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Lacoste Spring 2013 Collection
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Charlotte Ronson Spring 2013
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Nicole Miller Spring 2013
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Czar By Cesar Galindo Spring 2013
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Richard Chai Spring 2013 Collection
BCBGMAXAZRIA Spring 2013 Collection
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Spring Ahead…Fashion Week Is Here
It‘s September, the humidity festival is winding down and you know what that means FAMERS – that’s right –it’s Fashion Week! The Spring 2013 collections are sweeping the city and Lincoln Center is the hub of all things new and trendy. Fashion Week started yesterday with Fashion’s Night Out, featuring scores of discounts and in-store events and ends on September 13. There are lots of designers that don’t show at Lincoln Center and F.A.M.E NYC’s pledges to show you its favorite shows for the upcoming season. I hope you will enjoy the slideshows and videos. Now enough chatter…Let’s Go!
New York Mouth, Indie Food in Your Neighborhood
On Broadway, the changes a neighborhood witnesses over time is cleverly explored through the Tony-award winning play Clybourne Park. But while Clybourne Park touches on potential unsavory topics such as race, real estate and gentrification, a company in Brooklyn attempts to but a better taste in the mouths of New Yorkers.
New York Mouth is a Brooklyn-based e- commerce company that specializes in bringing its customers the best boutique treats. In my parents’ day, before huge supermarket chains became the standard, people purchased their food at butchers, bakeries and fruit and vegetable stands. New York Mouth is seeking to return the personal relationship between the customer and retailer by featuring a select group of indie food producers, some of whom hail from Brooklyn, all of whom share a common ingredient – quality.
On August 7, New York Mouth and Serino Coyne, Broadway’s premiere advertising and branding agency, hosted an evening out on Times Square most provocative block – Clybourne Park. As patrons left the play, now in the final weeks of its Tony-award winning run, they were received a bite-sized, chocolate sample of what New York Mouth has to offer. The chocolate was like edible silk, dissolving in your mouth as soon as it touched your tongue. I have also sampled other goodies from the makers profiled on New York Mouth and was delighted. With every bite I was aware of the passion these makers have for their food. I’ve heard that Twizzlers make mouths happy, well all I have to say to that is, watch out Twizzlers, you have some gourmet competition.
To see what products you may want to stock your fridge with, click http://www.newyorkmouth.com/.
To purchase tickets for Clybourne Park before it vacates on September 2, click http://clybournepark.com/.
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The Splendor of the Lens
My first introduction to Oscar Correcher’s work was through viewing the photo album of model/actor Hector Lincoln on Facebook. He had uploaded a few new photos, shot by Oscar, which I found to be gorgeous. A lot has always been said about the love affair between a model and the camera. We have all heard derivatives of the expression, “The camera just loves him or her!” And while this can be true, not much is said about the romance between a photographer and the camera. If the camera and a model have a love affair, then the photographer guides the liaison. The photographer is the person responsible for the shot that makes consumers want to purchase the latest trends. They are an essential component to the fashion world. And it takes love and passion to stand with dozens of photographers during fashion week and fight to get a good shot as a model walks the runway or to wake up early to get the best light for a photo shoot.
As a former model, Oscar’s relationship with the camera has been from both sides. His love and passion for life has prompted him to travel the world, capturing the beauty of experience. Whether it is a fashion story or Dali, his canine, Oscar’s photos lure the viewer in to a world of splendor. Recently, I had the opportunity to ask him a few questions about fashion, New York City and his bucket list.
Tell me about your background and travels.
I was born in Barcelona, Spain. At the age of 17, I went to London, when I was 19 to Paris and when I was 21, I came to NYC.
When did you first fall in love with photography?
When I started seeing old black and white pictures at home with my family. When I was eight years old, my father gave me my first camera, a second hand camera that he got on the streets of Barcelona on a Sunday.
What was the first camera you ever owned?
Professionally, a Chinon 35mm that a friend had sitting at home on the lower east side, we didn’t even know if it was going to work.
What year did you move to New York?
October 1997
What made you want to move to New York City?
The need of keep traveling and having new experiences in the world.
Has your experience as a model assisted your eye as a photographer?
Definitely! It wakes up a sense of intuition.
What do you love most about shooting fashion stories?
Being able to tell stories and show locations and places by using a theme or clothing.
What is the importance of photography to the business of fashion?
It is a way of translating what the brand or the designer is about or wants to communicate to the public for that particular season.
Who are your top five designers and why?
Yves Saint Laurent, Lanvin, Alexander McQueen, Ann Demeulemeester, Alexander Wang and Richard Chai because of their perfection/style, beauty and hard work.
If you had a photography bucket list, tell me the top three:
Locations
The dessert, Brazil and cities from all over the world.
Celebrities/Artists
Deepak Chopra, Oprah Winfrey and Lady Gaga (an amazing young and very talented young lady from our time).
Random Things
Love, friendship and kindness.
What do you have planned for the rest of 2012?
To keep doing what I love and improving myself by learning and sharing.
To view Oscar Correcher’s photography, click oscarcorrecherphotography.dphoto.com.
Photo courtesy of Oscar Correcher
It’s Good To Be The King
Or at least the CEO. According to MSN Money, fashion icon and creator of the Polo dynasty Ralph Lauren’s income as a CEO is $66.7 million dollars. The average salary for a Ralph Lauren employee is $$50,200. Now for you FAMERS that hate math as much as I do, that is a CEO-to-worker pay ratio of 1,328-to-1…Holy Hemline! We all know that there would be no Polo Ralph Lauren without the master designer; he is the founder of this colossal fashion and lifestyle brand. And this fact is not lost on Polo Ralph Lauren’s board which bestows homage by granting him with options and restricted stock.
In high school Lauren wrote in his yearbook that he wanted to be a millionaire. Well, I think he can cross that one off his bucket list. Although Mr. Polo appeared on MSN Money’s “7 CEOs pulling in outsized paychecks” article, Lauren, unlike some of the other CEOs, is in a unique position. He is after all only reaping the benefits of a dream he had and turned into reality. No one ever smote King Midas for his golden touch, did they?
To read the entire MSN Money article, click http://money.msn.com/investing/7-ceos-pulling-in-outsized-paychecks.
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