For Boy. by Band of Outsiders’ spring look book, Scott Sternberg took yet another one of our favorite actresses on a dreamy, well-dressed Los Angeles adventure and documented it with a Polaroid. We can’t think of a better subject than Michelle Williams, or a better representation of this collection or this brand. Read more »
Remember the spring 2012 shows? If you need a refresher, look no further than Zara‘s spring 2012 collection, which will be rolling into stores shortly (we’re usually thrown off by spring clothes hitting stores in February, but with today’s bizarre 60 degree weather, it’s actually pretty appropriate). We’re not going to call out Zara for knocking off any specific designers, but the spring trends are there: mixed prints (especially bold florals), pastels, high slits, baggy silhouettes and mesh, to name a few. Read more »
Do you love cute summer shoes, ice cream, and Marcel the Shell? Then Bass Hearts RA’s spring lookbook is just for you.
Shot on location in Long Beach Island, New Jersey (the best part of the Jersey shore, trust me) the lookbook features New York comedienne Jenny Slate in Bass Hearts RA’s coolest styles. Read more »
We’ve been seeing bits and pieces of the Karl by Karl Lagerfeld collection online–we even got to style a model using pieces from the collection–but it finally (finally) goes on sale today at Net-a-Porter, starting at 10 a.m. Pieces range in price from $50 for a canvas tote to just over $1,000 for leather pieces. The Cut and Vogue UK both got a hold of the full look book modeled by Lagerfeld muse Saskia de Brauw. It makes us want to slick back our hair and wear silver leather RIGHT NOW.
On another note, we know that Karl is relatively tech savvy and carries around multiple iPads–and Net-a-Porter just tweeted that Karl is now on Twitter. Read more »
As if this cold weather didn’t already have us wishing it was spring, TEXTILE Elizabeth & James‘ new look book is certainly doing the job.
I mean, c’mon, vintage-looking overalls, perfectly-worn-in shirts, crazy-floral-and-striped-printed pants–not to mention loads of pretty colored denim: What’s not to love? P.S. do you think we can make pink and purple tie-dye jeans work for the office? Please say yes!
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Madewell’s Spring 2012 look book has finally arrived, courtesy of Lucky magazine, and it’s just as pretty, wearable and drool-worthy as we suspected it would be. Of course we saw everything back in October, but the clothes never looks as good as when the styling geniuses at Madewell get their hands on them.
There are pretty, mid-calf skirts, color-blocked tees, and perfectly beachy washed out stripes. The denim, always one of Madewell‘s strong suits, is particularly on point–we love the green and pale yellow jeans as well as the overalls. But our favorite piece has to be the denim jacket with colorblock sleeves.
Now all we have to do is wait a few more months until we can purchase all these goodies. Sigh.
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Canadian retailer Aritizia has been at its new home in Soho for about five months now and seems to be doing well, putting out cute, affordable, current clothes with consistency. The brand’s spring 2012 collection was unveiled yesterday and it doesn’t disappoint.
The collection is full of cute, easy, wearable pieces that are on trend but not obnoxiously so. In fact, there are a lot of chic, simple classic pieces like button-downs, blazers, simple trousers and a great trench that, given the retailer’s focus on quality, will likely stand the test of a decent amount of time. There are also tons of pretty, feminine dresses in pastels and washed out colors as well as ethereal fabrics like silk georgette, crepe de chine, organza and silk charmeuse. Click through for a preview!
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We love it when a designer or stylist decides to throw a cat element into a shoot for an added dash of cuteness. We love it even more, though, when they really commit. In Australian label Stylestalker’s latest look book for their “Baby’s on Fire” collection, you can tell that the model, Anja Konstantinova–who poses gracefully throughout the look book with an adorable white cat (while sometimes wearing cat ears herself)–really, really loves cats. Why? Because she has, in addition to three cats of her own, four cat-themed tattoos: “Cat” in Russian on her arm, “Meow” on her inner lower lip, “Cat” in English on the back of her neck and a drawing of a cat on her torso, all of which you can see in the first video below.
She also talks about how she gets along well with cats because she feels like she’s “a bit of a cat” herself and reckons she was a cat in a past life. She’s basically the prettiest cat lady ever.
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Just because Carol Lim and Humberto Leon are now busy turning Kenzo into the coolest brand around, it doesn’t mean they’ve forgotten about the line that started it all or that their creative energy is spent. Their latest collection for Opening Ceremony is filled with as many fun, lust-worthy pieces as we’ve come to expect from the talented duo. Not that it’s predictable–we never know what Lim and Leon are going to do next–only that it won’t be boring and we’re going to want it all.
The inspiration for spring 2012 was summer music festivals in England, Argentina and the U.S. and we bet we’ll be seeing a lot of these clothes on the backs of stylish revelers at those very festivals next year. The ’90s definitely have a presence here via babydoll silhouettes, crop tops, metallic silver pants, plaid miniskirts, varsity jackets, lots of matching tops and bottoms and off-the-shoulder body con dresses.
However, our favorite part the collection, which should come as no surprise, is the cat faces. As we’ve learned, the best way to make something better is to cover it with cats. And that is what they’ve done here.
Read more »When we first heard that Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino was launching a tuxedo line, we feared the worst. I mean this is the man who Abercrombie & Fitch offered six figures to stop wearing their clothes. Well the look book has finally arrived (via MTV Style) and we have to say, it’s actually worse than we expected.
The tuxedo line for FLOW Formal Wear, is (of course) called The Situation, and the brand has definitely stayed true to its name with their latest Jersey-fied look book. Between Sitch’s creepy pouts and supremely awkward modeling poses–not to mention the general tackiness of the collection–we’re not sure what the skeeziest part of this look book is. Though we’re probably going to have to go with the ladies giving come-hither glances (and in one case, lying down on a bed) in the background–there’s a different one in almost every each shot (and sometimes multiple ladies).
Read more »Last week we took in Scott Sternberg‘s lovely spring collection for Band of Outsiders. Of course, it’s not even fall yet–so we’re shifting focus back to the season at hand. To showcase their fall collection on their web shop, Band of Outsiders generally photographs the clothes by themselves, flat on the floor. But this season they decided to do something different and shot the fall collection on one of Band’s assistant designers, Ai Bihr (Scott’s the head designer and creative director, obvi), and her husband, photographer Cedric Bihr.
So why models, why now? “The polaroid campaigns are more for mood and telling a story about a day in the life of the clothes,” said Nicole Cari, the marketing director for Band of Outsiders. These images, she explained, show off the clothes more clearly. ” Ai and Cedric are models, but also very near and dear to the brand,” she added. “They also happen to embody many of the inspirations behind the fall collections.”
We chatted with Ai and Cedric about the whole process–how did it feel to model? And what was it like to model with your spouse? Their photos and answers made us fall in love with Band of Outsiders (and Ai and Cedric!) just a little bit more.
Read more »Lauren Conrad‘s Paper Crown line is chugging along on the fashion calendar, which means she’s just released the look book for her spring 2012 collection (she previously put out fall and holiday).
It’s her third collection for Paper Crown, and so far the look for the line is consistent–sweet wearable basics that you could picture LC wearing. This season’s got an adorable mod twist with Peter Pan collars on blouses and an especially charming pink striped day coat. There are lots of girly bow details than run throughout the collection and they’re particularly charming on the backs blouses that dip low in the back. I also liked the dresses with longer hemlines and baggy sweaters styled over floral skirts while I found the shorter solid-color dresses to be kind of a snooze.
What do you think of Conrad’s third collection for her own line? Would you wear Paper Crown?
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