This Thursday, October 22, you can meet Christian Louboutin. The master of the six inch heel will be at Bergdorf Goodman later this week to answer all your nagging shoe questions.
You should, by now, know why his soles are red, but you could ask:
1. How he picks which designers to work with.
2. If he has a favorite shoe.
3. If he had to play favorites, would he choose Jonathan Kelsey, Charlotte Olympia or Nicholas Kirkwood?
4. If you have the money for one pair of Louboutins, should you go with black, nude or something wild and crazy?
Make sure you RSVP here!
One of our absolute must stops when we head to LA is West Hollywood boutique, Beckley. The store is so well-edited and full of our favorite lines like Brian Reyes, Zac, and Subversive.
As of today, they’ve opened on online boutique. There’s totally different merch than at the actual store. But the style is still the same. And it’s oh so good.
We were even more excited to realize that the Melrose Ave. store sells Charlotte Olympia shoes, which we’ve been obsessing over big time since London fashion week. They’re literally not available online anywhere that we can find. They’re barely even available in the US.
We hope store owner Melissa, answers our prayers and puts ‘em on the web, stat.
Pretty please.
This Is Awkward: Ginnifer Goodwin tries to embrace her inner Madonna for June’s W. She’s adorable, but looks like she could’ve used a few shots of tequila pre-shoot. {W}
Slow Poke: It took Andre a bit longer than the rest of us to sum up his Met Ball thoughts, but in this condensed version of Life With Andre he declares Rihanna best dressed. {VogueDaily}
A Look Inside: Todd Selby gets into Julia Restoin-Roitfeld’s apartment. We spy white fur, Pamela Love jewels, an LV blanket, so many shoes and lots of YSL & Kiehl’s beauty products. {TheSelby}
Say It’s So!: Starting next week 60 Minutes goes into summer hiatus with re-runs which means Sunday must be the big night! Curl up with a chicken bone to watch Morley Safer follow Anna in and out of the Fall shows. {Gawker}
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I’ve been salivating over shoes this week.
At yesterday’s Josh Goot show, I literally had to hold myself to the chair so as not to grab the two-toned platform wedges off the models’ feet. I’m not even sure if they were suede or slightly furry leather, but I want them alongside my imaginary collection of Charles Anastase stompers, Charlotte Olympia for Krystof platforms, Basso & Brooke elf shoes, Vivienne Westwood bondage sandals and everything else that I dream about.
The dresses and suits that went along with the shoes were pretty, too. There were two parts to the large collection: The first was a grouping of clingy, pinkish-beige and black, two-toned dresses, and the second made up of ruched pieces in what looked like a paint-splattered print.
Basically, I walked away from the show thinking about shoes and about how lovely it would be to be 5’10” and 110 pounds (ok, not really) so I could wear skin-tight nude dresses.
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There was a girl sitting across from me at Krystof Strozyna.
She looked familiar, and not just because I was obsessed with her outfit yesterday, but because she looked like a retro version of Alice Dellal. Cue the killer shoes with red-trimmed soles and a sugar rush from the Godiva chocolates at Chris Kane and I finally realized it must be the model’s sister and shoe designer, Charlotte Olympia.
Her major platforms complimented newcomer Krystof’s geometric collection. He played with thick thread and loose knits over jersey with lots and lots and lots of cut outs before diving into a few neon pieces.
His ideas were excellent - the execution, less so. But for a young designer, whom we can only assume lacks endless funds, it was a great success.
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So, Henry thinks it’d “be ace” if you guys could swing by the Best of London Designer sale.
You probably don’t want to go out of your way just because Henry thinks it’d be swell.
But you’ll definitely want to go for his clothes, or maybe a severely discounted Jonathan Saunders dress or Richard Nicoll jacket? If we could book a flight to London, we’d hold out futile hope of snagging this Roksanda Ilincic gown. Or, if you can’t handle “the Alice” maybe you’d like a few pairs of her sister’s shoes since Charlotte Olympia will be there, too?
It’s like London fashion week all over again but so much better because you can buy the clothes for 50% off retail prices.
Oh, and if that’s not enough to make you line up early, some of the designers have actually made pieces just for this sale - as in, no one else will ever have them.
The things we’d do to be there…
I’m feeling rather blunt.
Maybe it’s the jet lag or maybe it’s the freedom of being in a different country, but the truth is, I really didn’t think there would be a show more over the top, read - worse than - Erin Fetherston.
Well, Alice Temperley, you’ve got her beat.
You were, at least, smart enough to put one of the worst dresses on the best models - see Jourdan Dunn. But you weren’t smart enough to realize that ruffles, studs, bows, butterflies, feathers and beads probably don’t all belong in one look.
Did you mean to have the front row whispering about how your usually made-for-women clothes are perfect for Taylor Momsen’s next event?
With the exception of Iekeliene’s exceptionally frothy dress and the Charlotte Olympia shoes, (which explain the front row presence of Alice Dellal), this collection won’t even be ripped off by Forever 21.
And that sort of says it all.
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