Chromat, creative designer Becca McCharen-Tran, brings her architecture and urban design to the New York Fashion Week (NYFW) runway. She transforms fashion from body fitting the body to the clothing fitting the body.
Chromat The Brand
This runway is not the expected evening gowns or ready-to-wear. It is a swimwear that is fitted and designed for any woman to fill comfortable without the large baggie shirt or bulky swim cover-up.
Tran brings Chromat to all women with her strong sense of structure, lines, and design bring a design that is flattering, sexy, and comfortable for anyone to wear.
Chromat The Runway
This runway inspiration is to reimagine the whole idea of throwing a ginormous shirt over a swimsuit while at the pool, peach or boating because of embarrassment. She believes every woman should feel her beauty and pride in swimwear. This runway accomplishes and demonstrates this.
The swimwear line started in 2010 brings architecture, fashion, innovative design, cutting-edge, the body’s performance encouraging empowerment from the garments for all bodies. The runway provides a strong diversity representing all women.
This runway does not have the Cheetos or snacks nor are they carrying pool accessories. They come down the runway just as if they have jumped out of the pool and are heading for their towels.
The swimwear is designed for those who love two piece swimsuits, one piece that even provides more coverage if you are in a cooler climate, but love to play in the water. It is a great collection full of color and print with a great use of mesh for breathability and comfort. The cover-ups are beautiful with some sex appeal with them.
Chromat Front Row
Attending the fashion show includes Whoopi Goldberg and Miss J. Alexander, just from his own runway walk for Laurence & Chico. He demonstrated just how it is done.
This is a fun collection for every woman to be sexy, beautiful, and confident. Chromat is your fashion go to for all your water fun.
Szilvia Juhasz In Harmony with Nature fashion collection’s inspiration is Balázs Czakó’s Hungarian and Icelandic landscape photos. These photos bring the full inspiration and goals with this collection. The dresses bring nature to those wearing the dresses. Many can pay attention to the beautiful values of our world by seeing the dress each model has on the runway.
In Harmony With Nature Juhász’s Collection
Each dress is one of Czakó’s photos from the landscape. The model is welcome to express the feelings, mood and the love of nature. Femininity has a strong emphasize by the perfect harmony of the unique silhouette and the design. The harmony between this wonderful planet we live on and the need for preservation is found in each unique design.
The best fabrics for photography printing include satin, terry silk, and duchess satin. The other fabrics to compliment this collection include embroidered tulle lace for a sleeve, stretch velvet for top, muslin, crystal tulle for skirt. The colors, accessories, and styling continue to mirror the inspiration for this collection. A richness and elegance extend from the photos to the dresses. The harmony continues to flow through the entire collection. The collection presented at Fashion Designers and Craft maker’s Collections Presentation in aid of Angelman Syndrome. Each design brings the photos to harmony the designs are:
Mirror-Mirror: the blue shade of the River Danube and the waves continue in the ruffled skirt.
Swans Sunset: the photo was taken in the sunset in Hungary. The shades of rust, orange and grey are pictures by the top of the dress covered in crystal tulle.
Celestial War: the colors of the Lake Balaton (the largest lake in Hungary and in Central Europe) and the sky before rain are fascinating. The shade of blue flows over to the breast and the perfect green of the lake continues in the color of the skirt. The several layers of the skirt symbolize the soft waves of the water.
Golden Hour: this photo also at the Lake Balaton which is sparkling gold in the sunset. The glittering golden crystal tulle skirt emphasizes the colors of the lake.
Flash: the black slinky dress (ruffled stretch) symbolizes the darkness of the storm, and the long, loose sleeves wear the photo itself where the lightning makes the photo dark violet.
Skyfall: a stormy sunset captured in the photo of the skirt. The black velvet top symbolizes the dark sky and the lacy sleeves are the patches of clouds.
On The Move: The photo seen around the waist of the dress made in Iceland. The upper part ends in a crystal white tulle neck strap. The skirt is also crystal white tulle that is the symbol of the dazzling white of the snow and ice.
Ice Cave: The photo was also made in Iceland with a special shade of the ice blue. The sparkling blue crystal tulle veil is embracing the dress and its wearer.
Sea of Flames: The whole dress is a photo – Sunrise in winter where the shades of purple, yellow and orange live in harmony which can be created only nature.
Szilvia Juhász Creative Director
Juhasz, creative director of JC Juhaszilvia, been a seamstress for 25 years. She has her dressmaking license. This brings her abilities full circle. She is able to create pants, dress, gowns, and coats. The process of designing and creating brings Juhász joy. Her designs and talents include sketching, pattern making, and sewing.
