Archive for January 22nd, 2008

Well now that Chloe Sevigny and Natalie Portman have their own clothing projects, it’s about time Kirsten gets in the game, isn’t it? And so, the actress will debut her latest line – a collaboration with the cashmere giants Lutz + Patmos – on Sunday, February 3, at the New Museum. DJ Michel Gaubert, who [...]

Read more »
Read more »

Tonight’s the open house for Scott Schuman’s photo exhibition at Danziger Galleries, and it’s going to be special. After all, Scott Schuman is The Sartorialist, and his images of Carine, Anna, Sofia, Daria, and every Conde Nast assistant worth her motorcycle bag will dot the walls of Chelsea. If you want to spot Scott’s impeccable [...]

Read more »

Amanda, 25, boutique manager Got Her: On the corner of Little West 12th and Washington, on her way to lunch Stalked Her: Because we’ve been dying to wear our high waisted wide leg jeans, but we just can’t get them right in this weather. Shot Her: Because she’s pulled off a subtle, real-life take on [...]

Read more »

Well Played, WWD!

Today’s WWD has a rather insane headline for Kira Plastinina, the teen Russian designer whose clothes are getting quite a bit of traction. We really love it, even though (ahem), we wrote about Kira like a month ago. But you can’t blame us for being so ahead of the curve… after all, our father is [...]

Read more »

The Fashion Week invitations have been rolling in the past week, and one of our great office pastimes is to proclaim each of them “adorable!” or “boring” or something in between. We know it’s a little bit early, but we already have a favorite: The grade school-esque origami fortune teller from Band of Outsiders. So [...]

Read more »

Now that Cashmere Mafia is on the killing line, its rival show Lipstick Jungle is getting ready for a big debut… at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. The show, developed by Candace Bushnell after her former SATC partner, Darren Starr, struck out on his own, will premiere on February 7, right in the middle of New York’s [...]

Read more »

Fashion relationships that have actually lasted: Dolce + Gabbana. Ruben + Isabel Toledo. Patrick Robinson + Virginia Smith. Fashion relationships that have always crumbled: Ours. And apparently, most of the Mulberry girls’, too. Since London Fashion Week happens smack on Valentine’s Day this season, the handbag company’s throwing a bash inside their Notting Hill store, [...]

Read more »

Jovovich Hawk and Jonathan Saunders are gearing up for Target collaborations, but we hear UNIQLO might have snagged a new boy toy for themselves: The hit contemporary designer Alexander Wang. Rumors are swirling that the fashion cherub is UNIQLO’s next pick, after sold out collections from Phillip Lim and Alexander Plokhov (from Cloak and now [...]

Read more »

Usually when a designer label hits Canal Street, it’s because of a counterfeit. Not so with Alice Roi, the New York native whose collections have modest success in Bryant Park, Bloomingdale’s, and Barney’s. This month, the pretty-edgy designer launches her latest venture, a Canal Street pop-up store with designer Sarah Luna. Parked on the corner [...]

Read more »
Quote of the Day

“What inspired me? The late conservationist Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Dundee films… And my old tattered denim jacket” – Christopher Kane, in Vogue UK.

Read more »
Haiku

Thoughts on Neon

Ever since that acid yellow skirt at Phillip Lim, we’ve been waiting, dying, to break out some neon come spring. But how will we approach this one? There’s the “accessories only” route, done very well on Aussi label Willow’s runway – a nice way of incorporating the look while still looking relatively normal (but then [...]

Read more »