Duckie Brown held its fashion show at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at the Salon of Bryant Park in New York City on February 11, 2010.
Duckie Brown is a New York City based menswear designer collection. It was founded in 2001 by Steven Cox and Daniel Silver. Duckie Brown’s mission, dressing men beautifully,” is accomplished through hand tailoring, unique fabrics, and bold colors and this was on display at their Duckie Brown Fashion Show during this year’s Mercedes Benz Fashion Week at Bryant Park.
Duckie Brown regularly shows at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in NYCs Bryant Park. Duckie Brown can be found at retailers across the world.
With a fan following that includes theNew York Times, GQ,Barneys New Yorkand the industrys premier stylists,Duckie Brown has been widely praised for its innovation and wit. As one of the few NYC-based menswear labels winning international attention, Duckie Brown is stocked in stores across the world from New York to London to Tokyo.
Duckie Brownevolves naturally the end of one season is always the point of departure for the next. Each collection starts with the shoulder of a mans jacket and then builds layer upon layer while always reconsidering what is acceptable for men to wear. The cut of each garment, the proportion, fabrication, humor and color are the cornerstones of everyDuckie Browncollection. Duckie Brownbelieves menswear can be exciting, colorful and handsome. With that in mind,Duckie Brownaspires to dress men beautifully in the most elegant hand tailored clothing season after season.
Duckie Brown received their first accolade in 2006 with a nomination for the CFDA Perry Ellis New Menswear Award. This was followed in 2007 with a nomination for the CFDA Menswear Designer of the Year, along side Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein. Also in 2007,Duckie Brownwas one of the designers featured at in London at the Victoria & Albert Museum show,New York Fashion Now, a retrospective of up and coming American designers. After the show closed, Duckie Brown was honored by the Victoria & Albert Museum by having one of their outfits become part of the V& As permanent collection.
In 2008 Duckie Brown partnered with Florsheim Shoes creating Florsheim by Duckie Brown, a collection of classic fashionable shoes. Currently the shoes are selling around the world including Barneys NY, Saks, Bloomindales, Nordstroms, Harrods and many other stores across America, Europe and Japan.
Most recently, Duckie Brown and the owners of Odin New York collaborated on a contemporary collection named Edward. Edward, exclusive to Odin NY, debuted in all Odin stores for Fall 2009. Spring 2010 was recently delivered and Fall 2010 will land in stores this coming August.
Menswear from Duckie Brown can be found at Barney’s New York and Odin. Duckie Brown’swebsite is www.duckiebrown.com.
(Posting by Leah. Sources: Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week and IMG Fashion.)
