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Thursday May 3rd, 2012

Tracy Feith Resurfaces To Design for Toms Shoes

Tracy Feith Resurfaces To Design for Toms Shoes

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Remember Tracy Feith? The designer was an early favorite of Michelle Obama’s, his Target collection was a hit, and he had standalone boutiques in New York and L.A…until he inexplicably fell off the face of the earth back in 2010. His boutiques closed and it turned out he owed over $200,000 to landlords in NYC and Montauk.

While we still don’t know the reason behind his mysterious disappearance from the fashion business, the designer seems to be making a comeback. For real.

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Published at 12:15 PM

Tuesday May 1st, 2012

Miuccia Prada on Being a Feminist in Fashion: ‘I Only Recently Stopped Having Problems’
Designers

Miuccia Prada on Being a Feminist in Fashion: ‘I Only Recently Stopped Having Problems’

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Miuccia Prada may be one of the most influential, beloved and respected fashion designers of our time–evidenced by the fact that she’s about to be honored with an exhibit at the Costume Institute at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. However, she wasn’t always so keen on the idea of working in fashion. In fact, there was a time when she “hated it.”

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Published at 11:30 AM

Friday April 20th, 2012

Meet the Young Designers Transforming Africa’s Retail Scene: Part One
The Business

Meet the Young Designers Transforming Africa’s Retail Scene: Part One

by Zandile Blay

Want a must-have item? If you are living in Africa, that means traveling.

I’m not talking across town to a local mall–but across continents to cities like New York, London, or Paris. For decades, this has been the primary method of acquisitions for fashion-forward Africans who craved Western luxury or contemporary goods. Until recently.

From Algeria to Zimbabwe, a new generation of young designers are quietly changing this reality.

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Published at 5:32 PM

Friday October 17th, 2008

Fashion Is Fun

My iPhone, My Vocabulary

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Yesterday, while texting, we made a discovery. We, like everyone else, already knew that iPhone has some issues with spell checking more uncommon words. But when we texted “chanel” to a friend, our iPhone turned it into “Chanel.” Impressed, we tried some more, and learned that iPhone has some eclectic taste. iPhone knows to correct Read more →

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Published at 11:27 AM

Thursday October 2nd, 2008

Isaac at & on Barnes & Noble

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Some fun news for those of you as obsessed with Isaac Mizrahi’s VLogs as we are: To promote his new book, How to Have Style, Isaac will be doing a a VLog on the Barnes & Noble Studio page this coming Monday, and it’ll stay there all week in honor of B&N’s Fall Fashion segments. Read more →

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Published at 3:33 PM

Wednesday October 1st, 2008

Trivia

New Yorker Talk: Homework

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The New Yorker‘s put together a slide show of the work of the three designers who’ll represent fashion’s emerging talent at this Saturday’s “The Next Generation of Fashion” talk, part of their yearly Festival. The three fledgling designers – Joeri Van Yper, Louise Markey, and Makoto Takada – will be available for commentary / questions Read more →

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Published at 2:33 PM

Wednesday July 16th, 2008

Shopping

Have You Heard About Kloset?

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I have this dress that I’m obsessed with – it’s kind of tiny, with a bright floral print on the slightly tulip-ed skirt, and a cream bustier-ish top that’s tight enough to let you get away without a bra. It has detachable suspender-like straps, and huge hidden pockets at the hips. Clearly, it’s way too Read more →

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Published at 2:55 PM

Monday June 23rd, 2008

Thursday June 19th, 2008

Shopping

Who Doesn’t Have a Diffusion Line?

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The Daily just broke the news that Lisa Salzer, of the line Lulu Frost, is doing her own jewelry for Urban Outfitters. Lisa follows Steven Alan, Anna Sheffield (Bing Bang), and Charlotte Ronson in that plight. Meanwhile, Comme des Garcons is doing H&M’s line this Fall, Richard Chai is next up at Target (followed by Read more →

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Published at 2:40 PM

Thursday May 29th, 2008

Mooka Kinney Gets a SATC Wardrobe Credit, Splits Up

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This may only matter to Refinery 29 staffers, but here goes: Last night at the Men.Style.com party (or should we call it Lohan-gate?), designer Alison Lewis said she’d split with her design partner, Rachel Antonoff. The two 26-year-olds were the chicks behind Mooka Kinney, the indie jumper label best known for getting a romper on Read more →

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Published at 11:00 AM

Friday May 16th, 2008

Makeup

Marchesa Girls Get Some Lipsticks

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Is getting a lipstick named after you the new replacement for getting your own bag? Stila’s following in the footsteps of Behnaz Sarafpour/Gucci Westman and Tinsley/Dior, and giving the Marchesa girls their own lipstick shades. After doing the makeup for Marchesa’s last four seasons, Stila’s finally let Georgina and Keren try their hand at picking Read more →

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Published at 10:03 AM

Wednesday May 7th, 2008

People Are Talking

Heatherette Break-Up: Bogus?

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We all know there’s been a ton of rumors lately that Richie Rich and Traver Rains are walking on separate yellow brick roads these days, but some recent developments might prove otherwise – First, the glitter boys shot a prom-themed spread for ELLEgirl with Lydia Hearst right after the rumors of their demise swirled Gossip Read more →

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Published at 11:00 AM