Editorials in W magazine rarely disappoint, especially when super stylist Lori Goldstein is involved.
In the glossy’s May 2011 “Design Issue,” Britt Maren stars in a colorful portfolio photographed by Solve Sundsbo called “Hip Pop.”
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Hannah MacGibbon Renews Chloé Contract For Another Season: The British designer isn’t going anywhere (at least not yet) despite rumors that she was getting the boot at the French house. We’re hoping that MacGibbon’s Spring 2012 collection is her best yet. {Telegraph}
Spotted: Crochet at Coachella: Our own reporter, Hayley Phelen, tells the Brit daily that Seventies style including floppy hats, clashing prints, flowing dresses, and crocheted garments reigned supreme at Coachella this past weekend. {Daily Mail}
Agyness Deyn and Henry Holland Run the London Marathon The designer and his muse both hit the streets this weekend for the 26.2 mile race. Aggy called it a powerful experience, while Holland took to Twitter to exclaim “NEVER AGAIN!” {Vogue UK}
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Peter Lindbergh and Doutzen Kroes were hanging out in the penthouse of Cooper Square Hotel in the East Village this weekend, shooting their latest Tiffany campaign. Our sources tell us the shots are mostly of Doutzen and her amore lounging around, but we have a candid of the photog and his subject.
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Anthropologie spin-off Leifsdottir launched a shoe collection this spring and asked a few fashion bloggers to test them out during the February shows, including yours truly. (More illustrious names on the bill: Susanna Lau and Natalie Joos.)
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Every season–or more accurately–every other week or so, new nail polishes hit our desks. The names range from the literal (Flirty Pink) to the more sublime (Bermuda Shorts) to the punny (anything by OPI.)
Have you often said, “How the hell do they come up with these names?” Well, we went straight to the source and asked Essie Weingarten, founder of Essie, how nail polishes get baptized.
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Another day closer to the royal wedding, and yet another name is floated as the designer of Kate Middleton’s all-important wedding dress.
We’ve heard Sarah Burton for McQueen, Bruce Oldfield (a favorite of Princess Diana) and the latest name to be mentioned in contention for the prized commission is Jasper Conran. And now, a new name to add to the mix: Sophie Cranston, designer of the Libélula label.
Yvonne York, Huffington Post’s royal’s correspondent, is reporting that Sophie Cranston has designed Kate Middleton’s wedding dress. Middleton famously wore a vintage-inspired black velvet coat by Libélula to a wedding this past January.
So why haven’t we heard Cranston’s name until now?
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It may be a small space, but it packs a lot of punch. Alexis Bittar is officially open for business in San Francisco, and the launch party Saturday night had people spilling onto the foggy sidewalks of Fillmore.
The store stands out like a gem, with walls painted by artist Marcela D’Aprile, Bittar’s ongoing taxidermy animal fixtures, and the requisite jewelry collection. When asked what took the designer so long to open an SF store, Alexis answered, “We came kinda gangbusters. We did four stores at once; one in San Francisco, two in LA, and Chicago. I think the location is absolutely perfect. We scouted in June and it’s changed even since then. More stores have opened.” When I pointed out that Kiehls is relocating their upper Fillmore store to right across the street, Alexis cooed, “Oh, I love that.”
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It’s hot in Southern California this weekend, which means the Coachella music festival is populated with plenty of pretty skirts and the shortest vintage cut-offs around. Some of our favorite looks so far:
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The Artist’s Toolbox, a PBS show where John Jacobsen interviews “America’s best artists,” features Isabel and Ruben Toledo this weekend. The episode offers a revealing look at the couple and how they encourage each other’s art. So set your DVRs–the show airs Sunday on New York’s local PBS affiliate WNET channel 13 at 3 p.m. In advance of the show, we asked the designer about her creative process, designer collaborations, and how she and Ruben maintain such a strong relationship–in love and work.
What do hope that viewers will learn about you and how you work by watching this show?
Creativity is a mysterious thing and as individual as each creator, but I hope the viewer can get a sense of the free form-border jumping terrain that is fashion combined with the high degree of craft involved to achieve the final vision.
At one point in the show you say you don’t really consider yourself an artist and that you’ve never had a job–how do you explain these statements?
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