Designer Marlies Dekkers invites you to let your sensual side out to play.

Though it is usually frowned upon to have your bra peeking, designer undergarments by Marlies Dekkers makes it oh so appropriate. Crafted to be sensual and daring, Dekkers truly believes the body is a canvas. Detailed with multiple straps, triangular cutouts, metal hardware and even zippers, nothing is ordinary about these unmentionables. Her most recent collection, fittingl...

Every now and again you come across a designer who really wows you and urges you to question what you thought the creative process could produce. A designer like Lisa Farmer, whose nurtured love of nature and insects inspires collections that foster a new realm of imagination. These meticulously crafted bags are original and specified to the owner adding to the unique quality of these pieces. Drawing from Japanese Inrō for inspiration and using only...

 

The completion of an ensemble is arguably dependent on one key element, the shoe.

It is the core of what could take your look from show stopper to a screeching halt. Italian designer Gianmarco Lorenzi’s luxe designs are the definitive footwear experience.  Utilizing embellishments in the range of spikes to fringe, these towering pieces of art are redefining the stiletto scene.

Whether it’s an edgy multi-stacked platform of which ...

Joaquin Trias is one of Spains most talented fashion exports.

Joaquin Trias is a rising star to keep an eye on. This past Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York saw guest of honor, Carolina Herrera, perfectly perched in the front row at Trias’ debut show. With an inherent eye for style, bestowed upon him by his grandmothers, Countesses of Quiroga, Cristina Sartorius and Frida Trias (Cristobal Balenciaga's model and muse) Trias designs with respe...

Breaking The Mold: Jovana Djuric's jewelry is confident, strong, and experimental, much like the designer herself

Oscar Wilde once wrote, “To define is to limit,” and these words perfectly describe jewelry designer Jovana Djuric’s life and experimental design philosophy. The passionate artist is constantly on the move, experimenting, exploring new technology, and learning new processes. “I think people should do every thing that they can fit into t...

Twenty-five year old Alina Stefanescu is the “jean-ious” behind Alina Jeans.

With no formal background in fashion design, Alina successfully debuted a line of chic, rock & roll inspired jeans in early 2008. Growing up in Cold War Romania during a time when Western influences were banned, jeans were a rare commodity to come by. Luckily for Alina, her father smuggled and traded Levi’s on the black market.  This sparked Alina’s life-long pa...

"You have to love other people to wear our work or the attention will surely drive you mad!”

This is an appropriate warning for anyone considering sporting Mercura NYC designs. If you fancy yourself a downtown freak, someone who wants to be a downtown freak, a fashion forward glamazon, an art collector, somewhat of a magpie, or someone who enjoys being stared at … you may already know of and be a fan of Mercura NYC. If you haven’t heard of them, up...

Mara Hoffman is an eclectic designer who gets down to business with her evocative designs inspired by faraway lands.

If Frank Sinatra’s old adage, “If I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere” is indeed true, then Manhattan-based designer Mara Hoffman is living proof that one can reach great heights in this tough city. It’s a bright and crisp fall day, and we are sitting in her West 28th Street studio — a nest of creativity overflowing with rack...