Archive for February 2009

During a high school field trip some years ago, I noticed that one of my classmates had two different sneakers on. As in, her left sneaker was from one pair, and her right from another. When I asked her about it she looked down, laughed, and said she’d overslept and literally gotten dressed in the [...]

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A little birdie told us that Project Runway will never make it on the air again. The source says that next week’s scheduled show will in fact happen to generate publicity and anticipation for the PR brand without ever being broadcast. Instead, it will help establish Harvey Weinstein’s place in the fashion industry – in [...]

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We just had a quick chat with Elise Overland – the Norwegian designer who got her start dressing Steven Tyler, but now dresses cool/tough girls the world over – about her upcoming Fall 09 presentation. The CliffsNotes version: It’s all about food, there are a couple surprises, and at least one sequined look. The actual [...]

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Quote of the Day

“I didn’t really follow fashion. I don’t think I ever really have, though. I don’t buy fashion magazines and read them cover to cover.” – Phoebe Philo, in WWD.

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Fashion Is Fun

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We knew there’d be good Fashion Week news eventually: Full Frontal Fashion might’ve been cancelled but you’ll still be able to get a behind-the-scenes look at New York Fashion Week via a new TV show called Videofashion Daily. They’ll be covering shows on and off site – from Rag & Bone in Chelsea to Narciso [...]

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Even though Robbie Myers has appeared on more television shows (two) than any other fashion magazine editor-in-chief, she remains much quieter on her opinions and thoughts than certain other editors of certain other magazines. So it was a little surprising when we caught her name in a byline on ELLE.com’s fashion news blog, as “Roberta [...]

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Last month, Stefano Gabbana and Domenico Dolce warned everyone about their upcoming Spring 09 men’s ad campaign, which will feature “men on their knees praying” which will surely offend everyone. This week, paparazzi shots caught the Italian duo filming a cameo in the upcoming movie Nine, in which they act as priests, alongside Marion Cotillard, [...]

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At the Rachel Roy presentation last season, we plopped ourselves down on a bench in the lobby of the of IAC building and posted about the show as it was still going on. Some people figured we were blogging, some people probably figured we were on Facebook, and Sessilee Lopez just smiled because she overheard [...]

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Last season, Yigal Azrouel’s gift bags included the normal stash of beauty products and a few condoms from Proper Attire. The Israeli-born designer fashioned some tote-appropriate condom packaging for the company that benefits Planned Parenthood, which we thought was unique if not kind of cute. But now, Alexander Wang’s doing the same for his Fall [...]

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Trivia

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Following in the footsteps of Marc Jacobs, DKNY has had to significantly cut down their guest list for next week as well. Instead of switching to a presentation, as previously reported, DKNY’s decided to keep with a traditional runway show – But with a guest list of 400 instead of the usual 1,000. We wonder [...]

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