Archive for February 2010

Marc Jacobs has sued Ed Hardy over the quilted nylon bag at left. It’s been a Marc by Marc staple for a few years now, but Ed added it to his “collection” in 2009. He’s copied the size, the shape, the color (Marc’s comes in seafoam green, too), the embroidery, the handles, the side pockets [...]

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Fashion show music is often neglected by reviewers, rarely mentioned to the outside world. But runway music can make or break a show’s success. Most designers choose happy, fun dance music to get the audience’s attention, while others goes for a more subdued, beautiful vibe. Either way, here are ten songs we hope turn up [...]

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For those of you who live in Germany, fashionable Americans are really jealous. Why? Because you’re getting your very own Grazia. It’s not like print publications are currently booming in Europe either, but Grazia–the weekly fashion/gossip rag published everywhere from France to the U.K.–is exceptionally successful. Or at least that’s what it looks like judging [...]

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Super Love: If you haven’t found a copy of LOVE, or just need another supermodel fix, check out Helena Christensen’s Prada ad from 1990. She looks amazing (and 12). {FashionGoneRogue} Fashion Week Ready: If you haven’t already made The Fashion Feed a favorite, we suggest making yourself very familiar with it before tomorrow morning. {Style} [...]

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Oh Lyn Devon, how to I love thee? Let me count the ways. 1. You meet with every buyer, editor and photographer individually during fashion week, allowing us to examine each piece from your collection, one by one.  And you don’t rush us. (Word of advice for emerging designers: If you want to make money, [...]

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Our show schedules might be finalized, but we’re still working on squeezing in a run through Barneys’ warehouse sale. It kicks off tomorrow, February 11th at 8am, just two blocks up and two avenues over from Milk Studios. We’ll probably squeeze in between the McQ presentation and Cushnie et Ochs late Friday afternoon, but what [...]

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Elise Overland’s expecting quite the front row next week But in between Zoe Saldana and Kelly Osbourne will be, what one source calls, “An amazing, potentially awkward, top model showdown.” Tyra Banks will be a guest, but Heidi Klum’s filming the show for an episode of Germany’s Next Top Model. She’ll sit front row with [...]

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Last night, Chanel threw a dinner in honor of Vanessa Paradis’ new lipstick, Rouge Coco. We popped into The Mark just in time to see a gaggle of socialites – Brill, Traina, Lezark – squeeze onto the red carpet for photos, but ran downtown to Sundance’s Full Frontal Fashion fete at the Standard before the [...]

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We love The Lake & Stars for its high fashion take on lingerie. However, for Fall 2010, designers Maayan Zilberman and Nikki Dekker decided try something new, keeping their core customer in mind but upping the sex quotient with garters, teddies and yes, crotchless panties. “We decided to be kind of radical,” Zilberman told Fashionista. [...]

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We love our commenters – all of them – and have been looking for the best way to maximize your voice. So we want to give you a heads up that we’re about to change our commenting system. It’ll happen soon, perhaps as soon as tomorrow. If you’ve already created a user name, you’ll want [...]

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There’s haute couture, haute joaillerie and now, thanks to Cartier, haute parfum. The Les Heures de Parfum collection, created by in-house nose Mathilde Laurent, is a flight of five fragrances, each named after an hour in the day. Britt and I got a chance to visit the Cartier mansion this morning for a tutorial with [...]

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