Archive for June 2009

Poor Abercrombie’s been having a hell of a time with this whole recession thing. Last winter they refused to cut prices pre-Christmas which led to devastating losses and now, they’ve announced they’re closing Ruehl. A good friend worked at Abercrombie’s Ohio headquarters while Ruehl launched and here’s why, according to her, it bombed: “At first [...]

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It’s New York’s 400th birthday next week. Which makes us feel wonderfully young and makes designers, including Elizabeth and James, Michael Kors, Tibi, Tory Burch and DvF feel like making one-off designs in honor of the city they love. The pieces will sell at the two Bloomingdales in New York (where a purchase also gets [...]

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We’re starting to hear rumors that fabulously talented makeup artist Tom Pecheux is in talks to create his own line with a major cosmetics company. From what we’ve heard, this is not likely to be a simple one-off collaboration, but indeed a brand under his name. We like the sound of this a lot. As [...]

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Shopping

One Love

Designer Malcolm Harris hung up on Angelina Jolie twice when she called him up to order some dresses. You know, because usually when you answer the phone, the most famous actress in the world is not on the other end. Maybe he should have asked to speak to Maddox for confirmation? Anyway, he finally believed [...]

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Jimmy Choo’s next up for H&M. Tamara Mellon is designing shoes and bags for the Swedish mega-store, as well as a full women’s collection for the November launch. The clothing, however, is meant to complement the accessories, not the other way around. They’ll also do a full range for men. The whole things sounds kind [...]

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People We Like

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Katy v. Katie

We just came across this article on MTV (via The Australian) about a legal battle brewing between pop star Katy Perry and and Australian designer also named Katie Perry. The “ie” Katie (born Katie Jane Perry) has been designing and selling a clothing collection online and in various locations in Oz for about two years. [...]

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Quote of the Day

“Okay, off ze top of mein head—a yellow Adrienne Landau printed chinchilla rex rabbit newsboy hat, worn mit ein Cynthia Steffe blue-violet velvet cadet jacket over a Cavalli back-belted chunky oatmeal sweater vest on top of a Cacharel gala shirt in silver, matched mit John Varvatos stretchtwill-brocade sailor pants over Stella McCartney patent snakeskin monk [...]

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Alexa Chung is quickly taking over as the number one girl about town since her move to NYC from London. From TV hosting to DJing to extremely prolific Tweeting, the girl is everywhere – not that we mind at all. And now she’s starring in Wren‘s holiday lookbook along with her buddy, drummer Tennessee Thomas [...]

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Dear Rihanna, I don’t know much about your music. Mostly because I tend to pick up on music from the boys in my life and yours aren’t exactly their go-to tunes. But you’re on my radar (because I don’t live under a rock) and I’m digging your sartorial choices. I know you have a red [...]

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The Oscars are safe. Starlets choose something long, something pretty, something with a jewel on top. But our Oscars, the CFDAs, are a celebration of all things fashion with a capital ‘F’ which means we get to choose best dressed, not US Weekly.

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S√∏lve Sundsb√∏ shot the wonderful “Points a la Ligne” for Numéro last year in May. We loved the Norwegian photographer’s eerie and sexy spread featuring a pancaked Edita Vilkeviciute’s body covered in various shadowed patterns. Seems for the editorial’s one year anniversary Allure Korea and photographer Lee Kyung Ryul did a little more than pay [...]

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