Who is pencey designer

So an otherwise ordinary duchesse satin cocktail frock gets a shot of the exotic with peacock feathers sprouting from its hem, while a simple bubble dress is treated with a vibrant tie-dye print.

He cites de la Renta and Alexander McQueen as inspirations, along with his grandmother. Collection: J. Backstory: Cordero and Finkelstein have known each other since they were 18, when they met at a bar in New York City, then starred in a photo shoot after a French photographer approached them at a club.

Cordero, above left, a graduate of the design and management program at Parsons The New School for Design, still holds his day job as a style editor for the online magazine the JC Report. Finkelstein majored in political science and visual arts at Brown University, and thereafter worked in Washington as a consultant on homeland security.

Wholesale prices were still being finalized at press time. Backstory: Greenberg, above left, and Smith have certainly been busy this year. In addition to launching their line for the spring season, the two have had to deal with a pesky little thing called homework. The linens, for example, come from Ireland; the lace, France, and the cotton tulle, England.

Even the color scheme, saffron and rust, is meant to evoke a far-off world. Mendel and most recently, Monique Lhuillier. Texture is key, and the designer creates it with layering, collaging and ruching.

While there, he got a junior-year internship at Calvin Klein, then capped off his studies by winning a Gold Thimble award.

Cocktail-length day and evening dresses, feminine embroidered blouses and strong-shouldered jackets are included. Both are backed by parent company Avista Inc. Last year, Hart teamed up with British department store Selfridges on a capsule collection, "I still do the collaboration, but it's not really available in New York, so I wanted to have something that people could get their hands on here.

Enter her new line with New York-based brand, Pencey. Although Hart may have found a successful side career with her clothing lines, she never planned on being a designer: "I never thought about it, really. Since I have been modeling, my love for clothes grew and from that, I started wanting to make my own things. Hart's collection for Pencey includes a lot of denim, bright colors, head-to-toe patterns a-la Celine and pajama-inspired separates.

I think it dresses everything up, which I really like. Hart was wearing a floral silk button down with matching pants for the presentation, with a black v-neck pull over. News U. Politics Joe Biden Congress Extremism. Special Projects Highline. HuffPost Personal Video Horoscopes. Follow Us. Terms Privacy Policy.