SportySpice: OC x Spring Breakers
Kevin Bass, Fashion Editor
March 25, 2013
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What if Candy (Vanessa Hudgens), Brit (Ashley Benson), Faith (Selena Gomez) and Cotty (Rachel Korine) did Spring Break in Soho? Opening Ceremony does a very rare, beach, sporty, capsule collection for Harmony Korine's Spring Breakers, assigning each of the five main characters specific symbols —... Read more »
SportySpice: #23
Kevin Bass, Fashion Editor
March 13, 2013
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Jeremy Scott, the designer who brought teddy bears, leather angel wing vest and Bart Simpson sweater sets into the world of fashion, gave basketball wife realness at his Spring 2013 RTW show as basketball jerseys in sky blue snakeskin-printed leather, mesh and leopard walked down the runway accessorized... Read more »
SportySpice: Y-3 Track & Field
Kevin Bass, Fashion Editor
February 13, 2013
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Y-3's collaboration with Adidas for spring showed the elegance potential of active wear. There was soft suiting for both men and women, and the iconic Adidas three-stripe logo was elaborated, i.e., making a graphic pattern of black and white stripes on T-shirts and tanks. This collection celebrated... Read more »
SportySpice: Sporty, Cheap and Chic
Kevin Bass, Fashion Editor
February 13, 2013
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Multicolored maxi dresses, African batik prints, sateen sportswear, orange pantsuits, pineapple shoulder bags, platforms and multicolored sporty sneakers are going to be major this spring from what was showed at the Moschino Cheap and Chic Spring 2013 RTW show. Moschino's creative director, Rossella... Read more »
SportySpice: The Sporty Girls
Kevin Bass, Fashion Editor
February 13, 2013
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Felipe Oliveira Baptista's allover tennis-inspired prints at Lacoste's Spring 2013 show were so major. The sportswear label repeated rackets, balls, an umpire's chair and a pattern of folded polos on shirts, pants and parkas. There were also extended polo shirt dresses for sporty girls. #getthelook
SportySpice: The NY In DKNY
Kevin Bass, Fashion Editor
February 13, 2013
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For spring, pieces from the label's commercial sub-lines, DKNY Jeans and pureDKNY, were thrown into the runway mix for the first time, making for a very successful sporty collection. Blue jeans and white silk shirts were paired with white sports jackets. There was these denim sleeves tied around the... Read more »
SportySpice: Gerls, Gerls, Gerls
Kevin Bass, Fashion Editor
February 13, 2013
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Gerlan Marcel’s Spring 2013 RTW collection for Gerlan Jeans was all about “Gerl” power, everything sporty and hey, no jeans! Marcel showed sports bras, ringer tees, boxing shorts paired with pink, silk boxing gloves and cycling uniforms, bringing us back to that sporty spice, feminine, pop, '90s... Read more »
SportySpice: DIY Chanel Hula Hoop Bag
Kevin Bass, Fashion Editor
February 13, 2013
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For spring, Karl Lagerfeld removed the traditional Chanel bag, and he introduced the sporty hula hoop bag which became THE most talked-about item on the Chanel Spring 2013 catwalk, "For the beach, for the beach. You need space for the beach towel, and then you can put it into the sand and hang... Read more »
SportySpice: Batter Up!
Kevin Bass, Fashion Editor
February 13, 2013
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With a very focused spring collection, Alexander Wang literally pulled the clothes apart giving the garments these kind of wavy zebra stripe cutouts; an experiment that made sexy dresses seem to float on the body thanks to the invisible fish-line embroidery holding them together. Wang called this effect... Read more »