Archive for March 2010

The Americana trend may hang on for a while longer. At least that’s what outdoor brand Filson is hoping for. The company–which has benefited greatly from the popularity of heritage brands both Stateside and abroad–opened its first international store on March 8 in Osaka, Japan. The Japanese have a long-standing obsession with traditional American goods [...]

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It’s test time, people. Our sales and marketing team would like to know a little more about you and your tech habits. We think it’ll help us find better ways to support Fashionista, which in turn helps us to provide you with even more great content. Still, just in case you need an added incentive, [...]

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“People always ask if I think about a concept or the show or the front row or whatever first. No! Fuck off! The client comes first! The collection is driven by what clients want in different parts of the world, so I want them to be able to see it straight away and to judge [...]

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At Akris, two buyers talked about the Celine show right after. buyer 1. Are you going to the show? buyer 2. I’m not. I didn’t buy any of it last season. buyer 1. I did, but I didn’t reach my $50,000 minimum. I had to swear on my life I’d go over their minimum buy [...]

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I felt silly taking pictures of the YSL logo beamed onto the cement floor of the Grand Palais until Fabien Baron rolled up next to me and broke out his blackberry. The YSL show may share a venue with Chanel, but aside from that single special effect, it’s a more sedate affair. Except for the [...]

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A Match Made in Paris: Colette’s Sarah Lerfel loves Tommy Ton—so much so that she decided to display his favorite streetstyle photos from AW10 on an entire wall of her store. Ton says that the best place to capture these moments is in the Tuileries in Paris. {Blasblog} McQ News: Gareth Pugh will not be [...]

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I think Vanessa Bruno’s my answer to Isabel Marant. I love Marant, but it’s hard to see myself wearing her clothes head to toe. I probably lack a certain je ne sais quoi, but mix in some Vanessa Bruno and I’d have the perfectly French wardrobe every American girl’s after. Yesterday, at the Palais de [...]

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Word on the street, or in the Tuileries, is that French Vogue was blacklisted from Balenciaga via Max Mara. The magazine’s editor-in-chief, Carine Roitfeld, consults, or did consult, for the Italian brand. She allegedly asked Balenciaga for samples for an editorial shoot, and one of the coats ended up at Max Mara’s design studio where [...]

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Rumor has it, Chanel shipped them in from Sweden–and will ship them back today. How’s that for going all out?

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Betty White and Posh share a slice of cheesecake at Elton John’s Oscar viewing party last night.

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Flip through the market pages of any glossy these days–Lucky, Elle, etc.–and you’re likely to find an image of a soft, loungy IRO t-shirt. The collection, which we featured in “Five Frenchie Labels Set to Blow up Stateside,” is designed by Paris-based duo Laurent and Arik Bitton, whose mission in life is to sex up [...]

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