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Friday November 6th, 2009

Quote of the Day

“I am a complete alcoholic. It used to be so easy to say to someone, ‘Get me a bottle of vodka,’ and they’d run and get it. Going to rehab was the best decision I ever made. The last six months have been the best of my life.” –Lara Stone to Vogue UK (via Fashionologie) Read more →

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Published at 2:36 PM

Friday October 30th, 2009

Quote of the Day

“Barneys has a 400 person-long waiting list for the [new version of the] Rocco bag already. We had three samples when we first came up with it a couple of seasons ago, decided off-hand to send one to Mary-Kate, and it’s just crazy. We had retailers calling about it before it even hit the runway Read more →

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Published at 2:10 PM

Friday October 23rd, 2009

Mid-Day Snack

Mid-Day Snack

Don’t Cry For Her, Argentina: Claudia and Karl are tearing things up in Buenos Aires on the set of the Chanel Spring 2010 campaign shoot. Craft services is offering up “rich barbecue” though somehow we can’t see Karl chowing down on that. {Fashionologie} Little Pink Houses: I’m from Indiana and we love all things Mellencamp. Read more →

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Published at 1:07 PM

Thursday October 22nd, 2009

Mid-Day Snack

Mid-Day Snack

Shop Talk: If the credit card machine arrives in time, Philip Crangi’s first store just might open this weekend in the Meatpacking. Shopping for some new jewelry and lunching at Pastis sounds like a pretty perfect Saturday to us. {StyleFile} Triangulations: When we first read about this Alex von Furstenberg/Ali Kay/Reggie Miller situation over the Read more →

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Published at 2:33 PM

Friday October 9th, 2009

Bankruptcy Bits

Two days after Nicole Phelps’ positive and curious review of Yohji Yamamoto’s spring collection, the house has filed for bankruptcy. She wondered whether or not the designer was scaling back; he invited less people, kept the clothes commercial and put all of his avant-garde might into the hair and makeup instead of the pieces that Read more →

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Published at 9:31 AM

Thursday September 24th, 2009

Look Ma, Still No Pants

As we were watching Tweets come in from the Prada show in Milan, one statement came through loudest, Miuccia’s not doing pants this season. And the beach was going to play a big role. @MrJoeZee has already put the word out that Gaga should take a look if she’s planning a vacation. Fashionologie has the Read more →

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Published at 3:54 PM
Mid-Day Snack

Mid-Day Snack

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 →

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Published at 12:22 PM

Tuesday September 1st, 2009

Mid-Day Snack

Mid-Day Snack

Bass Alert! We have yet to personally spy our fair Chuck in the ‘hood shooting this season. But thankfully Nylon offers up a scrumptious fix today in the form of a multi-image foreign ad campaign in their Korean edition, with Miss Waldorf of course. Man, we can’t wait for season 3 to start. {Nylon} Carrie Read more →

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Published at 12:50 PM

Wednesday August 26th, 2009

Mid-Day Snack

Mid-Day Snack

Wishin’ and Hopin’: If I could look like this in ripped tights and a sweater for, oh, even five minutes…life would be good. {Topshop} Modeling Dynasty: So Cara Delevingne got a modeling contract too. But we’re more interested in the fact that Alexis Carrington is her godmother. {Vogue UK} D-Bags Unite: A little humorous reading Read more →

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Published at 1:00 PM

Tuesday August 18th, 2009

Explain

Double Tavi Time

Everyone’s talking about Tavi. The thirteen-year-old StyleRookie (or not) covers Dasha Zhukova’s first POP. She’s also inside, and on one of the promotional images of Katie Grand’s second LOVE. Damien Hirst’s illustration (at left) made us gasp, while Grand’s editorial made us “Aw”; while we worship the ground Katie walks on, now we’re actually excited Read more →

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Published at 5:17 PM

Friday August 14th, 2009

Mid-Day Snack

Mid-Day Snack

Sign Us Up: Now this sounds like an epic shoot. Daphne Guinness, David LaChappelle, an 18 acre former nudist colony in Maui, and bathtubs in trees. Very good times. {Fashionologie} Lay Lady Lay: Rachel Zoe is apparently my music twin. Her iTunes playlist is pretty much my most-played songs rotation. A hippie who immediately equates Read more →

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Published at 12:32 PM

Wednesday August 12th, 2009