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All boys in England should be celebrating. For the first time ever, the super talented Mr. Giles Deacon has launched his very own collaboration with highstreet store New Look Men (he’s done several womenswear collections for them already) and it’s available now.
The 25-piece collection is made up of tees, jeans, jackets and shirts with his signature craziness of gold chains and neon. He also included covetable accessories like these Giles Geo plimsolls that should be everywhere this Spring.
The official statement via New Look’s menswear director: “New Look are delighted to be partners in this venture with Giles, which not only sees the launch of his first menswear collection with us, but also his first menswear collection full stop.”
The best par about it? It’s fun but cheap, prices start at ¬£6, so all you London boys can run to your nearest New Look, while everyone else can buy online.
PS It’s all about the gold Bat T-shirt (left)!
–BR(IT) BOY
We put as much trust in the labels on our clothing as we do in the labels on our food. As in, we believe whatever it says. But apparently, this may not be so smart.
The Humane Society just filed a pretty hefty lawsuit against Dillard’s, Lord & Taylor, Macy’s, Saks, Neiman Marcus and Andrew & Suzanne, over claims that independent tests proved that clothing sold in their stores labeled as “faux fur” contained actual fur, which would be a major legal (and ethical) no-no.
Over three years of buying clothes from all these stores, the Humane Society found twelve instances of mislabeled fur items, including a “faux fur” coat from Neiman Marcus that turned out to be made of rabbit skins.
So far, none of the stores have issued official comments, though time is running out – they have twenty days to come up with their official explanation of exactly how this happened.
No word yet on whether PETA’s planning on dousing the stores in ketchup and flour – and exactly how much people paid for these “faux” jackets made of real (read: much more expensive) fur. Not that we really like either choiceanyway.
If you were wondering which designer would be next to take the plunge into menswear, wonder no more: It’s Carlos Miele.
Miele, best known for producing gowns of red carpet worthiness, will launch the line under his diffusion like, Miele, this January exclusively in Brazil. He promises to keep it casual and environmentally responsible, and it’s even going to include swimwear, which he vows will be followed up by bathing suits for women, too.
We’re kind of fascinated by everyone’s recent turn to menswear, and we just realized there’s a really bright side to all of this – If designers are turning to a new type of consumer to expand their customer base to help them out of this slow buying cycle, great. Because really, it’s a hell of a lot better than designers turning to It bags and shoes, which could turn their current customers off in a heartbeat. So, well played.
Everybody’s talking about how Graydon Carter’s announced that the party for the 2009 Oscars in February will be a little more subdued than in years past (due to, of course, the economy.)
But we can’t get over the date – February 22nd.
Because as you probably know, the CFDA’s had New York Fashion Week pushed down a little further on the calendar to accommodate London Fashion Week a little better, and the shows won’t start until February 20th.
Which means all those pop tarts and serious-to-semi-serious actresses who look to major front rows for exposure and fashion cred will probably have to skip the last couple days in order to be in LA for fittings/makeup trials/etc.
So, bad for the designers, or a blessing to everybody who hated dealing with their entourages anyway?
Last night, Luella Bartley took home Designer of the Year at the British Fashion Awards (kind of like the British CFDA awards) in London, which is fitting since each of her recent London Fashion Week collections have been standouts and favorites of just about everybody who’s seen them.
Best model? Jourdan Dunn.
Perhaps an upcoming campaign is in order?
We hope so. The full list of winners, after the jump.
We can’t get Madonna’s green shag Louis Vuitton outfit out of our mind. Not because it’s hideous, but because it’s a total look from the Spring 09 Louis Vuitton runway. So instead of reacting with, “What the hell is that?” like our boyfriend did, we said “Who the hell wears practically a whole look?”
We love the runway – the innovation, the style, the down-to-the-last-detail polish. And we love integrating the pieces we can into our wardrobe, even the inspired-by steals. But a head-to-look isn’t just the total yawn it is in editorials – in real life, it kind of feels like cheating, too.
And think about it – Madonna is Madonna, obviously, and even she’s washed out by the runway reference (not to mention said shag), so we can’t imagine how even a regular person wouldn’t feel like some Burberry impersonator if they wore a total Burberry look. Besides, isn’t it more fun to make designer pieces (or ideas) work with what you have to create your own version of something everybody’s already seen?
The outfits we admire are always those that seem to have the most genuine personality – take Kate Moss, or the Olsens, for instance, who have yet to be photographed in a head-to-toe look (other than when on the runway).
But what do you think? Are total looks totally acceptable? Or total cop-outs?
–HAYLEY PHELAN
Converse, if a shoe brand could be our best friend for the day, we’d pick you the day after Louboutin.
The sneaker line’s gone all out for the holidays. They’re determined to help with your Christmas shopping whether you’re a sneaky Santa or an obvious Santa.
If you’re sneaky, you can pick three gifts your friend/lover/sister/whatever might like and they’ll send an anonymous email to said person asking them to choose their fave. Then they’ll email you back with the answer and you just click and buy.
If you’re obvious, as in, you’re way more worried about the gifts you’ll be getting than those you’ll be giving, you can pick three things-Converse you’re dying for and they’ll email them off to whomever you think is buying you gifts.
Either way, for every Christmas email you ask Converse to send, you’ll be entered for the chance to win a $75 gift card, which, by the way, is just $10 less than our sequined sneaker obsession.
So you can’t really go wrong, unless you don’t like Converse, in which case you’re on your own.
The winner of the Supreme / V Magazine model was just named, and it’s 16-year old Addison Gill from Canada.
But before we discuss her inevitable rise to catwalk fame (just wait for February), can we discuss her uncanny resemblance to the would-be love child of Coco and Lily D?
No really – those eyes (Coco), that facial structure (Lily).
Click through for our highly scientific matrix.
It’s truly unbelievable.
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