Archive for December 2007

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When Harold Koda and Andrew Bolton planned their newest exhibit for The Met, they knew they wanted to bring “a noisy public together with an opportunity.” They wanted to give all of those blabby critics that stroll through the Met a forum where they can critique the works to (hopefully) open up a world-wide discussion [...]

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When we ran to Barneys last spring to grab a piece of Kate Moss for Topshop, we had our heart set on the floral mini-dress – but alas, when we threw it on we looked so far from Kate, we almost cried. Then we spent the summer wistfully watching the dress walk by on sidewalks [...]

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We loved Marchesa’s trompe l’oeil necklace dresses for fall, which inspired us to seek out a bib necklace that we could pair with tops and dresses for a similar effect. Our favorite bib necklace comes from jewelry label Jalea Jalea, from Mexico-based designer Tatiana Sánchez. From far away, the necklace looks like an intricate abstract [...]

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The name Rogan Gregory conjures two thoughts – jeans and a very green earth. While the designer might not have launched his eponymous line intent on spearheading fashion’s green movement, he’s since become one of its strongest leaders because all of his clothes use free-trade cotton and organic dyes. Rogan designs for two other clothing [...]

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The LA Times has a step-by-step guide to getting cat-eyes today. The demonstration on using liquid eyeliner to wing-tip your lashes is brilliant… if you’re still into the trend. The problem is, the look is everywhere, and sometimes it looks perfect – on Lily Allen and Amy Winehouse, on the Versace runway, on the Lower [...]

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New campaigns are always exciting, but the latest slew of Champion ads set off a slight alarm: It seems the sportswear company has checked out photo blogs and American Apparel ads, and adopted their high-contrast, high-skin style as their own. Exposed in their latest campaign are several girls wearing sweatshirts as dresses (with no tights [...]

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Karl Lagerfeld isn’t the only one taken by Amy Winehouse: We hear after his Chanel Paris-Londres show, which he claimed was alight with Winehouse’s style, the Bumble & Bumble University team crafted a special hair class to teach their hair flock how to make a modern beehive. “It was amazing,” tells a model from the [...]

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TopShop isn’t the only place where Kate Moss designs. The supermodel and wannabe super mogul also put her stamp on the Longchamp Legend Bag, which launches in its second incarnation this February. The Legend Bag has a boxy fit and a red interior hand-picked by Kate, who models a shiny scarlet version in their upcoming [...]

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This year, Hugo Boss and Vivienne Westwood presented their collections at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Berlin. In January, Zac Posen will join them. The 27-year old style star will bring his Spring ’08 collection (which you already saw in New York) to Germany, just weeks before he presents his Fall ’08 line in New York. [...]

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The true test of a New York transplant is how she carries her lunch: The newer girls haul their leftover pasta in small shopping bags from Barneys or Tiffany that they carefully save for subway rides. Once you’ve been here a few years, you give up and start hauling yesterday’s Dim Sum in a plastic [...]

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