a room without endearing the fashion faux pau if wearing the same piece as someone else.
THE SLOW AND STEADY WINS THE RACE MISSION:
How come experimental ideas only exist in the high-priced avant-gardian realm? How come The Gap and H&M only provide trickle down basics?
Slow and Steady Wins the Race transposes these two different arenas into each other.
Slow and Steady Wins the Race is a new clothing label, presented as a bimonthly clothing diary, cataloguing ideas that are focused on a specific and fundamental characteristic of clothing design.
With each issue, Slow and Steady Wins the Race intends to slowly open the cap on a more democratic dissemination, promotion and appreciation of clothing.
The mission of the label is to push and produce interesting and significant pieces from the simplest and most inexpensive fabrics and materials.
Only one hundred copies of each issue will be printed and distributed to magazines and select stores and only one hundred pieces of each style will produced.
Pictures from Slow and Steady Wins the Race
Picture Break – Rick Owens
“Yes, I like that effect – creating a universe. I think that’s what a designer has to do to be a true designer. The whole thing of changing all the time too. I like that Oscar Wilde saying: ‘Fashion is one industry that hates itself so much that it has to change itself every six months. (Actually: “Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.”) It is kind of true and I always wanted to be someone who kept a really specific vision all the way through and there are times I have wobbled. Even if people do not like it, tey sense the conviction, they respect that and that’s the main thing for me.” – Rick Owens, QVEST, Aug/Sep 2008
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