After sitting through countless shows during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, there’s a point at which they begin to blend. However, it’s usually right around that point when something refreshing comes down the catwalk and you’re reawakened. Toni Francesc was the designer to wake me up this season and get my fashion adrenaline pumping again.
Francesc’s fall/winter collection, titled “Artificial Life,” was a “metaphor relating to man and machine, offering a critical perspective of the future without overlooking the roots of the past and the world of handcrafted creation.” Embodying this notion, the …

Though all the hype’s in Milan right now for Fashion Week, we wanted to give a recap of a few more shows from Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week that are still lingering in our minds. On the last day of New York Fashion Week, Davidelfin was the first show on Mochi’s schedule. Before the show had even started, we noticed one particularly exciting item on the credits sheet: “Shoes, Christian Louboutin for Davidelfin.” Hope these will make it to stores!
The lights dimmed and music by Björk began to play, while a blanket …

Closing the weekend lineup of shows was Vassilios Kostetsos. A popular fashion staple in Greece, Kostetsos brought forth a bold collection this season. Colors were bright and silhouettes were dramatic. Leg-of-mutton sleeves (where a puffy shoulder is tapered down the arm into a fitted wrist) made a statement on top, while sky-high over-the-knee boots by Haris Kazakos drew attention downward.
The looks were high fashion, but upon breaking down each piece it was apparent that the collection consisted of many wearable separates. When we went backstage post-show to ask the designer …

Wearable and fashionable don’t always go together perfectly, but time and again Rebecca Taylor seems to do this perfectly. It’s for this reason that the New Zealand-born designer has gained her reputation in the American fashion scene, made apparent by the full house at her show in Bryant Park last Sunday, where even the standing room was at maximum capacity.

Mochi favorite Wenlan Chia is clearly enjoying the fruits of her success—she showed her collection this year at the larger Promenade tent in Bryant Park, and still managed to fill every seat. This season’s Twinkle by Wenlan collection featured the signature Twinkle aesthetic of youthful and practical feminine silhouettes and distinct patterns and prints. We love her pieces, as you may have noticed in our winter issue fashion shoot “The Sky’s the Limit.”
Light flowing tops and heavy knits were standouts in Chia’s fall/winter 2010 collection. Inspired by Hansel and Gretel, the pieces told …