Style Wars - Don Hill's 13 October 2007


I've been listening to the slow freight train of buzz behind Style Wars for the past 2 weeks. No one, it seemed, could explain exactly what it was...Fashion/Rock Show/Party...but not the average fashion show, and by no means a rock show. It wasn't until 2 hours after I had walked into Don Hill's this past Saturday.



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Style Wars is better described as a much an idea as it can be a technique, conceived by House of Diehl partners, MJ Diehl and Roman Milisic...Now I'm not going to pretend to be some sort of fashion guru or even go as far as to say that I have any "fashion sense" whats so ever...all I know is what I see and hear...so this is what I've seen and heard...House of Diehl was started sometime in 2001, and to sum up their teachings, in my own words, fashion is everywhere around us. It is in the $500 Gaultier skinny jeans, and the $5 Wal-Mart sweater, and using this as a frame of reference...


This particular was a contest between 8 teams of local designers who competed in 5 minute time intervals where they only had the random materials and their personalities to create instant couture...


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Utter chaos ensued...Moli documented entire night...at the Style Wars Site and they'll continue on Style Wars in 4 more cities before holding the finale back in New York City Early next year


Congratulations to Kelly aka House of HANDMADE for taking the New York show. It was a well deserved victory.

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