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Natasha Poly at Joseph Altuzarra fall 2010 show: from today's New York Times : February 14, 2010 Three Nominees for Who’s ‘Next’ By CATHY HORYN Joseph Altuzarra is a Swarthmore-educated Paris-bred son of an American mother and a French father. Prabal Gurung grew up in Katmandu and trained at Bill Blass . At 25, Alexander Wang is the hitmaker of contemporary urban fashion, his $25-million business already surpassing that of many established designers. If fashion didn’t routinely select a new group of designers to acclaim, it wouldn’t be fashion. There must always be someone waiting in the wings, the “next” one. These three designers now appear to be the leading candidates. It is clear that Mr. Wang has managed to give his collections the properties of high fashion — top models; coveted accessories; a cool, insolent sensibility — while making affordable clothes that many women, not just skinny hipsters, can wear. His show again achieved the illusion of being something more than a co...

Joseph Altuzarra Spring 2010 Show Time: September 12,2009 at 6:00 pm Location: Milk Studios, 450 West 15th street, NY, NY Stylist: Melanie Huynh Casting Director: Stefanie Stein Hair: Laurent Philippon Makeup: Tom Pecheux Natasha Poly Kasia Struss Yulia Kharlapanova Rianne Ten Haken Katrin Thormann Heloise Guerin Natasha Poly

From the New York Times today: Joseph Altuzarra , a young designer in New York, specializes in ruched georgette dresses, priced around $2,000, which are made in France. Recently, he asked his factory there if it might simplify the ruching process to lower costs. The factory refused. “They said they would be ashamed to produce a garment that way,” Mr. Altuzarra recalled. Then he took a sample to a New York City factory to see if it might produce garments for him. “They looked at the sample and passed it around the factory and 15 minutes later said, ‘We can’t do it,’ ” Mr. Altuzarra said. “It was technically impossible for them to do it.”