Class is in session and it is time to take notes! Laquan Smith’s Spring 2018 Presentation was held at The Beacon School in Hells Kitchen, and Smith took his audience on a journey through his sexy playful imagination. The gymnasium swarmed with celebrities, stylists, publicists, press and fashion hopefuls anticipating this forthcoming collection.
Beyond the bold plaids, exuberant stripes and chic cardigans Smith offered his guests a jubilant pep rally experience leaving a nostalgic impression. Inspired by classic 90s films such as School Daze, Bring it On and Clueless, Smith created his own rendition of swanky pleated skirts, flirty fishnet tops and sultry plaid thigh high boots, one of my many favorites of this collection.
These refreshing pieces are fashioned for the young frisky women who are not afraid to take risks but still however wants to maintain a level of sophistication. Anyone from Rihanna to Ariana Grande are perfect for these pieces.
For more shots from the presentation, visit our gallery. In the meantime, what do you think? Are you feelin’ Smith’s Spring 2018 collection? What are your thoughts?
This week we will be featuring London Bombshells and Bombers of the Day to help kick off Cocktails With Claire London Edition. Purchase tickets here.
Today’s Bombshell is Mari from London.
She writes, “I am a London based finance consultant who is in absolute love with fashion (not obsessed) so I have my off days (i.e. not even trying to impress days).”
“My style is very much inspired by my personality (moderately crazy and internationally influenced whatever that means). I like things that make a statement but a gentle and sophisticated combination of all types of fashion.”
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Love how you can turn your looks from chic to casual!
Fashion Bombshell of the Day is a feature showcasing the singular style of Fashion Bomb Readers. Send your name, location, a description of your style, and 5-10 clear, unfiltered, head-to-toe pictures of 5-10 different outfits (no collages) to Bombshell@FashionBombDaily.com. Images submitted will be featured on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or any of our social media platforms. Comments can be harsh, so bring your A game! Please be advised: once published, pictures will not be removed or taken down.
New York-based line PAXYMA designed by Steven Hoffman and Ramin Paksima debuted their first collection at Chelsea Piers’ Pier59 Studios.
This chic, yet practical vegan line is made from all-natural, high quality fabrics. The line is inspired by Indian culture from the ’40s, it is also unisex, which means it’s made to fit most. This line also values the minimalistic approach with its lightly layered looks, and monotone color scheme with a splash a bright yellows, and metallic hues.
This industrial inspired collection takes us ‘Back to the Future’ as it showcased a rope vest, heavy metal accessories draped on the outer layered looks, which heavily gives off a recycled, yet chic appeal.
This line introduced cutouts in a different form, as it was expressed on the sleeves of the metallic hoodie , and on the cargo rider pants which looks oddly similar to the rider thigh high boots from the Rihanna x Manolo Blahnik collection.
Another notable take on the up and coming luxury wear, is that diversity spoke from all angles in this collection. The designers brought out South Asian and African-American models to give a much needed cultural appeal to the collection.
We’re back with more real style from the busy streets of New York Fashion Week! Day 3 was just as busy with shows and events as the other days. We captured and interviewed some bombshells and bombers as they attended the shows at Skylight Clarkson. See who we spied yesterday!
Ruffles, ruffles, ruffles! Blogger, @thenotoriouskia played with colors and completed her look with her red lip, bag, and shoes!
What makes your Fashion Bomb?
I’m a Fashion Bomb because I’m bold and unapologetically me. I empower women to embrace who they naturally are.
What do you spend the most on when you go shopping?
Shoes! They can make or break an outfit and often times they bring together your whole look. Take care of your feet and invest in good shoes!
We’ve been seeing these pants all Summer long! But, doesn’t @neonhue_ wear them so chic with her button-down and sunnies?!
Where are you on your way to?
Right now I just left the Son Jung Wang show and I’m on my way to celebrate my friends birthday. I just attended a few shows during the day.
What style advice would you give to your younger self?
Definitely start playing with different styles and incorporate them into different outfits. In this case these retro sports pants and this 70’s top. Play around with different eras and incorporate them into one outfit.
We can’t get enough of Gucci this year! It’s almost impossible to go a day during Fashion Week without seeing this Gucci t-shirt. Bomber, @spag_lo added his personal style to his street style look.
What makes your Fashion Bomb?
I like to be comfortable. That’s my main thing. Very simple with the colors very uniform. Just a few accessories. Lots of scarves, sunglasses, and classic sneakers that have a certain detail to them. I could be very contemporary and I’ll add a sportswear shoe to make it balance.
Who’s your celeb style inspiration?
Pharrell, he’s upscale and street at the same time.
Sometimes less is more as blogger @avielleamor shows us. She also serves the perfect amount of sexy with her sheer top and adds the perfect edge with her leather jacket.
What do you love about fashion week? What do you hate?
