When we first saw this a-line skirt on the racks of Zara during New York Fashion Week, we let out a cynical chuckle. Phoebe Philo‘s tempting to copy–her aesthetic currently drives fashion–and her leather trimmed skirt for Celine is a spring standout. But with Zara’s abundant cheap-and-chic wares, was it necessary for the retailer to [...]
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“Logos are the equivalent of blinged-out hubcaps. Sure, you can spend a bunch of money buying four hubcaps that look like disco balls, but if you’re slapping them on the four flat tires of a beat-up Buick, it’s going to look ridiculous.” –Derek Blasberg, from his new book Classy.
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In a perfect world I’d just wrap up all of Paris, stick it in my suitcase, and bring it back to New York–the collections, Laduree, the cheese, the sunshine–but instead I’ve narrowed it down to ten things I can’t live without. (We’re operating in dream world, obviously.) 1. Lace tops & bell bottoms from Rochas. [...]
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There are few people who can get me out of bed at 7:30am on a Saturday morning. Behati Prinsloo is one of them. The Victoria’s Secret PINK store celebrated its grand opening in SoHo on Saturday, so I crawled out from under the covers and headed downtown. Doors opened to customers at 10am, but I [...]
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Figure Flattering: We’ll never tired of Lara Stone’s body. Or this Alexander Wang sweatshirt. {Fashion Gone Rogue} Alber for Chanel, Take Two: Rumors are yet again circulating that Lanvin’s Alber Elbaz might be replacing Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel. {Grazia Australia} Smells Like 1992: Harriet Walker explores the latest grunge revival. {The Independent} Early Altuzarra: Design [...]
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Woah. Net-a-Porter, the leader in online luxury and high-fashion sales, has been acquired by Richemont, the world’s second-largest luxury goods firm after LVMH. (PPR is also bigger than Richemont, but it’s not purely luxury brands.) Net-a-Porter founder Natalie Massenet will sell her 18% share of the company to Richemont. (She’s set to make £50 million, [...]
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After a few years of quiet, fashion’s mergers and acquisitions market is heating up. Today it was announced that retail conglomerate Phillips van Heusen would indeed take on Tommy Hilfiger. And yesterday, struggling high street store French Connection said it would sell Nicole Farhi to Los Angeles private equity firm OpenGate Capital. Why all the [...]
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With spring on it’s way, everyone is getting ready to go on vacation. Lauren’s heading around the world to Tokyo, while Britt’s travels will take her to the sunny climes of lush Savannah. Me? I’m off to the exotic locales of Long Island and New Jersey. In the spirit of taking a holiday, we’ve compiled [...]
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You might have seen them around. But it felt like, this fashion month, there was less original street style photography published. Sure, Scott Schuman rarely puts images up immediately, and Garance typically does one meaty piece a day anyways. But in general, we felt like there just wasn’t as much content as in the past [...]
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Miuccia Prada: “It’s not that I don’t want to embrace the Internet, but I don’t want to just throw random answers out there. In that case, I’d rather not answer.” Patrizio Bertelli: “You don’t get it, do you? Communications move fast and fast communication compromises quality. It’s inevitable, and you have to accept that.” -Prada [...]
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