Well, at least the New York Public Library thinks you are. Starting on the 1st of January, there’ll be an online auction (through the 31st) to benefit the 87 branches of the NYPL and their teen programs. And what will everyone bid on? Tiaras designed by the likes of Vera Wang, Tommy Hilfiger, Nicole Miller, Read more →
The good people at Earnest Sewn know that times are tough. Their solution? Sell cheaper stuff and throw a few parties, of course! On December 2nd, the Earnest Sewn store on Washington launches “Recession Proof,” a back-room installation filled with goods all for less than $50, including candles from Malin & Goetz, Dents gloves, Earnest Read more →
We’ve been meaning to go through our closet lately, since every drawer seems to have a six-inch high padding of “maybe I’ll wear it” clothes that never sees the outside world. So good thing Banana Republic’s giving us a reason to get going. Who: Banana Republic and Goodwill What: Their second annual sweater and coat Read more →
Ever dreamed of the day when buying one of your favorite designers’ bags actually helped to make the world a better place? Well, thanks to Glamour, this day has come. The magazine, through their Fashion Gives Back program, has asked Doo.Ri, Loeffler Randall, Subversive, Band of Outsiders, Chris Benz, and 3.1 Phillip Lim to each Read more →
Topshop’s torn a sheet from Margherita and Lauren Bush’s playbook with their latest design effort – A collaboration with Humankind and AfriKids to produce a six-piece line to benefit communities in northern Ghana. Each summer piece is inspired by West African design, handcrafted according to Fairtrade, and the money itself will go towards setting up Read more →
If you’re looking for a good excuse to buy your millionth t-shirt, here’s one: The newest batch of Kate Moss’ High Summer collection for Topshop will include a shirt that benefits the Starlight Starbright Children’s Foundation, a charity that benefits seriously ill children. Kate’s modeling her design at left, which we hope you like. She’s Read more →
I’ve been trying to avoid the OAK store for a week now. It’s been hard, real hard. But that hasn’t stopped me from clicking through the pages of new things they’re stocking online. Among my favorites are the new styles of Rubber Duck espadrilles. Reasons why I think everyone should have at least one pair: Read more →
Back when I was a beauty intern, I noticed something curious: the number one gifts to send to beauty editors are always the same – Picnic baskets, fluffy robes and flip-flops. So we knew it was only a matter of time before somebody came up with this newest designer (makeup, that is) collaboration. Trish McEvoy, Read more →
We totally support Louis Vuitton in its quest to stop all fake-making “inspired” by their designs, but their most recent lawsuit is a little hard to swallow – LV has sued a student artist, Nadia Plesner, over her “Simple Living” campaign, a fundraiser that benefits the Divest for Darfur organization. Plesner drew an image of Read more →
Rebecca from Stylehive just clued us into the best collaboration we’ve heard of since Proenza for Target – Margherita Missoni and Damon Dash are working together to create a new line of sneakers for ProKeds to benefit Orphanaid Africa. The line will consist of six pairs of sneaks covered in collages of Africa-inspired prints (we’d Read more →
If you were planning on using some old t-shirts as rags or just bottom-of-the-dresser-drawer fluff, you might want to hang on a couple more weeks. Starting April 13, all Barneys stores will accept all those “vintage” tees from Urban you bought when you first started school, and hand them over to Loomstate so Rogan Gregory Read more →
We think we just hit (in Faran’s words), reality TV meta overload – We just got a glimpse of Christian Siriano’s first dress post Project Runway win. And where did it appear? On television, of course! American Idol contestant Kimberley Locke wore it during her performance last night. We’re guessing this is just like a Read more →
