Every year there’s a new slew of gorgeous, fashion forward, model-type girls that we get slightly obsessed with. From the cool way they style their vintage finds and lust-worthy designer duds, to the fashion shows and parties that they always seem to attend, we’ll admit it, these are the girls we’d love to trade lives with. Here’s who we’ll be keeping our eyes on this year; if only for style tips.
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Sophie Theallet is always wearing red lipstick. Except for, that is, the day the Nine West team visited her Brooklyn flat to begin work on her capsule collection for the brand. (It’s set to hit select stores this May.)
“For my first meeting with Nine West I wasn’t ready for them…they all came into my apartment and I said, ‘Oh, you’re here! But I don’t have my red lipstick on!’”
Luckily, it worked out. Because Theallet was most certainly wearing red lipstick–a lovely Bordeaux color, if you must know–at last night’s event celebrating her collection with the shoe super label. It’s the first collaboration Nine West has done with a ready-to-wear designer in years. (Vivienne Westwood, Thakoon and Sophia Kokosalaki teamed up with the brand in 2006.) The French designer, who lives in Brooklyn and works at a brand new studio in Manhattan, was not only excited to team up with Nine West, but the brand’s creative director Fred Allard. (Who also happens to be French.)
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Name: India
Age: 19
Occupation: Student
How would you describe your style? I wear a lot of vintage clothing and I try not to wear what everyone else is wearing.
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Is it ever OK to match your makeup to your outfit? Not just coordinate. I mean go full-on matchy-matchy. This is the question consuming us today thanks to the sharp eyes at Gawker, who noticed that Paz de la Huerta always matches her lipstick to her dress.
In case you don’t know Paz, she’s an actress in HBO’s Boardwalk Empire and did some indie projects prior to that. She has a reputation for being naked a lot. There’s an absolutely brilliant profile of her in New York Magazine which states, “Paz only wears black, so as not to detract from her personality.” Apparently that’s changed now that she has to promote her show and hit the red carpet regularly. She’s got the lipstick wardrobe to prove it. (I won’t comment on some of the other makeup issues she has happening in the pictures.)
I’m completely torn on this. Just yesterday I was admiring a pic of Anna Dello Russo on Jak & Jil in which her hot pink lipstick matches her Prada fur stole. Is that better or worse than matching it to your whole dress?
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Karl Lagerfeld Gets Sporty:The Kaiser’s second guest collection for Hogan is a sporty and urban line of RTW, shoes, and accessories that will debut during Paris Fashion Week. WWD, subscription required.
Julianne Moore Helps Reinvent Talbots: The actress stars in Talbots’ Spring 2011 ad campaign shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, and the clothes actually look kind of cool. People StyleWatch
Bargain vs. Vuitton in Japan: Unlike the generation before them, the country’s younger set is choosing fast fashion over labels. WWD, subscription required.
Kate Spade Goes Viral: The New York based brand commissioned music video director Kinga Burza to create an adorable short film about a girl, a boy, and Spade’s colorful spring collection. Style.com
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High-end, contemporary brand seeking highly motivated and dedicated interns that have a strong interest in fashion.
Production Intern:
Assist production and development technical designers, spec garments and occasionally copy patterns.
Sales/Market Intern:
Assist account executives during appointments with buyers, showroom preparation and assisting models during fittings.
Visual Merchandising/Graphic Design Intern:
Hands on in-store visual merchandising, small graphic design projects, and assists with day to day need of visual design dept. Proficient in Adobe Suite a must.
Warby Parker, a new eyewear company, creates boutique-quality, classically crafted eyewear at a revolutionary price point, and for every pair of glasses bought, donates a pair to someone in need.
We have been featured in publications such as GQ, Vogue, Oprah, NY Times, Forbes, and Daily Candy, and were named one of Entrepreneur Magazine’s “100 Brilliant Ideas of 2010”. We are looking to ramp up our all-star team to meet that demand by hiring a talented, dynamic and energetic person to be a Retail Sales Associate.
While we primarily sell online through our website, we have created a retail store in our NY office to serve customers on an appointment basis. Your role will be to create the most amazing in-person eyewear shopping experience.
You will be responsible for:
-Making customers feel welcome and “at home” in our showroom
-Providing style consulting and helping customers choose the best glasses for their personal style, face type and lifestyle.
