Farah Angsana Fall 2011

Farah Angsana - Fall 2011 - Indonesian Designer Farah Angsana's inspiration for her Fall collection is 1970's glam fashion.  Her gowns and furs were sensual and femine with plenty of sparkle. Mini dresses had gorgeous floral embroidery. The dresses looked befitting of any Hollywood starlet.  When the model walked out to the music of Beyonce, wearing the last piece, a glittering ensemble of sequins and feathers, I think everyone could see Sasha Fierce rocking that Angsana Dress.

Super Nice Farah Angsana - She speaks perfect Mandarin!

Photos by Alice Chin

Tadashi Shoji Fall 2011

The influence for Tadashi's Fall 2011 Show was the ancient gardens of the Far East and harmony between humanity and nature. The beautiful soft colors and fluid draping in wool and silk reminded me of a forest full of delicate flowers or exotic bird. The dresses were simple, mostly monochromatic, but with subtle twists that made them luxurious and unique.

Me, Designer Tadashi Shoji, Diana Lee (AsianinNY.com Founder)

Nolcha Fashion Lounge

Stopped by Nolcha Fashion Lounge for a preview of their global fashion designers at the Empire Hotel!  I also got some pampering done by Paul Mitchell Salon for Makeup and Kiss provided lashand nail service.  Check out the pics!

I loved the glamorous Ricki L jewelry by artist Erica Levine.  The necklaces made of beautiful precious stones woven in to14 karat gold were breath-taking!  They were pieces of art that I couldn't stop looking at!

The ruby was hand selected by Ricki from Cambodia!

Leather Cravats - hot!

Paul Mitchell Stylist

Getting made up!

From Runway Passport.com

Norwegian Designer Rudy Wolff

The magic of makeup by Paul Mitchell Salon!

Kevin Ross, Pitusa, Check out theLuxurious Alpalca hat! Soo soft!

Backstage at AsianinNY's Lunar New Year Celebration Fashion Shows

This weekend, I helped out  at the AsianinNY.com Lunar New Year Celebration as one of the fashion show directors.   It was a lot of fun working with a great group of people.  Co-director, Xing Xu, designer of Kallisti, and and I worked with J Song Designer Way Zen to cast models and choose designs for the show.  Haruo Noro Salon stylists did a beautiful job with hair and makeup.  Jade Chiu Accessories put finishing touches.  JSong and Janet Zheng Menswear showed amazing collections.  Check out the backstage pics!

 YiLin Hsu, Xing Xu, Way Zen, and Alice

Everyone loves Happy Models

So Graceful

Janet Zheng Shoes

Janet Zheng's Men

 

Haruo Noro Salon Stylist working on model's hair

Models in JSong (L to R: Shirley Tan and Danni Wang)

Designer Janet Zheng putting last minute touches on model.

L to R: Karen Cheung, Way Zen, Louise Shull

Designer Janet Zheng and her men.  Truly Fierce!

Sights and Sounds at Lincoln Chinese New Year Concert

At Lincoln Center, The Shen Zhen Golden Bell Youth Choir from China performed a special Chinese New Year Concert organized by CCSANY . The talented young men and women sang in four different languages and with voices of angels. I loved the festive outfits in bright yellow, orange, green, blue, and red.   Thanks to beautiful host and journalist Li Jing for inviting me.  She and co-host Tina Wan both looked specatular in fantastic Zang Toi gowns.

L to R: Tina Wan, Li Jing, Hong Wen Zhu

Nigel Barker at 21 Club

I'm a huge fan of America's Next Top Model, so when my friend Melodie surprised me with a Christmas gift to hear ANTM judge, Fashion photographer, and author Nigel Barker speak at the 21 Club Breakfast -  I was ecstatic!  Nigel promoted his new book "Beauty Equation" and talked about the meaning of beauty.  As a judge on a modeling show, he received questions daily from people asking him if they were beautiful or model-worthy.  Even his young son asked him "What is beautiful?".  He wisely answered "Your mother is beautiful", but realized he needed a more concrete answer and started writing down his thoughts. 

Nigel talked about a young 14 year old girl who he felt had true beauty and confidence.  He was photographing Nicole who had cancer.  She  had bad scarring down her arm, yet she angled the scarred side toward Nigel.  He asked her if she wanted to turn her good side to the camera and she said "I want to be photographed this way.  This is me.  This is my life".   Of course, in reality, appearances do matter.  But, allure, humor, compassion also play a part.   Nigel said all the models on ANTM are pretty.  But do they have that magnetism or bring excitement to the table? "People judge books by the cover, but make sure that the book is worth reading!" said Nigel.

Mr. Barker showed his compassionate side by also talking about UN Foundation organization Girl Up that lets American girls raise money to assist adolescent girls from third world countries.  I think Nigel has a great message that could help a lot of people with their self confidence and look forward to reading the book!

Yes, I like to take pictures of food!

Inside the gorgeous 21Club in midtown NYC