Archive for February 2009

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Shopping

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Freebies make me happy. Like kid-hyped-up-on-Halloween-candy happy. Free samples? Yes, please. Free coffee day at Dunkin n’ Donuts? I don’t even drink coffee, but hey why not? And free spa treatments? Hell yes: This Friday, London-born beauty brand Molton Brown is offering free treatments to any customers that visit their flagship stores (US locations here). [...]

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There’s a battle brewing in the Fashionista office – is it normal, as in do you, receive compliments differently based on who’s dished them? For example, if it’s Fashion Week and I’m surrounded by ridiculously well-dressed editors and buyers and one of them takes a moment to acknowledge something I’m wearing, it means a lot. [...]

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Fashion Is Fun

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Memo: Charlotte Ronson’s I [Heart] Ronson line for JC Penney is now available for perusal on the JC Penney site. We’ll admit the most exciting part is definitely the price range, but at least you have something more realistic to window-shop before the McQueen sale on Gilt at noon today. On a side note, does [...]

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It’s official: Damrosch Park (part of the Lincoln Center plaza) is the new Bryant Park, but not until September of next year. Spring 2011 (“Spring 11″ just doesn’t look right) will be here, in case you just can’t yet visualize it either.

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Magazines

Go to WAR

LOVE isn’t the only new magazine making a splash in London: Some of the !WOWOW! kids (a group made of dj’s, artists, designers and stylists, which once included Gareth Pugh – kind of like what the MisShapes are in New York, only we had Family, Anti Social and Boombox) have come together to start a [...]

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Back in November, when word first got out that Mayor Bloomberg would be proposing a tax on plastic grocery bags, we wondered if the city would realize it might be worth it to stick it to retailers, too. And yes, it did – The plastic bag tax, which was officially proposed last week, will cover [...]

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Fact: Grammy nominated British singer Adele will be in an upcoming issue of Vogue. Fact: The April issue of Vogue is always themed the Shape Issue, for which Anna features women of “all sizes.” Fact: Adele is plus-sized, so it’s safe to assume she’ll be in that April issue, given Vogue‘s predilection for girls of [...]

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Lincoln Center for New York Fashion Week Spring 2010? …

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