Best Dressed
Archive for August 28th, 2009
Shopping
It’s All Happening
You know how there are movies that you have to watch through to the end every time you catch them while flipping the channels. Almost Famous definitely tops that list for me. I would so have loved living on the road with Penny, William, the girls, and Stillwater. And, of course, I would have been [...]
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Beauty
Carine Made Me Do It
There’s been a heated internal beauty debate going in my head since first seeing crimped hair again in a major way on the February runways. I’ve gone back and forth between swearing I would never ever do this to myself again and thinking that maybe I could pull it off. Besides, while I suck at [...]
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People We Like
Oh Lorenzo
We were going to put this in mid-day snack, but I was so afraid you wouldn’t click and would miss out on watching Lorenzo speak for almost two minutes. Marc’s dreamy fiancé (Maybe husband? We can’t keep track.) spent the day at Nylon‘s studio last week directing a shoot for Brazilian shoe brand Melissa, the [...]
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Quote of the Day
“I think after the ugly skinny boys of Hedi [Slimane’s] days…some ‘beauty’ was needed.” –Karl Lagerfeld to WWD
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People Are Talking
Got Milk?
Eco and sustainable fashion has been de rigeur in certain circles for some time now. But I seriously had no idea you could make clothing from milk until I read this article this morning on WSJ.com. That’s right, fabric created 100% from milk proteins is upon us. And I love the idea that using milk [...]
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Streetwalker
Streetwalker: Fresh Flowers
Rachel, 23, Profession: “up in the air” Got Her: Strolling down Mott, pre-rain. Stalked Her: Because really, when a dress that bright walks by, you can’t help but stalk – at least with your eyes. Shot Her: Because nothing says summer like a floral maxi dress and now it feels like summer’s almost over; we [...]
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It feels like everyone in New York is doing something for Fashion’s Night Out which means our inbox is flooded and the only way to easily distinguish between actual fashion week invites and Fashion’s Night Out press releases is to hit delete. But we hesitated over Longchamp’s hoping, thinking maybe for a second that Kate [...]
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Mo’ Money Problems
While it turns out The Daily was just stirring up smoke with those false Jean Paul Gaultier rumors – he & Hermès look forward to a long and happy life together – the French house still has major problems. WWD reports their profits have taken a 7% dip in the first half of the year [...]
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Fashion Is Fun
10 Questions For Project Runway…
We didn’t get a chance to watch the first episode until last weekend. Our apologies for not recapping. But we’re back to analyzing Heidi, Tim, Nina and the gang as they take over FIDM and Lifetime. 1. Where’s Michael? You know he would have had some zingers for Malvin’s sling, Mitchell’s shorts, and Ra’mon’s darts. [...]
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