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Eckhaus Latta Toasts to 10 Atop The Standard

February 24, 2022

Mike Eckhaus and Zoe Latta have much to celebrate. Their brainchild label, Eckhaus Latta, has broken boundaries and stands as a pillar of independent American fashion design. At this season’s New York Fashion Week, Eckhaus Latta turned 10, and to celebrate, the pair threw one of the most memorable after parties of the year in the penthouse of The Standard Hotel in the East Village. Fashion week goers scrambled through the lobby of the hotel to make it into one of the heavily guarded elevators up. office was among those lucky enough to make it up.

The party provided the perfect backdrop for the brand’s celebration. New York classics such as Hari Nef, Chloe Wise, and Richie Shazam were among those commemorating the brand. With champagne flowing and songs blasting through the floor to ceiling windows onto the wraparound highrise terrace, the designers and their followers danced the night away and basked in a decade of hard work and dedication to the industry. Congratulations to 10 years of Eckhaus Latta!

Text by Deren Owji
Photos courtesy of BFA

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Dion Lee Brings Sex Back to NYFW

February 23, 2022

For his Fall/Winter 2022 collection, Dion Lee took his followers on a journey to a techno wonderland. Lee transformed a desolate Brooklyn warehouse into a grand runway to unveil a 49 look display of magnetic sex appeal. With expert crossovers of fine lace couture and beautifully knit silhouettes, The designer ascended to mastery and took his rightful spot as a mainstay of the New York Fashion Week schedule. While already known for his skin-tight, sexy shapes, Lee took the aesthetic of bondage to new and exciting heights with a handful of latex and leather creations. These paired with hair-raising displays of new outerwear and footwear rounded out the collection and left absolutely nothing to the imagination.

Following the presentation in Brooklyn, editors and it-girls among audience members shuttled themselves across the East River to downtown Manhattan to celebrate Valentine's Day with Dion Lee. The designer teamed up with the next-gen dating app FEELD to throw a lovers' day rager to remember. With Berlin-based nouveau techno legend VTSS on deck, the party soon turned The Palace into 'The Panorama Bar' as dancers flooded the floor and gave life to the rave. From the fashion to the festivities, Dion Lee gave us the complete fantasy, and we simply can't get enough.

Text by Deren Owji
Photos courtesy of Dion Lee

View Dion Lee’s full Fall/Winter 2022 collection here.

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Shayne Oliver is Fashion’s God of Chaos

February 23, 2022

Walking into the 2nd night of Shayne Oliver's “Headless” presentation, no one knew exactly what was in store. Looking around, though, it felt like all of New York was there. As the crowd made its way up several flights of escalators towards the Griffin Theater of 'The Shed', a powerful bass could be heard permeating the doors of the auditorium. An ominous sound, or more so a sensation would soon engulf everyone in its presence. It isn’t easy to believe anyone would have waited quite as long if it wasn’t for Shayne Oliver, but eventually, the show kicked off, and it was exhilarating.

Work lights beamed across the auditorium halls as the speakers began to flood the space with Oliver and Arca’s collaborative composition through the Anonymous Club collective, Wench, which accompanied the debut collection. Suddenly, models began to populate the area, marching into the mob from every which way. Oliver did not provide the runway; the crowd was tasked with forging its own. While it led to some roadblocks and collisions, this seems to be precisely what Oliver had in mind. For much of fashion week, nearly everyone in the crowd had most likely sat obediently in assigned seats for shows with straightforward starts, middles, and ends. That changed here.

Text by Deren Owji
Images courtesy of Andrew Morales/WWD

With “Headless,” Oliver asked his audience to trust the process and let go of themselves into the vibe. It may not be the ideal scenario for some in the fashion scene, but it is exactly what New York has been missing lately: lawlessness. Leave it to Shayne Oliver to claim his throne as New York Fashion Week’s god of chaos.

The looks consisted of motifs familiar from Hood by Air runways such as overly accentuated, boxy shoulders, and fantastically proportioned and intentionally deformed footwear. Pieces such as Swarovski-bedazzled Telfar bags beg the question of upcoming collaborations yet to be answered. The show was rounded out by a finale featuring Eartheater. The singer, adorned in a custom Shayne Oliver gown, gave the audience one last surprise with a performance before the festivities concluded. What’s next for Oliver’s new label is wholly unclear at this point, but it seems that’s just how he wants it.

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