www.privateairny.com Private Air New York | Fall 2016
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INNOVATIVE
DESIGNERS
REINVENTING
FASHION
C
asually lounging in
Bemelmans Bar in New
York's luxurious Carlyle
Hotel, surrounded by
the fanciful murals of
Central Park by Ludwig Bemelmans,
(author of the Madeline picture books),
waiting for Woody Allen to appear
with his New Orleans Jazz Band, you
overhear the same refrain, over and
over… "I'll have what he's having, I'll
have what she's having." When the
waiter arrives at your table, do you
follow suit? You do not. "Make mine
something different," you pronounce.
And so, you are in the club. at
segment of the population that does
not follow the herd like dazed sheep.
e tiny slice of the population that
says, "I want something so new, so
different, that it forces me to think in
an unfamiliar way; a fresh direction. A
vision I've never considered before."
Some of the innovative new fashion
designers to watch rely on the most
modern of technologies to craft
their amazing ensembles. Others
focus on our preconceived notions
of what nostalgic and contemporary
fashion means to us, and challenges
our expectations. Why not indulge
in these delightful flights of fancy
and treat yourself to a conceptual
transformation, looking at style from
a unique perspective. In a land where
different and unfamiliar takes on,
not an intimidating or frightening
implication, but a positive, exhilarating
connotation. Let's go there and
never look back.
