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Andrea Perini & Naveed Hussain | Team VagaBondNYC- Andrea Perini is a free-lance stylist and the founder and creative director of VagaBondNyc.com, the avant-garde vintage clothing destination specializing in clothing and accessories from the 60s-90s. Andrea buys, styles & shoots everything and feature's her well-edited archive in monthly vintage-only fashion editorials where every item is for sale. As fashion industry veterans, they edit their vintage buys to reflect their understanding of contemporary fashion's indebtedness to its past.

Before launching Vnyc, Andrea worked in fashion editorial at Harper's Bazaar, Elle and New York Mag and finally for (then senior fashion editor) Camilla Nickerson at Vogue assisting her on all of her commercial projects including ads for Chanel, YSL, Michael Kors, Tommy Hilfiger, and Narciso Rodriguez. Naveed Hussain, assistant fashion editor, has a BA in art history and is Andrea’s assistant stylist and general assistant at Vagabondnyc. Naveed also covers fashion, music and art for VNyc's blog's readers and has unlimited access to current and future fashion news & trends. He has worked as a buyer and has styled for The Dallas Morning News, The Chicago Tribune, and The New York Times. More information, including press links: VagaBondnyc.com

Fashion: Best of the Decade & Its Defining Style Moments

Fashion designers of the decade and their standout looks that will become the hallmark of 00's fashion Our fashion savants, and vintage experts, Andrea Perini and Naveed Hussain of VagabondNYC are like walking encyclopedias of iconic fashion moments from mid-century to today. The fashion industry kids are a go-to source for what's relevant from the past to wear today. Andrea and Naveed have culled some of their thoughts from the past 10 years and let us be a fly on the wall with this quick-study crib sheet of what influences in fashion they feel are worth your remembering and collecting from the decade and why. Is it fair to call this a decade of heavy revivals? Why so? AP: Absolutely.

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NY Fashion Week: Herve Leger Spring / Summer 2010

Nice and fresh fabrications, treatments and sun-softened beachy palette which evoked a pinch of country sensibility I hustled into the Herve Leger Spring 2010 show amidst throngs of bandage dressed women of all ages. What I noticed first and foremost was that although most of these Leger devotees had overdone it one way or another - moms and their mini-me daughters in matching nightclub ready scuba uber-minis forcing comparisons, loads of make-up, black patent leather, fussy blond coifs and naked flesh at 3pm - the show itself was surprisingly earthy. This is not to say that Max Azria abandoned Leger's signature body-con hubba-hubba I expected to see. He just took his cash-cow formula and reconsidered the possibilities. He exposed it

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NY Fashion Week: David Elfin Spring / Summer 2010

Smart with a somber, soothing palette and totally wearable separates with a crisp minimal core. Veteran Spanish designer David Elfin showed his second collection in the U.S this season after being in the business for the past ten years, and compared to the overload of cocktail dresses seen everywhere else, this was a pleasant effort. >> See runway images from the David Elfin collection While there may have been some audacious propositions like a male model exiting in a tube top, he kept it smart with a somber, soothing palette and some totally wearable separates that had a crisp minimal core. >> See our complete runway coverage and fashion show photos His gray romper was a smart take on the

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NY Fashion Week: Ports 1961 Spring / Summer 2010

Quietly gorgeous, beautifully designed pieces that are right on the money for her many many followers The invite to Tia Cibani's Ports 1961 s/s 2010 rtw show, which she entitled "Fleure" - was an accordion folded geisha's fan and it stood out in a sea of heavy card stock and virtual invites. Maybe it was a little literal, too easy a hint at what was to come, but it worked. And when the lights went down and then up, a nice hushed energy filled the room. The models seemed to radiate from a shadowy zen garden. Cibani invited 2 amazingly talented craftsmen to help realize her take on Japonisme: Julia Lundsten the designer of Finsk - whose moulded stingray pumps

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NY Fashion Week: Derek Lam Spring / Summer 2010

Derek Lam makes serious, luxe clothing that's quiet in statement and meticulous in quality. It was nice to see him add a sense of charm and exuberance to that sophisticated mix Derek Lam makes serious, luxe clothing that's quiet in statement and meticulous in quality. It was nice to see him add a sense of charm and exuberance to that sophisticated mix via tiny dotted stars and florals for Spring/Summer 2010. >> See runway images from the Derek Lam collection The shape was reminiscent of the 40's that designers like Ossie Clark & Halston were channeling in the 70's and as usual, there wasn't a single exit that was not only wearable, but also downright chic in the broad sense

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NY Fashion Week : Proenza Schouler Spring / Summer 2010

Proenza Schouler had a vision of a collection which I think they executed with sincerity and aplomb.They got it right with their beautifully casual Spring/Summer 2010 outing. Runway Review: Proenza Schouler has always been somewhat of an anomaly to me: Their collections are cool adaptations of what many a downtown girl would love to see on herself. Yet, when the clothes hit the racks they look uptown, cut for women of whatever age who live a leisurely life far north of "downtown". This, to me is tricky and a bit deceptive. That said, I understand the difference between the illusion created on the runway and the reality of the bottom line and the fact that not everyone out there can

