American Eagle

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Why is Paris Hilton on the Cover of January’s Vanity Fair Spain?: No, really, why? The socialite is decked out in all gold everything, clutching a Pomeranian who is hanging his adorable head in shame. {Racked}

Lucky.com Gets Menswear Writers to Mock Lady Style Bloggers Poses: In an homage to the female fashion bloggers out there, Lucky.com got menswear editors to compete in a pose-off, mimicking the standard posing fare of big name bloggers. The result is hilarious. We don’t know what it is about bearded men’s attempts at ferocity that makes us chuckle. {Lucky}

Karlie Kloss in Vogue Japan: The top model is featured in a spread for yet another international issue of the magazine, this time wearing more articles of clothing. {Fashionising}

Tracy Reese Designs Tote Bags for Cancer: The designer has teamed up with Fashion Fights Cancer to create a set of limited edition printed tote bags, which will sell for $40 each. 100% of the proceeds will go to FFC. {WWD subscription required}

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HAYLEY-CROPPED

Name: Haley Bueschlen

Age: 26

Occupation: MFA Student

What kind of art do you do? Photography, video and instillation.

What was the last good exhibition you went to? Ostalgia at the New Museum.

What is currently on your iPod? Rachmaninoff.

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Name: Hyoni Kang

Age: 23

Occupation: Model and owner of clothing store Reborn Princess.

How would you describe both your personal style and the style of clothing that you sell at Reborn Princess? My style is vintage mix and match. I like basics with something that has a crazy twist. For the store, we buy vintage and redesign the clothing with different trends.

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Name: Catharine

Age: 17

Occupation: Student

How would you describe your style? Comfortable. I’ll wear anything as long as its soft and I can sleep in it.

What is one trend you would never wear? Flatforms!

What was the last good movie you saw?
Tangled.

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Precious Cargo: We’ve spotted more than one leather envelope under an editor’s arm in lieu of a bag this season. If Celine and Goyard are too much, or too thin, for you, we’ve recently discovered Phillip Lim’s Berry Bag. It’s tiny, but looks like it could actually hold your life, and we want one. {3.1 [...]

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Dear Leighton, So maybe we’re used to you oozing Upper East Side debutante in Blair’s Ralph Lauren pea coats and Nanette Lepore frocks, and we are open to change, but we’ve really started to worry about your recent choice of outfits. From the American Eagle catastrophe – we’re still confused – to your most recent [...]

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Last night, I went to Times Square. I was greeted with throngs of screaming teenagers, like, dying over one Gossip Girl arrival after another. Inside was worse, paparazzi (and PR) pushed and shoved and threatened to escort us out if we – standing at a whopping 5’4” – didn’t get out of their way to [...]

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It’s hard to believe that the term “fast fashion” wasn’t even in our vocabulary just a few years ago. Stores like H&M, Zara and now Topshop – which operate on a business model based on getting new shipments in stores and in front of our grabbing hands more often than Little J changes her lipstick [...]

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This week, Banana Republic launched their Monogram line, which was supposed to be a little more classic but not more pricey than their trend-oriented career wear. Now, American Eagle is doing sort of the same thing. They’ve just launched a website called Martin + Osa, which has a bunch of I’m-grown-up-really outfits, that cost basically [...]

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