Archive for March 2010

Fashion Is Fun

The Oscars Are Here (Almost)! Our Red Carpet Wishes

It only took us a few days to figure out why Rachel Zoe was heading back to LA post-Milan instead of hopping on a flight to Paris: the Oscars are on Sunday. So we’ve picked out the dresses we want the nominees to wear–Best Actress & Best Supporting Actress–and ignored what they’ll probably wear, because [...]

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Fall 2010 Milan

Red Carpet Alert: Rachel Zoe Loved Ferragamo’s Slinky Lurex Dresses

Rachel Zoe was front row and center at several Milan fashion week shows, including Dolce & Gabbana and Roberto Cavalli. But it was at Salvatore Ferragamo that she seemed most enthusiastic, snapping pictures of designer Massimiliano Giornetti’s slinky ’70s-inspired Lurex gowns. (This was Giornetti’s first women’s collection, although he’s been Ferragamo’s menswear designer for sometime.) [...]

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Fall 2010 Milan

Five Things I Learned at Milan Fashion Week

This was my first trip to Milan Fashion Week. (My first trip to Italy, actually.) And while the London and Paris shows were certainly learning experiences the first time around, I left Milan feeling truly educated. Here’s what I learned: 1. Milan is serious business. In a country where fabric is still produced, craftsmanship is [...]

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Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Freja’s Cover, McQueen’s Interview & Jak & Jil Takes Milan

Deja Vu: Steven Meisel’s shot Freja for the cover of Vogue Italia’s March issue. Freja looks fantastic, but the cover just looks familiar. {Models} Flashback: Dazed just posted a David Bowie & Alexander McQueen interview from 1996 (when McQueen was still editor at large). McQueen’s just started at Givenchy and he talks about “breaking down [...]

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Shopping

Awesome Swedish Stores Weekday and Monki are Blowing Up Around Europe. But Will They Ever Cross the Pond?

BERLIN–This weekend, Germans were jumping for joy because of Weekday. The cool Swedish store–known for its line of MTWTFSS clothing–opened a shop in Cologne on Friday, the second one in Germany. What started as a fledgling vintage boutique named Weekend in Stockholm in 1998 is now a fully-grown retail business that includes eleven international stores, [...]

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  • Jennifer Wiebking
  • Tuesday, Mar 2, 2010 / 11:13 AM
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Vogue‘s Money Saving Tactics

Last month, Jane Herman left her position at Vogue for a newly created role at Gap, Director of Mens and Womens Concept. The daughter of LA retail mogul Ron Herman and muse to Maroon 5′s Songs About Jane had been a fashion writer at the magazine for a couple of years. She covered everything from [...]

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Fall 2010 Milan

The Return of Power Dressing, As Seen At D&G, Preen, Jil Sander & More

Perhaps you’re a little too tough to wade in the velvet sea, or maybe you’re not beginning to see the light… Worry not, AW10′s spawned another trend: power dressing. It emerged first in New York and again this weekend in Milan, turning away from Working Girl (good movie, bad clothes) and toward a less ostentatious, [...]

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Quote of the Day

How Lindsey Wixson Stays “Special”

“We were very selective about what she did…We chose the top ten, twelve shows for her to do. No one wants to over-expose her yet. We want to keep her really special.” –Lindsey Wixson’s agent, Cheri Bowen, on their New York Fashion Week strategy, in LIFE.

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I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Miu Miu

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Kate Moss Pliés With Baryshnikov

Kate Moss will dance a ballet with Mikhail Baryshnikov. Apparently, the model/designer/video star/mom/prima ballerina will fly to New York next week to start training. (After all, ballet’s a bit more demanding than the dancing she did for the White Stripes video at left.) The ballet won’t be performed live–which is probably a good thing given [...]

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The New Model Slash: Stam for Rachel Roy & Aggy for Barneys

Jessica Stam and Agyness Deyn skipped Milan Fashion Week to add another slash to their name. Stam’s dabbled in design before; she made the “Stamper” for Rag & Bone and played muse to Marc, but now she’s designed a whole capsule collection for Rachel Roy. She told WWD, “now that I’m putting pen to paper [...]

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