Spring/Summer 2005
Models
Stephen Burrows
New York
USA
Address
Managing Director
SBX Holdings llc
209 w 38th st, 8th fl
New York, NY 10018
SBX Holdings llc
209 w 38th st, 8th fl
New York, NY 10018
FMD-ID
BR38
Phone
+1 212 921 7650 Fax +1 212 921 4913
Website
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Friends with Warhol, dressing Cher, partying at Studio 54: Stephen Burrows was the designer for the drug-laced disco days—and one of the first African-American names in the industry. After his clothes sold successfully at O, a NYC gallery-boutique located across from Max’s Kansas City, Henri Bendel's created an atelier in the basement of their store called “Stephen Burrows' World." But in 1982, Bendel's was sold, and Burrows' fame and fortune went with it. In 2002, after 20 years of obscurity, he made one of the biggest comebacks in fashion history with a re-vamped Bendel’s boutique and, later, Fashion Week shows. Soon after, he also debuted a watered-down version of his line on the Home Shopping Network.
The Look
Lots of chiffon - gathered, draped, and always sexy; vibrant disco-era colours like fuchsia, orange and turquoise; mini-miniskirts; and, most of all, soft, sumptuous jersey. His hallmark was the highly visible use of machine-made stitching, often zigzags, which he used on the hemlines of skirts, creating a fluted, crinkled effect that was often described as a "lettuce-edge". He top-stitched in contrast colours and inlaid patches of colour. Burrows is known for comfortable, supple leisure clothing and for bright, body-conscious garments. One of Burrows favourite cuts is the asymmetric (where the hem is cut on the diagonal) about which he said "there is something nice about something wrong". But while there are elements of Burrow’s past success, his current collections are modern and functional, and made for the world today. The clothes are so comfortable-yet-sultry that one model exclaimed, "Wearing Burrows makes me feel like I'm walking into a room naked!"
Who Wears It
Naomi Campbell, Iman, Barbara Streisand, Cher, Lauren Bacall, Hilary Duff, Diana Ross, Sanaa Lathan, Zela Ante, Vanessa Williams, Pat Cleveland, Alva Chinn, Vivica A. Fox, Oprah, Lauren Hutton, Patti Hanson, Mick Jagger, Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, Betty Davis, Bethann Hardison, Elsa Peretti, Antonia Bennett, Johnanna Bennett, Lisa Raye, Angelica Houston, Karen Bjornson, Mrs. John Ryan Ill, Geraldine Stutz, Anna Garner, Eve, The Supremes, Naomi Watts, Aretha Franklin, Jerry Hall, Renee Cox, Kate Moss, Alexandra Richards, Anna Cleveland, Debra Shaw, Eva Longoria, Jimena Gallego, Grace Jones, Michele Paradise, Joan Rivers, Farrah Fawcett, Jasmine Guy, Gabrielle Union, Heidi Klum, Constance White, Mindy Kaling (TVs "the Office"), Mica Ertegun, Ricky Lauren, Meryl Friedman, Daniela Morera
Official Social Media
Stephen Burrows Fashion Shows