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BROCK COLLECTION AW15'16 READY-TO-WEAR NEW YORK FASHION WEEK Brock Collection is just three seasons old, but the husband-and-wife duo behind the brand, Kris Brock and Laura Vassar, has quickly gained a cult following. Credit their full résumés for the lack of missteps new labels often experience: Vassar worked as a stylist in L.A. for several years ...

THE ELDER STATESMAN AW15'16 READY-TO-WEAR NEW YORK FASHION WEEK The Elder Statesman’s Greg Chait typically starts with yarn, working with the company's team of skilled knitters to continue developing techniques until he gets the texture just right. But eight years in, he has quite the repertoire, and it's time to start building out other parts of ...

DENNIS BASSO AW15'16 READY-TO-WEAR NEW YORK FASHION WEEK Boho looks good on Dennis Basso. For Fall the designer spun his typically princess-y furs and ball gowns into something with more '70s flash. The tweak worked wonders. "It's about having a good time," Basso said backstage. Inspired by the glamazons of the Studio 54 era, he showed ...

ROSIE ASSOULIN AW15'16 READ-TO-WEAR NEWYORK FASHION WEEK Rosie Assoulin is a take-no-prisoners designer. Her clothes are theatrical, in the same way that the women who star in Broadway blockbusters like Wicked are theatrical: They want their expression to carry all the way to the cheap seats. There's something very canny about Assoulin's approach in an era ...

YEOHLEE AW15'16 READY-TO-WEAR NEW YORK FASHION WEEK Yeohlee Teng often thinks about her fabrics before she starts designing a collection, and for Fall '15, she was particularly dedicated to her "no waste" policy. Instead of discarding the extra fabric from a jacquard, she used it on the yolk of a sweater or as paneling down the ...

MM6 MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA AW15'16 READY-TO-WEAR NEW YORK FASHION WEEK Today's Fall outing was the final MM6 collection not developed under the watch of Maison Margiela creative director John Galliano, so it's tough to discern how much or how little it's about to change. Focusing on the now, it's easy to make the case that this ...