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The Spring/Summer 2012 “Into the Contrast” Collection

Inspiration for the Spring/Summer 2012 collection comes from contemporary architectural structures. Elements of rigid, edgy structures were combined, then transformed to softer, fluid lines and placed in ways which complement the female form. The juxtaposition of different silhouettes, colours, fabrics and textures was used to enhance the clarity of each design. Produced in silk, taffeta, organza and delicate, embroidered lace and chiffon, th

The Lane Style House is proud to announce our collaboration with Omar Angel Perez, creator of the Stillett"O"s women's shoe collection. Stillett"O"s will be available in our showroom. For custom orders email info@thelanestylehouse.com


Please visit our Designer Page for a preview of his creations!!
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Bio:    Omar Angel Perez was born in Houston, Texas in 1963. He discovered at an early age his passion for building and creating; taking cues from his mother, a

The Emerging Trends 2011 - Boston Platinum Runway Presentation from The SYNERGY Events on Vimeo.

The LGN Events summer designer showcase is a new initiative introduced by LGN Events after having showcased and put together Catwalk productions for 5 consecutive seasons during London Fashion Week and raising the profile of over 70 designers to date

The summer showcase has been introduced and designed as a cost effective platform for young fashion designers looking for PR Exposure and to connect with editors, high end consumers and buyers. It is a great opportunity to not only market your brand

Stores deal very differently with emerging designers than established brands. When dealing with a brand with a track record, they can rely on previous sales information in order to make buying decisions such as how many tops, bottoms, dresses to buy, and they order based on this prior history.

A meeting between an established designer and a store, while based on style, is also driven by data. In extreme cases, successful fashion houses may even suggest what to buy from their collection. Emerging

Everyday, we’re hearing more about designers who are embracing sustainablepractices. Here’s another example that just goes to show you definiterise in eco-friendly fashion. Fashion Takes Action recently awarded Canadian designer Nicole Bridger with its first ever FTA Design Award, which included a pretty sweet package to help her get a foot in the door.

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Designers– looking for new materials for your next collection that are fashion forward and eco-friendly? Well, we’d like to introduce you to AirDye, a revolutionary textile process that dyes fabrics without water. We first heard about this sustainable technology during our excursion
to FIT’s “Going Green” exhibit. We wanted to find out more the AirDye process and fabrics so we took a trip AirDye offices on Fashion Avenue. To see what we captured, click play. (more…)

We had the pleasure of bringing you inside this year’s (Capsule) show in New York and to round up what we captured, we’d like to present you with this little video. The Best of (Capsule) highlights all the wonderful designers we had a chance to meet and while there were just too darn many to chat with them all, we got a nice taste of the best designers there. Click play now to see who and what we ran into at the menswear trade show.

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With continuing to capture footage for our ongoing (Capsule) video series, we ran into the smart, stylish, and if we may say so, lovely owner of Brooklyn boutique Bird, Ms. Jen Mankins. While shopping for new looks for her beloved store, Mankins paused a bit to give us her take on the Spring/Summer 2011 trends, her favorite designers, and what she looksfor when selecting menswear for her racks. Click play to hear what this buyer had to say.

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For this edition of Flea Bites, we took a trip to Limelight Marketplace to get a sneak peek of Coumon, a line of vintage-inspired knotted jewelry by Julie Robinson. The Brooklyn-based designer specializes in lightweight kimono silk necklaces and headpieces that make a big statement. To take a look at what she’s created with a variety of cool silk fabrics, click play.

Limelight Marketplace, 656 Avenue of the Americas (at 20th Street)

The FashionStake Diaries | Image via Business of Fashion

Ideas are easy. Money, however, is hard. If you’ve ever considered starting your own line or business, you already know that funding is the most significant and trickiest part of launching. Creative minds aren’t always good business minds and, consequently, many a good entrepreneurial idea slips through the cracks between inspiration and capital investment. Well, the masterminds behind Business of Fashion
know all too well the importance o

Image via Catwalk Queen

Manolo Blahnik, Giles Deacon, Daphne Guinness, Stephen Jones, Yasmin Le Bon, Elizabeth Saltzman– fashion royalty all. But even these front-row faces have had some tough days recently. On top of
their daily duties of being fabulous, each of these industry darlings had the difficult job of narrowing down to five lucky semi-finalists from 60 UK-based designers for the The Dorchester Collection Fashion Prize, a unique honor debuting this year.

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StyleTrek.com

Designers– we’re always looking to share new ways to sell your work, especially in today’s high-speed e-commerce world. While reading one of our favorite sites, Fashion Incubator, we came across a site, StyleTrek, that not only gives emerging talent a chance to get discovered online, but also allows non-designers to submit their favorite designer. Cool huh?

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Remember when we gave you a sneak peek of We The People NYC and brought you to the store opening back in May? Today we bring you back to the emerging designer boutique to check up on this little treasure.We joined owner Vera Ng, and shoppers last night on the Lower East Side and even had the chance to chat with featured designers Rachel Cohen of coh.N and Kara Laricks of Collar, Stand + Tie. Click play to meet them yourself.

We The People, 156 Stanton Street, New York, NY, 212-533-1091

Wednesday-S

Readers– get ready for another trip to the Brooklyn Flea at Fort Greene. Today, we introduce you to Melody Faith Baker, the founder of Melody’s Addiction, a collection of unique, colorful handmade jewelry made with various materials. After taking off a few years from making accessories, working in the city inspired the jewelry designer to pick up the craft again. Let’s just say we’re glad she did. To find out more about Melody’s Addiction, click play now.