One of my favorite things about ADAM is that everything I saw on the runway today will be made and sold. Most designers use the catwalk as their playground creating high fashion looks to showcase their creativity, which are later used as inspiration for the next season. Adam Lippes prides himself on creating collections that the everyday woman can actually wear. I attended the show in the American Express Skybox with my friend Sydne Summer of ThinkThruFashion and had a meet and greet with the designer afterwards.
"I'm inspired by the High Line in the Meat Packing District," Lippes commented. "I love watching how people who walk around the runway in the sky dress and wanted to make clothes for them"
I love how he calls the High Line a runway in the sky. After all, the sidewalk is our catwalk. Right? Silk dresses in ivory, lavender and neon pink were followed by black and white polka dot dresses and military inspired embroidered jackets.
"There's nothing more refined than when a woman is comfortable in a dress she can afford," Lippe stated.
Watching the show from the skybox today and looking down onto the runway watching the crowd snap pictures and look at the clothing in awe as models walked by them made me take a step back for a minute and realize how lucky I am to be a fashion insider. Everyday I'm reminded in one way or another and at this moment, I really appreciated the fashion and beauty industry and my job. Normally, I watch the shows from inside the tents and looking down at those people, it's such an honor.
*This post is sponsored by American Express, but my opinions are honest.
"My inspiration came from a Dutch photographers picture of tulips," Shoji explains in the American Express Skybox after his Spring/Summer 2012 show. "Each tulip was different, so I began this collection by hand painting silk linen fabrics so they all had unique ombre effects to them."
Normally during New York Fashion Week I watch shows like other editors, but this season some of the shows I'm watching are going to be in the American Express Skybox with other fancy American Express card holders. Besides a birds eye view, champagne, coffee, salad and light fare was served as about 30 card holders mingled and had the experience of NYFW insiders.
The collection was very feminine and hair and makeup was kept natural to compliment the color palette used throughout. Magnolia and rosebud were two shades that really stood out against the crisp, white runway. Celebs in attendance included True Blood's, Carrie Preston and singer, JoJo.
After the show, two special guests were escorted into the skybox. First, Gail Simmons of Top Chef spoke about her love for Tadashi Shoji and how she loves wearing his his jewel toned dresses on the show because they pop on TV. Then, Shoji came in to celebrate the success of his show and answered card members questions. His closing remarks, "Buy my dresses! All of you American Express card members can afford 10 of them!"
