Archive for April 2009

Quote of the Day

“Miu Miu’s spring collection had an overt bread-line chic to it. Not since the Great Depression has the stuff of feed bags been recycled with such imagination …” –Karin Nelson in The New York Times.

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What credit crunch? London’s a hotbed of fashion retail growth. This past week, Rick Owens and Marc by Marc Jacobs opened doors on South Audley street in Mayfair. And a walk down New Bond Street revealed workers near completion on Michael Kors’ new store, set to open later this month – all of which suggest [...]

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You can add supermodel Amber Valetta to the list of models/designers. Tucked into today’s WWD story on the Loomstate for Target pre-party in Los Angeles last night is this: “As much as I love fashion and as much as it has supported me, I see how extreme and extravagant it is,” said Valletta, who is [...]

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Natalie Massenet’s much-anticipated The Outnet finally launched this morning. The site’s as easy to navigate, though not quite as pretty, as Net-a-Porter and stocks about 200 brands right now. You can search by designer, by category and by percentage off or click on Dress Me where they’ve sorted product by occasion. Also, they’re doing seventy-two [...]

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Trivia

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I don’t know much about beauty. I’m a wash my face and go kind of girl, after three swipes of mascara at least, but I’ve always been slightly obsessed with liquid eyeliner. But despite all of the brands I’ve tried – MAC, Nars, Dior, you name it – I’ve never been able to perfectly apply [...]

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Model Genius: Coco Rocha learns how to do her own hair & make-up. No longer needs Pat & Guido. {OhSoCoco} Muji My Way: Muji’s finally available on-line. It’s come so far since I lived in London and had to explain its awesomeness to stateside friends. {Racked} Go Arlenis: Arlenis Sosa rocks the cover of Vogue [...]

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Quote of the Day

If you’re in LA right now, so is Alexander Wang. So head to Barneys between 2:00 & 4:00 and say, “Hello!”

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La Perla Does Good

What’s the best way to raise money for charity? Celebrities are a good start, pretty clothes don’t hurt and when you throw the two together, well it’s pretty much a given that interest will be piqued. La Perla’s had quite the red carpet turn this year. Molly Sims rocked a ruffled mini, Gabrielle Union wore [...]

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Reader Jen found this familiar looking pink and orange dress by a brand called Single on the Cusp website. (In case you don’t live in one of the few cities with a Cusp it’s basically Neiman Marcus’ answer to Barneys Co-op.) Anyway, since she was so obsessed with the Christian Dior resort original that Eva [...]

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Jacquetta Wheeler’s the new Gucci girl. Sort of, she was the face of Tom Ford Gucci ten years ago, but the British-born, New York-living model’s been in campaigns more Lord & Taylor and Banana Republic these past couple of years. Her most recent high fashion campaign was Ralph Lauren in 2005, but Frida Giannini got [...]

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