{"id":202205,"date":"2019-02-14T05:09:54","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T10:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=202205"},"modified":"2019-02-14T05:09:54","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T10:09:54","slug":"christian-cowan-brings-london-club-vibe-to-new-york-runway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/02\/14\/christian-cowan-brings-london-club-vibe-to-new-york-runway\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Cowan brings London club vibe to New York runway"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_202209\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-202209\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/51620313_119968339082335_8134718480512137335_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-202209\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/51620313_119968339082335_8134718480512137335_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1306\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-202209\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christian Cowan was finding it hard to stand still backstage after his high-energy show on Tuesday, practically jumping up and down in place. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bt1ZMkAh3hw\/\">Photo: Christian Cowan\/Instagram<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">NEW YORK \u2014 Christian Cowan was finding it hard to stand still backstage after his high-energy show on Tuesday, practically jumping up and down in place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The British designer, at 23 already a favourite of celebs like Lady Gaga and rapper Cardi B, presented a new collection that harked back to his days as a London club kid but also channeled New York-style energy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">His runway was full of neon colours like yellow and green and shocking pink, and styles ranged from midriff-baring cropped sweatsuits to huge tulle dresses with trains. Sequins and feathers were everywhere, and especially watches \u2014 on shoe straps, on belts, and in one case, covering a model&#8217;s face, chest and arms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8220;I grew up in my teen years in the club scene and all my friends were these crazy and beautiful creatures,&#8221; Cowan said backstage, explaining the influence for his show. &#8220;I designed for that, and then I moved here and I&#8217;ve been growing a brand and I want to dress people outside of that, I was to dress women across the world. But I always want that DNA of true freedom, and expression and creativity brought through, because I think every woman needs that in their life.&#8221; Cowan waxed rhapsodic over his adopted city. &#8220;I adore it in New York,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I love London, that&#8217;s my home, but I think the climate here just allows everything to get bigger.&#8221; He added: &#8220;I arrived at such a crazy time politically, such an interesting moment to be moving to the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Cowan says he decided to become a designer at age 12. The very first design he actually made, a pink tuxedo, ended up on Lady Gaga, launching his career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As he grows his brand, Cowan says, he wants to design for a broad spectrum of women.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8220;I&#8217;m designing for a range of women but all who have a love of joy and fun,&#8221; he said. &#8220;So there are sweatsuits for you to wear and feel glamorous in, and these ginormous gowns for a woman to wear on the red carpet. I want that event moment \u2014 I had never done that kind of gown and it was a challenge, but I adored it.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK \u2014 Christian Cowan was finding it hard to stand still backstage after his high-energy show on Tuesday, practically &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-fashion-and-beauty","mauthors-jocelyn-noveck","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202205\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}