FASHION: Introducing the Man Dress!

It Brit design JW Anderson's latest collection is all about gender-bending.

Writes Daniel Tehrani at OUT:The inspiration for his collection, titled Mathematics of Love, was the "examination of bourgeois kinkyness and boudoir perversity" -- the result, men in strapless camel bustiers, frilled bloomer-shorts, doctors' gowns complete with what looks like dishwashing gloves, a powder blue robe and kinky leather pleated dresses. Wearable? Not quite. Commercial? Definitely not, but it is certainly conceptual......Style.Com writer Jo Ann-Furniss says "write off Anderson as a mere provocateur at your peril; his agenda is more complex than that. The effeminacy of this collection—a kind of put-together sixties jolie madame made into a twisted jolie monsieur; think Séverine in Belle de Jour crossed with some of her kinky fantasy coachmen—is intended to reconfigure both menswear and womenswear, and to give a kick up the arse to the stale state of much of men's fashion at the moment."

In fact, Anderson is a part of a bigger movement to bring originality into the men's dress-code.

(OUTscene AMERICA) INTER-view: CATWALK EXPOSED! Gunnar Deatherage's Project Runway Tell-All!

by Kelly Hughes 

Lindsay Lohan could learn a lesson in damage control from Gunnar Deatherage. With his two-tone hair and catty barbs, Deatherage was the Cruella de Ville of Season 10 of Project Runway. And then something strange happened. Gunnar got nice. So by the time Heidi Klum auf Wiedersehen’d him, some of us actually felt sorry he was out.

I feel like the whole experience was a mind fuck," Deatherage confided. "The whole competition is about endurance under pressure. It's testing every facet of you as a designer.

"And I feel like a lot of times the judges' comments are extremely contradictory. There was one challenge where they hated my sequin dress that I did for Lord & Taylor. They ripped it apart. And I found it very hard to sit and take a critique from Heidi Klum while she was wearing a sequin dress that was very similar in cut."

BEST of 2012!

In 2012, OUTscene NW was all over the place and hit the Red Carpet at SIFF for Sissy Spacek as the star. Writers, MK Scott and Eddie Walker attended  Portland and Seattle Theater, Fashion Shows and Concerts in both Print and Video, Here are OUTscene NW's Top 5 Posts, according to our Readers (Based on Page Views.)

MK's Chats with Spacek on the SIFF Red Capet!

RED CARPET:
MK chats w/ the legendary, Sissy Spacek on the SIFF Red Carpet! (6/13)

(EDDIE WALKER) Coverage of Bellevue Collection’s Front Row Fashion Show!

by Eddie Walker

On September 29, 2012, I had the pleasure of attending the Bellevue Collection’s Front Row Fashion Show sponsored by Vogue, and benefitting the Moyer Foundation.  And let me tell you, with the tiered seating, you could not find a bad seat in the house.  The lighting, the music, the models, the fashions, it was all fabulous. Well, not all of it, but I’ll get to that in a minute. The show was hosted by Anne Vincent of Vogue and Style Icon, Lawrence Zarian.

COVERAGE: Bellevue's Posh Party Beauty & Trend Show!

Bellevue Fashion Week wrapped up with the Posh Party Beauty and Trend Show, an evening of tips, tricks, and how to's for rocking fall's style and beauty trends. Here's what went down, according to Seattle Met:

FASHION: Carole McClellan Wins at Independent Designer Runway Show!

BELLEVUE, Wash.  (Sept. 27, 2012) – After years as an experienced leather and fur fashion designer, Carole McClellan was selected as the winner of the Fashion Funds prize the first Independent Designer Runway Show at The Bellevue Collection’s Fashion Week on Sept. 26th.  McClellan’s prize package includes $5,000 in Fashion Funds to help build her business donated by The Bellevue Collection, Fashion Group International Seattle Chapter and Femfessionals in Seattle. 

As the first fashion event of this year’s weeklong Fashion Week at The Bellevue Collection, The Independent Designer Show showcased the inspiring and creative designs of eight local fashion designers in a dynamic and spectacular runway event. In partnership with Fashion Group International (FGI) and Femfessionals in Seattle, the show was a culmination of months of work by the designers, organizers and a judging panel to bring a spotlight on the strength of the independent designer movement in the Puget Sound area. 

RE-view: Project Red Dress was a Runway Hit!

by Eddie Walker

Outscene NW

Hats off to Eduardo Khawam.  He Directed the 4^th Annual Project Red Dress Fashion Show on Feb. 3, 2012 at the Fairmount Olympic Hotel in Seattle, and it was truly a stellar event.  Produced by Monir Zandghoreishi. There was music by Conductor Geoffrey Larson with the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra.  Jim Dever hosted the event, and he was charming as ever.  And there was some fashion creations there to die for, but I’ll get to that in a minute.

Project Red Dress is Seattle’s annual fashion event that’s held to raise money for the American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women movement.  The designers are local student who are given $200 for red fabric and 16 hours to produce a red dress.  The winner is awarded a scholarship.

The top five dresses were all well made and sellable.  However, they were all dresses I’ve seen before.  But when you think they only had 16 hours to produce these high quality garment from scratch, then I have to give them snaps.  What impressed me was dresses that were different, and me me feel a way I’ve never felt before.