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Tuesday December 13th, 2011

Holiday Gift Guide: Custom and Personalized Presents for Everyone on Your List
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Holiday Gift Guide: Custom and Personalized Presents for Everyone on Your List

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Having your name or initials emblazoned on something never gets old. It goes back to that pride you felt back in third grade, when writing your name into your favorite books sent a statement to the world: “This is mine.” (And if you’re like me, you also drew a unicorn and stars for good measure) As far as gifts go, something personalized or custom-designed shows that you put a bit of effort into it, when you could totally just buy an iTunes gift card.

With that in mind, we gathered a bunch of customizable gift ideas at various price points. Whether your recipient is into fashion or not, here are ten ideas for cool custom gifts. Click through to check them out.

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Published at 2:00 PM

Friday November 18th, 2011

Holiday Gift Guide: Designer Gifts You Can Fit Into a Stocking (and Your Budget)
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Holiday Gift Guide: Designer Gifts You Can Fit Into a Stocking (and Your Budget)

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Wanna get someone a fabulous gift that’s designer without breaking the bank? You totally can. In fact, a lot of designer labels cater to people like us who want to be fancy but for whom the Miu Miu shoes and Alaïa dresses we really want are far out of reach.

These aren’t knock-offs or collaborations or makeup, but real designer items that we would actually be very happy to find under the tree or in a stocking. Now if someone could tell us where to put stockings when you don’t have a fireplace, that would be great.

From Prada to Alexander Wang to Alaïa (seriously!), here are the 14 best little designer gifts that less than $300 can buy!

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Published at 6:45 PM

Friday November 4th, 2011

Here Are 10 Great Bags That Cost Less Than $300 (We Even Found an Alexander Wang)
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Here Are 10 Great Bags That Cost Less Than $300 (We Even Found an Alexander Wang)

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Sometimes it feels like everyone in New York City is carrying either a Proenza Schouler PS1 or a huge Chanel bag. While dropping $2,000 on a bag is an “investment” for some people, for others it’s just plain out of reach. We were convinced that there had to be fantastic, high-quality, well-designed bags out there for less than $300 (which don’t make you resort to buying Kardashian knock-off bags.) And we were right!

From the high street stores to some of our favorite designers–like Alexander Wang and Marc Jacobs–we found 10 bags to fit most budgets (we’re talking $300 or under here) and pretty much any style.

Click through to see our finds.

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Published at 6:43 PM

Tuesday September 13th, 2011

Marc by Marc Jacobs SS12: The Calm Before the Dior Storm, with Dior Predictions by Olivier Zahm
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Marc by Marc Jacobs SS12: The Calm Before the Dior Storm, with Dior Predictions by Olivier Zahm

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Marc by Marc Jacobs’ SS12 show felt especially poignant yesterday. As the crowd built up inside the Lexington Armory, whispers about Dior could be heard in every section and every row. The minimal set of a plain white runway and backdrop were especially stark compared to Marc’s famously elaborate sets and antics. From 7:30 to 8pm all guests were ushered in and seated, without any ruckus occurring when Elle Fanning, Carine Roitfeld, and Robert Duffy took their seats in the front row. Everyone and everything was quite calm. It was as though everyone knew that come this time next season, Marc Jacobs would be married to his deadlines at Dior, and thus less likely to be as attached design-wise and presentation-wise to MxMJ’s flounced peplums and plastic visors.

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Published at 9:04 AM

Monday August 22nd, 2011

11 Fall Ad Campaigns Improved by Cats
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11 Fall Ad Campaigns Improved by Cats

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Here at Fashionista, we spend a lot of time looking at designers’ ad campaigns, especially within the last few weeks as the fall ads drop. We’ve even dedicated four slideshows to ranking them. After seeing the same ads in September issue after September issue, you can’t blame us for wanting to find a new way to look at them. Inspired by a recent post on OC Weekly, we realized we could actually improve the fall ads using photoshop and pictures of something else we spend a lot of time looking at: cats. So, without further ado, here are 11 fall ad campaigns improved by some adorable cats.

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Published at 6:53 PM

Monday August 1st, 2011

Peep Our Favorite Styles From Marc by Marc Jacobs Fall Denim Line
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Peep Our Favorite Styles From Marc by Marc Jacobs Fall Denim Line

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We got the chance to check out (and road test) Marc by Marc Jacobs fall denim line and we’re happy to report that each style does what any good pair of jeans should do: make your ass look good. The MBMJ team brought in a denim specialist for the line, which includes styles ranging from skinnies to slouchy slim fit to high rise flares. We were smitten with the flares and got to pre-order a pair (thanks Marc!). The military leggings are super comfy too.

The line hits stores next month and price points range from $168 to $228. Check out our favorite styles.

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Published at 6:36 PM

Wednesday July 13th, 2011

Would You Rather…? Elle Fanning Vs. Hailee Steinfeld and a Tree Trunk (Plus More Elle Fanning For Marc by Marc!)
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Would You Rather…? Elle Fanning Vs. Hailee Steinfeld and a Tree Trunk (Plus More Elle Fanning For Marc by Marc!)

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We hate to pit a 15-year-old against a 13-year-old but it’s hard not to draw comparisons between Hailee Steinfeld’s Bruce Weber-shot fall campaign for Miu Miu and Elle Fanning’s for Marc by Marc Jacobs (9 more of the Juergen Teller-shot images have just emerged on Fashion Gone Rogue). Both are lovely, talented actresses in their early teens who have a sophistication and a fashion sense that is beyond their years. We love both girls and both campaigns equally–we’re not picking favorites. But, it’s hard not to noticed the stylistic similarities between the two, especially in these shots–in which both girls are wearing longish dresses, dark sunglasses, ankle boots, holding brown clutches and standing outside next to tree trunks.

Click through for more Elle Fanning for Marc by Marc and go here for the rest of Hailee’s Miu Miu campaign.

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Friday June 10th, 2011

Trendspotting: Marc Jacobs Loves His PJs
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Trendspotting: Marc Jacobs Loves His PJs

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Marc Jacobs showed his resort collections for Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, and Marc by Marc Jacobs and picked up his CFDA lifetime achievement award this past week.

While Jacobs is obviously the creative force behind all three labels–he can’t do it all. He delegates the work to his dedicated design teams at each house. Julie De Libran collaborated with Sofia Coppola at Louis Vuitton, Junhee Kim and her amazing team worked hard at Marc by Marc (styled by contributor Sally Lyndley), and Marc himself and the Marc Jacobs team labored at Marc Jacobs proper. Yet these three different design teams all showed matching print pajama looks in the same season.

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Published at 12:35 PM

Friday May 27th, 2011