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Archive for August 25th, 2008
People We Like
Peaches Geldof To Nylon TV
When we heard British style icon Peaches Geldof married that guy who sings that song about Jimmy Choos, our first though was “Woah”. Then we wondered what she’d do when she got here. She could just spend her days looking pretty until she’s as famous here as she is in London, but she’s kind of [...]
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Beauty
Hard Candy Goes Bye-Bye?!
Jane Mayle isn’t the only ’90s upstart shuttering: Hard Candy will also slim down by next season, selling only its gift sets and liquidating everything else, including the iconic pastel polishes that made the brand famous, thanks mostly to Clueless and MTV. The good news in all this is that they’re liquidating their inventory, so [...]
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Adventures in Copyright
Is It? Or Isn’t it?
To: Britt@fashionista.com From: sandra@iheartvintage.com Hello Fashionista ladies! I write debutanteclothing.com, a blog about vintage clothing and runway style. I wanted to fill you in on a juicy bit of copyright infringement. I found an exact replica of Anna Sui’s beaded bag she showed for Fall 08, only this bag is the original vintage inspiration. Though [...]
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Harvey Nichols Hearts Wallace and Gromit
Harvey Nichols just got a little cuter. The departments stores eschewed Darias, Sashas and Aggys, in favor of some very cute and quirky celebs – made of plasticine, naturally. The new campaign features Wallace, Gromit and even Lady Campanula Tottingham decked out in designer duds – they look pretty awesome. Sure, Lady Tottingham could stand [...]
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Fashion Is Fun
Buy, Buy, Baby
If Cleopatra Shopped at Old Navy…
We’ve been on a bauble spree this season. From the Operation-inspired Missoni necklace to the huge gems at Vuitton – we’re sort of obsessed. But we’re not really sure sure how to wear these ornate pieces without looking like Mr. T gone couture or without approaching the out of the question four figure price range. [...]
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Fashion Is Fun
The Scott’s Meow
If you can spot a Scott Schuman photograph from across the room, and really like cats, we think we’ve found the perfect Monday morning distraction for you – The Catorialist. At left, the Deconstructed Coat. Just a few posts earlier, a similar-looking cat was shot at Kitty Uomo. Need we say more?
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Magazines
Marc Jacobs in the New Yorker
The New Yorker is putting out a Style Issue this week, on newsstands today for September 1st, and they’ve put together a nice little issue we’ve had the privilege to glimpse. In it, you can expect a meditation on shoes, a news piece on new ways shoplifters’ are being caught, and a seven-page profile on [...]
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Jason Wu for Target Fallout: 11,000 Items Currently on eBay and Two Re-Sellers Buy Out the Entire Collection in a Miami Target (We've Got Video)
Watch: Anna Wintour Defends Her 'Bitchiness' on 60 Minutes
Karl Lagerfeld Thinks Adele Is 'A Little Too Fat' and More Highlights from His Unfiltered Interview in the Metro
See All of Madonna's Givenchy Super Bowl Halftime Looks
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Comment of the Day
“To our mind the work of a fashion designer is so different from that of an artist! We usually work in a necessarily more collaborative manner. We present our work twice a year, using the same medium, respecting the same human form, within an industrial framework, using industrial means of production, and having our work [...]
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