Hello, my name is Alexander Patino.

Alexander Patino has contributed for numerous publications. He was named one of Saks Fifth Avenue's Top 25 fashion bloggers and is a member of the Vogue Blogger Network. He knows someone who knows Nicolas Ghesquiere. He lives in New York City.
Marc Jacobs, Fall 2013. Photo by Gianni Pucci.

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Marc Jacobs Fall Winter 2013 Ready-to-Wear Collection

The weather may not have been in Marc Jacob’s favor, but that didn’t stop him from mounting what would be New York Fashion Week’s piece de resistance.

Honor, Fall 2013. Photo by Yannis Vlamos.

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Honor Fall Winter 2013 Ready-to-Wear Collection

Giovanna Randall serves up a particularly sweet morsel with Honor, during a gloom-laden New York Fashion Week.

Marc by Marc Jacobs, Fall 2013. Photo by Filippo Fior.

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Marc by Marc Jacobs Fall Winter 2013 Ready-to-Wear Collection

Marc by Marc Jacobs gives the week the shake-up it needed with a much appreciated bolt of fun, light-hearted energy.

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Patrik Ervell Fall Winter 2013 Ready-to-Wear Collection

For Fall, Patrik Ervell gave us equal measures of his Swedish and Californian self. In design parlance, it means he feels most at home designing outerwear, and he surely gave his gents some thrilling offers.

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Alexandre Herchcovitch Fall Winter 2013 Ready-to-Wear Collection

Alexandre Herchcovitch takes us on a walk through his maternal, cosmic garden, but sidesteps his own innovation with an unfortunate taste for color.

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Louise Goldin Fall Winter 2013 Ready-to-Wear Collection

Louise Goldin wows the New York Fashion Week crowd, on this her sophomore showing on the other side of the pond.

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Gregory Parkinson Fall Winter 2013 Ready-to-Wear Collection

Gregory Parkinson pulled a quick 180, leaving his signature taste for resplendent colors back in the studio to deliver a deep and moody Fall lineup.

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Cushnie et Ochs Fall Winter 2013 Ready-to-Wear Collection

Cushnie et Ochs cite pilgrims and the Salem witch trials as inspirations for their FW 2013 collection, but their signature provocation stayed wholly intact.

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Joseph Abboud Fall Winter 2013 Ready-to-Wear Collection

Bernardo Rojo, Joseph Abboud’s still-fresh creative director gave the suits a rest and started the week off with a forward-thinking outerwear showcase.

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Creatures of the Wind Fall Winter 2013 Ready-to-Wear Collection

Shane Gabier and Chris Peters of Creatures of the Wind balance their whimsy and consumer-mindedness for fall, but it’s their folksy roots that win out.

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Christian Dior Spring 2013 Haute Couture Collection

With the Spring season as his muse, Raf Simons delivers on his promise as a couturier at Dior and quiets his naysayers for good.

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Versace Spring 2013 Haute Couture Collection

For her third haute couture show, Donatella Versace strikes an unprecedented chord: luxurious daywear – front and center.

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Z Zegna Menswear Fall Winter 2013 Ready-to-Wear Collection

Paul Surridge serves up a Z Zegna collection of merry wanderers, risk-takers and romantics.

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Kenzo Menswear Fall Winter 2013 Ready-to-Wear Collection

The Kenzo man evolves into something a bit more serious, a bit more high-fashion, at this year’s Pitti Uomo.

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Burberry Prorsum Menswear Fall Winter 2013 Ready-to-Wear Collection

Christopher Bailey brings back some much needed creative verve to his Burberry Prorsum men’s line.

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J.W. Anderson Menswear Fall Winter 2013 Ready-to-Wear Collection

Following a hugely successful year, J.W. Anderson presents a menswear collection that’s bound to have some in raptures, so in dismay.

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Christopher Kane Menswear Fall Winter 2013 Ready-to-Wear Collection

Dead Poets Society goes to the drive-in in Christopher Kane’s latest ghoulish menswear collection.

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Alexander McQueen Menswear Fall Winter 2013 Ready-to-Wear Collection

Danger reigned the Alexander McQueen Fall 2013 runway, with a display by Sarah Burton that was dripping in rigor and more than just a hint of madness.

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Prada Spring 2013 Campaign

Prada’s Spring 2013 womenswear campaign shot by Steven Meisel features some Prada darlings like Amber Valetta and some newfound muses like Saskia de Brauw.

BALLY & VOGUE Celebrate the Season & Give Back to Hurricane Relief Efforts

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Vogue and Bally Fete for Hurricane Sandy Relief

The fashion heavyweights came together to get buyers into the stores, but this time, for a particularly prescient good cause.

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Burberry Prorsum: 2012 in 3 Minutes

2012 was a great year for fashion, but it has never looked so spectacular, or felt so thrilling, as through the lens of Burberry Prorsum.

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Alexander Wang to Balenciaga

Is Alexander Wang, the prince of downtown New York urban-chicness the new front-runner to replace Nicolas Ghesquiere at Balenciaga?

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Get to Know ‘The Real Real’

With the holiday shopping season officially on, that put me in good mind to speak about a new online shopping treasure that’s started to pick up major speed this past year – TheRealReal.com.

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Rei Kawakubo for Hermes

There’s another collaboration that’s happening for sure. Rei Kawakubo and Hermes. Have four sweeter words ever been spoken?

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The Balenciaga Muses

Dozens upon dozens of girls have walked the Balenciaga runway in Nicolas Ghesquiere’s 15 illustrious years as creative director of the celebrated house, but very few have been lucky enough to be considered true ‘Balenciaga Girls’.