MAGGIE NORRIS & MICHEL PIRANESI: 'Marlene' Eyewear + Jewels by the tableful

reporter: Miguel Dominguez

On January 30th, designer Maggie Norris and jeweler Michel Piranesi banded together at Selima Optique to show off their latest creations. For Maggie, it was the unveiling of her new design in eyewear, 'Marlene'. V.I.P.s in the worlds of fashion, the performing arts and the social scene made up the spirited crowd.

A NIGHT IN THE UKRAINE: Fashions

reporter: Miguel Dominguez

On March 28, the Fashion Committee at the National Arts Club arranged a discussion and a runway presentation celebration of Ukrainian fashions featuring the collections of Oksana Karavanska, Nataliya Kholodylo and Elena Vasilevsky.

FTL MODA + ART, HEARTS, FASHION: M the Movement

reporter: Miguel Dominguez

On February 13th, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the largest AIDS organization in the United States, presented the FTL Moda + ART, HEARTS, FASHION event to promote the connection between fashion and philanthropy and to support the next generation of young designers while promoting AIDS awareness.

FTL MODA+ART HEARTS FASHION: Mister Triple X

reporter: Miguel Dominguez

On February 13th, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the largest AIDS organization in the United States, presented the FTL Moda + ART, HEARTS, FASHION event to promote the connection between fashion and philanthropy and to support the next generation of young designers while promoting AIDS awareness.

FTL MODA + ART, HEARTS, FASHION: Furne Amato

reporter: Miguel Dominguez

On February 13th, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the largest AIDS organization in the United States, presented the FTL Moda + ART, HEARTS, FASHION event to promote the connection between fashion and philanthropy and to support the next generation of young designers while promoting AIDS awareness.

FTL MODA + ART HEARTS FASHION: Altaf Maaneshia

reporter: Miguel Dominguez

On February 13th, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the largest AIDS organization in the United States, presented the FTL Moda + ART, HEARTS, FASHION event to promote the connection between fashion and philanthropy and to support the next generation of young designers while promoting AIDS awareness.

FTL MODA + ART, HEARTS, FASHION: Control Sector

reporter: Miguel Dominguez

On February 13th, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the largest AIDS organization in the United States, presented the FTL Moda + ART, HEARTS, FASHION event to promote the connection between fashion and philanthropy and to support the next generation of young designers while promoting AIDS awareness.

FTL MODA + ART, HEARTS, FASHION: Giada Curti

reporter: Miguel Dominguez

On February 13th, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the largest AIDS organization in the United States, presented the FTL Moda + ART, HEARTS, FASHION event to promote the connection between fashion and philanthropy and to support the next generation of young designers while promoting AIDS awareness.

FTL MODA + ART, HEARTS, FASHION: Gianni Tolentino

reporter: Miguel Dominguez

On February 13th, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the largest AIDS organization in the United States, presented the FTL Moda + ART, HEARTS, FASHION event to promote the connection between fashion and philanthropy and to support the next generation of young designers while promoting AIDS awareness.

FTL MODA + ART, HEARTS, FASHION: Kokler

reporter: Miguel Dominguez

On February 13th, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the largest AIDS organization in the United States, presented the FTL Moda + ART, HEARTS, FASHION event to promote the connection between fashion and philanthropy and to support the next generation of young designers while promoting AIDS awareness.

FTL MODA + ART, HEARTS, FASHION: Silkskin

reporter: Miguel Dominguez

On February 13th, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the largest AIDS organization in the United States, presented the FTL Moda + ART, HEARTS, FASHION event to promote the connection between fashion and philanthropy and to support the next generation of young designers while promoting AIDS awareness.

FTL MODA + ART, HEARTS, FASHION: Jamal Taslaq

reporter: Miguel Dominguez

On February 13th, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the largest AIDS organization in the United States, presented the FTL Moda + ART, HEARTS, FASHION event to promote the connection between fashion and philanthropy and to support the next generation of young designers while promoting AIDS awareness.

FTL MODA + ART, HEARTS, FASHION: Nino Lettieri

reporter: Miguel Dominguez

On February 13th, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the largest AIDS organization in the United States, presented the FTL Moda + ART, HEARTS, FASHION event to promote the connection between fashion and philanthropy and to support the next generation of young designers while promoting AIDS awareness.

ART & SOLE by Jane Gershon Weitzman - book signing and presentation

reporter: Miguel Dominguez

A one-night fantasy shoe installation from the Stuart Weitzman Collection and a discussion and book signing with Jane Weitzman, the author of Art & Sole: A Spectacular Selection of More Than 150 Fantasy Art Shoes from the Stuart Weitzman Collection, was arranged by the National Arts Club Fashion Committee on January 10th at the National Arts Club.

With an introduction by Weitzman, Art & Sole highlights shoes from the collection, along with brief, identifying captions, in a beautifully designed art book featuring a cloth case with an elaborately embossed shoe on the front cover, gilded edges, and a silk ribbon marker. Thumbnail photographs of every shoe in the book, along with a brief biography on the artist who created it, are also included.

KINKY BOOTS at the National Arts Club

reporter: Miguel Dominguez

Last November 25, costume designer Gregg Barnes, who designed the wardrobe for the 2012 revival of the Zeigfeld Follies, earning a Tony Award for his efforts, and who with a budget of over 2 million Dollars also did the costumes for the upcoming production of Disney's Aladin on Broadway, was invited by the Fashion and Theatre Arts Committees of the National Arts Club, to talk about his experiences in designing the costumes for Kinky Boots, which earned him his fifth Tony nomination, and also about his experiences in designing for the theatre. Throughout the discussion songs from the Cyndi Lauper score were performed by members of the Broadway cast: Tony Award® nominee Annaleigh Ashford and Tory Ross, with Will Van Dyke accompanying at the piano.

SCALAMANDRE: HAUTE DECOR by Steven Stolman - book signing

reporter: Miguel Dominguez

On October 2nd, Scalamandré President Steven Stolman had his book signing of Scalamandré: Haute Décor, at Stark Fabrics showroom, their new headquarters in the Decoration & Design Building

In Scalamandré: Haute Décor, Steven Stolman, President of Scalamandré, designer, and writer, known for his lighthearted use of decorative fabrics in apparel design, celebrates the world of Scalamandré.

Steven was born in Boston, raised in West Hartford and attended Carnegie Mellon and Northwestern Universities before graduating from New York's Parsons School of Design.

Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2014: JORGE AFANADOR

reporter: Miguel Dominguez

On September 5, at the New Yorker Hotel, Colombian designer Jorge Afanador returned to Couture Fashion Week  for Spring/Summer 2014.