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Sunday February 3rd, 2013

Editors’ Fashion Week Essentials, Bloggers Faking Their Swag, and A Full SAG Style Recap
Week In Review

Editors’ Fashion Week Essentials, Bloggers Faking Their Swag, and A Full SAG Style Recap

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Our Fashion Week Essentials: Around here, February means one thing: Fashion Week. Here’s the list of what our editors can’t live without during these seven days of chaos.

The Couture Shows: Speaking of fashion shows, spring couture wrapped and we gave you six couture designers to watch. Plus, if you’re feeling crafty, get inspired by all the best DIY beauty looks from the runways.

Desperation Looks Good On Them: Have bloggers stooped to the point of faking VIP status by buying their own swag and passing it off as designer gifts?

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Tuesday January 22nd, 2013

Monday January 21st, 2013

Anna Wintour Skips Inauguration, But Takes In Couture With the US Ambassador to France
Politics

Anna Wintour Skips Inauguration, But Takes In Couture With the US Ambassador to France

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Was Anna Wintour killing two birds with one stone at the Paris couture shows today?

Despite her heavy involvement in Barack Obama’s reelection campaign, Wintour was front row at Raf Simons’ highly-anticipated second Dior couture show in Paris during today’s Inauguration.

A natural problem-solver and multi-tasker, however, Wintour didn’t let her distance from the U.S. Capitol affect her political networking game.

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Published at 7:04 PM

Sunday July 15th, 2012

Fashionista Week In Review: The September Glossy Cover Stars Revealed, Debating Kate Upton’s Size, and Target’s Most Amazing Collaboration Yet
Week In Review

Fashionista Week In Review: The September Glossy Cover Stars Revealed, Debating Kate Upton’s Size, and Target’s Most Amazing Collaboration Yet

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Avoid Falling Into The Fast Fashion Fray: The author of Overdressed schooled us in smart shopping, offering advice on how to steer clear of fast fashion and preaching the value of quality goods.

The September Issues: It may only be July, but that hasn’t stopped big-name glossies from releasing info on their September cover stars. Check out some of the surprising choices.

Critics Weigh In On Kate Upton: Since appearing on the cover of GQ, Kate Upton has created quite a stir among those in the fashion world. She’s not rail thin like most models, which has led some to call her fat. Go weigh in on the debate.

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Published at 6:00 PM

Monday July 9th, 2012

Why Celebrities Wearing Couture Isn’t Always a Good Thing (According to Karl Lagerfeld)
Celebrity

Why Celebrities Wearing Couture Isn’t Always a Good Thing (According to Karl Lagerfeld)

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While you might think celebrities can, simply by being celebrities, get their hands on whatever they want to wear, it’s comforting to know that it’s not always the case–especially with couture.

In an interesting piece in yesterday’s New York Times, Cathy Horyn looks back on the latest couture collections and tries to determine what separates couture from ready to wear, what makes it special–questions that seemed especially difficult to answer this season with the debut of Raf Simons’ streamlined and modern “New New Look” for Dior.

Horyn spoke to Karl Lagerfeld, who explained that couture is “not a red-carpet opportunity…

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Friday July 6th, 2012

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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Thursday July 5th, 2012

Chanel Reveals Couture Nail Art
Beauty

Chanel Reveals Couture Nail Art

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Chanel’s nail colors always cause a frenzy. The beauty world waits with bated breath every time there’s a show to see what kind of nail color magic the house’s makeup guru, Peter Philips, will conjure up. He threw us for a bit of a loop this past week after the Chanel couture show; rather than Read more →

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Jean Paul Gaultier’s Couture Show Was Inspired by Pete Doherty, Featured Andrej Pejic in Sheer Dresses
Reviews

Jean Paul Gaultier’s Couture Show Was Inspired by Pete Doherty, Featured Andrej Pejic in Sheer Dresses

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Had yesterday’s Jean Paul Gaultier’s couture show been on Kimye’s schedule, they might have actually been on time. However, there was lots more to discuss besides the the late start. In a boundary-pushing show that may almost have been well worth the 90 minute wait, Gaultier followed up his controversial Amy Winehouse-inspired couture collection with Read more →

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Published at 11:58 AM

Tuesday July 3rd, 2012

So How Did Raf Simons Do On His Debut Collection for Dior? Here’s What All the Major Critics Had To Say (Yes, There Were Some Naysayers)
Haute Couture

So How Did Raf Simons Do On His Debut Collection for Dior? Here’s What All the Major Critics Had To Say (Yes, There Were Some Naysayers)

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A picture may be worth a thousand words, but here are 552 used by the fash pack to characterize Simons’s very hotly anticipated debut at Dior. While not everyone felt his first-ever couture collection was an unqualified success (hey there, Suze?), critical consensus was that this New New Look set the bar pretty high, and possibly Read more →

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Thursday June 28th, 2012

Dolce & Gabbana To Present First-Ever Couture Collection in Sicily
Designers

Dolce & Gabbana To Present First-Ever Couture Collection in Sicily

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Dolce & Gabbana may have killed its lower-priced D&G line this past spring, but now the designers are setting their sights on a more rarefied niche: couture. The duo is going to present their first-ever couture collection next month, WWD is reporting.

But don’t expect to see them in Paris for the “official” couture shows. The designers will show on July 9 in Sicily, and it will be a clients-only presentation.

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Published at 9:04 AM

Tuesday April 24th, 2012

Versace Atelier Returns to the Ritz for Its First Couture Runway Show in Eight Years
Fashion Shows

Versace Atelier Returns to the Ritz for Its First Couture Runway Show in Eight Years

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Until this past January, Versace hadn’t shown its couture Versace Atelier line since 2004. The collection and format–a small presentation set on gilded stairs Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris–received mixed reviews at the time.

In her review of the show, Cathy Horyn said “The presentation had a tension that might have been eliminated had Ms. Versace just staged a normal show.” Style.com‘s Nicole Phelps agreed, writing, “The only off note: a rather glitzy, cheaply constructed set that didn’t live up to the glamour of the moment she was channeling.” Perhaps she reads her reviews because Donatella Versace plans to change the setting on format for her next Atelier Versace presentation.

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Published at 5:30 PM