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If ASOS stands for As Seen On Stars, Carine Roitfeld‘s the newest it-girl. The British chain’s famous for ripping off the “style” of starlets, aka ripping off the designer clothes and accessories they wear. We’re used to clicking through cheap versions of Kirsten Dunst’s Marc by Marc favorites or Lindsay Lohan’s Stella tops, but ripping [...]

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Quote of the Day

“Decarnin’s obviously a designer for rich girls..” – WWD, on Balmain.

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We almost had a heart attack when the first Fashion Week invite arrived in our mailbox last week. It can’t be that time, can it? It is, in fact, almost September, and while we’ve gotten our fair share of heavy cardstock invites, leave it to Band of Outsiders to make us giggle with their white [...]

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Surprisingly, we loved everything that came down the Balmain runway for this Fall. And ever since, boldly colored animal prints have been weighing on our minds. So you can imagine our lust when we came across these skinny red and black zebra jeans from Tripp NYC. They ride the line between punk and sex appeal [...]

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Shopping for Others

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The last ten years, paradoxically, have seen both the shuttering of the couture divisions at more and more houses, and the resurrection of some of the most venerable maisons as ready-to-wear labels. Lanvin, Balenciaga, and Nina Ricci are once again some of the most important names in fashion, and Balmain, Azzaro, Guy Laroche, and Vionnet [...]

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DSquared may have sent models down the runway in headphones, but it’s Balmain sharing their DJ duties with French Vogue today. The label had “fashion DJ” Frederic Sanchez choose their music – he’s helped Marc, Narciso, and Calvin Klein in the past – now his tune selection for Balmain is available on Vogue.fr For maximum [...]

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