Costume National

Fall 2010 Paris

Issey Miyake, Azzaro & Costume National

Issey Miyake built the most elaborate set inside the Louvre. A maze of blue nets stretched from floor to ceiling across the runway mimicking his opening looks of pulled, twisted and knotted scarves. Miyake was inspired by a complex mathematical equation–he sat his mathematician front row–and wanted the scarves to visually represent the movement of [...]

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Fashion Shows

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Quote of the Day

“Okay, off ze top of mein head—a yellow Adrienne Landau printed chinchilla rex rabbit newsboy hat, worn mit ein Cynthia Steffe blue-violet velvet cadet jacket over a Cavalli back-belted chunky oatmeal sweater vest on top of a Cacharel gala shirt in silver, matched mit John Varvatos stretchtwill-brocade sailor pants over Stella McCartney patent snakeskin monk [...]

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Shopping

The People In Your Neigborhood

Mark your calendars: the Soho Stroll, benefiting homeless men and women in New York City, will take place June 11-13. We love shopping for a good cause, especially when it gives us yet another chance to support the stores, restaurants and galleries in our very own neighborhood. When you purchase a $20 bracelet, you’ll get [...]

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Fall 2009 Paris

Streetwalker: Opposites Attract

Julia, Architect Got Her: Dans les Tuileries yesterday afternoon. Stalked Her: Because if we wore fur, we’d wear it like that – had to ask where it came from. Shot Her: Because she’s an architect who fit in perfectly with the Parisian fashion crowd and that is quite a feat. Aside from Lagerfeld, she’s working [...]

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Shopping

My Fast-Fashion Diet

I’ve recently sworn off fast fashion – ok, so maybe not entirely, but I’m slowly weaning myself off almost daily trips to H&M, Urban Outfitters, Forever 21, etc. I rarely buy nice things because: 1. I don’t take very good care of my clothes – for three weeks out of every month my bedroom generally [...]

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Explain

Explain: Fur Trapper Hats

The Gawker game is on again, and this time here’s the challenge: explain why Fur Trapper Hats are the hot new thing. Weirdly, the Fashionista team was wondering about this last night – not only were the hats all over the streets, we actually spotted them on the runway at Charlotte Ronson and Luella! Why [...]

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