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    Bag crazy

    Tote this: Cesar Galindo introduces crocodile handbag collection

    Clifford Pugh
    Sep 7, 2013 | 4:32 pm

    Cesar Galindo: Handbag designer. Has a nice ring to it, doesn't it?

    After most designers establish their ready-to-wear collections, many of them expand into accessories, because, frankly, that's where the money is. Even if a woman doesn't buy a new dress regularly, she might pick up a pair of shoes, a new handbag or a piece of jewelry. Carmen Marc Valvo is introducing a new shoe line for fall while Monique Lhuillier debuted a new shoe line this past spring and announced a new bridal jewelry collection.

    Now Galindo, a Houston native who calls New York home, is getting into the act. He was in Houston a few months ago to launch a line of upscale crocodile bags at Sloan/Hall. The handbag line came about after a business partner told Galindo his family owns a crocodile farm and tannery in Colombia and encouraged him to get cracking.

    After most designers establish their ready-to-wear collections, many of them expand into accessories, because, frankly, that's where the money is.

    "Of course, it the fantasy of every designer to have a whole brand, but for me to go there — this happened in a manner of a week. Thank God, I speak Spanish," Galindo said. "I got to see everything from the crocodile farm to the tannery to the guys who make boots. The day I got back I started doing my origami work, which you can see in the bags."

    The styles include a slanted tote, the classic over-the-shoulder bag, and a small envelope bag that "sits on the table like a piece of artwork, if you're going out for dinner," he said.

    The handbags, which retail for between $1,500 and $4,500, come in black and in five distinctive colors to stand out. "I played a lot with color because I figured the woman who is buying my bag already several croc bags already," he explained.

    Galindo plans to add a big duffel bag and experiment with shapes and soft pleating.

    For his more moderately-priced clothing collection, Czar by Cesar Galindo, which he will unveil Monday at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, he will not feature his handbag line. Instead Liebeskind - Berlin, the German accessories manufacturer and one of the show's sponsors, will be showcased.

    “We are so happy to be partnering with Cesar in this beautiful venture." Nathalie Sears, Liebeskind - Berlin U.S. president said in a statement. "Berlin loves New York and its designers."

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    Fashion Houston Preview

    Bibhu Mohapatra looks to new beginnings with graceful collection

    Clifford Pugh
    Nov 10, 2013 | 2:55 pm
    Bibhu Mohapatra looks to new beginnings with graceful collection
    Photo courtesy of Bibhu Mohapatra
    Bibhu Mohapatra onyx fracture faille gown with draped skirt.

    NEW YORK — As design director at J. Mendel for a decade, Bibhu Mohapatra honed the art of glamour. Since venturing out on his own four years ago, he has built a reputation for creating statement-making evening gowns and polished day dresses.

    For his spring 2014 collection, Mohapatra looked to transformation, citing his good friend, longtime New York City Ballet principal dancer Wendy Whelan's transition into modern dance. (She debuted Restless Creature at Jacob's Pillow last summer.) "I liked that idea of a new beginning," he told style.com.

    The collection veers from delicate pleating techniques in pastel gowns to fractured patterns that look like cracked stones for a more dissonant attitude. A series of dresses, blouses and gowns dotted with embroidered baby tulips emit a 3-D effect while vibrant digital prints of a a fire-red tree flower called the palash in Mohapatra's native India show up throughout the collection in various colors that herald the arrival of spring.

    Mohapatra will show his collection at Fashion Houston on Wednesday (Nov. 13) at the Wortham Center. He will also make a personal appearance at Elizabeth Anthony-Esther Wolf on Nov. 14 from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m.

    Bibhu Mohapatra onyx fracture faille gown with draped skirt.

    Bibhu Mohapatra gown spring collection 2014
      
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    Bibhu Mohapatra onyx fracture faille gown with draped skirt.
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