DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS 17th annual DINING BY DESIGN tour (one of our favorites to attend), which is running concurrently with the Architectural Digest Home Design Show, featured their annual COCKTAILS BY DESIGN at Pier 94 in New York City. In case you didn’t know, DIFFA is one of the largest funders of HIV/AIDS service and education programs in the United States. Since being founded in 1984, DIFFA has mobilized the immense resources of the design communities to provide over $40 million to hundreds of AIDS service organizations nationwide. For 30 years, DIFFA has been one of the country’s largest supporters of both direct care for people living with AIDS and preventative education for those at risk.
Perhaps the Mayan’s were wrong. Could it be the end they saw for 2012 as simply the elimination of “Skinny” in menswear? Calvin Klein’s latest collection presented at Milan Fashion Week, denotes the return of loose comfortable cuts in menswear. The collection featuring Klein’s trademark neutral palette and tailored style showed a lack of the form fitting styles of the last few seasons. Male models donned below the knee cropped trousers and casual fit straight legged denim. The skater chic look of the last few years were all but forgotten with the newest looks.