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Tuesday November 29th, 2011

Our Favorite Marni Looks We Hope End Up at H&M
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Our Favorite Marni Looks We Hope End Up at H&M

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We should still be exhausted from the widespread chaos caused by Versace for H&M (there’s still lots of it on eBay, if you were wondering), but that hasn’t curbed our genuine excitement for Marni’s signature quirkiness to make its way into H&M stores (and our closets) next March. Consuelo Castiglioni said in a statement, “I wanted to create a true Marni wardrobe by revisiting all our favorite pieces in signature fabrics and prints.” This of course got us thinking about our own favorite Marni moments–from printed dresses to arty necklaces to chunky sandals with socks.

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Sneak Peek: Marni for H&M To Hit Stores in March 2012
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Sneak Peek: Marni for H&M To Hit Stores in March 2012

by Leah Chernikoff and Cheryl Wischhover

We’re still reeling from Versace for H&M mania–the collection launched barely two weeks ago–but H&M has just revealed their next designer collaboration. They’re sticking with the Italians for this next collab, and if you found Versace for H&M’s loud prints and studs a touch too much, this collection will deliver prints and color combinations that Read more →

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Tuesday November 22nd, 2011

Fashion News Roundup: Buy Pippa Middleton’s Bridesmaid Dress at Net-A-Porter, Naomi Campbell is an Editor, and Get Ready for the Sweet Valley High Movie!
Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Buy Pippa Middleton’s Bridesmaid Dress at Net-A-Porter, Naomi Campbell is an Editor, and Get Ready for the Sweet Valley High Movie!

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Pippa Middleton’s Bridesmaid Dress For Sale: Alexander McQueen is making versions of Pippa Middleton’s bridesmaid dress available to the masses through Net-A-Porter for $3,100. For now, it’s only available for order on their UK site, but soon, for e-shoppers around the globe can buy a dress cut to look like you have a booty when you really don’t. Yay for Sarah Burton’s expert tailoring! {People}

Stella McCartney to Show at LFW: While her regular collection is set to show in Paris on March 5, in honor of the 2012 London Olympics, Stella McCartney has designed a capsule collection to show during London Fashion Week. The designer’s schedule is chock full of events that week, including a store opening. Looks like Ms. McCartney is going to be very busy in the upcoming months! {WWD subscription required}

Jessica Simpson to Shed Baby Weight for Weight Watchers: Singer, actress, and clothing line mogul Jessica Simpson is in talks with Weight Watchers, negotiating a $4 million contract to drop a “significant amount of weight” in the year after she has her baby. We can’t knock her hustle–if we had to quickly lose all those pounds, we’d definitely want to get paid for it! {Us Weekly}

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Tuesday November 15th, 2011

The Top 10 Best Dressed at the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Awards
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The Top 10 Best Dressed at the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Awards

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The most stylish stars and fashion insiders showed up and showed out for last night’s CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Awards. While most attendees opted for looks from the honorees (there was lots Cushnie et Ochs, Suno, and Altuzarra on the step and repeat) Anna Wintour repeated a favorite Marni look and Hamish Bowles looked divinely dandy in…jeans.

Check out fashion’s finest.

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Tuesday September 27th, 2011

Milan Fashion Week Spring 2012: The 10 Best Collections
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Milan Fashion Week Spring 2012: The 10 Best Collections

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And another one bites the dust: Yep, Milan Fashion Week is officially over.

But just because the designers and models have all packed their bags and high-tailed it to Paris, doesn’t mean we can’t take a moment here to savor the sweet taste of Milano’s shows, which saw a bevy of retro inspired and ladylike collections.

Read on to see our 10 favorite shows from Milan Fashion Week.

**All photos Imaxtree

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Marni Spring 2012: Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon
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Marni Spring 2012: Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon

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MILAN–In a game of 60s purity, ladylike touches, and 70s prints, the Marni collection read like a tale of a girl growing into womanhood.

The well-behaved, clean cut collection kicked off with a series of reinterpreted baby doll dresses–knee-length, soft-toned, paired down–yet with subtle flap details at the front and a cinched waist, complete with stockings and a slip poking out.

This was followed by sleeveless tops with a flare at the hips paired with a straight skirt. The patterns became more complex throughout the show: 70s geometrical prints, floral motifs in a pink palette and (perhaps the tour de force of the collection) a lurex embroided rose-hued dress, that looked neither tacky nor girly.

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Check Out These Dresses Made From Nursing Home Supplies (Think Adult Diapers and Syringes)
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Check Out These Dresses Made From Nursing Home Supplies (Think Adult Diapers and Syringes)

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The University of Chicago alumni magazine is an unlikely source of inspiration for us, but this month they’ve outdone themselves by featuring a project by Amy Zucker (MFA ’98). Amy is a Registered Nurse and case manager who works with the elderly in nursing homes. She fabricated a series of dresses out of medical supplies which are meant to be a statement about the elderly and their “tenuous” access to medical care. We’re just happy that Amy found a way to funnel her creativity. (See, Amy’s mom! That fine arts degree is totally paying off.) She didn’t use any toilet seat covers, luckily, otherwise we’d have to do an Adventures in Copyright.

Click through to see her creations and how they compare to what some fashion designers are doing these days.

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Friday April 15th, 2011

Fashion News Roundup: Marni Launches Kids, the Kate Middleton Jelly Bean, and Khloe Kardashian’s Kloset Is On Display
Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Marni Launches Kids, the Kate Middleton Jelly Bean, and Khloe Kardashian’s Kloset Is On Display

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Marni For Girls: Marni is launching a kids collection for girls aged 2-12 based off the label’s retro Marni Edition collections. “It contains essential key items of the Marni world, such as exclusive Marni prints, for example hearts, florals, polka-dots, contrasting stripes and our signature doll print,” designer Consuelo Castiglioni said. Being the chic-est girl on the playground doesn’t come cheap, however. Price points range between $60 and $650. {Vogue UK}

Mary HK Choi Makes Refinery’s “I Love My…” Feature Insanely Hilarious: Mary HK Choi (my personal journo crush) wrote the funniest ode to the cheapo $9 skirts she loves for Refinery’s “I Love My…” feature. A sampling: “They’re probs produced by dim-eyed, nimble-fingered toddlers who feed the unending python of flammable black elasticky shit into a mechanized guillotine that simultaneously cuts and seam finishes the tubes with the crummiest serged edge. But they’re so easy…They’re conflict body-con skirts. I love them, but they make me feel awful.” {Refinery29}

Behold the Kate Middleton Jelly Bean: You know how people see Jesus in weird things like, say, grilled cheese on an episode of Glee? Someone found a jelly bean that looks like Kate Middleton and they’re looking to make around $800 off of it on eBay. {The Windsor Knot}

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Marni and Yoox Make Us Want to Go to Salone del Mobile

Marni and Yoox Make Us Want to Go to Salone del Mobile

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There’s nothing better than a well-made chair. That is, except for a well-made shoe.

For those of us almost as obsessed with furniture as we are with fashion, Milan’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile furniture fair, which begins April 17, is one trade show that we’re sad we’re missing.

Of course, the city’s fashion labels love to participate in the week-long event, and this year they’ve really pulled out all the stops.

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