Dries van Noten Gives Grunge a High Fashion Makeover for Spring 2013
Grunge gone high fashion. We’ve seen a lot of ’90s rehash from designers this season but this was the best interpretation of the decade I’ve seen so far.
Wednesday September 26th, 2012
Friday March 9th, 2012
The Best Handbags of Fall 2012
While shoes got a bit tamer for Fall 2012, handbags have only gotten more wild.
Fur and faux furs bags were all the rage at Marc Jacobs, Proenza Schouler, Dries van Noten, and Michael Kors, and while the perspex bags at 3.1 Phillip Lim and the cute minauderies from Diane von Furstenberg may not be totally useful, they sure are cute.
Or course if you need a bag that will actually fit your things inside it, the giant leather carryalls at Alexander Wang might just do the trick.
Thursday March 8th, 2012
The Best Shoes of the Fall 2012 Season
We’ve scoured the Fall 2012 collections for the most amazing shoes, and it was easy, because there were plenty. The best part? Footwear options for Fall 2012 are a lot more reasonable than their Spring 2012 counterparts. (Remember those 6 inch Versace lucite wedges?)
Fall 2012 saw lots of wide heels and mary-janes on the runway, and sometimes both simultaneously–like at Prada, Louis Vuitton, and Marni. Knee-high black boots ruled at Alexander Wang, Altuzarra, Givenchy, and Rick Owens, and ladylike pumps could be found at Lanvin, Nina Ricci, and Jil Sander. Of course, if you’re looking for something crazy, look no further than Alexander McQueen’s heel-less fur shoes. Impractical, but so lovely.
Take a look at all the amazing shoes from Fall 2012 and just try to pick a favorite. It’s near impossible.
Thursday March 1st, 2012
Street Style: Nicholas Has A Great Style Motto
Name: Nicholas Whitehouse
Occupation: Freelance Stylist
What’s the most random thing in your pocket right now? A pair of broken sunglasses.
What’s your style motto? Have fun and wear what you feel good in.
Wednesday February 29th, 2012
What I Saw at Paris Fashion Week: Day 1
OK, so today wasn’t technically day one of Paris fashion week. Anthony Vaccarello started the week off with a bang yesterday–Karlie Kloss‘ first appearance of the season and falling models, oh my!–and Cedric Charlier debuted his first solo collection. But things really got started today. From vintage Zandra Rhodes on the runway for the first Read more →
Dries Van Noten Fall 2012: Asian Influence, Bon Iver, and a Slower Pace
PARIS–You can count on a few things from a Dries Van Noten show: masterful prints, relaxed masculine tailoring, and for the past few seasons, a decadent ornate multi-crystal-chandeliered setting at the Hotel de Ville. So today, four distinct observations from Dries Van Noten’s fantastic 2012 show:
Wednesday November 30th, 2011
Check Out Spring the 2012 Eyewear Collections from The Row, Oscar de la Renta and More, Plus a Chat With Linda Farrow’s Tracy Sedino
In just a few years, Linda Farrow has become one of the coolest names in designer sunnies. The Linda Farrow label has been around since 1970, but has been rejuvenated in recent years thanks to an expanding roster of ongoing collaborations with designers we love, like Matthew Williamson, Dries van Noten, Alexander Wang, The Row and most recently Prabal Gurung and Oscar de la Renta.
At a recent press preview for the spring 2012 Linda Farrow collections, we caught up with Tracy Sedino, who, along with Linda Farrow’s son Simon Jablon, revived the brand in 2004, when they began licensing deals.
Tuesday November 15th, 2011
Fashion News Roundup: Toy Story Gets A Clothing Line, NYT Introduces New Style App, and Lea Michele Covers December’s Allure
The Toy Story Clothing Line You Didn’t Ask For: Pixar and Bossini, a Hong Kong based clothing company, have collaborated on a clothing line inspired by Toy Story. While you wouldn’t know it from looking at the pieces, the clothes are for men and women–not just children. As far as wearability, they should fit you just fine if you’re a pre-pubescent fifth grader. {Racked}
The New York Times Delivers Fashion to Your iPad: The New York Times is combining T Magazine, The Moment, Thursday and Sunday Styles, and the International Herald Tribune, to bring you The Collection, a new iPad app for the fashionista that just cannot get enough. Sign us up. {NYT}
Dries Van Noten Photo Exhibit: Remember the breathtaking land and cityscape prints featured on Dries Van Noten’s Spring 2012 collection? Well the original photos by James Reeve that inspired the looks are getting another day in the spotlight. They will be displayed alongside pieces from the collection in an exhibit taking place at the Song concept store in Vienna, and then again in Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Paris in the upcoming months. {WWD (subscription required)}
Wednesday October 12th, 2011
Mangled, Mashed and Mutilated: The Fate of Models’ Feet on the Runway
Fashion month is a mad whirlwind of collections where we see Anna Wintour literally leap from her seat to continue onto the next show. The jam-packed schedules are cause for a lot of stress for all involved: organizers, editors, buyers, the designers–but especially the models. For models, physical signifiers of work and stress are easily covered on the face with plenty of time in the makeup chair backstage, but there’s one (actually two) key appendages that are sadly over-looked. No, not those. The model’s feet, of course.
With a month of running around four cities, endless nights of fittings, countless show rehearsals and finally–the actual shows–a model’s foot takes one heck of a beating. We’ve already covered the wonderful shoe highlights from this season, but now we will take a look inside the shoe. Warning: If you have foot issues (ie they are too creepy for you to even handle), this slideshow is not for you.
Sunday October 9th, 2011
Textbook for Fashionista: Alexa Chung
Thursday October 6th, 2011
Paris Fashion Week Spring 2012: The 10 Best Collections
Thursday September 29th, 2011
Dries Van Noten Spring 2012: The Prince of Prints Mixes Photography and Couture
“Chic” is an overused word but it’s an apt one to describe Dries Van Noten’s spring 2012 collection. There was a calm elegance to his show, which opened with boxy separates and shift dresses that seemed early ’60s and couture inspired, all of it in a soothing grey-toned palette.
There were plenty of prints, of course–this is Dries after all. There was a tropical palm leaf one, an etched 17th century one, and a digital floral, and cityscapes (reinforced by a soundtrack infused with city noises) all blocked together at times on the same frocks. Color was gradually introduced but never to shock. First the palm tree prints became green, and then there were shocks of magenta which contrasted nicely with the grey. I loved the cropped jackets, especially the Spanish toreador ones, as well as the perfect printed collared button-downs.
