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Thursday July 29th, 2010

Iggy Pop Only Wears His New Tees For Barneys When It’s Too Cold in His Ferrari
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Iggy Pop Only Wears His New Tees For Barneys When It’s Too Cold in His Ferrari

The one and only Iggy Pop was on hand at Barneys Co-op last night to sign t-shirts at the launch of his collection for the store’s Archive 1887 line.

Of course, Iggy Pop doesn’t really wear t-shirts. At last night’s launch celebration, he was wearing a vest with no shirt underneath. If you Google image the punk rock legend, it’s hard to find an image of him with a shirt on.

So I asked him, “You don’t really wear t-shirts–are you going to wear your Barneys’ Archive 1887 line?”
Now prepare yourself for this epic rock star response: “I wear them in the morning when my AC is too cold in my Ferrari–I always wear an Iggy and the Stooges t-shirt,” he told me.

But would he ever wear them on stage?

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Published at 11:23 AM

Wednesday April 21st, 2010

Designer To Watch: Margarita Saplala
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Designer To Watch: Margarita Saplala

While wandering through Barneys CO-OP last week, I noticed a lot of newish labels. One rack in particular caught my eye, because it was loaded with dresses done in bright blues and greens; they really stood out in the sea of neutrals. The label on the gorgeous, simple, drapey silk dresses read “Margarita Saplala.” Who, Read more →

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Wednesday April 23rd, 2008

Rogan for Target: Two Years in the Making

When Rogan Gregory was announced as Target’s new Go! International designer, the timing was rather suspect. It was like a week after Rogan took the CFDA / Vogue Fashion Fund award, and since Proenza Schouler had recently launched their own Target collection, everyone was like, “Oh, Anna Wintour waved her wand.” But in fact, things Read more →

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Published at 9:00 AM

Wednesday March 26th, 2008

Would You Wear

Hi Blake, Hello Leather Pants

I‚Äôve been begging Natalie and Britt to do a ‚ÄúWould You Wear Leather Pants?‚Äù for a month now, but Natalie always says, “Over my dead body.” But today, I finally got the ultimate vindication: during a field strip to the meatpacking district, we spotted Blake Lively on set (Spice Market! They’re probably still there!) walking Read more →

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Published at 4:21 PM