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Thursday June 6th, 2013

Condé Nast Hires Pippa Middleton, One Direction Has a Fragrance, and Kim Kardashian’s Pregnant Sculpture Will Haunt Your Dreams
Fashion News Roundup

Condé Nast Hires Pippa Middleton, One Direction Has a Fragrance, and Kim Kardashian’s Pregnant Sculpture Will Haunt Your Dreams

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Condé Nast welcomes a royal into its family. Kate Middleton’s 29-year-old sister, Pippa, is Vanity Fair‘s newest contributing editor. {NY Post}

Alexander Wang’s faceless model campaign for Balenciaga continues. {Grazia}

One Direction has unveiled a fragrance called “Our Moment,” which comes in vaguely fan art-looking packaging and a pink bottle. The scent is that of pink grapefruit, wild berries, and red currants–not like it matters very much what it smells like, anyway. {WWD}

No Chanel exclusive for ‘jersey’: The UK Intellectual Property Office has denied the iconic French house the trademark for the word ‘jersey,’ which has been the name of one of the brand’s fragrance lines from 2011. {HuffPo}

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Tuesday February 5th, 2013

10 New Style Books To Look Out For This Year
Books

10 New Style Books To Look Out For This Year

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Around here, we love a good fashion book. 2012 brought us winners like Grace Coddington’s memoir, the Sartorialist’s second venture Closer, and the massive Kate Moss Book. Whether you’re looking for a good read to help pass the long days spent inside waiting for spring, or just something pretty to go on your coffee table, we’ve compiled a list of the best style books being released in 2013, plus where to get them. And the releases start now. Mary Blume’s hotly anticipated biography of Balenciaga hits bookstores today.

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Monday January 14th, 2013

Friday January 4th, 2013

12 Brands to Watch in 2013
The Business

12 Brands to Watch in 2013

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In 2012, the fashion universe sort of reset itself. Raf Simons got what he deserved—Dior—while Alexander Wang got what very few could have predicted: Balenciaga.

Now, the question is: What sort of seismic shifts will happen in 2013? From brand expansion, to designer debuts, here are the 10 labels you’ll want to keep an eye on this year.

Click through to see which brands we think will make a splash in 2013 and why.

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Monday August 13th, 2012

From Scott Disick Rolling Cigars to Grace Coddington Drawing Cats, Here Are the 12 Fashion’s Night Out Events You Need to Know About

From Scott Disick Rolling Cigars to Grace Coddington Drawing Cats, Here Are the 12 Fashion’s Night Out Events You Need to Know About

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It’s baaaack. Like it or not, Fashion’s Night Out keeps chugging along–and the official website for the globally expanding shopping extravaganza, now in its fourth year, is up and running. As has become the norm for FNO (or what is more accurately a boozy Halloween for shopping enthusiasts), come September 6, stores across NYC and Read more →

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Friday July 6th, 2012

Grading the Fall Ads, Part 2
Campaigns

Grading the Fall Ads, Part 2

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When it comes to fall ad campaigns, we’ve already seen Louis Vuitton’s sober train passengers and Prada’s video game princesses, but are you ready for Givenchy’s ravers and Balenciaga’s overdressed beach-goers? The new crop of fall campaigns out in print and online are committed to high fashion fantasies. Forget highlighting the clothing–labels are looking to Read more →

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The History and Future of the Couture Bride
Haute Couture

The History and Future of the Couture Bride

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The couture shows, which just wrapped in Paris, presented one exquisitely-crafted staggeringly beautiful gown after another. But there’s piece in particular that has always held our fascination–the last look, traditionally a bridal look. (How stunning was Lindsey Wixson as Karl Lagerfeld’s Chanel couture bride?) So we decided to delve into the history a bit more. Read more →

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Friday June 29th, 2012

Here’s Kristen Stewart’s New Balenciaga Florabotanica Fragrance Ad (Even Though the Actress Has Never Worn Perfume Before)
Beauty

Here’s Kristen Stewart’s New Balenciaga Florabotanica Fragrance Ad (Even Though the Actress Has Never Worn Perfume Before)

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When we first heard that Kristen Stewart had been tapped to be the face of a new Balenciaga fragrance back in January, our first reaction was, “Huh?”, and then general acceptance. Since then, the reigning highest paid actress in Hollywood has graced many a red carpet in the label–looking stunning at every photo op. Perhaps a better match than we thought.

Now we know a lot more about the fragrance and KStew’s role, including a (sorta fuzzy and crappy iPhone shot–sorry) of her first ad.

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Friday December 24th, 2010

Our Fantasy Holiday Wish List
Fashion Is Fun

Our Fantasy Holiday Wish List

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We know the holidays aren’t about the getting or the spending, but if there was ever a time to wish for that bespoke Tom Ford, this is it.

From the windows at Saks and Barneys to the Christmas displays in Opening Ceremony, stores are transformed into wonderlands where even the most Scrooge-hearted of shoppers can’t help wistfully picking up that Céline tote.

In honor of Christmas fantasies, we’ve picked out the gifts we dream of receiving one day. Let’s hope Santa Karl is in a giving mood this year.

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