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Friday March 15th, 2013

The Top Trends from the Fall 2013 Runways
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The Top Trends from the Fall 2013 Runways

Four cities, one season: Fall 2013. Nemo kicked the collections off and every city to follow added its own dose of wintry chill. Somehow all that cold weather caused a discernible note of restraint to float through the collections. Don’t worry–the passion and excitement were still there, but designers actively pursued defining new ways we can really dress next fall. These looks felt grounded in the return of the “Lady,” as fashion’s pendulum swung away from the risqué, toward the refreshingly refined (spike-studded shoulders be damned). Check out our top trends for fall in the slide show.

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Thursday September 27th, 2012

Guy Laroche Spring 2013
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Guy Laroche Spring 2013

The Clothes: Marcel Marongiu did what he does best: naughty bourgeoise chic. His girl this season was a prim and proper Parisienne whose wild side is revealed by a slit an inch too high and a neckline an iota too plunging. Inspired this time by 1960s architecture, ranging from Oscar Niemeyer’s work in Brazil to Read more →

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Friday March 2nd, 2012

Trendspotting: Ms. Cloak & Dagger
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Trendspotting: Ms. Cloak & Dagger

The first few days of Paris have likely been a bit of a palette cleanser for the fashion crowd, with long lines of all black, gothic-inspired looks which diametrically oppose many of the popular trends so far in the fall 2012 collections, namely the all-over print. The city is home to its fair share of Read more →

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Friday March 4th, 2011

Guy Laroche Fall 2011: Mixing Fur and Minimalism
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Guy Laroche Fall 2011: Mixing Fur and Minimalism

For the fur-loving fashionista who fears PETA’s red paint, Guy Laroche‘s Marcel Marongiu has the perfect solution: red fur.

Sheared fur dresses, skirts, tops, and coats, in red, white, black, and putty, capped off with a couple of gorgeous silver beaded dresses were the highlights of Marongiu’s fall collection for Laroche. For the most part, the collection was comprised of perfectly wearable separates: leather skirts and pants, wool-and-sheared-fur overcoats, and wide-buckle belts over simple sheaths. At times it looked a bit pre-Theyskens Theory though (and some ripped knits of a pom-pom sweater variety veered into grunge grandma territory), until the luxe fur looks–I swooned over the red fur dress–stepped it up a notch. Marongiu made fur almost (almost) seem minimalist. And that’s a good thing.

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