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Friday May 10th, 2013

Courtshop’s Nicole Tondre and Lisa Fuller on Launching Their Hit Denim Line and Being ‘Decidedly Non-Fashion’
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Courtshop’s Nicole Tondre and Lisa Fuller on Launching Their Hit Denim Line and Being ‘Decidedly Non-Fashion’

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Nicole Tondre and Lisa Fuller of Courtshop definitely embody their brand: unpretentious and totally cool, which can be a tough combo to find in downtown Manhattan. They opened the doors of their Nolita boutique in 2008 and it quickly became a favorite destination for hip girls looking for understated wardrobe staples at reasonable prices. The one thing that they felt was missing was great denim that fit the same bill, so they launched their own in-house line in 2011.

I met Nicole and Lisa at their brand new Mott St. location. No longer an under-the-radar cult fave, Courtshop is now stocked in 100 stores including Stevan Alan, Shopbop.com and Bonadrag.com, not to mention worn by the likes of Drew Barrymore and Michelle Williams. After scooping up a pair of high waisted summer shorts (this column is actually a cover for my shopping addiction), we popped around the corner to sip sangria and chat about denim, dogs (Lisa has a naughty Boston Terrier and Nicole has an American Eskimo mix) and how they build their brand.

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Thursday August 5th, 2010

Playing Real Life Barbie With Tory Burch Denim
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Playing Real Life Barbie With Tory Burch Denim

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This week Tory Burch hosted a bunch of fashion bloggers and online editors at her Meatpacking boutique to celebrate the launch of her new denim collection. But instead of just browsing the collection over cocktails and passed hors d’oeuvres (don’t get me wrong, those pigs in blankets were delicious and I ate a lot of them), we got to play real life Barbie dress up with models wearing Burch’s new denim line.

The line itself was super cute. Some styles were just what you’d imagine Tory Burch denim to look like–classic, clean, bootcut–but other styles were much more unexpected and trendy. There were metallic brushed jeggings (though Tory calls them “denim leggings”), boyfriend jeans brushed with silver as well (called “tomboy jeans”), and some crazy colorful print stretch jeans that looked all paint splattered.

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Wednesday January 20th, 2010

Wednesday January 13th, 2010

Shopping

Banana Republic’s New Denim

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Banana Republic’s launched a new denim collection to match their shiny new Broadway flagship. The jeans range from classic dark skinnies to pre-wrinkled slouchy boyfriends. There’s a 70s looking lightweight cut with a slight flare that hits a little higher than usual, and made my legs look significantly longer. They’ve included an easy boot cut Read more →

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Thursday September 17th, 2009

Slideshows

The Joads Do Fashion at Ralph Lauren

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Wednesday July 8th, 2009

Fashion Is Fun

The Denim Blues

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We’ve been trying so hard to not spend lately. Which is why when I was at Topshop on Thursday and tried on a denim dress, I decided to make my wallet my friend (for once) and pass on the purchase. I was content with my choice (and had basically forgotten said dress) until yesterday. While Read more →

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Friday June 19th, 2009

Shopping

Stretched to the Nines

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It’s been super fun running around New York in the pouring rain checking out resort collections. Or not really. But yesterday, at Goldsign, we found something that made it all worth it – the stretchy stirrup thigh-high jeans at left. Goldsign’s developed this exclusive super stretch legging/jean fabrication that they’ve turned into a pant, but Read more →

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Friday March 13th, 2009

Explain

Explain: Why Are Jeans So Long?

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About one minute into my trip to the new Paige Denim store in the West Village yesterday, I was a little miffed. Not because some guy muttered something about “artfully destroyed jeans” to me as I walked in, but because I went there specifically for the Petites Line, which takes up about 1/16 of the Read more →

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Monday March 9th, 2009

Chalayan + J Brand = $$$

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What do you do when everybody’s shopping money is either disappearing or being stored away, but you really need to sell the one thing your company’s known for? Collaborate with a big name of course. That’s exactly what J Brand is doing for Fall, since they just signed Hussein Chalayan for a capsule collection to Read more →

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Tuesday December 23rd, 2008

Fashion Is Fun

Lanvin + Acne = $600 Jeans

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Thursday October 9th, 2008

Paige Denim Coming to New York

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Amazing news for everyone’s legs and asses! Paige Denim, makers of the only jeans I actually spend my money on, is opening its own boutique in New York! Yes, they’re already available at Bloomingdale’s, but any time we can avoid a major avenue / department store, we’re happy. The new Paige boutique will be at Read more →

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