Full of bright, playful colors with a high-fashion sensibility, Juicy Couture’s latest line of accessories is putting the “couture” back into Juicy–And who better to capture that than blogger/photographer Jamie Beck and her Web designer fiancée, Kevin Burg of the ever popular (and aesthetically exquisite) tumblr From Me to You. The duo have been tapped Read more →
Lady Gaga’s “Natural” Cover: Inez and Vinoodh shot these black-and-white photos of the seemingly bare-faced singer on the October issue of Harper’s Bazaar. Looks like it came from that video they shot for her “You and I” single, no? {Harper’s Bazaar}
CFDA Sets Up “Americans In Paris” Showroom Initiative: Thanks to Tommy Hilfiger’s generosity, the CFDA is taking 10 past Fashion Fund winners, including Eddie Borgo, Pamela Love and Prabal Gurung, to Paris Fashion Week for a three-day showroom exhibition to bring international exposure to young American designers. {Racked}
Live-Stream Fashion’s Night Out Through Instagram: Can’t make it to NYC for FNO? A team of Instagram-savvy photographers is going around the city snapping all the best events which will stream onto this site starting tomorrow. Attending and want to see your photos up there? Just tweet with the hashtag #FNOlive, yours just might make it up! {FNOlive}
Ostensibly, Fashion’s Night Out is about well, you know, fashion. But a practiced party-goer knows that the night’s real value lies in all the free booze, food and swag one can squeeze out of the hours-long event.
Here we break down the night‘s best bets for making it through the night hunger sated (and slightly tipsy) without spending a cent.
With this week’s onslaught of gloomy drizzle putting our thrice-weekly power walks around Central Park on hold, it felt like a cruel joke when we learned that fitness guru Tracy Anderson would be co-hosting a cocktail fête at Juicy Couture‘s showroom. To paraphrase Tai Frasier, “our buns, they don’t feel nothin’ like steel.”
Anderson’s behind the intimidatingly sculpted physiques of some of Hollywood’s finest (Madonna and Gwyneth, anyone?) and the invite stated that she’d share her bikini-season tips with us not-so-athletic attendees. Amongst a slew of St. Tropez-inspired summer looks, from striped maxi dresses to broad-brimmed straw hats to charm bracelets and oversize sunglasses in cheery rainbow hues, we sipped low-cal drinks with The Glamourai‘s Kelly Framel, Runway Hippie‘s Sonia Evers, and a bunch of other fellow bloggers. The evening’s tequila cocktail of choice, combining cayenne pepper and lime, sounded oddly Master Cleanse-esque at first, but proved refreshingly delish.
Coachella begins tomorrow, and DJ/It Girl-extraordinaire Harley Viera Newton is heading out for the festivities. The contents of her pretty little suitcase include:
As Oprah and her audience can attest, iPads make great gifts. So do laptops, e-readers, smart phones and other fun technology. But perhaps even more fun (not to mention less expensive) are the accessories out there to go along with these gadgets. Honestly, I’m not sure which I’d be more excited to unwrap–an actual iPad or a snake-embossed Rebecca Minkoff case for it. (Ok, probs an iPad.)
As more and more designers are smartly expanding into this market, there are now a plethora of fashionable ways to pretty-up your new toys, the sleekest of which still tend to look drab and impersonal. There are Mulberry patent leather laptop cases, Marc by Marc headphones, Tory Burch Kindle sleeves and so much more. Click through for the best tech gifts.
If you love Juicy Couture’s velour track suits–no judging, we promise–but find $196 price tag a bit jarring, good news:
Liz Claiborne, the company that now owns Juicy Couture and kicked out founders Gela Nash-Taylor and Pamela Skaist-Levy about a year ago, has hired American Eagle’s chief design officer LeAnn Nealz to head up the brand, reports WWD.
It can be deduced that her role will not only be to update the brand’s image, but also to make it even more mass than it already is. Which hopefully means slightly lower prices.
Erin Fetherston’s collection for Juicy Couture doesn’t hit stores until autumn, but that didn’t stop the designer and her team at Juicy from throwing a fete in honor of the new partnership.
After the TimesTalks event, I headed down to Crosby Street for girly cocktails and dinner hosted by Erin at Meet at the Apartment.
There were about 15 of us in attendance, including Britt, Tracey from Glamour, Felicity from newly-launched The High Low and a few of the city’s best personal style bloggers. Of course, they all looked amazing, particularly Kelly from The Glamouri, who revealed that her Coach collaboration bag sold out in days–well done!
All-around, it was a delightful evening. Some highlights:
Looking good for the workplace is a must, but it’s so hot out that all we want to do is collapse in a heap under the nearest air conditioner. For those of us for whom that’s not an option, thankfully there’s good news: shorts can be work-appropriate. Here we round up our faves, plus six rules (and when to break them). So sit back, get a snow cone, and try to beat the heat by any means necessary for the weekend. But when Monday morning rolls around, we’ve got you covered.
A few months ago, Britt wrote a story about a small-but-successful label called Bird, launched in 2006 by Los Angeles-based handbag designer Elizabeth Carey.
After Juicy Couture launched its own label, also called Bird, in 2009, Carey’s name and sales were cannibalized. She first attempted to reach out to Juicy Couture founders Gela Nash-Taylor and Pamela Skaist-Levy informally about the issue, but soon enough Liz Claiborne, the conglomerate that currently owns Juicy Couture, was involved.
Carey was forced to sue the company. She told Britt in April that she wanted to accomplish only one thing: “I want people to support young designers. I trademarked my company and did everything I was supposed to do. It’s a good lesson for people who want to start a brand, to know this and know that it’s out there. A big conglomerate shouldn’t be allowed to do this.”
Yesterday, we were informed that Carey was forced to give up the fight. Her collection will re-launch as Liz Carey handbags this fall.
With co-founders Gela Nash-Taylor and Pamela Skaist-Levy out, Juicy Couture is trying a new, even frillier approach. The Liz Claiborne-owned label has brought on New York-based Erin Fetherston as a consultant and guest designer. Fetherston’s tenure will begin in May and will last for about a year, slated to end with the brand’s holiday 2011 Read more →
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