Archive for December 1st, 2009

“Karl better step it up,” was the general consensus at Sonia Rykiel’s H&M launch tonight. The Grand Palais, which usually plays home to Chanel, hosted an enchanted forest in honor of Rykiel’s lingerie collection for the Swedish chain. Guests entered through a dark, netted tunnel pumped full of fog which opened out into a carnival. [...]

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Filming Fashion

It’s always exciting when a new fashion video comes out and we get a behind the scenes peek into the amazing experience that is a photo shoot. Well Flair Austria took this idea to the next level when they decided to team up with Vision On to create a fashion film editorial. Titled “La Demimondaine”, [...]

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Tent Time

How can we possibly be talking about NYFW again? Time flies, but indeed we are. Of course we all know this will be the last season of shows at Bryant Park and much like the British Fashion Council’s 25th anniversary, the BP swan song is looking to bring back some big names to the tents. [...]

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Want an Avedon?

Next Monday marks Christie’s final photography auction of 2009 and with it, comes a Richard Avedon image. The portrait’s of Babe Paley, the New York socialite of whom Truman Capote famously said, “Babe Paley had only one fault, she was perfect. Otherwise, she was perfect.” Along with the photograph of the style icon, which is [...]

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It feels like the best way for a designer to survive these days is to have a hand in everything. While Chris Kane’s styling lookbooks for hair products and designing Versus, Giles Deacon’s sprouting mini-one-off collections and other projects all over the place. Not that we’re complaining – the more Giles the better. Vogue UK [...]

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Mr. Doonan Goes to Washington: In yet another chic move, the Obamas are bringing in Simon Doonan to do the White House Christmas decorations. We can’t wait to see what he does. {NY Times} The Cat Came Back: Cat McNeil’s back and on the cover of the new Vogue Australia. Hip hip hooray! And she’ll [...]

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Slideshows

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Quote of the Day

“In America the public pronounces my name in like a million different ways. So Jennifer called me, and she was like, ‘Listen, I want to make sure that I get it right.’ And she did…from the very first time! I know the song by heart now. Because the brilliant part of the single is that [...]

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Such is Mango!

J.C. Penney really seems to be making moves to up their fashion game in the mass market. Charlotte Ronson’s I Heart Ronson line is said to have done really great business. And, of course, the Olsens are now on board with Olsenboye . It was just announced this morning that Barcelona-based Mango will be rolled [...]

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We’re used to some people jumping out from behind the camera to star in their own images – Karl Lagerfeld’s probably the most guilty. But we’re not used to seeing Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin in front of the lens. The duo photographs everything from Purple editorials to H&M campaigns, but now they’ll star [...]

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