Boast Fall 2013: For the Upscale Slacker
This is what Harry Brant might wear for an afternoon at the Kennedy Compound.
Nora Crotty
Editor's Picks
Friday February 8th, 2013
Wildfox Couture Fall 2013: Great Gatsby Pajama Party
Wildfox knows how to party.
Thursday February 7th, 2013
Former America’s Next Top Model Coach Miss J Alexander is Designing a Line of Shoes
Nearly a year after Tyra Banks gave him the America’s Next Top Model pink slip, J. Alexander–aka Miss J–is back in action with a brand new project: Shoes.
Tia Cibani Fall 2013: Surrealist Speakeasy
I had high–yet vaguely undefined–hopes for Tia Cibani’s Fall/Winter collection, only the second ever under the designer’s eponymous label. When I spoke to the recent winner of the Fashion Group International’s coveted Rising Star Award last week, the only hints she’d give me on what to expect from her new designs were “metallics–pleated skirts.”
But shiny skirts were just the beginning.
Scandalous Grammys Looks that Would Be Banned Under CBS’s Absurd New Dress Code
Believe it or not but the Grammys is starting to have a lot more in common with our real-life grammy. Both were way cooler a few decades ago, take no issue with sleep-inducing television, and now, share an affinity for modest dressing!
Wednesday February 6th, 2013
Brad Goreski Hopes Rachel Zoe’s Clothing Line Isn’t In Trouble
Seriously, guys, is the line in the shitter or what?
Tuesday February 5th, 2013
Editor’s Pick: Nora’s Perfect Lip Line Perfector
For several long, hard years, I suffered with feathering lipstick. Then, one fateful day in Sephora, we found each other.
Friday February 1st, 2013
How I’m Making It: Tia Cibani
In 2010, Tia Cibani sent the fashion world into a mini state of mourning when she announced she was stepping down from Chinese-by-way-of-Canada label Ports 1961 to start a family, handing over the creative reigns to her sister Fiona. But just two years later (with a brand new baby in tow!) Cibani made a major comeback with the debut of her first eponymous fashion line this past September at New York Fashion Week.
And the industry has welcomed the designer back with open arms: Earlier this week, Cibani was awarded the Fashion Group International’s Rising Star Award for womenswear–an honor previously won by fashion heavy hitters like Joseph Altuzzara and Michelle Obama’s other go-to guy, Jason Wu. We were lucky enough to grab a few minutes to chat with the designer, who–between attending fittings for her fall ’13 presentation next week and being a full-time mom–is at an all time life and career high.
Read on for the designer’s insights on motherhood, manufacturing locally, and how her own naivety got her where she is today.
10 Questions for Project Runway Season 11
1. When did Project Runway become fashion Survivor? It can’t be long until the teams start voting off the weakest link, right?
2. And why are the designers surprised to be staying in the same teams? Was it ever implied they’d be swapping members?
3. Why haven’t these ping pong ball retrieving contraptions been marketed towards college students? Um, hello, beer pong…
4. Hold up! Joseph has a side career… screen printing cats onto sweaters? Dhani, are you aware of this?!
Thursday January 31st, 2013
Lena Dunham’s Doing a New Show About Legendary Bergdorf’s Personal Shopper Betty Halbreich
The fashion world’s–or at least our–ongoing love affair with Lena Dunham seems to be working both ways: The creator, producer, and star of Girls‘s latest project is her most style-centric yet.
Wednesday January 30th, 2013
Now Pregnant Royals and Plebs Alike Can Wear Kate Middleton’s Issa Engagement Dress
Talk about Kate-ering to a specific audience.
Issa, the Brazilian-by-way-of-Britain brand that created Kate Middleton’s sell-out (and knocked off) Royal engagement announcement dress, has recently released the latest addition to its growing family of wrap dresses: A maternity version!
Tuesday January 29th, 2013
Editor’s Pick: Nora’s Lovely Little Side Table
As cliche as it may be for a 20-something Williamsburgian to admit, I really, really love Urban Outfitters’ home furnishings. For the past few weeks I’ve actually gone to bed every night just hoping I’ll awake the next morning to find the new-season online catalogue–full of masterfully decorated hipster interiors, recreated found furniture, and mass-produced quilts and wall hangings–in my inbox. And if you think I’m being funny, you don’t know me very well.
