"Stephan Weiss ‘connected the dots’ in his art and in his life – always seeking to make harmony out of creative chaos. He was a teacher, loved the artisan hand, and it was his illness led to our urgent call to change the healthcare system, as well as to ‘care for the nurses,’ as he asked me to do. Stephan’s spirit is at the core of all we do at Urban Zen".
Donna Karan.
Donna Karan and Stephan Weiss
Donna Karan married artist Stephan Weiss in 1983, four years after her divorce with Mark Karan. A sculptor and painter, Stephen co founded the Donna Karan Company with his wife and helped the fashion house by negotiating licensing agreements and structuring the departments.
Born in Manhattan, Stephen attended the Pratt Institute and in the beginning of his career, worked for his father's drapery company “I. Weiss & Sons”. The talented artist Stephen died due to lung cancer in Manhattan in 2001.
Donna Karan referenced her late husband, the sculptor Stephan Weiss, when she said he was inspiring and guiding her to “sculpt the body with expression.” And that was what she did for her fall 2013 collection, sculpt the body, which was the base for this collection, with meters of jersey capes assymetrically draped around the body.
The background, texture, line and color palette of the new Karan collection, were inspired in the textures of Weiss sculptures, palette which is 'strictly neutral', with earthy tones ranging to the black to rust, with shades of stone, camel, and rich chocolate brown but is the “seven easy pieces” concept launched for Karan in 1985 and that she resumed again twenty three years after, a leitmotiv for the new Karan Fall 2013 ready-to-wear collection.
Flexibility is important for Karan, and we can see it, in the seven individual pieces that could be mixed and matched to create a fully and integrate wardrobe that transitioned effortlesssly from day to night.
"These are clothes for women like me, who live and work 24/7 with passion and dress with emotion" said Karan.
Focal point in the silhouettes were the portfolio skirts, with or without draping, the double - breasted coats with round sleeves, the embroidery leather tanks, the stretch jersey dresses for day at night magistralmente draping and complemented with assymetric capes.
Flexibility is important for Karan, and we can see it, in the seven individual pieces that could be mixed and matched to create a fully and integrate wardrobe that transitioned effortlesssly from day to night.
"These are clothes for women like me, who live and work 24/7 with passion and dress with emotion" said Karan.
Focal point in the silhouettes were the portfolio skirts, with or without draping, the double - breasted coats with round sleeves, the embroidery leather tanks, the stretch jersey dresses for day at night magistralmente draping and complemented with assymetric capes.
The Weiss sculptures lines are present in this beautiful dress that sculpted the body mixing matte with shine abd sheer with skin.
The bustier made in mini straps of leather fixed by diamonds, the draping dresses, the ponytail hair style, and the music bring me back to the gladiators in the Roman era.
Metal architectural accessories complement the looks
Through this collection Karan and Weiss are still connected but not by dots, but the heart, soul and the spirit.
Enjoy the Collection...
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