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Tuesday February 5th, 2013

Kate Moss Covers i-D Four Times, Joe Zee Is Writing a Book, and Gisele Is the New Face of Chanel
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Kate Moss Covers i-D Four Times, Joe Zee Is Writing a Book, and Gisele Is the New Face of Chanel

Kate Moss scored not one but four i-D covers this month to celebrate the anniversary of her first cover for the magazine 20 years ago. {Grazia}

Speaking of supermodels, Gisele Bundchen landed a gig as the new face of Chanel’s makeup line. {The Cut}

Get ready to hit the slopes in style: L.A.M.B. is collaborating with Burton on an outerwear collection. {WWD}

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Published at 2:30 PM

Wednesday November 17th, 2010

Last Night’s Party Equations: Esquivel x Zero + Maria Cornejo and Kanon Vodka x The Fat Radish + Downtown Scenesters
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Last Night’s Party Equations: Esquivel x Zero + Maria Cornejo and Kanon Vodka x The Fat Radish + Downtown Scenesters

Cobbler extraordinaire George Esquivel was on hand at Maria Cornejo‘s Bleecker St. store last night to celebrate the launch of his fall/winter shoe collaboration with Cornejo.

Esquivel, who handcrafts exquisite leather shoes in his Orange County workshop (he employs only 8-12 craftsmen), only produces a few shoes a year so he’s game to collaborate. He says it allows him to explore other design concepts. But only if the shoe fits (I couldn’t resist).

“The collaborations that I do have to be seamless and grow organically,” Esquivel told us. “Maria read about me at the Vogue Fashion Fund last year, called me up and we hit it off.”

It’s the first year Esquivel and Cornejo have teamed up, and this is Esquivel’s first fall/winter line for Cornejo.

“[Cornejo's] collection is structured and architectural so we tried to create lines in the shoes and give them some texture and shapes that are just a little different,” Esquivel said. “They’re just a little off-center.”

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