Byronesque x Hotoveli Pop Up

It was like a black parade, aside from less music and rather fun black M&Ms, Byronesque style. More than simply a brilliant collaboration with Hotoveli, an exceptional boutique in the West Village that delivers leading edge pieces that are irresistible. Byronesque, the online designer contemporary vintage editorial and fashion site launched in 2012 is going offline again. From May 19 to June 5 serious vintage lovers can shop and explore designs that changed the course of fashion endlessly. This time with a carefully selected selection of designer vintage pieces from all over the world such as the Azzadine Aläia leather biker dress made famous by Grace Jones, a rare Comme Des Garçons from dot.COMME in Australia and an early Supreme piece that will be available in the second week of posting. This installation also features photographs Michelle Lamy and Marina Abramovic styled in Byronesque styled by Havana Lafitte and photographed by Byronesque creative director, Justin Westover. They can be seen outside the Hotoveli window projected onto two television screens.

This is also the launch of a new Byronesque personal shopping app for iPhone. It is also updated with new images daily, the app allows users to browse a growing archive of carefully edited images of ladies’s clothing ranging from the late 70’s to the late 90’s. The fun part of all that’s that users can upload and submit their own images from magazines, blogs, runway pictures, and social networks to create a feed of the stuff they want. The most enjoyable part of the evening was when Madame Michele Lamy the inspiration from Rick Owens was going through vintage designers with rappers/fashion influencers A$AP Rocky. He will carefully select a piece and tell A$AP everything with a smile, it truly is, “you have to be there when”.

I hope to see this generation encourage compassion and respect for well-tailored clothing, and Byronesque does just that. “We are not borrowing from the past. We are the future of fashion.” – Byroneque