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Nylon TV: Alexander Wang Spring '09
The Eco crew prepares to get down at Fashion Week, too
And just when you thought all of the eco-friendly talk had quietly made its exit from the fashion community, Aveda announces its party plans this week:
Vogue favorites like Alexander Wang, Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte Phillip Lim, and Justin Thornton of Preen will be converging upon the Greenwich Hotel on Sept. 4th to help kick off Aveda's Kick The Cap Out Of Oceans Plastic, which will begin Aveda's recycling program.
But that's not all folks.
All of the designers who will be consuming organic food and cocktails at the swanky bash this Thursday have promised to "serve tap water instead of bottled water backstage at their shows, eliminate fur in their collections, print all invitations and programs on post-consumer recycled paper, and serve organic, locally-sourced food backstage, provided by Aveda."
Cool. But this does beg the question: Will the gift bags provided at the shows be organic as well? And if so, is the container the free goods come in going to be edible? Ah, stay tuned...
Alexander Wang and Erin Wasson part?
The end of summer usually signals the end of all of those random/odd/awesome/never again relationships you managed to haphazardly strike up back in May with some cute boy you met a free outdoors festival.
However, the fashion industry has taken the whole closing of summer love thing to a completely different level.
The Marchesa Girls (ahem, Georgina) put an end to their partnership; we can all agree that unless there's a need for a glitter revival or someone discovers a day-glo unicorrn, Heatherette is pretty much donezo; and in the current issue of Lucky magazine, Mila Jovovich says it was real while it lasted with her fledging brand, Jovovich-Hawk.
So, it shouldn't come as a surprise that CFDA/Fashion Fund babe Alexander Wang has decided to relieve supermodel BFF Erin Wasson of her styling duties for stylist Alastair McKimm (think: i-D, Russian Vogue).
Unlike the aforementioned break-ups, though, this probably has more to do with Alexander trying to make his brand one to be reckoned with (hello, TriBeCa!) more so than him wanting to get rid of a skinny bitch. Plus, Erin will still be loaning pieces from her new jewelry line, Low Luv, to the designer for his spring '09 show.
Or can we all officially call those metal chains Bliss Lau lite now since, well....
Alexander Wang branches out
Today, WWD reports our boy Alexander Wang has gotten a very lush new studio in TriBeCa, but more importantly, he'll be debuting a shoe line as well as a diffusion collection, T by Alexander Wang, next spring.
The are five different shoe styles ranging in prices from $125 to $250. The genius little clothing line will consist of twelve different effortlessly cool pieces (think: comfy tees and easy dresses) that will probably have us swooning over them much like the pieces from his main line.
Even better, the price tags for the T by Alexander Wang collection look like they're going to be just as amazing as the tanks ($28) and t-shirt dresses ($40).
On his brilliant new lines, Alexander says ""People are either going to love [the changes] or hate [them], but they'll recognize you for it. You have to show that the brand can evolve and that there's a future for it."
Oh, we love it Alexander. Just send over a look book so everyone knows how much money they need to set aside for nect spring.
Alexander Wang on a budget
Fact: You're probably just as obsessed with Shopbop as me and received the email update yesterday from them that said they have the bulk of Alexander Wang collection in their online store.
Fact: After you buy all of your books for next semester, the only Alexander Wang piece that you'll be able to snag is a copy of that epic July issue of W magazine from Ebay.
Fact: You'll probably be searching overtime for "inspired" A Dub pieces over at Topshop this fall.
Well, before you're long and ardous journey to obtain cool designer pieces commences this fall, you've got to get started on this little Alexander Wang DIY project.
So. You see this super-comfortable looking gray sweat top? Yea, the one Ikeline is wearing with her tattered leggings and bad ass attitude. Well, it costs about $380 at Saks which is funny considering I found a similar top at American Apparel for $34. I know, this is a OMG moment for sure. Use your scissors wisely.
Meanwhile, If you can afford it, you should definitely support the CFDA/ Vogue Fashion Fund nominee buying his pieces this season. Seriously, how can you say no?
