{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Wholesale Corsets","provider_url":"https:\/\/wholesalecorsets.cafeblog.hu","author_name":"saleunderwear","author_url":"https:\/\/wholesalecorsets.cafeblog.hu\/author\/saleunderwear\/","title":"The New Guard","html":"

Face Slimming<\/a><\/strong> Assembled for this story: 11 aspiring fashion designers representing seven upstart companies, all determined to parlay their considerable talents into viable businesses. Recent history indicates that under any circumstances, this group would face overwhelming odds; the past quarter century has launched relatively few designers working under their own labels to rock-solid security, let alone household-name status. Now, given the recession-wrought havoc, the likelihood of success is even slimmer. Whereas once the fashion world\u2019s obsession with what\u2019s new and what\u2019s next included endless musing about the future generation\u2019s potential superstars, today conversation is more likely to focus on whether there are still enough moneyed, interested customers out there to support the legions of already established houses.<\/p>\r\n

Yet the economy has no stranglehold on creativity. Latex Waist Wrainer<\/a><\/strong> To the contrary, tough times have often led to great artistic bursts, in fashion as in other arenas. And if tough times have discouraged some onetime designer wannabes from forging into the fray, those who remain are likely the Darwinian stalwarts, the most ambitious, their devotion to fashion genuine and fierce. For this story, W editors reviewed scores of collections, ultimately choosing the designers not because they\u2019re all great-looking themselves (although clearly they are) but for their work. The group represents considerable aesthetic diversity, if less diversity where price is concerned, a matter we discussed at length. We ultimately went with the collections we found most distinctive, fashionwise. (In the crowded contemporary area, there are plenty of appealing clothes, but too many lines lack design distinction.)<\/p>\r\n

costume manufacturer <\/a><\/strong> It\u2019s not surprising that Maayan Zilberman and Nikki Dekker of The Lake & Stars chose lingerie for their entr\u00e9e into fashion. The partners exude cool-girl glamour, an aura apparently not lost on the mutual friend who introduced them when each was working elsewhere designing undies. Is the friend in the industry? \u201cNo, he just likes the ladies,\u201d Dekker says, giggling. \u201cHe thought we\u2019d hit it off\u2014our affinity for underwear and all that.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

Hit it off they did, and if they haven\u2019t exactly hit the big time yet, they are on an upward trajectory, selling at Barneys New York, Lane Crawford and Holt Renfrew. They have also created a collection for the Smile, on Bond Street in Manhattan, and they\u2019re launching swimwear this summer. Yet they didn\u2019t rush into a professional partnership to please their randy friend. Rather, the alliance took a couple of years to form once they realized that they shared a vision of lingerie that \u201cwasn\u2019t so boudoir and that was more geared toward sportswear,\u201d Zilberman explains. The two approach design as if working in ready-to-wear, creating a different look each season. Their fall collection incorporates military and armor motifs, the items named after battles fought at night\u2014Barnet, Franklin, Sedgemoor, Waterloo. \u201cThere\u2019s definitely a darker, more mysterious feel than in previous collections,\u201d says Dekker. \u201cIt\u2019s called A Shot in the Dark.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

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