Monthly Archives: September 2011
Smooth Transition
Summer, meet Fall. Fall, meet Summer. Bird Williamsburg staffer Lilli shot a few pics of the lovely Natasha sporting some our favorite transitional pieces for fall. Isabel Marant suede mini dress ($1390), Suno & Loeffler Randall Estrella platform wedges ($595), Proenza Schouler PS1 blanket jacquard pochette ($1595), and Steven Alan Janis wool fedora ($148). APC [...]
Alexandra Karamallis Knits
We first fell in love with her much-coveted crystal fringe and geode necklaces, but we’re so excited to have a selection of knitwear by Alexandra Karamalis at our Cobble Hill location! After finishing her studies at RISD and putting a few big-name internships under her belt, Karamallis went on to produce a whimsical, ultra-textured knitwear [...]
Le Grand Fooding 2011
Le Grand Fooding in New York City, from French gastro-group Le Fooding, has begun! The first event? A Campfire Session on September 17 in the Elizabeth Street Garden, set to explore the relationship between food and music, including performances from James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem, Sondre Lerche, Muhsinah, Nancy Whang, and DJ Mehdi and chefs [...]
Rosy Keyser: Promethean Dub
Need another art break from the hectic schedule of Fashion Week? Artist (& Bird friend!) Rosy Keyser’s exhibition, Promethean Dub, opens tonight, September 15, at the Peter Blum Chelsea gallery from 6pm – 8pm. The work draws inspiration from the first law of thermodynamics and the myth of Prometheus, bringing together both large scale canvases [...]
Richard Serra – Junction/Cycle
In the chaos of New York Fashion Week, we decided to take a break and give the stage to sculptor and video artist Richard Serra. Opening tomorrow night at the Gagosian Gallery is his show Junction/Cycle, debuting two of his most challenging steel sculptures to date. In his Serra’s own words: “I consider space to [...]
NYFW Spring 2012: Zero + Maria Cornejo
The most anticipated show of my fashion week is always the new collection from Zero + Maria Cornejo. Edgy, smart, sophisticated, cool and clean, it comes down the runway like a welcome breath of crisp fall air. Cornejo was trying to capture “the feeling of an urban summer” all structure, volume and layers in colors [...]
NYFW Spring 2012: Whit
The penthouse terrace of the gorgeous Gramercy Park Hotel was the perfect setting for the new collection from Whit which was as ebullient, easy-going and cool as the sweet designer herself. I loved the 70s Santa Fe prints in muted dusty peach, beige and blue with pops of ubiquitous bright yellow, which has been in [...]
NYFW Spring 2012: Suno
Let me start by saying that I am obsessed with Suno and with the designers Erin and Max, so I was beyond excited to close out my long Friday of back-to-back shows with their first ever runway show at Milk Studios. They definitely toned down their color palate for spring, which left me wanting more [...]
NYFW Spring 2012: Rag & Bone
A booming Thom Yorke soundtrack and a hydraulic disco-light ceiling set the stage for a bold, piled-on, sporty cholo-chic new collection from Rag & Bone. I loved the parachute tops, crocheted bikinis and dresses, spaced-dyed surfer ponchos and the bold shots of neon orange and turquoise. The maximal styling will need to be stripped down [...]
NYFW Spring 2012: United Bamboo
United Bamboo designers Thuy Pham and Miho Aoki always know what the cool ladies-about-downtown will want to wear. Next season it will be covetable criss-cross low-wedge sandals, color-blocked jackets over leather shorts, perfectly printed silk dresses and beyond-cool tone-on-tone navy and white suits with cropped pants.