You can’t talk about handbags for Spring 2013 without mentioning Karl’s enormous hula-hoop creation that stole the show at Chanel. Clearly, that one takes the cake as the most dramatic accessories moment of the season. (And comes with an instructions on how to use it from the Kaiser himself.)
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.
Sunday was a very good day for the fashion week lunch bunch, with Sister Maria looks at Givenchy and cute jungle cats prints at Kenzo. But for the woman of a slightly older demographic, critics concurred that Céline’s furkenstocks–and inimitably chic new twist on soigné dressing–made a powerful statement for the working mother who would wear her house slippers proudly out in the world.
The critics have spoken, and here’s what they said.
If Raf Simons and Hedi Slimane have a third opponent in their minimalist “rivalry,” it would have to be Phoebe Philo. We won’t know until later today what Slimane has in store, but how did Philo’s latest collection, which she showed yesterday, stack up against Simons’s for Dior?
Celine always makes covetable, well, everything. From the cool girl coats to the wait list-worthy bags, Phoebe Philo makes the clothes we crave every season. But is she laughing at us this spring?
Another wave of September and fall magazine issues have come and gone, which means that it is time to take a look back at the content from the most important month in fashion.
Editors select the best and brightest (both talent and clothing) for their most important issue, but who and what actually got the most face time? Who surprised us?
The only thing that should stress you out when wearing white is coffee stains, not outdated notions that it is a season-specific hue. White has been popping up on fall/winter runways the past few seasons, and this year winter white is definitely shaping up to be a key player. When shopping for winter whites make Read more →
Going to the Barneys Warehouse sale when it is empty is a cock tease. There, I said it. So I guess I have designer shopping blue balls now? Okay, this is starting to get weird and gross. Anyway, I got the chance to preview the Barneys Warehouse sale just now and having never gone before Read more →
Name: Stephanie LaCava
Occupation: Writer
What was the last good movie you saw? Moonrise Kingdom!
If you were a Disney character, which would you be? Um, Tinkerbell for sure — everyone calls me that.
Saint Laurent Paris Does The Timewarp: On Wednesday, we reported that Yves Saint Laurent might be dropping the “Yves” as a means of rebranding the label under the direction of Hedi Slimane, and the very next day the storied fashion house confirmed, sending countless tweeters, bloggers and writers into a tizzy. We, on the other hand, started to think about what would happen if other design houses were to do the same.
Kate Upton’s Busy, Busy Week: The busty blonde graced the cover of GQ (which coincidentally channeled Azealia Banks in her latest music video for “Jumanji”), spoke onscreen about her love of America (and large breasts) and even taught Jimmy Fallon how to Cat Daddy. How’d she do it all? With some seriously genius self-marketing skills.
Asian Beauty Products That Might Just Save Your Skin: Okay, so maybe they won’t save your skin, but they’re certainly bizarre and intriguing enough to warrant a test-run. From charcoal shampoo to a chin contour mask to collagen-boosting marshmallows, we’re curious to see what will be first to hit the shelves of Sephora first (or, alternatively, be banned by the FDA).
Model-Turned-Actress, Everybody’s Doing It: Models are good looking people, and so are actresses. Actresses appear on magazine covers, and so do models. So it makes sense that models might whet their palates and give acting a try, right? Right. We rounded up the many, many models who have transitioned from runway to silver screen and analyzed how seamlessly and successfully they made the jump.
Even more great resort collections have trickled in since our first roundup. From Jonathan Saunders to Rag & Bone to Celine, that 70s psychedelia trend is still there. But there are also some subdued, laid back, classic pieces that are more feasible for day-to-day life in the resort months (for those of us who don’t Read more →
