Archive for March 2010

Magazines

Get Stoned with Bambi

Go buy the April issue of RUSSH! You won’t be disappointed.

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Quote of the Day

Couture Can Thank The Middle East

“There are still the Americans—Jayne Wrightsman, Marie-Josée Kravis—who have Chanel suits delivered in those great white matte Chanel boxes, but the new clients are women who might order 26 couture looks in half an hour.” –André Leon Talley asked Karl about couture over smoked salmon and grilled veggies at The Mercer.

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Beauty

Aromachology Gets Me

Last night, Henri Bendel celebrated the launch of a new perfume line, Aromachology. Founded by Kirsten Menkes and Ashlee Firsten, Aromachology explores l’arte du parfum. The line hopes to unite personality and scent with a custom-blended perfume. Clients complete a ten question “scent profile,” and based on their answers, they’re given a fragrance identity. When [...]

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Shopping

Stella Shrinks Her Gap Kids Clothes

We had a rough morning with Stella McCartney’s GapKids collection. The problem? She cut everything smaller this season, so more kids can buy it, and fewer fashion editors. But it’s even better than the last which means we want everything. Her first collection for Gap, which launched just a few months ago, sold out of [...]

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Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Stolen Tigers & Pipe Cleaner Tiaras

Just Peachy: Nothing says spring like Lula! This shoot, styled by Ondine Azoulay and photographed by Sophie Delaporte is positively dreamy. {FashionGoneRogue} Lions & Tigers & Photographers: Nick Knight bought this stuffed tiger just a few months ago. It starred in a photo shoot with Alexander McQueen right before his death, and now lives at [...]

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Webvertorial

Irina’s the New Natalia, Erin, Elle, Kate–Designer/Model

If there’s a fashion week happening anywhere in the world, Derek Blasberg will find it. He’s in Tokyo at the moment, and he just tweeted: Some Tokyo fashion scoop: bumped into the model Irina Lazareanu at a show today and she told me she’s here working on her own fashion line. Japan birthed Agyness Deyn’s [...]

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Beauty

We Still Want Prada’s Lip, So We Went To Pat McGrath

If someone who knows very little about beauty (like me) wants to know everything about beauty, there’s only one person to ask. So yesterday, we had lunch with Pat McGrath, the legendary makeup artist and Cover Girl’s Creative Director. She walked a small group of editors through this spring’s trends, and while we did know [...]

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People We Like

Moises de la Renta Loves Mango…And Acne Suits!

Sometimes, if you want something, you’ve got to ask for it. Moises de la Renta, whose collection of ten embellished t-shirts for Spanish high street store Mango arrives in April, says he approached the brand about a collaboration, not vice versa. “I discovered Mango a decade ago on my first trip to Spain,” explained the [...]

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Lady Gaga for Linda Farrow?

Is Lady Gaga in talks to design sunglasses for Linda Farrow? That’s the rumor in this morning’s WWD. The London-based brand–whose collaborators include The Row, Alexander Wang and Dries Van Noten–recently teamed up with singer Róisín Murphy. It was just a matter of time before Gaga got into the designing game. Any guesses on what [...]

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Fashion Is Fun

Designers and Directors That Belong Together

Yesterday’s news of Rodarte’s collaboration with director Darren Aronofsky on his new film Black Swan, starring Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis, fulfilled one of our fashion fantasies. Both Aronofsky and the Mulleavy sisters are known for transporting their viewers to a dream world. But of course, it just got us thinking about designers and directors [...]

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Labels

Label to Watch: Reece Hudson

Just after lunch, I headed down the block to the Reece Hudson showroom to take a look at their fall collection. Reece Solomon and Max Stein launched the handbag line in 2009, and it’s been a hit ever since. They can’t seem to keep their bags on the shelves at both Castor & Pollux and [...]

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