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Domino Credits Page, A Dissection

dominosey.jpgWe love Kelly Wearstler, the adorable interior designer who’s quickly becoming her own lifestyle brand, especially since she shows up in Vogue in odd Marni pieces and the really editorial Marc stuff.

And we love her Domino cover, especially because her shoes are shiny and gold like her incredibly expensive bric-a-brac at Bergdorf, and she’s smiling in a big way.

But while flipping through the issue this weekend (don’t ask), the credits page kind of took us aback, like:

- Why is it “Justin Guinta”, when we all know it’s really Subversive? Does he design a separate line we’ve never heard of? Or is this like when credits read “Nicolas Ghesquiere for Balenciaga”, which bugs us to no end?

- Why is Kelly wearing $451 jeans and $2,300 worth of jewelry? Really? In a magazine that’s about style and smart design, we would much rather see something more realistic. It’s so great to see a cover girl in jeans, but it would be way more inspiring for Lauren Goodman to accessorize with something like this cuff (as seen in Editors’ Cravings, page 38), which we’re dying over, but could actually afford. We’re all for investment pieces, but this seems a little ridiculous.

- Why no credit for the shoes? They’re arguably the best part, even though they’re untied…

—BRETT KANE

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posted by guest

Oct 06, 2008 5:31PM

AMEN. i was wondering the same thing, i want to know what those AMAZING shoes were and why everything i was looking at was so far out of my price range it wasn't even worth drooling over. It was a great advertisement for her and her design but i thought domino had a better grip on who their target audience was then that...

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posted by guest

Oct 06, 2008 6:07PM

The shoes probably belong to Kelly or to the stylist, which is why they aren't included in the credits. Or, there's always the possibility that the fashion editor inadvertently left them out...

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posted by guest

Oct 06, 2008 7:49PM

According to the forums at Dominomag, they were handmade for Kelly in Italy. Quite a funny coincidence, since I just got a vintage pair of gold metallic shoes that look very similar off of ebay. If you were really desperate, I would find something similar and just spray paint them gold. I've done it before with ballet slippers (before they were commonly available).

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