Articles by Lisa Martinez

Prada Fall 2010 Ready-to-Wear Collection Review — Femme Fatale

Miuccia Prada channels a sexy sixties siren with her womanly collection

Bottega Veneta Fall 2010 Ready-to-Wear Collection Review — Structured Silhouettes

Creative Director Tomas Maier placed the emphasis of his strong silhouette on structured shoulders

Diane von Furstenberg Fall 2010 Ready-to-Wear Collection - Metamorphosis

Whoever said it's a man's world obviously never met Diane von Furstenberg; the iconic designer shows how her customer continues to evolve

Michael Angel Fall 2010 Ready-to-Wear Collection - The New Eccentric

The Australian native cited overlapping references for a multi-dimensional voyeuristic effect

L.A.M.B Fall 2010 Ready-to-Wear Collection - The Rocker Girl Gets Militant & Futuristic

The multi-faceted songstress designs a new collection that is inherently rocker chic

Dennis Basso Fall 2010 Ready-to-Wear Collection Review — Sculpted Furs

Shifting from last season's Degas ballerinas to the Venus de Milo, Dennis Basso sculpts a new collection of furs

Cynthia Rowley Fall 2010 Ready-to-Wear Collection Review — Monster Chic

The quirky designer unveils her new frighteningly fashionable collection

Prabal Gurung Fall 2010 Collection - Laying Down the Fashion Gauntlet

The collection’s pervasively graphic and sculptural influence was evident from the first look

Vera Wang Fall 2010 Ready-to-Wear Collection Review — Fashion Week’s Femme Fatale

François Truffaut's French film The Bride Wore Black inspired the award-winning designer's new collection

Christian Siriano Fall 2010 Ready-to-Wear Collection Review — From Fierce to Femme

The Project Runway alum was inspired by 1960’s Parisian women

Toni Maticevski Fall 2010 Ready-to-Wear Collection Review — Red Carpet Ready

Australia native Toni Maticevski presents a glittering collection of red carpet worthy gowns

Malandrino Fall 2010 Ready-to-Wear Collection — Khan

The French designer infused her eponymous collection with a “hunting-and-gathering” instinctive edge.

Ports 1961 Fall 2010 Ready-to-Wear Collection Review — Handcraefted

Creative Director Tia Cibani explored the tension between technology and nature

Carolina Herrera Fall 2010 Ready-to-Wear Collection Review — Painterly Opulence

Inspired by a woman's alluring confidence, this season's collection integrated a more painterly aesthetic

Twinkle Spring 2010 Collection Review - 21st Century Prints

Twinkle sparkles for the new season with an explosion of bold colors and imaginative prints

Monique Lhuillier Spring 2010 Ready-to-Wear Collection Review — Masai Warriors

The expectant mother presented her new collection at a private salon at Christie’s Rockefeller Center

Ports 1961 Spring 2010 Ready-to-Wear Collection Review — Fluere

Fleure was not only romantic and feminine, it was poetry in motion

Reem Acra Spring 2010 Collection Review - Hippy Chic

The red carpet mainstay designer's new bohemian chic collection pays homage to the 40th anniversary of Woodstock

Dennis Basso Spring 2010 Collection Review - Basso’s Ballerinas

For Spring 2010, the renowned furrier found inspiration with Edgar Degas’ ballerinas: chasse, jete, pas de bourree

Cynthia Rowley Spring Collection Review 2010 - Such a Pretty Mess

Draped in drop cloths, an abandoned ballroom centered along Gotham Hall was the setting for this season’s deconstructed designs

Carolina Herrera Spring 2010 - Dreamweaver

The Venezuelan matriarch takes inspiration from the intricacy of Japanese woven baskets

Narciso Rodriguez Spring 2010 Collection Review - Big Time Sensuality

For Spring 2010, Narciso Rodriguez blends the extraterrestrial with the celestial for a sublimely sensual collection

Pamella Roland Spring 2010 - Art as Fashion

Pamella DeVos is inspired by iconic American painter Georgia O'Keefe

Donna Karan Spring 2010 - What’s in the Air?

The ultimate city collection intersects urban and organic with a presentation influenced by the elements

Oscar de la Renta Spring 2010 Collection Review - An Elegant Eclecticism

Mr. de la Renta says that everyday is a learning process and his customer is the teacher

Carmen Marc Valvo Spring 2010 - Stopping Traffic in Times Square

From atop the NASDAQ building, Carmen Marc Valvo treats tourists to a fashion show in the heart of Times Square

Fall 2009 Recap: Cents & Sensibility - The Amortization of Fashion

Some of the season’s strongest themes were tribal, cultural, architectural, social, and political, but the uniting mantra for Autumn/Winter collections was a sense of female empowerment

Fashion’s Night Out Preview - Economic Stimulus + Altruism = Fashion Extravaganza

Fashion's Night Out will give new meaning to being fashionable late as more than 800 retailers across NYC's five boroughs unite to revitalize the local economy

Economics of Art - The San Francisco Design Community Unites

As a precursor to the 2nd Annual San Francisco Fashion Awards, this speaker series provided a platform for a trio of emerging designers to unveil their new collections