Dsquared2's Caten twins launching into limelight
2009-12-16 Source:yahoonews
Personally, they only wear clothes with the Dsquared2 label. "We're our own customer. We know what we want and need, so it's all from our heart and it works," Dean says. (Dean has been known to act as the fitting model -- even for the womenswear --because, he explains, no one else is available in the middle of the night when he does his best work. He says he has mastered high heels.) The new spring collection has a campfire vibe, presented on the catwalk with "Delta Dawn" by Helen Reddy blaring through the speakers. "Deep down inside, we're a little `hick,'" Dan says with a smile. Music is a key source of inspiration, the Catens say, and they put together the playlist for their runway shows as they're sketching styles. Their famous soundtracks led to XM Radio's "Dean and Dan On Air: Style in Stereo" and now they host Bravo's new "Launch My Line," which gives artistic professionals a chance to break into the fashion biz. The Catens' personalities largely serve as the glue for the TV show. "Not only are they super-credible, hot and talented designers, the idea of having identical twin brother designers as fashion hosts is as unique as they are," says Andy Cohen, senior vice president of original programming and development at Bravo. "Plus they're fun, fun, fun!" When they have time for leisure remains a bit of a mystery, but, at least on this day, it seems they enjoy everything they do. Between their day jobs as designers and moonlighting gigs as entertainers, they designed much of the interior and furniture of the home they moved into in London. They craft their own ad campaigns, and they joke -- but not really -- that they are toying with an album. Still, they can't do it all. "Don't ask me to tap dance, and Dean can't play hockey," Dan says. "But we can figure skate." (Edit:Ruby) |