Archive for January 2010

Gucci to Launch a Couture Collection? That’s the Word From Milan

It’s couture week in Paris, but Frida Giannini’s stealing a bit of thunder in Milan. Word is she wants to start a couture collection for Gucci. Initial thoughts? You can’t just become a couturier, you have to be certified by the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture, and membership isn’t granted lightly. Secondly, the WWD [...]

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Events

2010/02/08 – 02/19 NYC Sale: Showroom Seven

Up to 90% off retail!

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Naomi Campbell & Sarah Brown’s Fashion Show for Haiti

Parties aren’t enough, Fashion’s throwing its own version of Hope for Haiti, gathering its A-list stars for a London Fashion Week show. Naomi Campbell and First Lady Sarah Brown will stage a charity show on February 18th, the night before LFW officially starts. They’ve already landed dresses from Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood and Dolce & [...]

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People We Like

Kelly Cutrone: “The Fashion Industry is War”

I read Kelly Cutrone’s book last night — almost the whole thing in one sitting. I’ve never read a self-help book, or any book that doles out life advice, but by the end of chapter two I was dying for my very own guru and a cable box, so that I can curl up and [...]

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Fashion Shows

Three Collections We Loved at Berlin Fashion Week

Mini fashion weeks may take place from Miami to Moscow, but few resonate like that of Berlin, which wrapped up on January 24. Why? Well, for one, there’s plenty of demand, so the supply is more refined. Germany is Europe’s largest economy. That means for brands like Allude, a contemporary knitwear label based in Munich [...]

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Caption This

Tom Ford’s Date Night?

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Shopping

The SS 2010 Collaboration I’m Dying to Get My Hands On: LD Tuttle for VPL

Los Angeles-based Tiffany Tuttle has been designing shoes to accompany Victoria Bartlett’s VPL collection for a few seasons now. Yet at the VPL Spring 2010 show, we couldn’t help but be even more impressed with the duo’s latest efforts. Not only are the soft, slouchy straps of leather–reminiscent of the ready-to-wear collection’s omnipresent grosgrain–back, but [...]

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Quote of the Day

ALT Wants to Save Hollywood

“Marion Cotillard, looked like a Ladurée coconut macaroon reject.” –André Leon Talley rips into the SAG attendees on Vogue.com.

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Menswear

The Evolution of Womenswear Into Menswear

I don’t know much about men’s fashion – other than what I do and don’t like – but I’m making an effort to learn. Step One: Study GQ.com. So far, I’ve learned that men’s runway collections are even less realistic than women’s, but also that major trends for women, from SS10 in this case, influence [...]

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Labels

Acne’s New Furniture Collection Revealed!

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Events

2010/01/30 – 01/31 NYC Sale: What Goes Around Comes Around

50% Off Collection, 20% Off Vintage, + Mateo Bijoux Trunk Show

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The Business

Yes, You Can Still Run a Successful Couture House

While plenty of tears were shed after Christian Lacroix’s final couture show last summer, the imminent demise of the craft has been talked about for decades. As the 2010 spring/summer season kicked off yesterday, the topic has risen to the top of the conversation heap yet again. But here’s the thing. Couture will never die. [...]

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