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Thursday November 17th, 2011

Patricia Clarkson Hosts Housing Works’ Fashion for Action, Thinks Her Parks and Recreation Character Could Use a New Hairdo
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Patricia Clarkson Hosts Housing Works’ Fashion for Action, Thinks Her Parks and Recreation Character Could Use a New Hairdo

While shopping season is in full swing around New York City, there was a charitable retail therapy party raging in Chelsea last night at the annual Housing Works Fashion for Action benefit. Hosted by Thom Browne, Patricia Clarkson and Rachel Roy, the gala event benefits the Housing Works mission to end homelessness and AIDS.

In years past, the boozing and silent auction took place at the Rubin Museum of Art, while the shopping went down in the Housing Works Chelsea location across the street. But this year, organizers brought both past-times together under one roof at the Altman Building. Energized by the cause and with easy access to beverages, guests shopped majorly discounted brand new items donated by designers including Marc Jacobs, Diane Von Furstenburg (wrap dresses: check!), Tory Burch, and Black Fleece by Brooks Brothers.

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Published at 6:30 PM

Tuesday November 15th, 2011

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

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

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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Published at 5:44 PM

Tuesday September 13th, 2011

Rachel Roy Spring 2012: Opposites Attract (and We Talked to Kim Kardashian)
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Rachel Roy Spring 2012: Opposites Attract (and We Talked to Kim Kardashian)

The clothes at Rachel Roy’s Spring 2012 presentation were strong and beautiful, but it was almost difficult to focus on the collection as tons of A-listers—including the likes of Molly Sims, Margherita Missoni, Veronica Webb, and longtime friend Kim Kardashian—packed the outdoor balcony at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall to support their stylish pal. “She just loves what she does and I love that about her,” Kardashian told us. “We have so many fun dinners where we talk about clothes all day long, and she just knows how to dress a woman, you know?” Yes, we do, and Kim’s skin-tight, muted khaki knit dress was a perfect example of that.

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Monday August 15th, 2011

Tilda Swinton at Saks, Michael Kors in Bergdorf’s Windows and More: Here’s What You Can Expect at Fashion’s Night Out 2011
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Tilda Swinton at Saks, Michael Kors in Bergdorf’s Windows and More: Here’s What You Can Expect at Fashion’s Night Out 2011

Fashion’s Night Out round three promises to be the biggest yet. Stores in over 250 cities across the US and overseas are scheduled to participate in the Vogue-helmed retail fest, and this year over 200 e-tailers will join in on the fun so those not living in or near a participating city can throw down plastic and score some deals too.

September 8 looms ever closer and Fashionsnightout.com has just unveiled a master list of events hosted by retailers across the country so you can start mapping out your shopping route now. (And we mean that literally–the site allows you to “add events” to your “night out” and plots them on a map.)

We scoured the listings for all the most important information: which celebrities have signed on and what they’ll be doing, the craziest gimmicks, and where all your favorite designers will be so you can stalk them show them some love.

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Published at 1:43 AM

Monday May 9th, 2011

Racked Dealfeed: Gant, Rachel Roy, M. Patmos, and More
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Racked Dealfeed: Gant, Rachel Roy, M. Patmos, and More

Rachel Roy
Deal: 60% off clothing for spring and summer
When/Where: Tuesday, May 10 through Thursday, May 12. Daily 11am—7pm. 261 W. 36th St between Seventh and Eighth Aves, second floor (no phone)
Link: www.rachelroy.com
Ends: Thursday, 12 May 2011

M. Patmos, Leroy + Perry
Deal: Italian cashmere and other luxurious knits were $295-$1200 / will be $30-$400; 10% proceeds benefit Japan
When/Where: Wednesday, May 11, 11:00am-7:00pm, 425 W 13th St, suite 406
Link: www.leroyandperry.com

Gant
Deal:
80% off men’s and women’s sportswear and accessories from the Gant, Gant Rugger, and Gant by Michael Bastian collections. Includes women’s size runs.
When/Where: Tuesday, May 10 through Friday, May 13. Tues—Thurs 8:30am—6:30pm, Fri 8:30 am—5pm. Gant showroom, 20 W 55th St between Fifth and Sixth Aves, 11th floor (no phone)
Link: us.gant.com
Ends: Friday, 13 May 2011

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Published at 4:30 PM

Wednesday April 13th, 2011

Fashion News Roundup: Michelle Obama Has a New Stylist, Amar’e Stoudemire’s Designs for Rachel Roy to Debut this Fall, and Kasia Struss Miu Miu Ad Ruled “Not Irresponsible”
Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Michelle Obama Has a New Stylist, Amar’e Stoudemire’s Designs for Rachel Roy to Debut this Fall, and Kasia Struss Miu Miu Ad Ruled “Not Irresponsible”

An Unknown To Replace Decarnin at Balmain: Despite reports that new Balmain stylist Melanie Ward might take over for Christophe Decarnin as creative director at Balmain, Elle UK hears that “They’re going to choose someone unknown…Christophe was an unknown when he came to Balmain, and the owners want to support lesser-known design talent.” {Elle UK}

Mrs. O’s Got a New Stylist: At a panel called “Why Style Matters,” moderated by Kate Betts, held last night at the New York Public Library, Peter Soronen, one of the First Lady’s favorite designers, let slip that Mrs. O seems to have a new stylist (who has replaced Meredith Koop, who stepped in after the FLOTUS stopped working with Ikram Goldman). Soroenen also dishes about what happens with the First Lady requests a dress from him. {The Cut}

Kasia Struss Ruled Not Too Skinny in Miu Miu Ad: The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority received complaints that Kasia Struss looked ‘significantly underweight’ in the brand’s spring print campaign and that the ad was irresponsible. The ASA cleared Miu Miu, stating that the ad “was not irresponsible” because it was “typical of those used for fashion products and that the model did not look significantly underweight.” {Telegraph}

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Wednesday March 2nd, 2011

Fall 2011 Beauty Trendspotting: Will the Real Slim Braidy Please Stand Up?
Beauty

Fall 2011 Beauty Trendspotting: Will the Real Slim Braidy Please Stand Up?