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NY Fashion Week: Zero + Maria Cornejo Spring / Summer 2010

If only every woman owned at least one Zero dress, imagine how many hours they would save getting ready and fussing with their looks. Runway Review Excerpt: While they do have that studied, arty and downtown edge, Zero + Maria Cornejo pieces are so well articulated, so neutral, absolutely anyone can wear them, and the strongest strength that comes from this achievement is how easy they are to wear. If only every woman owned at least one Zero dress, imagine how many hours they would save getting ready and fussing with their looks. If you aren't already familiar with the subtle genius of Zero & Maria Cornejo you ought to be, because you've been missing out on some the easiest

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NY Fashion Week: Rebecca Taylor Spring / Summer 2010

Rebecca Taylor's spring 2010 collection was one of her best to date. Runway Review Excerpt: For Spring 2010 Rebecca Taylor did not deny her fans her signature flippy silk skirts, romantic mini-florals, and bright liberty printed slip tops, bags and sandals. I left feeling I'd had a balanced meal and imagined how easily it would be to fit those pieces into my own color phobic wardrobe. #NYFW My thing is that I can't wear her stuff because I am afraid of pink and flowers. I've always been more punk than boho. I have an androgynous sort of body and feel most at home in black, navy, charcoal gray and maybe some nude every once in a while. And so it

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NY Fashion Week: Cynthia Steffe Spring / Summer 2010

Cynthia Steffe | Spring / Summer Runway Summer 2010 Runway Review Excerpt: We can't forget that when this collection hits stores, it's sure to be a crowd pleaser that's been tweaked to offer something for absolutely everyone. #NYFW Cynthia Steefe is one of those sportswear labels that quickly rose to prominence during the earlier part of this decade only to be fizzled out by some serious in-house design changes before the company was able to make its signature clear and concise and most importantly strong. This left new designer Shaun Kearny wandering between disparate notions of where to lead the successful line. His Spring/Summer 2010 outing for Cynthia Steffe was to me, not only one his, but one of the

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NY Fashion Week: Twinkle by Wenlan Spring / Summer 2010

Twinkle by Wenlan | Spring / Summer Fashion Show Summer 2010 Runway Review Excerpt: Twinkle's strongest looks were print-less frothy chiffon layered dresses and some surprisingly smart pants that also came in either watercolor florals or scattered digitals. While printed pants aren't usually the easiest to pull off, here thanks to her subtle prints, they seemed like a very strong, fresh option. When it first came on the scene Twinkle's Wenlan Chia was armed with some highly desirable tricks up her sleeve with her strengths being feminine knitwear with a sculptural edge, beaded and baubled necklaces at attainable price points and prints that are so graphic and complex they stand on their own (to me she's the states version of

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NY Fashion Week: Yigal Azrouel Spring / Summer 2010

Yigal Azrouel | Fashion Show Spring / Summer 2010 Runway Review Excerpt: Yigal Azrouel did have his highly desirable outerwear on full display alongside some great contrasting cocktail frocks, some 80's sex-pot sliced swimwear and some 10+ menswear looks that were some of the strongest options for men New York has seen for quite some time. Yigal Azrouel is one New York designer I've been enthused about for years not only because his clothing is very well made for it's semi-modest price points, but also because it's never overtly trendy, his pieces always have a quiet urban appeal that stand on their own. >> See our complete runway coverage and fashion show photos Unfortunately this time around for Spring/Summer 2010

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The Joy of Fashion: Good Fun, and Art in the Mix

Fashion’s Night Out- Downtown fashion and art scene… Last night was Vogue’s “Fashion’s Night Out,” a city-wide shopping event with hundreds of shops staying open til 11pm, providing music & cocktails to not only get customers motivated to shop, but to also remind them of the joy of fashion itself. And with the state of today’s economy, it was a rather refreshing and well-planned initiative to get people excited. I didn’t personally see many cash registers buzzing, but what I did love was the communal air it gave the city of New York, where the streets were filled with well suited crowds of people, all out for a good time and a good cause. After spending the early morning &

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The Word: I Hate Hats

The ongoing battle to find the right hat. Qualify... I like hats. At best they are form and function in one neat little package - parts of a greater whole. Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire, Inez and Vinoodh, Cookies and Milk. I am a major proponent of the humble knit ski cap - preferably picked up at Duane Reade for $3 on a freezing night when the cashmere Marc Jacobs beret thing I’m wearing seems over-affected for the circumstances. Also, the cheapest ones are the most malleable - length and width wise - and always come in my favorite colors - black, gray, charcoal, army-green, bandaid . I don’t feel bad if I lose them and they allow me more

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