Archive for June 2009

We all know Father’s Day is this weekend. Or if this is your reminder, get to rush ordering online stat! And this dad’s day-inspired story that Refinery29 did on their blog just made our Friday morning. They’ve got a slew of photos that staffers and fashion friends sent in of their cooler than cool dads. [...]

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The Trovata v. Forever 21 case may have ended in a mistrial, but it seems the beauty world (in Europe at least) is a step ahead in protecting designer brands. WWD reports that the European Court of Justice ruled for L’Oreal and against three companies that were knocking perfumes owned by the cosmetics giant, including [...]

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At least New York was kind enough to place a couple of days between the CFDAs and the Whitney Art Party – London decided to cram it all into one very fashionable evening. First up, the Hoping Foundations charity event to raise money for Palestinian refugee camps. Sienna Miller and Kate Moss held court on [...]

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Roksanda Whistles

Roksanda Ilincic, the Serbian born, Central Saint Martins trained designer, is collaborating with British high street store Whistles on a capsule collection of cocktail dresses. The seven pieces will range from ¬£175 to ¬£300, plus the cost of a plane ticket to London if you’re not already there. Roksanda’s clothes are like fairy tale concoctions [...]

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Fashion Week

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Sorry for the minor Life With gap – we’ve been busy! We’re getting back in the swing of things, so meet Rolando Beauchamp. He’s a Bumble & bumble super stylist who does both editorial and runway work. And oh yeah, he styles Mary-Kate Olsen’s hair for most major events in New York. I fell for [...]

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Okay, so this new technology we just came across over on Allure‘s blog sounds way cool in a very Minority Report sort of way. Apparently there’s a company in Japan that is developing a “fragrance communication” system that allows you to send a scent via the internet. What the what? Yeah, we did a doubletake [...]

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Before you say anything, know that I am fully aware that it’s just about time for me to enter a 12-step program to deal with my jewelry obsession. But not before I snatch up this ring from In God We Trust. The shape looks like a silhouette of a seriously huge diamond dazzler, and is [...]

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I dream of a day when I can finally take the boxes upon boxes of my beloved books that sit in my parents’ attic and unpack them in what I imagine to be a gloriously large library inside my fantasy brownstone off lower 5th Avenue. And in this library, there will definitely be many, many [...]

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Quote of the Day

“In contrast to Alex Shulman’s letter to the industry, I have very rarely experienced situations in which the samples are too small for the models (once or twice, mostly things with corsets) but have lost count of the number of times I have had to send a tailor to a celebrity’s house to take in [...]

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The latest issue of WWWWD‘s out today and it, together with lots and lots of coffee, is helping to cure our hangover. The Intellectual Issue covers Natasha Poly’s catastrophic runway fall, one which left her with telepathic powers, and researches NASA’s interest in Miuccia Prada’s “obnoxious genius.” We actually laughed out loud at their sartorial [...]

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Kinky Mickey: These S&M meets Mickey Mouse ears that Stephen Jones created for Ascot are one more reason to love the fantastical milliner. {VogueUK} Forget Disneyland: If we won a lawsuit we’d go shopping, too. 50 Cent just dropped $33,000 on Tom Ford suits. {NYPost} But We All Wanna Be Like Kate: Beth Ditto wouldn’t [...]

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