I love the anticipation for new trends and seeing/meeting new friends. But, I dread the commute between shows and trying to make it on time.
What are 5 words to describe your style?
My style is comfortable, sleek, tomboyish, simple, yet a little risky
One word! Dapper! @Thesivu attended shows in this sharp ensemble. I love the olive and brown together!
How is your first New York Fashion Week going being that you’re from South Africa?
What I realize is that the real fashion is on the street; people come all the way through.
Fashion week with bae?! How cute! @image_ambassador and @jasmine_sway complemented each other so well with their timeless looks.
What is it like attending fashion week with as a couple?
We planned this trip about a month ago. We’re both stylist and designers and wanted to experience this together. We both work in menswear but thought it would be great to attend together. We like being around like-minded individuals in design, it’s a breathe of fresh air. She’s from Toronto, I’m from Dallas and fashion is just not major there- men or women. So to be in a city where everything is predominantly fashion, it’s ridiculous! Like a kid in a candy store.
Whimsical Black Beauty. Innovative. Influencer. I’m the female version of him.
-@jasmine_sway
This photographer had the lens turned on him! @trevor_stuurman attended his first New York Fashion Week the best way he knew— celebrating his culture through his style!
What show are you most excited for?
Probably Oscar De La Renta because it’s Oscar! It’s that show!
Do you prefer New York Fashion Week or London Fashion Week?
The two are like chalk and cheese. They’re very different. The seasons are different. When I was at London Fashion Week it was winter, now I’m here and it’s Fall, so that makes the experience more different. I rather New York Fashion Week.
If you didn’t know, sneakers are definitely in for Fashion Week! Comfortable and chic? Win, win! Blogger, @MyFashionBreak wore her version of casual as she attended some events.
What makes your Fashion Bomb?
What makes my Fashion Bomb is that it’s more street than anything, but I’m also very girly. I like unique details and cute items. I like sheer, lace and pink. I’m also obsessed with lingerie and love to rock bras with my streetwear outfits.
What do you spend the most on when shopping?
I spend all my money on lingerie. I’m always looking for new styles. I like to go to shrift shops for the lovely prints they have.
All-white during Fashion Week because we do know that’s allowed after Labor Day right?! @skyconner posed in her version of “Claire Huxtable x Marilyn Monroe.“
Who is your celebrity style crush?
I really don’t have a “celebrity” style icon. I like everyday girls with effortless sex appeal like Karla Deras, Aleali May and Ryan Destiny.
Describe your style in 5 words.
Effortless. Sexy. Edgy. Classic. Seamless.
Gal pals, @juliadaoud__ and @allisonwessel attended shows together both channelling their personal style, with stylish sunnies and prints.
What show are you two most excited for?
Julianna Bass. She always has amazing textures and fabrics. She kind of makes her shows more about her clothes than the models. And, in general we love the oversized pieces as a whole we’re seeing in fashion. Kind of menswear for women.
What do you love about fashion week? What do you hate?
We love the excitement and just getting everyone together in a general vicinity. The atmosphere and the fashion!!! We’re getting lots of inspiration and ideas. We hate the traffic, it’s awful getting from one place to another. And, your feet hurt. Sure you could wear comfortable shoes, but nah!
Bold. Feminine. Flirty. Floral. These are just a few words to describe Tracy Reese’s latest collection.
If Tracy Reese is anything, she is consistent. One has come to expect simply pretty pieces from the designers, with bright colors and patterns to match her silhouettes. It’s her consistency that has allowed her to be a consistent player in the fashion industry, and keep women like Taraji P. Henson, Camilla Alves, and former First Lady Michelle Obama coming back for more.
Spring 2018’s color palette includes bold fuchsias, celeries, and blues, which play on smart suits, utilitarian trousers, and work ready dresses. The clothes are fashioned for women who are confident in themselves, know what they want, and stick to what works. No need for crazy fads or trends. Simple and pretty is all they need to succeed in the style game.
The N word is used flagrantly on the show and in our community. Once an offensive, pejorative term, the African-American community has long adopted the word, using it as a term of endearment and to describe a group of guys (both good and bad).
The protagonists in Insecure use the word quite bit. After having a heated conversation with Daniel, who gave Issa a facial she never anticipated, she hangs up on him and stomps outside to meet a friend, waiting for her in the car. She gets into the car and slams the door. Her friend asks , “What’s wrong with you?” and she emphatically replies, “Niggas!” It’s undoubtedly those ‘Niggas’ she’s referencing in the next episode, where she sports the hand embroidered crewneck in the opening scene.
My first response was, “That’s cool,” and I wondered where I could get one (as did many of you, who dipped into our DM’s).
