This morning, The New York Times broke the news that Jeffrey Monteiro’s been chosen as the latest in a string of designers to creatively direct Bill Blass. We thought last year’s dramatic fail and Peter Som’s exit actually did mean the end of the all-American brand, but now, under the new holding company Bill Blass Read more →
“But Ms. Lohan’s arrival at a 45-year-old Paris house known for $1,500 dresses and a tradition of couture craftsmanship is entirely different, something akin to a McDonald’s fry cook taking the reins of a three-star Michelin restaurant.” –The New York Times‘ Eric Wilson in his review of Emanuel Ungaro.
Super Models! Paris gets all Comic-Con with their show packages. Iselin, Vlade, Hanne Gaby, and Iris will save the world from evil henchmen! {Fashionologie} Panty Raid: Eric Wilson’s number three trend of NYFW, Spanx. Well, really briefs, outside the clothes. Linda Wells finds it “perfectly insane”. We’ll respectfully agree to disagree. {NY Times} To Milan Read more →
“You want to be understood by the sophisticated few, but you also have to be more loud, somehow; otherwise, your message doesn’t go through.” –Miuccia Prada in the new Another Magazine via Eric Wilson’s NY Times piece on defining this decade’s style. On a separate note, are we really going to have to call it Read more →
Bend it Like the Other Beckham: Heidi Mount plays Posh Spice in this on-line only editorial from V. Though “chasing her kids all day,” really? {V} Not So Fast: Gen Art, the nonprofit organization known for supporting emerging designers (including at points Zac Posen, Sari Gueron and Phillip Lim) is having serious financial trouble. This Read more →
In today’s Thursday Styles section, NY Times writer Eric Wilson reveals the identity of someone that many of you are very familiar with, even though you never knew his real name. Regular readers and commenters will well remember Fluff Chance who has regularly stirred up trouble here on Fashionista, though trouble with a voice that Read more →
“A new store, WHO.A.U., sells frayed cargo shorts and appliquéd T-shirts that are displayed next to black-and-white portraits of hunky shirtless models, ahem.” –Eric Wilson tackles Abercrombie and American malls in The New York Times today.
“These are clothes so absurdly trendy that shoppers might think they were at Forever 21, or even Bang Bang, if it were not for the higher prices, with dresses often costing $100 to $150, and the marketing of Topshop as a destination for cool design. The creative style of the sales staff helps to create Read more →
The New York Time‘s Thursday Styles section has been more about botox and babies than Balenciaga lately. But today, Eric Wilson answered a question that we’ve been asking since we were old enough to pick up a magazine. He offers an in-depth explanation of that annoying credit listing, “Price Available Upon Request,” which we always Read more →
“Mr. Tansky has projected that the fall season will end up with lower margins and higher leftover inventory than normal. (This did not dissuade Neiman from mailing its Christmas Book last week, an annual exercise in excessiveness that includes a $10 million thoroughbred racing stable in Kentucky alongside a $1,995 Prada lace bag.)” – Eric Read more →
Eric Wilson profiles Marc Jacobs in the Times today, just after Amy Larocca prints a similar piece in New York‘s new fashion tome, The Look. Both gloss Marc’s collections in favor of something else: His relentless stun-then-shun of the press. The story – called “Loving and Hating Marc Jacobs” – comes on the heels of Read more →
