Kos' NYFW Diary #4: Whitney Eve & Eleven By Venus Williams SS 13

September 13, 2012 by kosi harris in "#awesomeness", "#elevenbyvenuswilliams", "#fashion", "#nyfw", "#spring13", "#whitneyeve"

What a great week it has been! Fashion week is officially over! The best part about NYFW is running into people you haven't seen in years. I actually ran into Robert Verdi at the tents. I met Robert when I was 14, he worked with my older sisters at ABC Carpet & Home at Union Square lol.

I had the opportunity to attend Whitney Eve SS 13 (thanks People's Revolution for the invite) fringed dresses, sheer fabrics, and over-sized masculine blazers combined with natural elements in the prints brought a mix of tomboy meets girly girl.

The music of at the end fit very well with the collection

"I love it by Icona Pop" it made me want to dance!

After Whitney Eve I ran across time to catch Eleven By Venus Williams (Thanks Harrison & Shriftman for the invite!)

The show was very unique but fitting featuring athletes wearing her clothing range on the runway. The runway was felt more like a sports arena, where there were bleachers as seats!

Athletes wearing the collection also performed: yoga, cycling, tennis, boxing, gymnastics, and dance. The athletes included former middleweight boxing champion Michael Olajide and dancer Mitchell Kelly. The sport's stars also wore trainers from top US fitness studios Soul Cycle and the Tracy Anderson Method.

Ryan Lochte made an appearance

Venus!

A great show!

It's been swell NYFW see you February 2013, now on to NYC Comic con in 1 month!

Kosi

Kos' NYFW Diary #2: EDUN SS 13

September 09, 2012 by kosi harris in "#africa", "#awesomeness", "#chic", "#edge", "#edun", "#fashion", "#girliness", "#hard", "#juxtaposition", "#knits", "#nyfw", "#prints", "#soft", "#spring13"

For those of you not familiar with EDUN, the fashion brand was founded by Ali Hweson and Bono of U2. Their mission is to bring positive change through it's relationship with Africa and being an innovative creative force in contemporary fashion.

Intimate, extroverted, utilitarian and outerworldly are the words to describe the Edun girl for Spring 13. Layered bralets, pailette side panels, and sequin slouch shorts add a touch of girliness, where deep v's, cargo pants and mix media knits added the edge that we expect from EDUN.

The juxtaposition of hard and soft is shown throughout this collection, what a treat!

I was happy to get a great spot to take pictures, a lot of spectators spotted Alicia Keys and tried to take pictures of her when security told them to stay where they are, when they moved, I moved to their spot ha!

EDUN continues to make progress by bringing economic development back to Africa. The cover of the program reads that styles to be made in Africa or made from fabric sourced from Africa have “been highlighted in bold.” I highlighted two that caught my eye. The sheer jacquard urban prints took center stage for me as I am not a big print person (it was the sheer factor!)

EDUN is becoming one of my favorite's a lot of the looks I can see myself wearing from the drape chiffon tops to the cargo bottoms.

Look 17 is such a Kosi outfit:

Black speckle printed mesh knit tank.
Fatigue silk habotai pailette utility pant.

Here is a closer look, photo taken from style.com:

It is refreshing to see a brand change the way women view nature-inspired fashion in keeping up with is modern, well done EDUN!

Thank you for the last minute invite!

xo
Kosi

Kos' NYFW Diary #1: PARKCHOONMOO SS13

September 08, 2012 by kosi harris in "#awesomeness", "#chic", "#fashion", "#modern", "#nyfw", "#sleek", "#spring13"

Sleek & Chic are the two words to describe the Parkchoonmoo's Spring 13 collection. Oversized silhouettes, netting, and the color white were highlighted throughout the show.