The Harbingers of Design…
week 2
This series will spotlight global innovators who are
original, known, lesser known and some perchance even already highly regarded
and respected within their areas of expertise.
The common thread is style and fashion; whether it takes its form in
interiors, apparel, accessories, retail, photography or any of the related
professions that surround fashion and style.
Please note that some of my “cast members ” have chosen to follow a path
than includes utilizing the “tools” of the past thereby rendering a new and
modern vision for today’s climate of fashion and style. These “createurs” are
at the vanguard of design and style … in my opinion … and so I will introduce
them to you on an international stage starting today .
Let’s talk fashion, today we speak of fashion in its truest
form... clothing. This might seems a bit
of an understatement when we speak of
clothing is haute couture, in the sense of made to measure, and by hand and
then we speak of ready to wear and yes you are all familiar with that term … as
an FYI , don’t think Calvin Klein!
What or who you might not be familiar with is today’s
Harbinger of Design; his name is Lloyd Klein.
All facets of this designer’s world are available at his eponymous shop
in Los Angeles which houses the universe that is Lloyd Klein. The clothes range from languid to razor sharp
and from demure to cutting edge and from the dramatic to the demure. One is palpably taken by the influences of
Ferre, St. Laurent and Gres. Yet when the
influences and inspirations are mixed into the Klein cocktail” the result is decidedly
distinctive but these are pieces that are not the clothes of uninformed or
wishy washy. We are talking bold, we are
talking statement, we are talking stand out and most of all we are speaking
about clothes that are crafted and created in ways that are usually found in
Paris rather than in Los Angeles.
The question you have to ask yourself is … can you handle
it?
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