You may have seen sneak peeks of this in the April glossies, but now we finally have the full scoop: Pierre Hardy and NARS teamed up for a pretty fabulous makeup collection. It’s heavy on the nail polish and inspired by shoes. What could be better?
Carolina Herrera to receive Honorary Degree From FIT: The designer will walk the stage with the graduating class of 2012, to receive an honorary doctor of fine arts degree. No student loan debt required. {WWD subscription required}
HuffPost Style Takes a Look Back at the Year in Pippa Middleton’s Butt: Get out your magnifying glasses, folks, The Huffington Post has 17 slides of Pippa Middleton’s derrière, which we think looked best on April 29, 2011 {HuffPost Style}
Get Advice from Gilt Founders Alexis Maybank and Alexandra Wilkis: The BFFs and business partners answer all your questions about doing business with your friends and frenemies. {Buzzfeed/Shift}
Spring merchandise is about to hit the racks, and with the mild winter we’ve had, we are itching to get our hands on some warm-weather goodies. So we all went pretend shopping–which hopefully will soon turn into real shopping.
Picks from our favorite designers, from 3.1 Phillip Lim to Céline are here, as well as a few unexpected products like a new MacBook Air (a business expense!).
Click through to see what Fashionista editors are coveting for spring–not all of it is within our budgets, alas, but we can dream. What are you dreaming of adding to your closet this spring?
I must admit, the Lanvin show and party stole the show for day three of Paris fashion week. This is not to say I didn’t see some other great stuff. I did. I saw to-die-for wedges at Pierre Hardy and sexy cowgirls at Isabel Marant. And I always, always, love the smiley models en masse Read more →
Hailing from the South of France and now based in Soho, shoe designer Jean-Michel Cazabat celebrated the opening of his first freestanding boutique on Bleecker Street last night.
The shop, which opens to the public on Saturday, is modeled after the designer’s Soho loft in his signature palette of Napolean blue, red and gold. “Because I want the customer to feel as [if] they [are coming] into my house, my home,” the engaging Cazabat explained to us in a charming French lilt while he excitedly worked the room, full of his friends and supporters, including sometime spokesmodel Becka Diamond, Nicole Miller, Garage Magazine‘s Shala Monroque, Bergdorf Goodman’s Linda Fargo, Naeem and Ranjana Khan, and singer Maxwell.
Cazabat’s covetable heels, boots and flats–sporting eye-catching details like perforated leather, delicate ruching and lush textures–lined the display shelves along the walls. Cazabat’s men’s line, which launched in 2003, was ensconced in a corner spot, with lots of exotic skin ankle boots and dapper brogues to peruse. A DJ was spinning clubby tunes for atmosphere while the chic guests quaffed champers and noshed on Asian fusion canapés passed by models moonlighting as waitstaff. We caught a moment with Cazabat — or Jean-Mi as his friends call him — before he happily disappeared into his crowd of party people.
Time for another behind-the-scenes shoe video! The latest production diary from forthcoming shoe doc God Save My Shoes features one of our favorite shoe designers (and Gap collaborators), Pierre Hardy.
The Cultural Services of the French Embassy, in a move sure to delight fashion-lovers and Francophiles alike, is continuing their style-centric Breakfast at 972 panel series—the same one that saw us chatting it up with Olivier Theyskens about a month ago.
Yesterday morning’s speaker? None other than super-cobbler Pierre Hardy, he of the skyscraper geometric wedges and to-die-for Gap collabs.
In addition to designing his eponymous accessories label and working with the aforementioned all-American high street store, Hardy’s spent over two decades as the Creative Director of men’s and women’s footwear at Hermès, where he later put his stamp on the house’s jewelry. Add to that his responsibilities as Balenciaga’s resident shoe designer, and it’s a wonder that the bespectacled cobbler still finds time to serve as a teacher and mentor to art/design students on a weekly basis!
Here are some of the choice takeaways from the morning’s chat, which was once again moderated by Charlotte Sarkozy and Timothée Verrecchia:
I feel like every time I’m flipping through a magazine and see a pair of shoes that I’m coveting, they are inevitably Pierre Hardy. There is something so completely cool and modern about his shoes, and they’re never too precious. While he’s best known for his signature sky high wedges, which he produces in several iterations faithfully every season, Hardy also produces a dizzying array of other styles that are equally strong.
Although there was no overarching theme for the Pierre Hardy cruise collection, he was obviously feeling a bit mod and graphic. The aqua/orange/pink color combination appears on wedges, strappy sandals, and ladylike kitten heels. A cool aqua blue really popped on a variety of caged sandals and wedges. Need something a bit more toned down? Wedge boat shoes and pop art sneakers should fit the bill.
Click through to see the collection in all its glory:
It’s no shock that our favorite thing about the Gap right now is the Pierre Hardy-designed shoe collection. Sadly, we’ve heard from up high that the French cobbler is not working working on a fall capsule for the specialty retailer.
When I spied the new Pierre Hardy heels on the models in Gap’s Fall 2011 look book, I fell pretty hard. Happily, a pair arrived at my office the next day. Of course it was super, super nice of Gap to send me the shoes, and I’m incredibly grateful, but don’t be too jealous: You can buy your own pair very soon.
In fact, the mary janes paired with the Fall clothes are actually a part of Pierre Hardy’s Spring 2011 collection for Gap. They come in two colorways–either cream and nude, or fluro peach and grey. The shoes retail for $125 and hit select stores and the web mid-April. Heart. Click through to see the other pair.
Writing about fashion full time means getting a little obsessed–okay, really, really obsessed–with certain topics. (Cough, Taylor Momsen, cough.)
But when it comes to actual clothes and accessories, our enthusiasm knows no bounds.
From those elusive Pierre Hardy boots (we finally had to cave and buy a pair) to Stella McCartney Kids clothes (adults can fit a large, thank you!), there was lots to blog about. Care to take a look?
