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Sunday September 11th, 2011

Lacoste Spring 2012: Sportiness Without Any Actual Sports
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Lacoste Spring 2012: Sportiness Without Any Actual Sports

Chances are when you think of Lacoste, you think of a pique polo in pale pink adorned with a cute little crocodile. The brand, while never forsaking its roots, is looking to elevate itself off the tennis court and golf course and into your daily wardrobe, with very intriguing results this season. This is Felipe Oliveira Baptista’s first collection for the brand–you’ll recall that former Lacoste creative director Christophe Lemaire decamped for Hermes last year. While Lemaire invigorated the brand a lot, Baptista seems to be out to really turn it on its head.

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Tuesday March 22nd, 2011

Fashion News Roundup: Lindsay Lohan’s Ungaro Collection Is On eBay, How to Walk Like a Model, and More Designer Collaborations
Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Lindsay Lohan’s Ungaro Collection Is On eBay, How to Walk Like a Model, and More Designer Collaborations

Check Out the Complete Matthew Williamson Collection for Macy’s: The London designer’s latest capsule collection includes brightly colored blouses, 70s inspired dresses, and rompers in signature Williamson prints. Prices for the line start at just $24 and hit stores April 13th. {InStyle}

Alexander Wang’s Budding Empire: Wang discusses his rise to fashion fame and hopes his brand will have a life longer than his. {Telegraph}

Lindsay Lohan for Ungaro Now On eBay: For $450 or your “best offer,” you can own a dress from Lohan’s disastrous collection for Ungaro. {Imaginary Socialite}

Why Kenneth Cole Hearts Twitter: The designer uses Twitter as a form of year-round advertising. Though he admits that now, in light of his Egypt comment that outraged many last month, his tweets go through a filter. {Glamour}

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Monday January 10th, 2011

Dream Designer Collaborations for 2011
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Dream Designer Collaborations for 2011

For the New Year, we’ll forgo resolutions about what we will do and focus instead on what others should. (Less personal responsibility always better.) Since we’re all for the welfare of this industry and the designers who fuel it, we’ve crafted a list of dream collaborations which could generate huge buzz and dollars. Or maybe not. Read on, enjoy and pray with us that the Fashion God’s make this happen.

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Tuesday December 28th, 2010

Fashion News Roundup: Piers Morgan Tried To “Woo” Grace Coddington, Anja Rubik and Liya Kebede Star In Lacoste’s New Ad Campaign and Victoria Beckham To Move To NYC?
Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Piers Morgan Tried To “Woo” Grace Coddington, Anja Rubik and Liya Kebede Star In Lacoste’s New Ad Campaign and Victoria Beckham To Move To NYC?

Piers Morgan Has Got a Thing for Grace Coddington: Well, who doesn’t? Apparently the CNN host, who is set to take over for Larry King on January 17, approached Coddington at the Waverly Inn recently to tell her that she was his “idol” but Coddington couldn’t place him. “You had me in your magazine, remember?” he told her. “Then she remembered. Or pretended to,” Morgan told Page Six. {Page Six}

The Barbie Doll’d Up Nails Digital Nail Printer Looks Awesome and We Want One: We love some good nail art and this Barbie contraption can churn out some pretty impressive (and seasonal!) designs. {StyleList}

Anja Rubik and Liya Kebede Star In Lacoste’s Spring Campaign:
For the past five years Lacoste’s campaigns have used the same tagline, “Un Peu d’Air Sur Terre” (“a little air on the ground”) but they’re switching it up this spring with a new line: “Unconventional Chic.” The campaign, shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot, features Anja Rubik, Liya Kebede, Jon Kortajarena, and Noah Mills wearing white polos over black eveningwear. {The Cut}

Beckhams to the Big Apple: The Beckham clan might relocate to NYC, in part, for Victoria’s fashion career. {Racked}

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Saturday September 11th, 2010

Christophe Lemaire Says “Au Revoir” To Lacoste With Op-Art and Clean Lines
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Christophe Lemaire Says “Au Revoir” To Lacoste With Op-Art and Clean Lines

On a sunny Saturday morning with the US Open underway only a few subway stops away, it seemed an appropriate time to see the Lacoste show. This collection is Christophe Lemaire’s last for Lacoste before he decamps the tennis courts for the more luxurious pastures of Hermès.

Despite the debauchery of FNO the night before, the Theatre at Lincoln Center was packed for the 10am show. I heard many conversations taking place in French all around me. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to glean any Gallic gossip, since I chose to study Spanish in high school. There was some chatter about the arrival of Simon Doonan and Jonathan Adler, the cutest couple in NYC, but I missed them.

After deciding that I liked the big resin “1212” graphic cuff that came as a seat gift–Lacoste has launched a jewelry line–I settled in and prepared myself for the preppy. According to the tip sheet, for spring 2011 Lemaire was inspired by OpArt, Bauhaus, and the Villa Noailles which was designed by Robert Mallet-Stevens.

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