Archive for January 2009

Quote of the Day

“When Valentino Garavani released a statement categorically denying that he had anything to do with the design of his former accessory designers’ first collection for the label, perhaps it was because he knew what was going to come down the runway today.” – Fashionologie, on Chiuri and Piccioli’s first couture try at Valentino.

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Scoring vintage Betsey Johnson is only half the battle of thrift store shopping – trying to find what you love in your (actual) size is usually the part that turns a good shopping trip into just a bad trip. So good news: Betsey feels your pain, and Opening Ceremony knows an incredible deal when they [...]

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After Vogue Italia’s Black Issue last summer, a lot of people wondered if the well-publicized move would actually do anything about the lack of black models in the fashion industry. We think there were definitely some more black girls and guys on the runways last season (though obviously still not in the numbers some hoped [...]

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We used to love comparing all the Fashion Week invitations that come in right before the big Month, but that’s gotten a lot harder this season because of one tiny detail – A lot of designers aren’t sending out invitations in the mail anymore. So far, Behnaz Sarafpour, Costello Tagliapietra and (our usual invite favorite [...]

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Trivia

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Fact: Tommy Hilfiger’s brother, Andy, used to be in a band with former Ramones drummer, Marky Ramone. Fact: Hence, Tommy and Marky have known each other for 23 years. New Fact? Marky and Tommy are launching a clothing line together, Rock Scene, which will consist of pants, leather jackets, and tees with images from the [...]

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After Alexa Chung popped up on Vivienne Westwood’s Red Label show during Spring 09 London Fashion Week, we expected her to land a semi-major campaign. It was the perfect moment to move from noted British TV personality to model of something other than Tampax or Urban Outfitters. And then there was word she’d be designing [...]

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This morning, ex-Lucky Beauty writer Dawn Spinner came out as a DABA in the New York Times‘ profile of Dating A Banker Anonymous, a blog for women having a rough time with their men due to the tanking economy. Well now we hear Dawn and her fellow DABA’s, Laney Crowell, a beauty editor at StyleCaster [...]

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While you wait for The September Issue to finally hit A&E, there’s another fashion documentary making the rounds: Eleven Minutes. The documentary follows Project Runway Season 1 winner, Jay McCarroll, for a full year while he tries to ready his first independent collection for New York Fashion Week. Sure, that sounds a little like Unzipped [...]

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If you like cocktails, fashion and Copenhagen – here’s a fun project. There’s a cherry flavored liqueur called Heering and they’ve come up with six different cocktails: Classic, Romantic, Exotic, Vintage, Dramatic and Rock’n’Roll (the actual recipes are listed on their site). Whoever makes the best cocktail dress inspired by one of the above drinks [...]

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Quote of the Day

“Luxury is for the rich, not the nouveau riche.” – Karl Lagerfeld, to Derek Blasberg backstage at Chanel couture, on Style.com.

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Site Seeing

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