-Acting as an ambassador for our brand to help educate others about our mission and values
-Coordinating efforts with other team members to ensure all customers receive exceptional service throughout their shopping and purchasing experience.
Around this time of year, the Fashionista office becomes flooded with invites. But before we even step foot inside Lincoln Center, there’s the matter of pre-fashion week coverage. We approach it by doing our own take on Mad Libs. But there’s one part of the pre-fashion week puzzle that just doesn’t sit right with me: a collection sneak peek.
Whether it’s a sketch or an image, I really, truly don’t want to see the clothes until they hit the runway, whether I’m in the audience or watching the live stream from my desk. Why? Because for me, there’s still something magical about seeing clothes on models–The way they’re styled, the soundtrack…. I want to be surprised.
I know I’m spoiled in that I do get to see these clothes in person and up-close. But does anyone share my sentiment? Do you like runway show previews and collection sketches? Or would you rather be surprised by the real thing?
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Last night television provided audiences with yet another romanticized depiction of what it’s like to work and intern in the fashion industry. This time, the culprit was Gossip Girl.
On the episode, Blair Waldorf and Dan Humphrey eagerly began their first day as lowly interns at the high fashion glossy, W. Though the scenes were filmed in the actual W offices and featured staffers as extras, the inaccuracies of the plot line would make anyone who has ever spent hours slaving in a fashion closet cringe.
First of all, wearing heels is like intern suicide. Good luck running all over the city with an armload of garment bags, or loading trunks of shoes onto truck beds in those Miu Miu pumps, Blair!
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NARS is so ubiquitous and popular you just naturally assume that there are boutiques all over the place. This is not the case.
For the first time since launching the makeup brand 16 years ago, Francois Nars will be opening a namesake, stand-alone boutique. It officially opens on February 10 at 413 Bleecker Street in NYC’s West Village. Really, it’s the perfect hood for this brand. So now you can grab a cupcake at Magnolia, pop into one of the many Marc Jacobs stores, hit up a gay bar or two, then grab some eyeliner. Not necessarily in that order.
The interior decor will apparently be a lot like the logo you see at the left. Black and pops of Jungle Red, one of the original 12 lipstick colors that launched Nars, will be the color scheme.
You can get updates on NARS’ facebook page before the big launch.
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Kisan
Deal: 50% to 70% off Vanessa Bruno, Sonia by Sonia Rykiel, Ports 1961, and more at Kisan’s seasonal sale.
When: Saturday, January 29 to Sunday, February 6. Mon—Sat 11am—7pm, Sun 12pm—6pm. 125 Greene St between W. Houston and Prince Sts (212-475-2470)
link: www.kisanstore.com
Theory and Helmut Lang
Deal: Markdowns on both brands, including Helmut Lang jeans for $69 and Theory dresses for $109
When: Saturday, January 29 through Sunday, February 6. Mon—Fri 8am—8pm, Sat 11am—7pm, Sun noon—6pm. 93 Mercer St between Spring and Broome Sts (no phone)
link: www.theory.com, www.helmutlang.com
The MoMA Design Store
Deal: At least 50% off art and design books, including many hard-to-find and out-of-print titles.
When: Tuesday, January 25 through Tuesday, February 15. Midtown: Sat—Thurs 9:30am—6:30pm, Fri 9:30pm—9pm, open till 9:30pm the first Thursday of every month. 11 W. 53rd St between Fifth and Sixth Aves (212-708-9700.) Soho: Mon—Sat 10am—8pm, Sun 11am—7pm. 81 Spring St between Crosby St and Broadway (646-613-1367.)
link: www.momastore.org
Ann Taylor‘s going Ivy League.
The wear-to-work retailer is looking to lure in clients before they even enter the workforce. But they’re not targeting just any college kid preparing to go on job interviews–they’re looking to cast five students from Columbia University to model for their online lookbook, which, according to a release, will be “a trusted resource that will provide female college/graduate students with fashion advice and career inspiration across a variety of different industries.”
This latest announcement fits with Ann Taylor’s recent efforts to revive and freshen up the brand: they just signed Katie Holmes as the face of the brand and have been putting out strong J.Crew-esque collections with particularly great accessories for the past few seasons. So it follows that they’re targeting a younger clientele.
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