The Fall 2011 shows are 75% over, and we’re pretty comfortable calling braids a world-wide trend. Can we blame/credit Alex Wang‘s S/S 2010 collection for the current plaitmania? Hard to say, but you couldn’t go more than 50 feet without seeing a braided model.

They were loose and boho at Rag and Bone and Erdem (and Mara Hoffman topped hers with turbans). Rachel Roy and Erin Fetherston were channeling the St.Pauli Girl (or yodelers). Alexandre Herchcovitch and Nanette Lepore got complicated with their braided updos, and Etro flirted with cornrows.

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Published at 5:00 PM

Tuesday February 15th, 2011

Rachel Roy Fall 2011: Denim and a Dexter Star
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Rachel Roy Fall 2011: Denim and a Dexter Star

Rachel Roy held her fall presentation this morning at the Library for the Performing Arts, and was clearly in the mood for some eclectic layering. The models, sporting Heidi-style braids interwoven with printed fabric scraps (a fabulous DIY beauty idea if ever we saw one), wore a number of wallpaper-floral pieces, among them silk carrot pants and chiffon frocks. We liked that Roy seemed to have drawn on several multi-cultural ways of dressing; one striped lamé dress mimicked the cut of a Japanese kimono, while several pieces in a red-and-purple “Peruvian tweed” were definite standouts. Meanwhile, a head-to-toe navy look featuring a belted, bugle-beaded tunic topped with a slouchy knit coat hit the perfect note of relaxed refinement.

For fans of Roy’s famous trenches, fall’s capsule line of coats were thoroughly denim-centric. In addition to the blue-jean takes on the classic topper, several of the trenches were cut from lace, satin, or jersey but dyed a deep shade of indigo.

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Published at 1:30 PM

Wednesday January 26th, 2011

Fashion News Roundup: Paris Hilton Covers Vogue Turkey, H&M Launches Plus Size and Johnny Weir Will Wear Custom Louboutin Skates

Fashion News Roundup: Paris Hilton Covers Vogue Turkey, H&M Launches Plus Size and Johnny Weir Will Wear Custom Louboutin Skates

Gaultier’s Got a Crush on Andrej Pejic: Beautiful androgynous male model Andrej Pejic closed Gaultier’s haute couture spring show dressed as a bride and stars in Gaultier’s spring ad campaigns alongside his female doppel Karolina Kurkova. {Fashionologie and Styleite}

Paris Hilton’s Vogue Cover: Yes, it’s true. Paris Hilton is on the cover of Vogue. Vogue Turkey, that is. Hilton was shot by Terry Richardson. {The Fashion Spot}

Mrs. O Plays it Safe at the SOTU: Since the fallout from Michelle Obama’s McQueen dress that she wore to the state dinner won’t quit, she played it safe in a putty colored Rachel Roy sheath at the State of the Union last night. {Mrs.O}

Miuccia Prada Would Never Do Fast Fashion: More from Miuccia Prada’s extensive interview with WWD, “I have never even considered [fast fashion] and I’ve explained why. It’s because I don’t like the idea of a bad copy of what one does for the main brand. If I had an ingenious idea to do fashion that costs less but that wasn’t a bad copy of something else, with completely different criteria and ways of doing things, I would do it. Also for myself, it would be an ingenious idea. For now, what I see more or less is the bad copy. Also with clothes that cost little, you need to ask why they cost so little. Because no one ever asks themselves that.” {WWD subscription required}

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Published at 3:28 PM

Tuesday January 11th, 2011

Exclusive: Rachel Roy’s Spring Look Book is a Choreographed Dance, We Go Behind the Scenes
Look Book

Exclusive: Rachel Roy’s Spring Look Book is a Choreographed Dance, We Go Behind the Scenes

When most designers put together a look book they hire a model and photograph that same model styled in their looks for that season. Not Rachel Roy.

Roy has always used real women-not professional models-for her Rachel Rachel Roy look books, but this season, in keeping with the dance trend brought to a head by Black Swan, Roy has hired professional dancers and a choreographer to dance her spring collection for her diffusion line, Rachel Rachel Roy.

“Using dancers for the spring look book was an inspiring and powerful way to showcase young people pushing themselves through art,” said Roy. It’s no surprise Roy is open to unconventional sources of inspiration in fashion–she’s set to launch a line with New York Knick (and Vogue-darling) Amar’e Stoudemire sometime soon.

So a couple weeks ago I stopped by the Jermaine Browne dance studio tucked away in the Garment District to watch the choreography/casting in progress. Nine dancers were selected to model/dance 14 looks from Roy’s spring Rachel Rachel Roy collection.

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Published at 2:26 PM