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    NY Runway Report

    Hip designer Rebecca Taylor explains how to dress for all seasons and the perils of plastic surgery

    Clifford Pugh
    Mar 17, 2014 | 10:53 am

    Seasons may change but, increasingly, shoppers are looking for clothes that transcend a particular time of the year. Rebecca Taylor, the hip New Zealand-born designer whose collections appeal to a young, fashion-forward customer, is among designers who are turning the notion of what to where when upside down.

    Her spring collection in stores now features perforated leather in dark shades and for fall/winter, she is showing designs in soft pastels — icy blue, soft pink — that are usually more connected to warmer times of the year. Taylor based the spring collection, which I saw at New York fashion week, on the work of Parisian street artist Philippe Baudelocque with chalk prints that look like images that have been washed away in a light rain.

    "I wanted to do something that is beautiful and modern and fresh and just show my girls a different way to wear femininity."

    "People are wearing cashmere, silk, leather year 'round," Taylor explained a few months ago when she appeared at Fashion Houston. "It's very trans-seasonal. That's what the stores sell. They sell true fall/winter and summer three weeks of the year. Otherwise, it's buy now, wear now."

    Her fall collection includes modern yet feminine looks — a Taylor trademark — that, indeed, encompass all seasons. Slouchy pants with satiny flight jackets, sleeveless dresses in chiffon prints, and a moto jacket over a kaleidoscope print dress can be worn all year long, along with lightweight mohair sweaters that can ward off over-air-conditioned rooms during the Houston summer.

    "I'm an eternal optimist. One of my favorite quotes is a Roald Dahl quote, which goes something like, 'those who don't look at the world with sparkling eyes will never see the magic within.' That is me. I see everything that is magical and sparkling," Taylor explained during her Houston visit at Neiman Marcus. "I wanted to do something that is beautiful and modern and fresh and just show my girls a different way to wear femininity."

    While in Houston, the refreshingly frank 44-year-old designer also touched on other subjects in her no-nonsense manner.

    CultureMap: What do you like most about designing?

    Rebecca Taylor: I love that I get to go shopping and call it research. And I like to tell my husband with a straight face that my clothing budget should be four times his. I grew up in the '80s. I was Cyndy Lauper. I was Madonna. I was at all the thrift stores. I had paint from the art room in my hair just making it all work. The funnest thing in the world is to dress up and become someone else.

    CM: Do you still want to have fun doing that?

    RT: I do. I lost it for a little bit, to be honest. I had kids...I feel more secure now than I did. But growing old is not cool.

    "What I'm looking for is some role models in fashion, in Hollywood, anywhere, that are growing old gracefully and I'd like to dress them."

    CM : You seem to have your finger on the pulse of what your target customer likes.

    RT: I think she's me. I think she likes beautiful things but she needs to be comfortable. We share many similarities. She needs to go from work out to a function. She wants to be on a date with her husband on the weekend when they can get a babysitter. I need clothes to wear to the playground to go with the kids to be comfortable. But you don't have to hang up your "hip" at the hospital (when you have children). What women wear during their pregnancy now is so much cooler now, even from when I had my last child, which was four years ago. Maternity clothing is so much fun.

    CM: If you didn't do this what would you do?

    RT: I used to say dolphin trainer, but that's so un-PC now. Did you see Blackfish (the documentary that explores the consequences of keeping a killer whale in captivity)? It's amazing. It throws things in a such different perspective. I am an animal rights activist. I do use leather but I won't use fur, ever. People ask all the time; I'm not going to do it.

    CM: What celebrities would you like to dress?

    RT: What I'm looking for is some role models in fashion, in Hollywood, anywhere, that are growing old gracefully and I'd like to dress them. It's a real problem, this whole plastic surgery, women having expectations of what we're supposed to look like. We're really messing up a whole generation of kids. And I'm trying to think if I'm brave enough to do it without any help. I'm not sure if I am.

    "The funnest thing in the world is to dress up and become someone else."

    But if I had somebody else who was doing it ahead of me, it would be like we've done it and it's OK. Did you see Gravity? Incredible, but what's the deal? (Sandra Bullock) didn't have any cellulite or a mark on her body. Did they redo her after or was she really like that? I want her doctor. It's tempting. But if she was a little big chinny, it would be like I could do (without cosmetic surgery).

    Look at Nicole Kidman on Vanity Fair. Have you seen Renee Zellweger? She just looks like another blonde. They all look alike. I was on the airplane looking at trash magazines, which I love, and there was a picture of — who's that girl with a big bum with KanyeWest? Kim Kardashian. They had all these plastic surgery pictures of her and now she looks like Beyonce and JLo's love child.

    CM: You seem to be having fun as a designer.

    RT: It's an incredibly stressful job. I think I'm getting perspective on it with age. And we're selling really well at the moment. That helps.

    Rebecca Taylor icy blue wool coat with chain detail, dove gray quilted mini and two-tone shrunken sweater.

    Rebecca Taylor look 1 fall 2014 collection
      
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    Rebecca Taylor icy blue wool coat with chain detail, dove gray quilted mini and two-tone shrunken sweater.
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    Fall Fashion Preview

    Rag & Bone fall collection salutes Cosby and the working-class hipster

    Clifford Pugh
    Jul 29, 2014 | 12:13 pm
    Rag & Bone fall collection salutes Cosby and the working-class hipster
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    Model Georgia May Jagger in a satin back crepe bowling shirt, twill pant and stone suede hove boot.

    NEW YORK — Rag & Bone designers Marcus Wainwright and David Neville are mixing it up for fall with a lot of different looks for the cool girl who doesn't want to try too hard to look hip. When the collection was shown at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week a few months ago, Georgia May Jagger (Mick and Jerry Hall's gorgeous gap-toothed daughter) strolled down the runway in a cream satin bowling shirt, with her name embroidered on it, and chocolate twill slack, setting the tone for the breezy collection.

    Wainwright and Neville teamed with Coogi, the original creator of the Cosby sweater, to update the textured knit in pencil skirts and cropped sweaters.

    There aren't a lot of office clothes in this collection that will arrive stores in a few weeks; instead Wainwright and Neville are in a casual, working-class mode, with buffalo check jackets, shearling work vests, paint-splattered skirts and pants, cropped sweaters and ribbed leggings.

    The duo even salutes, of all things, '80s-era Bill Cosby, with squiggly-patterned sweaters inspired by those worn by the comedian in The Cosby Show, one of the decade's most popular TV shows. Wainwright and Neville teamed with Coogi, the original creator of the Cosby sweater, to update the textured knit for pencil skirts and cropped sweaters.

    But R&B fans looking for something more formal to wear don't have to panic just yet. The duo includes a smattering of boyfriend blazers and jackets that they are known for in the Prince of Wales plaid and pinstripes for the young woman who wants to dress up at little bit more for any occasion.

    Model Georgia May Jagger in a satin back crepe bowling shirt, twill pant and stone suede hove boot.

    Rag & Bone fall collection 2014
      
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