There was a lot to love on the Emmy’s red carpet
Sequins, slicked-back hair and sparkling jewels
Some seasons, the trends that are in fashion are a match made in heaven for the red carpet.Fashion is having one of those moments, which made for a sartorially satisfying experience at the 69th annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday night. This fall, understated is out, allowing celebs to sparkle and shine like the stars that they are!Here’s a look at some of the night’s top trends and best and worst dressed. Precious metals: Feathers, sequins and exquisite beading sashayed from the runway and onto the Emmy’s red carpet, giving us gowns galore dripping in glitz, like Sarah Paulson’s silver stunner straight from Carolina Herrara’s show last week at New York Fashion Week. Tracee Ross delivered disco ball-chic in a bell-sleeved, belted gown by Chanel Haute Couture. Priyanka Chopra’s white Balmain gown didn’t skimp on metallic touches, either. The sexy slick-back: Low fuss locks were the way to go! Laverne Cox, Tessa Thompson, Anna Chlumsky and Lea Michele were a few who slicked back their
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
As the stylish action of New York Fashion Week winds down in the Big Apple, it’s about to pick up in Pittsburgh with the return of Fashion Week Downtown.
Conceived by Pittsburgh Downtown Community Development Corp. and presented by Settlement Engine, the event will grow from one day to five in just its second year and includes a runway show, mixer, boutique shopping experience, trunk shows and more. It begins Monday with a launch party at Social House Seven on Seventh Street and runs through Friday.
To bring more attention to Pittsburgh’s burgeoning Downtown community and emerging designers, the PDCDC launched the event last year with a runway show in the Union Trust Building. It also aimed to fill the void left by Pittsburgh Fashion Week, which announced last year it was taking a break after six consecutive years of events in late September.
“The designers were happy to be part of it. I felt like we got a good response from the audience, too,” says event producer Kari Kramer, who also has her own clothing label, iroNiece. “It seemed like people were excited about it and interested to see what comes next.”
This year’s designer runway show — spotlighting 15 design talents, with models styled by local salons — will be Tuesday in a tent in Market Square, a nod to the days when New York Fashion Week’s shows took place in tents in Bryant Park in midtown Manhattan. It’s also a reference to a big show Pittsburgh Fashion Week did in its early days in Market Square.
“That was one of my favorite fashion week events for sure,” PDCDC executive director John Valentine recalls.
But jumping from one to five days of programming is no easy feat, so the PDCDC collaborated with other groups and businesses. For instance, Thursday will be a spotlight on trunk shows at Larrimor’s, Joseph Orlando, Heinz Healey’s and the Worth New York Downtown showroom in the Diamond Building. For the finale, it teamed with KDKA-TV to promote the station’s inaugural TechnoVation event, an evening of panel discussions, networking and displays at the Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel that highlight the intersection of technology and fashion.
Fashion Week Downtown has several goals that set it apart from other fashion events, Mr. Valentine says. To give up-and-coming designers more exposure, boutique owners have been invited to view their work and possibly pick a few to carry in their shops. Plus, events like the Design Fest on Wednesday — a pop-up market with dozens of vendors selling in the Wintergarden inside Monday: Launch party at Social House Seven, 68:30 p.m. (by invitation) Tuesday: Runway show in Market Square at 8 p.m. (cocktail party with light fare and cash bar at 7 p.m.); $25 general admission at www.pghfwd.com Wednesday: Design Fest, 3-9 p.m. in Wintergarden at PPG Place; free and open to the public Thursday: Trunk shows at Larrimor’s, Heinz Healey’s, Joseph Orlando and the Worth New York Downtown showroom, 6-9 p.m.; free and open to the public Friday: KDKA-TV TechnoVation event, with panel discussion (4-6 p.m.) and a fashion showcase (6-8 p.m.); $20 at www.showclix.com/event/technovation PPG Place — will be a chance to research shopping trends that could help the PDCDC in its mission to build a larger Downtown shopping district.
Last year’s debut event sold out, and ticket sales have been strong this year, Mr. Valentine says, noting its diverse audience.
“It’s not just fashionistas but also people in the corporate community that will be exposed to this. In the long run, that’s going to make the fashion community so much stronger.”