Juhasz strives to balance her life and health. The focus is her job during the day. She values living her private life, sports, and recreation. She keeps healthy food as a high value. Early mornings bring her day success with achieving thanksgiving and living in harmony with nature. This collection is a childhood dream.
I would like my landscape dresses to reach those people who feel important to keep the treasures of our beautiful natural surroundings and who would like to express this through their dressing.
The Royal Gala is a night where all thing glamorous and beautiful shine. Her Highness Sheikha Hend Al Qassemi presents spring summer 2018 at Palazzo Versace in Dubai. This fashion show brings an exclusive runway for royal and VIPs of 10 international fashion designers.
This season hundreds of designers applied to take part in this exclusive fashion event. The fashion show narrowed the choice down to ten designers:
Offers the paneled print of an agave whose sinewy leaves climb up the fabric almost as if it wishes to embrace the forms and shades.
House of Makta
Fashion house design is classic chic, with a hand-made custom design which features delicate details.
The designers come from Spain, Italy, India, Iran and other countries. The fashion is versatile and full glamorous evening wear. The fabrics, embellishments, accessories, and shoes for high-end styling and fashion. The top fashion event is timeless classics and modern twists.
“This by-invitation-only event was graced by royalties from all over the world, including Malaysia, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain etc. Consuls and ambassadors of different countries were also in attendance as well as top fashion influencers and social media personalities.” (Her Highness Sheikha Hend Al Qassemi). The evening included dinner and a thank you speech by Her Highness Sheikha Hend. What an evening for sparkle, glam, and elegance.
Malan Breton, a fashion designer, brings a story in three chapters for fall-winter 2017. The chapters create a story that flows from New York Fashion Week, to London Fashion Week, and concludes in Los Angeles at Style Fashion Week. The collection brings a complete story from the chapters: Everywhere at the End of Time (New York), Living in the Moment in Fear (London), and Seven Deadly Sins (Los Angels).
The New York chapter is Everywhere at the End of Time. This chaptertakes us to the current times in the world now and brings about empowerment. Empowering women and those beingpoorly treated. The entire show from the dancers, to the opening model, Nykhor Paul bring the story to life.
The runway included celebrities models: Kiera Chaplin (Charlie Chaplin’s granddaughter), Frankie Grande, Consuelo Vanderbilt Costin, Dylan Grieco, Mason Grammer, and Janine Tugonon. Each is a part is the weaving of the story about acceptance and hope.
London’s show at Freemasons Hall continues the collections’ story. This chapter is living in the current time of fear and darkness. Taking the color away from you. The loss of color a strong presence on the runway. The opening fabric for this chapter looks like a second skin. The music for the runway is Sleepwalk by Santo & Johnny.
Los Angeles story chapter, the Seven Deadly Sins. This runway brings the story back to hope, light, and empowerment with the use of color. The Phoenix in the triplet chapter story.
The collections’ stories inspiration is the 1930s, the loss of hope and death. The stories draw from Charlie Chaplin‘s 1930 films including City Lights and Modern Times. The collections present the story with perfection in fabrics, treatments, performances, and colors.
The fabrics are Asian inspired. The fabrics are organzas, silk Charmeuse, and recycled piettes. The piettes created from recycled aluminum cans. Breton uses a company in Twain that cuts, colors, and treats the metal.
Breton says, “I do my best to protect the environment when creating my designs.” This metallic dress moments and texture are extraordinary. Breton states, “the dress movement comes from the way I weighted and draped the dress. I am so grateful it turned out so well.”
The color in this chapter is green (earth and rebirth), gold (prosperity and richness), and deep blue (continuous flow of life). The floral prints brings beauty and a new beginning to the final chapter of the story.
Breton’s chapters stay true to his aesthetics elegance. The men’s silhouettes are very on point. This collection Breton styled and designed himself. His stylist for several seasons, Montgomery Frazier The Image Guru, said, “we do not put anyone in anything that is ill-fitting. If it is ill-fitted they do not wear it. The textures and fabrics fit Breton’s catch line ‘wherever you go shine.’ The fabrics are rich, opulent, exquisite tailoring, and he is about fashion. Being here with Breton is so glamorous at Style Fashion Week with the beautiful outdoor setting and jazz music.”
Breton develops his menswear after his own experience. He states, “when I was a ballet dancer in London and on Broadway every time I lifted my arm up when wearing a suit I would lose part of my sleeve. I knew I had to figure out how to cut a suit so I do not lose part of my sleeve. I trained at Turnbull And Asser, the suit makers for the Prince of Wales. He says, “I incorporate the English traditions in my designs. I learned there with my development for the men’s suits.”
The fashion show stayed true to the designers’ aesthetic while completing the story started in New York. The beauty, tailoring, and signature detailing tell the story of hope, equality, and empowerment. Concluding with the image of renewing and shining wherever you are.