Asher Levine | Fall Winter 2012

ASHER LEVINE transformed the Jefferson Market Library and drew audiences into his world for his Fall/Winter 2012 collection presentation. The collection continues to build on established motifs and iconography, developing a language for which to communicate the world he envisions. Makerbot’s newest 3D Printer, The Replicator, live-printed the sunglasses the models were wearing.

Asher's Designs and Creativity With every Season combines pure fantasy with the raw edginess of New York’s streets.It is rare to find a designer who cannot only create beautiful clothing but is also a true showman, where the runways become about far more than the clothing presented. Every Show Asher Levine creates speaks a different story about fashion,His Presentation was so unique and full of inovation !! We really Loved his use of live-printed sunglasses by Makerbot’s 3D Printer. He is a true visionary.

COLLABORATION:
Jefferson Market Library
Dr. Martens

Zana Bayne Leather
Victor Osborne
MakerBot Industries:
www.makerbot.com
www.thingiverse.com

PRODUCTION CREDITS:
Hair by: Eric Alt & ALT. Hair Products
Make-up by: Justin Hissey
Music by: Jet Black
Lighting by: Power Posse Productions.
Video campaign:

Directed by : Bon Duke 

presentation coverage:

Edited by Matt Schaff 

photos by : Kat + Duck, Ernie Green, and Patrick McMullan

Lady Gaga in Asher Levine Filming "Marry The Night "

Lady Gaga Was Spotted October 10Th in Harlem ,NY  Filming "Marry The Night " Her 5TH. Single of "Born This Way " Album ,Styled and creative directed by Nicola Formichetti and  Brandon Maxwell .The Mother Monster Looked Amazing in an Asher Levine custom-made black lambskin leather paneled jumpsuit with the double-front zip detail. Much like the song, the jumpsuit is a nod to the New York downtown refinement.

Lady Gaga Got Bloody with Asher Levine leather jumpsuit and blue lipstick, raising her paws up, crouching on the floor, and being lifted in the air by The Dancers , The Singer Looked Tough But remained very feminine. We can't Wait to See " Marry The Night " Video , The song is our favorite and we are more excited to see Asher Levine  design in Action.

Asher Levine  has Became The Celebrities Favorite From Lady Gaga , Black Eyed Peas, Bruno Mars, Scissor Sisters, Sam Sparro and Jim Steinman for events, editorials, public appearances, and music videos. Asher Levine  is currently working on his 5th Menswear Collection, Autumn/Winter 2012, to be shown at New York Fashion Week in February 2012

Read More About Asher Levine in our Previous Posts Here

Check out Asher Levine SS 2012 Here 

Details of prints / patterns 2012 Spring Summer London New York Fashion weeks

1. Prabal Gurung 
2. Vera Wang 
3. Julien Macdonald
4. Preen by Thornton Bregazzi 
5. Diane von Furstenberg 
6. Diane von Furstenberg 
7. Altuzarra














8. 9. Matthew Williamson
10. 11. Vera Wang
12. 13 Peter Pilotto 
14. 15. Julien Macdonald






16. Jonathan Saunders 17. Reem Acra
18. Preen19. Matthew Williamson
20. 21. Mary Katrantzou

There are so many other amazing patterns and prints I've not included! This is just a smattering of what caught my eye.

New York Fashion Week | Cut25 By Yigal Azrouel

Yigal Azrouel First presentation for his contemporary Cut25 line we had already fallen in love with his Main Line , the easy silhouettes and poppy colors of the Spring collection.

Inspired by  the early 80s, surfers,Mary Tyler Moore and artist Man-Ray's solarization techniques ,Cut25 Featured oversized visors, Cut25 x Frye shoes, custom jewelry from Holst + Lee , and Thierry Lasry custom eyewear, bright colorblocking, classic silhouettes in fun colors, textures of over-dyed lace and double faced cotton, and a few allover prints.

Azrouël revealed that the decision to have a presentation this season stemmed from his desire for people to see the line presented in this context, to "really understand the point of what it's about."

Yigal Azrouël Backstage Cut25

New York Fashion Week | Zac Posen SS 2012

“Paris gave me perspective on who I could be as a designer here in America,” said Zac Posen, who brought his show to Lincoln Center after two seasons on the Paris schedule. “You know, instead of searching, just coming back to myself. That’s what it taught me.”

Posen deserves credit for going to Paris in the first place, putting himself and his work in a foreign and highly competitive environment, more than 3,000 miles from his Tribeca studio. He dreamt big and though it didn’t work out as he had hoped, if it gave him the confidence and encouragement to trust his talents and not try so hard to force a sharp, over-the-top opulence even when it feels out of step with the bigger fashion message, then it was worth the trip.

His spring collection was still extremely glamorous, mind you, but it felt stronger, more coherent for its relative simplicity. A blue-and-lavender short-sleeve dress with a fluttering skirt was beautifully restrained, as was a diaphanous off-the-shoulder ice-blue cocktail frock—both free of the kind of outrageous add-ons or unnecessary flourishes Posen can sometimes fall prey to.

The collection was absent of the more casual daywear Posen played with in seasons past, which let him focus on evening. A glittering midnight-blue look with a crisscross bodice and ball skirt was refreshingly reminiscent of Posen’s talent for flattering the female form; a celadon version with a short skirt laser-cut like a flip book of chiffon was less figure-friendly.

From another designer, the continuous parade of cascading tulle trains and Dovima-esque shapes would have felt one-note. But it was a good move for Posen. Sometimes in order to move forward you have to go back to the beginning.

Harley Viera-Newton and Olivier Zahm

Jefferson Hack and China Chow

Harley Viera-Newton's painted nails

Olivier Zahm and Margherita Missoni

Margherita missoni and her boyfriend

Text: Emily Holt