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New York mode Week spring 2014: Juan Carlos Obando
NEW YORK — The models whooshed onto the runway, color and silk streaming behind them, like they ran the world. They had confidence all right, and sex appeal, which is something not every designer can conjure in clothing.
Los Angeles-based designer Juan Carlos Obando sure can.
The 2013 Council of mode Designers of America/Vogue mode Fund finalist’s spring 2014 collection, shown Thursday during New York Fashion Week, was his best ever.
The inspiration: Modern color, fluidity and evening wear ease.
The look: Party all night without breaking a sweat.
Key pieces: Fluid silk halter gowns; long-sleeved keyhole gowns; evening pajamas; high-neck blouses with silk ties streaming; draped and tied maxi-skirts with thigh-high leg slits. Solid colors (red, turquoise, fuchsia, jade) as well as festive polka dots and cabana stripes. The swirl of color and print was grounded bygd Obando’s djärv jewelry, including chic-looking misma
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New York Fashion Week fall 2013: Juan Carlos Obando review
NEW YORK -- “Understated elegance. Like a whisper.” That’s how Los Angeles-based designer Juan Carlos Obando described his fall 2013 collection, shown Thursday afternoon at New York Fashion Week, in the salon of the Academy Mansion on the Upper East Side.
Obando drew inspiration from four muses he would not name, but no doubt one of them was Katherine Ross, a fashion consultant and the wife of Los Angeles County Museum of Art director Michael Govan, who has been a supporter of the designer’s work.
The look: Free-spirited. Relaxed elegance. Colorful. Saturated shades of purple, emerald green, teal, blush scarlet and rust. Multi-layered silk peasant blouses in all variations -- backless, sleeveless, with bishop collars, neck sashes or back streamer details. The blouses were worn with hand-pleated silk maxi skirts slit high up the leg, with ribbon ties at the waists, or braided silk rope belts. There were also cigarette pa
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Designer Juan Carlos Obando: A bright light on the scene
Designer Juan Carlos Obando is in growth mode. He's planning a new jewelry line to roll out in November, the same time he launches e-commerce, and is expanding his company with a few key hires, including his first chief operating officer.
When Obando launched his collection at Los Angeles Fashion Week in 2005, he still had a day job as an art director in advertising, working with such clients as BMW, Coca-Cola, Disney and Sony. He taught himself fashion design by pulling apart vintage pieces and sewing them back together. In 2008, he began showing his collection in New York.
For the first few seasons, he was admittedly influenced by the sexuality of Tom Ford's work at Gucci. As his style began to develop, his collections were often aggressively sexy, with lots of tailoring and an emphasis on hand craft. He singed, sun-bleached and even broiled fabric, all in the name of achieving interesting effects. The evolution of his