Name: Susan Domelsmith
Age: 30
Occupation: Jewelry designer for DLC Brooklyn
How would you describe your style? This season, I’d say witchy school teacher. I wear lot’s of 70s vintage.
What is the most prominent color in your wardrobe? Black.
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Elisabetta Canalis for Cavalli: George Clooney’s girlfriend bares it all in a second round of ads for Roberto Cavalli, donning nothing but red lips and select pieces from the designer’s new underwear collection. Cavalli has called Canalis his “ideal of a woman.” Le sexy. {HuffPo}
Wrap it Up in Chanel: Designer bags are so last year. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, images of Chanel condoms have been making the rounds on the internets, with an photo of the designer condoms appearing branded with a “Keep it Classy” slogan below the interlocked C’s. Rumored at $279 for a 12-pack, getting some wouldn’t be cheap for the couples interested in these Chanel rubbers. However, upon further investigation, it seems these love gloves are (shockingly!) only a rumor…but we don’t think it’s such a horrible idea. {Refinery 29}
Anna From the Block: Vogue EIC Anna Wintour left the confines of Manhattan for her stepson Sam Shaffer’s surprise birthday bash at Frank’s Lounge in Fort Green, Brooklyn. But, true to to her ways, Wintour did not arrive solo–she came with her boyfriend Shelby Bryan, Vogue senior accessories editor Filipa Fino and stylist Christian Stroble. It’s never a party until the fashion arrives. {NYPost}
Smells Like Love: Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom think their love is unbreakable…or at least that what their new fragrance seems to suggest. Right in time for Valentine’s Day, the reality star and basketball stud launch a unisex eau de toilette spray that “fuses their personalities” and will be sold exclusively at Perfumania. And since Kim generally hogs most of the spotlight, it’s only fair that Khloe should finally have her own fragrance. {Racked}
It’s no secret that big fashion labels are starting to court China and that Miuccia Prada in particular is a fan. She staged a runway show in Beijing on January 22 showcasing her bananas SS 2011 collection–with a few modifications.
While a lot of the themes and colorways were the same, Prada designed many original looks specifically to be shown in Beijing. And westerners can now get their hands on them.
Prada is rolling out a special order service to coincide with the various Fashion Weeks in New York, Milan, Paris, and London. The Beijing designs will be available at select stores in those cities: Via Montenapoleone in Milan; Avenue Montaigne in Paris; Old Bond Street in London; and Broadway in New York.
Once you place an order, you’ll wait about four weeks while your piece is specially manufactured.
Finally–Chinese Prada that isn’t a knock-off.
Check out some of the Beijing looks up for special order.
Read more »“I know people are crazy for China, but I’m not at all. And Japan, for fashion — it’s a dead, dead country.”
–While most designers are clamoring to court Asia’s seemingly insatiable market for luxury goods, Jean Touitou, the founder and owner of A.P.C. told WWD that he doesn’t give a shit. And so he’s opening two new stores in NYC’s West Village. Yay for us.
Today Footwear News reveals previews of both B Brian Atwood, Brian Atwood‘s diffusion line, as well as Jimmy Choo‘s new men’s shoes.
B Brian Atwood will sell at a much lower price point than his eponymous line–for between $100 to $600. Sure, the high end of that range still sounds prohibitively expensive, but when you consider that his shoes, a cult favorite amongst celebs, usually go for between $600 and $800 and upwards, $200 or $100 for a pair of Atwoods seems reasonable in comparison. The collection will include between 35 and 54 styles and has been picked up by Saks Fifth Avenue, Barneys Co-op, Fred Segal and Shopbop.com, according to Footwear News. And despite the lower cost, the shoes still look beautiful, come in fun bold shapes and colors that give the line a more youthful feel, and contain some of those bonus details–like rhinestones on the soles–to make the wearer feel extra special.
We also get a peek at Jimmy Choo’s revived menswear collection (they haven’t created men’s shoes since 2002), which will launch in fall 2011 with 16 styles in prices ranging from $595 to $1,095, Footwear News is reporting. Men, would you shell out up to $1,095 for crocodile boots or animal print loafers?
Check out the collections.
All photos: Kyle Ericksen (B Brian Atwood) and Giovanni Giannoni (Jimmy Choo) for WWD.
If you do a search on “pregnancy side effects,” one of the first things that comes up is acne. Because hormones make your oil glands go crazy, pregnant women can suffer from break-outs. Talk about adding insult to injury.
But that’s only applicable to mere mortal women. Victoria Beckham seems to be having the opposite occur during her fourth pregnancy. This morning Vogue UK reports on an item that originally appeared in Music-News.com. A “source close to the star” said that VB has suffered from acne for quite a while and nothing has worked–until she got knocked up, that is.
The source claims, “The hormones really suit her and she’s said this pregnancy has cleared up her spots!” Apparently she also has a lovely natural glow and David finds her “sexier than ever.” We hate her. (Kidding, kidding! We love her.)
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With its incredibly well-curated merch (Balenciaga and Alaïa and Lanvin, oh my!) and cool West Side Highway venue, Jeffrey New York is on every fashion insider’s list of prime NYC shops. But founder Jeffrey Kalinsky values philanthropy far more highly than this season’s Céline totes, having launched David Yurman’s Madison Ave. townhouse hosted a shopping event along with Details to kick off this year’s Jeffrey Fashion Cares Gala, with the evening’s sales benefiting the noble cause. “It was really Details hat brought us together with JFC,” explained David Yurman’s Director of Global PR, Elizabeth Reid. “And philanthropy is much a part of the David Yurman DNA.” Added JFC co-chair Todd Sears, “It’s great when our fashion sponsors get excited about our cause. It’s not just that they write us a check—it’s that everyone truly wants to get involved through their donations of time and effort.”
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With every season comes a new pile of Polaroids from Boy and Band of Outsiders, featuring some perfectly cool girl and guy like Michelle Williams and Jason Schwartzman. This season, it’s Kirsten Dunst for Boy and James Marsden for Band of Outsiders. In an exclusive first look, designer Scott Sternberg tells us why he hearts Kirsten as much as we do, and why he chooses actors over models for his campaigns.
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Is Tumblr the new fashion frontier in social marketing and influence?
Approximately 180 of the top 1,000 Tumblr blogs are fashion related, Tumblr founder and CEO David Karp told Mashable. What’s more, fashion-related Tumblr posts are reportedly reblogged on a much greater scale than general Tumblr posts and are therefore much more likely to go viral.
So it follows that Tumblr has a vested interest in cultivating their fashion-following usership.
We recently broke news that the image-heavy social media platform had hired a fashion director, Rich Tong, and would be sending 20 of its bloggers to New York fashion week. Now, more and more fashion brands are increasing their reach by joining Tumblr.
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Gemma Ward was the feature subject of Australia’s Sunday Telegraph Magazine. It’s essentially the same article that ran last week in the Herald Sun and in the Daily Telegraph, but with more pictures. Click through to see.
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Click through to see what the Fashionista team is loving for February–Prada, barrettes, and so much more…
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