Could you imagine a world without high-quality, well-designed calendars featuring photos of cats wearing designer outfits? Neither could we. At least, we don’t want to. This is why you need to help United Bamboo with their just-launched Kickstarter project to produce lots and lots of them. Or at the very least watch the video.
So, this is happening: United Bamboo designed a small capsule collection for Madewell and it hits stores tomorrow. Considering most collaborations are accompanied with a boatload of buzz–some might even call it hysteria in certain cases (ahem, Missoni for Target)–we’re not sure how this truly awesome one wasn’t on our radar before today. But never Read more →
This weekend I had the distinct pleasure of crashing the photo shoot for the 2013 edition of the now-famous United Bamboo cat calendar. This past Saturday, nearly 30 cats (and their owners) came through United Bamboo’s Soho studio to pose for photographer Noah Sheldon in the label’s special cat-size collection.
One of those cats happened to be Skeleton, the seven-month old kitten of famed artist Terence Koh. Fittingly, Koh, Skeleton and Koh’s husband Garrick Gott, were the last to arrive
Tired of seeing skinny human model after skinny human model in fashion magazines and ad campaigns? Well, back in 2010, United Bamboo started doing their part to bring more diversity to modeling with their first ever, groundbreaking Cat Calendar, in which real cats modeled the label’s fall 2010 collection tailored to fit their fabulously unique Read more →
Thanksgiving is a notoriously hard holiday to dress for because it requires sitting at a dinner table for hours with relatives who you only see once a year while simultaneously trying to consume unreasonable amounts of food and/or liquor. This presents a unique problem: dressing to impress your distant family while maintaining a level of comfort that is conducive to eating and sitting for long periods of time.
While we all know Thanksgiving isn’t the time to break out our best Carine Roitfeld-inspired look–too tight for face-stuffing!–finding a fashionable alternative to sweats can be difficult. We’ve pulled together the most stylish items that are comfy, chic, and won’t disturb your proper Grandma. (So don’t wear your Balenciaga Darth Vader visor, ok?)
Of course our list includes Stella McCartney, the legendary mixer of casual and elegant, our favorite button downs from Madewell, a hat trick of cute shoes, and a Céline t-shirt–because a girl can dream, right?
Check out all the Thanksgiving-friendly options in our slideshow!
Most of the beauty looks this season were minimal, natural, and quite pretty and wearable (well, except the wet mullets). But those aren’t fun to look at, are they? No, we don’t think so either.
So please click through to see the 10 looks that we never hope to see on someone in the subway at three in the afternoon but that we loved seeing on the runways.
We are toiling tirelessly in the tents to get yet more reviews for you. Check out our latest set including Kimberly Ovitz, who was inspired by Japanese architecture, an arty Cynthia Rowley, and hip suiting at United Bamboo. Go to our fashion week page here–and let us know what you think of the shows so Read more →
“We wanted to make clothes you can wear to work,” Thuy Pham, one half of the design duo that is United Bamboo told us after their spring 2012 show. And if you want to be the chicest, hippest, girl at the office, this collection is for you.
There was an emphasis on suiting, but with a relaxed bent: a black leather blazer you could live in; navy linen pleat front pants and blazers to match; printed slouchy silk dresses. But as always with United Bamboo, there are subtle twists and tricks. The feminine bow details at the shoulder of dresses served a function, too. Pham demonstrated on a dress his co-designer Aoki that the bow is actually a ribbon sewn through the waist of the dress, so when it’s tied at the shoulder it’s gathered just-so. Blazers were split open at the back. Pham said the pair were influenced by Issey Miyake in the ’90s. The abstract prints were done by Aoki’s husband, a painter who was inspired by ’80s street graffiti.
And of course we couldn’t leave without asking about their famous cat calendar (obviously a Fashionista favorite).
United Bamboo
Deal: All proceeds will go to Tsunami relief efforts.
When/Where: Tues—Weds 11am—8pm. 217 Centre Street, 6th Floor
Link: www.unitedbamboo.com
Ends: Wednesday, 23 March 2011
3.1 Phillip Lim
Deal: All proceeds will be donated to the American Red Cross to aid Japan’s relief efforts
When/Where: Thurs–Fri 10–6pm. Phillip Lim Showroom, 260 West 39th Street, 17th Floor (Between 7th and 8th Aves.)
Link: www.31philliplim.com
Of course we had our favorites. And here they are, in no particular order. For the most part. What were yours?
For Fall 2011, United Bamboo created a wardrobe that could last a decade. From the crisp white button up and the easy plaid sack dresses to the tweed suits and perfect platform loafers, it might be wise to spend $3,000 on this collection and never shop again.
Of course, most of us can’t do that. But we can dream. Especially about those loafers.
**All photos by Imaxtree.
