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Dennis Basso celebrates 40 years at New York Fashion Week

Dennis Basso has 40 fabulous years to celebrate. 2022 marks the 40th anniversary of his evening wear and fur brand. On this special occasion, Basso focused on two things that have long been at the core of his design philosophy and business: dressing women for a sense of place and occasion. His inspiration for this season was an evening in a...

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Video: Dennis Basso FW21 collection

In this video, American fashion designer Dennis Basso has presented his FW21 collection at New York Fashion Week. Watch the video below. Do you want to see more FW21 clothing collections? Click here to view the FashionUnited Marketplace. Video: Dennis Basso via YouTube Photo credit: Dennis Basso, Facebook

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Dennis Basso's show says fur is about freedom of choice

The pro-fur versus anti-fur arguments continue to rage on. As cities attempt to ban the sales of fur (even New York City tried to pass a fur ban), and designers including Michael Kors, Prada, and Versace have stopped using fur in their collections, it is a wonder what the future of fur is. For right now, the material still has a home in the...

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Dennis Basso on the new New York girl

Dennis Basso has been outfitting New York women since the eighties. He's best known for his luxurious furs, and in 2002 he took a major plunge into ready-to-wear which was beloved by the Upper East Side socialites to hip-hop artists. It would be easy to think of his clientele as just some upper crust Manhattan woman, but over the years Dennis...

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Dennis Basso found inspiration from the global woman at NYFW

Fashion isn't dead. Glamour isn't dead. A good fur will never go out of style. These were the three main points to Dennis Basso's spring/summer 2019 collection, which debuted during New York Fashion Week at Cipriani. For his latest collection, Basso kept the global woman in mind. His muse for the collection was Marella Agnelli, the iconic...

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Dennis Basso celebrates 35 years of the Basso woman

Anniversary marks always make for a great celebration at New York Fashion Week. This fall/winter 2018 at New York Fashion Week, designer Dennis Basso celebrated his 35 year anniversary with a collection he designed with every type of Basso woman in mind. While his customer was once just the quintessential upper east side lady, today's Basso...

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Dennis Basso goes for the millennial customer, still appeals to core market

That chic Upper East Side woman is alive and well, and apparently the gene for good taste is a dominant one. Dennis Basso's audience was filled with everyone from Ivana Trump to "The Real Housewives of New York" star Lisa Rinna, the audience was studded with socialites of all ages. RInna's daugther, Amelia Hamlin, even opened and closed the...

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The ultra luxe ruled the runways at New York Fashion Week

New York Fashion Week continued on with shows from Chiara Boni La Petite Robe, Hiromi Asai, Dennis Basso, and Salinas. These particular designers displayed luxury at its highest form. Chiara Boni presented a cosmic inspired collection with a linear motif in beautiful colors such as burgundy, garnet, and pomegranate. Prints included images of...

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Spotlight on day 5 of NYFW

Fur, jeweled embellishments, and East Asian inspired patterns were just a few of the designers favorite things on day 5 of NYFW. With designers, including red carpet favorites Reem Acra and Dennis Basso, displaying dresses worthy of the next Oscar nominee, there was plenty to be talked about on the fifth day of NYFW. As the models strut along so...