But then I thought, are we at the point where we can sport a formerly offensive term on a t-shirt? Kenyan American Recho Omondi, who designed the shirt, told W magazine, “The majority [of the responses have been] positive. It was a tongue-and-cheek offering we introduced for Black History Month. People liked the juxtaposition of this socially charged ‘curse word’ hand-sewn into pastel embroidery. It made some people uncomfortable—but our customer understands it.”
On Instagram, some of your responses varied. @NWilkins24 wrote, “I hate the N word. I really wish we stopped using it. After watching 12 Years a Slave I vowed not to use it. White people used it as a means to keep us in our place and reinforce that they owned us. OWNED!! Y’all we free. Fuck that sweatshirt and stop using the damn word.” @Afrobby217 added, “ I don’t want to be labeled as that and if you don’t want people calling you it why would you wear it?” Others are more offended by the price, while a third group, including @Thykcums simply wrote, “I liked it.”
What do you think? Would you buy or rock this shirt?
If so, get yours here.
Oh Happy Day!
Yesterday, Harlem Fashion Legend Dapper Dan announced an official partnership with Gucci. The Italian house will also help Dan reopen his atelier, and will be collaborating with him on a capsule collection.
According to the New York Times, “In a twist of fortune that could hardly have been imagined back in the day, Daniel Day — better known as Dapper Dan, his nom de knockoff — is reopening his famous studio and atelier with the support of Gucci.”
“For 10 years, between 1982 and 1992, Mr. Day ran one of the hottest shops in Harlem, a 24-hour-a-day atelier where the flush and flash came to commission fashion pieces, furs, leather goods and car interiors wallpapered with unauthorized designer logos. It was counterfeiting elevated to the level of art: Mr. Day made his own Guccis, Louis Vuittons and Fendis, for customers including Mike Tyson, LL Cool J and Eric B. and Rakim, in styles and sizes the luxury companies didn’t and wouldn’t offer. More was more, and in some cases, Mr. Day was making clothing even before the luxury brands themselves were. This time around, Gucci will supply him with all those Gs he once had to pirate.”
Dapper Dan reemerged onto the fashion community’s collective conscience when Gucci paraded a balloon sleeved jacket reminiscent of Dan’s creations down their Resort 2018 runway. The internet went into a frenzy, demanding that Gucci give Dapper Dan proper credit for creating the style and silhouette.
Gucci did one better. According to reports, they will supply Dan with materials to create custom pieces, fund his atelier, and collaborate with him on a collection, set to launch next Spring.
The same company that used to raid his stores and sue him for copyright infringement is actually helping fuel Dan’s original vision.
I think this is a wonderful turn of events and can’t wait to see the fruits of this collaboration.
What do you think?
Hailing all the way from Rabat, Morocco, Karim Karbouch, better known as French Montana. At the age of 13, he came to the US to reside in the urban streets of the Bronx, NY. The Morrocan-hip-hop artist is a smooth brother, and a business man who appreciates different cultures, living the high-life, and staying in his own lane. Today we mark this 32-year-old gentleman as our Man Crush Monday.
French is no stranger to making money moves in the hip-hop industry. Since 2002, he became the founder of Cocaine City Records, formerly signed to singer Akon’s Konvict Music label, and now has turned to Diddy’s empire in 2016, as he’s currently signed with Bad Boy Entertainment and Epic Records.
With French’s new label, new sound, and new swag, he’s becoming more of a business man than just an artist, as he’s created his own limited edition beverage under Cîroc Diddy called French Vanilla.
This rapper is absolutely winning in 2017. While following his own ten commandments of the ‘Jungle Rules’ which is also his latest album title, he values hard work, family, and is fascinated his roots of Africa. His mindset and work ethic has gotten his current hit “Unforgettable” ft. Swae Lee on the Billboard Top 100 for 20 consecutive weeks and counting.
French’s style is surely not unforgettable. He is a big fan of prints, which is probably why he is usually drenched in Versace, and Gucci fits. But it’s more than about the luxury brand, it’s his Moroccan flavor that makes his looks original than trendy.
He is typically seen rocking layered gold chains, a printed scarf used as a headwrap, and thick, bold prints, which compliments his influence towards the Arabian style and culture.
View more looks from French Montana in the photo gallery.
This week we will be featuring London Bombshells and Bombers of the Day to help kick off Cocktails With Claire London Edition. Purchase tickets here.
Today’s Bombshell is Margaret from London.
She did not leave a style description, but check out all of her stylish looks below!
You better werk! Love your chic and casual blended looks!
Learn more about this Bombshell on Instagram @magsinstyle.
What do you think?
Fashion Bombshell of the Day is a feature showcasing the singular style of Fashion Bomb Readers. Send your name, location, a description of your style, and 5-10 clear, unfiltered, head-to-toe pictures of 5-10 different outfits (no collages) to Bombshell@FashionBombDaily.com. Images submitted will be featured on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or any of our social media platforms. Comments can be harsh, so bring your A game! Please be advised: once published, pictures will not be removed or taken down.
