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Jean Yu.(Brief Article)(Interview)
Byline: Florence Kane
Jean Yu was just a girl when her fascination with pretty underpinnings began. "It was almost embarrassing," she says, "because in gym class everyone else was wearing white cotton briefs, and I had something on much more decadent." This, and boredom with today's lingerie-"It's just either more expensive lace or less expensive lace"-led the grown-up Yu to start designing novel, simple-yet-sumptuous silk underthings, refreshingly lace-free, like boyish briefs with cutout sides and halter brassieres that band around the torso.
But even before Yu started designing intimates, she became known for her ...
- FASHION TROUPE.(Elisa Jiminez, Liz Collins, Diego Binetti, Matthew Nowomlunski,...
- Magazine article from: WWD September 18, 2003 700+ words
NEW YORK -- All the world's a stage, and all...also have been referring to this season's New York collections. Many shows took the runway...striped dresses and frilly ribbon tops. Jean Yu also went for a less formal presentation...
- Transparent things: naughtiness gets ethereal at Jean Yu's SoHo boutique, 37=1,...
- Magazine article from: W Mistry, Meenal November 1, 2003 700+ words
It's easy to miss Jean Yu's sliver of a lingerie and dress shop, named 37=1, after her...customer interaction, last spring she began to sell in Barneys and at New York boutique Le Corset. For her spring 2004 collection, Yu added bright...
- Double vision: a young designer builds her repertoire by adding coordinating...
- Magazine article from: WWD Monget, Karyn August 26, 2002 700+ words
...Dressed in a fragile silk chiffon top and a tiered chiffon slip, Jean Yu has an almost ethereal presence. But her will to succeed is...project," says Yu, a transplanted Californian who studied at New York's Fashion Institute of Technology and apprenticed with Ronaldus...
- Reish Luftman Reicher & Cohen.(LAW)(appointment of Jason Roberts and Jean...
- Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal Chin, Yoo Mi February 23, 2009 700+ words
Reish Luftman Reicher & Cohen, a West L.A.-based law firm, has named Jason Roberts partner and Jean Yu associate in the employee benefits practice. Roberts was previously senior associate at Edgerton & Weaver LLP, a Hermosa...
- NEW YORK STORIES.(Interview)
- Magazine article from: WWD Tell, Caroline April 18, 2007 700+ words
...opening of the exhibition "New York Fashion Now" at London...features 60 pieces from New York designers including Thom...constructed chiffon dress by Jean Yu. Sonnet Stanfill, curator...public's perception about New York designers "that it's...
- IN BRIEF: CHARLOTTE RUSSE PICKS CFO...NEW KELLWOOD UNIT POST...NEW YORK...
- Magazine article from: WWD May 1, 2007 700+ words
...the Atlantic for the "New York Fashion" exhibition at...is making a pit stop in New York on May 8 to discuss the...Designers included in "New York Fashion" who are expected...Maggie Norris, Mary Ping, Jean Yu and Craig Robinson.
- BIG IMPRESSIONS; INSPIRATION FOR NEW YORK'S DESIGNERS IS VARIED TO SAY THE...
- Magazine article from: WWD September 13, 2003 700+ words
...blossoming, transformation." Jean Yu "`Escape from New York."' Daryl Kerrigan "MTV2...Soft core Seventies porn...New York West Side highway, 1978...another." As Four MORE FROM NEW YORK "Brazil, with its beauty...
- CHEAT SHEET; BOOK THAT TOWN CAR OR MAKE SURE YOUR STILETTOS ARE MADE FOR...
- Magazine article from: WWD Hyland, Vronique September 4, 2007 700+ words
...stores and her outpost in New York's SoHo all carry the...1996, is sold at Seven New York and H. Lorenzo in Los...middle name) interned at Jean Yu. She then spent four years...Chicago and Mick Margo in New York's West Village, Lerario...