Rock Festivals for Grown-Ups Istanbul's New Design Stars
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FRIDAY-SUNDAY, JULY 11 - 13, 2008 Studios in the sun Rock festivals for grown-ups Istanbul’s new design stars 10-12 | Cover story Travel 7 | Design Contents Istanbul’s new look t 8-9 | Sports 3 | Fashion Studios in the sun Touring the Riviera’s artist ateliers The rise of ‘floods’ The shoe Olympics Putting style into proportion A swimming legend 4 | Music 13 | Top Picks A grown-up’s guide Events in Linz, Berlin and London to rock festivals t 14 | Taste 5 | Art A bunk bed for $4K a month Collecting: Rising stars shine in 19 | Film London auctions Summer schlock 6 | Food & Drink Morgenstern on ‘Hancock’ Sloe and refreshing 20 | Time Off Above, painter Hans Hartung’s studio in Antibes. On cover, Le Corbusier’s camping Wine Notes: Tips on tasting huts next to his home in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin. 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Smith FTER NOTICING other young By Elva Ramirez men doing it, 30-year-old Vic- OME OF THIS year’s fashion Ator Holguin recently started Strends—like high-waisted baring his ankles. When he wears pants—look hard to wear for jeans, he rolls them up, and he gets women who aren’t long and lean. his trousers hemmed short. The New But Jose Solis, the designer of Bill York-based real-estate broker ad- Blass New York, looks for ways mits that he sometimes gets that women with all kinds of fig- “strange looks,” but he ignores them. ures—whether his friends or cus- “I like it,” he says. “It feels lighter, a tomers—can wear current styles. lot more fashionable and fun.” Unlike the Bill Blass collection Changing hemlines have long helmed by Peter Som, the lower- been a hallmark of women’s fashion. priced Bill Blass New York, But this summer, it is men’s hems owned by Angelo, Gordon & Co., that are rising. Brooks Brothers has is sold entirely through trunk raised trouser hems about a centi- shows. The direct-sales business meter in its top-of-the-line Golden model offers Mr. Solis more inter- Fleece suits and is leaning toward a action with clients than the typi- shorter pant length across its more cal designer. Julie Johnson moderately priced collection. J. This season, one ubiquitous Crew has been featuring models in look is high-waisted pants. In de- Often, getting the look right is rolled-up, ankle-baring chinos. Tra- signing his version, Mr. Solis dou- all about body proportions. Short ditional haberdasher Paul Stuart is bled the fabric on the waist to women may shy away from wide- producing suit trousers that touch make it sturdy enough to act like legged pants. But these women the top of the shoe, rather than a corset. The hips are cut slim can wear the look, as long as they breaking slightly over the shoe. and the legs are cut wide to elon- don’t have a particularly short The wide adoption of the look re- gate the leg. “If you can’t find torso, Mr. Solis says. flects a new era in menswear. As the high-waisted pants that you like, Arms and shoulders are a com- number of menswear lines and de- another way to achieve the look mon problem area in the summer, signers grows and younger men pay is get a wide belt that sits on your when many dresses come in more attention to style, men’s fash- waist,” Mr. Solis adds. sleeveless or halter styles. A scarf ion trends are changing more fre- Full skirts—sometimes remi- or shawl is one option. Mr. Solis quently. In recent years, for in- niscent of the ’50s—are in fash- has also created a spring dress stance, menswear brands such as ion this summer as well.