This morning, the following pitch landed in the inbox of at least one reputable Manhattan PR agency: To whom this may concern, I am the designer of a product called the Backtacular gluteal cleft shield. It’s a hypoallergenic adhesive patch that is applied directly to the skin above the gluteal cleft area of the buttocks. [...]
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Lady Gaga Scribbles on a Birkin, YSL Makes a $450 Adaptor & That Balmain T-shirt’s Starting to Look Sane
We’re done gawking at Balmain‘s obscenely priced t-shirt, but today we kept shouting, “What?!” 1. Socks in shoes. This is like troempe l’oiel clothing, which we’ve railed against in the past, but why would you buy shoes with socks sewn in when you can buy the same shoe without a sock and choose whether or [...]
Read more »April 22 marks the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, and the “green” press releases are beginning to infiltrate our inboxes. While we’re not opposed to conserving for the earth’s sake, we are opposed to greenwashing. That’s the term for marketing something as “eco-friendly” when it’s not really that eco-friendly. H&M’s been criticized for this in [...]
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What’s Cotton, Ripped & $1,625?
I’ve seen a lot of crazy things in the past two years–Swedish glaciers in the Grand Palais, Courtney Love performing in a gas station, Karl Lagerfeld drinking Diet Coke out of a crystal goblet in Madison Square Park–but nothing’s so completely insane as this Balmain t-shirt. It’s $1,625. That’s one thousand, six hundred and twenty-five [...]
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Do You Dress Down During the Summer?
During the winter, I like to get dressed up for work. I wear heels–my favorites are my Acne booties and Proenza pumps–black tights, shift dresses and pretty blouses. I also wear lots of blazers, from my vintage YSL double breasted number to my black Helmut Lang tuxedo version. But today, I’m wearing a pair of [...]
Read more »This was my first trip to Milan Fashion Week. (My first trip to Italy, actually.) And while the London and Paris shows were certainly learning experiences the first time around, I left Milan feeling truly educated. Here’s what I learned: 1. Milan is serious business. In a country where fabric is still produced, craftsmanship is [...]
Read more »As a whole, International Herald Tribune fashion editor Suzy Menkes’ latest piece–on why Milan Fashion Week is often overlooked by the fashion industry–really struck me. “Italy—like any other host country—deserves more from the fashion world than a cursory glance at the shows. The audience needs time to savor the city,” says Menkes, referring to the [...]
Read more »We need to talk about velvet–the fabric is everywhere. It first reared its ugly head at Cushnie et Ochs and Jen Kao. Then, on Saturday, it was like having a bad song stuck in my head when it appeared first at Prabal Gurung, then Alexander Wang, followed by Elise Overland, and finally Altuzarra. Sunday, at [...]
Read more »There aren’t even enough dresses for us to make a best dressed graphic. Last night’s red carpet was disastrous. Worse than bad, it was boring, save Gaga’s purple Armani constellation, Ciara’s layered black Givenchy, Rihanna’s Elie Saab couture and (we can’t believe we’re typing this) Fergie’s electric Peter Dundas Pucci – it’s like no one [...]
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Celebrities & Fashion
WWD‘s Fashion Scoops column should dispense the most important bits of fashion news each morning. This morning, they kicked off with a note on Michelle Trachtenberg’s bag for Botkier. Then we read about Justin Timberlake’s new sunglasses for William Rast before getting to the sixth item, that Pharrell Williams loves Lanvin so much that he [...]
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The Blogger Special
photo courtesy jak&jilThe more articles we read about the fashion industry accepting bloggers, the more notes and invitations we get like this: Exclusive Blogger Preview! Come take a sneak peek at ______’s Summer 2010 Collection before anyone else! Bloggers who attend will receive a special gift and those who post coverage from the event will [...]
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