The Best (and Craziest) Shoes of Spring 2013
Click through our slideshow of the best shoes of Spring 2013 and try to pick a favorite. We dare you.
Click through our slideshow of the best shoes of Spring 2013 and try to pick a favorite. We dare you.
Grunge! Chic beekeepers! New Looks! Damier dresses! If your head is still spinning from 9 days of nonstop fashion action the City of Light–ours are, for sure–we’ve got your handily reductive recap of each day’s critics’ pick for top show. Presenting the Paris Fashion Week spring 2013 Honor Roll.
After all the hype surrounding Raf Simons’ and Hedi Slimane’s debuts for Dior and Saint Laurent respectively, and all the backlash and name-calling following Hedi Slimane’s Saint Laurent show, it’s easy to forget there were some really lovely collections shown this week. Click through for a little reminder, plus our picks for the 10 best collections from the week.
Oh Sarah Burton! How well you played this one for Report Card. Karl blew many critics away with his breezy take on going green for Chanel, but when it comes to scoring the most “buzz,” your honeycomb dresses and wasp-waists made you the McQueen Bee.
So, about that buzz…
Thank god for Sarah Burton.
After a day that threatened to be overshadowed by yet another display of petty defensiveness from a designer in response to Cathy Horyn’s cutting reviews (this time from Hedi Slimane, who, after Horyn slammed his debut collection for Yves Saint Laurent, took to his website to call her a “schoolyard bully” and accused her of being biased towards Raf Simons), how refreshing to see a truly fantastic collection without any designer ego.
Tomorrow is the official first day of fall and if there’s been an official animal of the fall fashion season, it’s cats. So, we thought we’d photoshop some cats onto fashion ad campaigns, as we’re wont to do.
Mary Katrantzou is collaborating with Current/Elliot on a an amazing-looking line hitting stores next February. Yes, February. It just seems a bit cruel, no? {SheFinds}
FLOTUS hopeful Ann Romney dressed like a blinding tropical flower patch on Live with Kelly and Michael–which WWD called “more Lisa Frank than First Lady.” Since when is that a bad thing? {HuffPost}
Didn’t quite get your shoe porn fix during fashion week? Lucky‘s got you covered with it’s comprehensive ‘Shoes of NYFW’ vid! Should do the trick. {LuckyMag}
The Feds? The mob? Private investigators? FASHION?! Looks like Calvin Klein’s split from ex Nick Gruber isn’t going so smoothly. As opposed to his face. Which is very, very smooth. {Page Six}
What a day for designer musical chairs!
Grace under topless photo scandal fire. Check out all of Kate Middleton’s impossibly chic looks (McQueen! Temperley! Prabal Gurung!) from her Far East Tour.
It seems like E! regrets hiring Ryan Lochte as a New York Fashion Week correspondent. Hmm…we wonder why…{New York Post}
London is named the most fashionable city in the world due to the “Duchess effect” (good on you, K. Midd!). Other cities on the list include New York, Madrid, and Los Angeles. {Vogue UK}
Kristen Stewart just landed her first Vogue UK cover. She wears a bra, talks about being clumsy, and does not mention R.Patz. {HuffPost} Opening Ceremony’s country of focus this year will be Korea; expect tons of cool Korean labels in the store. The initiative launches during FNO, where you’ll be able to karoake with the Read more →
Jewelry designer Anna Sheffield‘s contrasting influences probably has roots in her diverse background. Though she now calls New York home, she spent the better part of her life in northern New Mexico and various parts of California, with stints down South as well. The element of contrast is evident throughout her life and collections: beauty Read more →