Spring Fashion Folio
Interactive: local brilliance and the interaction between designer and client
Fri., Feb. 27, 2004
Back row: (l) Miller is wearing a cross-tucked gold silk princess-line gown with black velvet trim ($900) by Gail Chovan for Blackmail Couture, along with shelled pink and green kunzite earrings with triple pink and yellow tourmaline cushion-cut ladders on lemon citrine posts ($7,875) by Anthony Nak. Back row: (r) Stallworth is wearing a draped and shirred silk chiffon and charmeuse gown by Linda Asaf for Linda Asaf Designs, with gold embroidered evening bag by Cara Copola ($125) for the Garden Room, and a netted London blue-topaz briolette necklace, worn as a diadem, with shelled lemon citrine, aquamarine, and sapphire briolettes ($16,000) by Anthony Nak. Seated left, Lawson is wearing an iridescent silk-taffeta ball gown with a beaded, black-lace under-bodice ($740) by Summer Lawson for SubKult Clothing at www.sirensummer.com/subkult. Seated right, Julie is wearing a silk organza coat with beaded detail ($258); a satin and silk brocade corset ($370); and a silk taffeta tulip skirt ($130), all by Judy Masliyah for Pink Salon (or by special order from the designer, 441-6799). Her rose-quartz disc-earrings with 18-karat chain mail and draped banded sapphire briolettes ($3,765) are by Anthony Nak. Reclining, Horton is wearing a cashmere overcoat with military-inspired trim ($1,250), an Italian long-staple cotton shirt with welt-pocket ($240), Super 130 wool slacks ($230), belt with matte-finished buckle ($70), and wool necktie with piece-work inset ($95) all by Tomer Gendler for Tomer Gendler Design (available at Giada and by special order only at www.tomerdesign.com). His shoes ($135) are by MC & Power, for Creatures Boutique.
Photography by Bob Sherman for bobshermanart.com
Lighting by Seabrook Jones for SeabrookTV.com; styling by Allison McLarty; hair and make-up by Deborah Carter, Amanda Statham, Brandi Cowley, Johanna Esper, and Monica Thompson for Pink Salon; foliage by Big Red Sun; location Gallery Lombardi; location assistance Evan Voyles; creative director Stephen Moser; models Summer Lawson, Susan Stallworth, Julie Poppoon, Elle Miller, John-Scott Horton