Intermezzo NYC - Spring 2013 Part 1

{7fAM black lace on delicately printed jeans}

Intermezzo January 2013 was like a big denim party - all the "hello" and "how have you been", all the beautiful denim which created a kind of party mood. The show was super well attended and tons of people were buying. Hurray for the American economy!

This time I am deeply satisfied with what I saw and I can hardly wait for spring so we can see all the new and beautiful denim in the stores and on the streets. The biggest "Thank You Denim brands" comes from the bottom of my heart. No upholstery and shimmer and curtain material jeans YAY!!

If I have to sum up my Intermezzo impressions in a few words, I would say:

Denim is definitely coming back to its roots - meaning that prints continue, yes, but they are much more printed denim, than printed twill-stretch-spandex jeans.

Dark blue denim is OUT, ripped and bleached and destructed is IN.

White jeans in all shapes and forms, from clean whites to dirty and ripped whites will be THE thing coming summer.

In terms of styles: skinnies and boyfriends, a few flares, but I don't remember seeing much of a bootcut anywhere.

Oh, and you are going to notice the auspicious absence of any J Brand mention here, and this is for a reason: They have explicitly forbidden to take any pictures. Oh well, the plight of being a super brand: everybody wants to copy SIGH.

So, enjoy the "show"!

{7fAM coated and hand embroidery}

{7 fAM distressed}

{Elizabeth and James camos - actually, I think we are going to see a lot of camo around in the next season, but nor the kind of military unsexy, bur the kind of Textile Elizabeth and James sexy LOL!!}

{Textile Elizabeth and James exposed zippers}

Denimocrcy softer than ever and super prints.JPG

{Denimocracy amazing prints, softer than ever! So cozy I do want to run around in these all day long!}

{Denimocracy}

{David Kahn - I think he can do better:-(, remember he was the first guy to ever do coated jeans.....Come back, David!!}

Jet by John Eshaya - now here's a guy that strongly believes in ripped and destroyed and skinnier than skinnies! Ever since he first started doing denim, he has always believed in destructed and never once have I seen a boring dark blue pair of straight cut jeans in any of his collections. Way to go, John!}

Genetic denim with detailed stitching.JPG

{Genetic skinnies with detailed stitching}

Genetic bold stripes in skinny and trouser style.JPG

{Genetic bold stripes in skinny and flare trouser style}

{Genetic gold embroidery and prints with subtle gold shimmer}

{SOLD Design Lab ripped}

SOLD paint distressed and subtle colored distressed.JPG

{SOLD paint distresses and subtle colored distressed}

(Pre Jeans - new brand to watch from Florida, Mainly vintage look alike jeans, nice to meet you, guys:-)!!}

Level 99 snakeskin jeans they are supersoft.JPG

{Level 99 getting stronger each new season and celebs love them! snakeskin jeans super soft and very different looking}

Level 99 jeans with foil coating, not really shimmer but kind of matte.JPG

{Level 99 jeans with foil coating, not really shimmering but kind of matte - beautiful!)

{Level 99 boyfriends}

RAILS studded and delicate embroidery.JPG

{RAILS studded shirts and delicately embroidered shorts}

{Silver Jeans amazing back pockets}

Black Orchids whites rippped in skinny and flare.JPG

{Black Orchids whites in ripped - skinny, skinny cropped with ankle zippers and flares, but not much new in the denim department - Julien, please:-)}