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For those of you who only read WWD for the news, you might not know that Thursday’s the start of the G20 Summit in London, a yearly meeting between the world’s largest national economies to discuss an agenda that usually includes IMF reform and strategies to revive the global economy. Naturally, this attracts protestors of [...]

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The facts: It’s freezing outside, you love male models, and you haven’t been to Bloomingdale’s in forever. So? Tomorrow, in celebration of DKNY’s latest fragrance man meat, Dutch model Mark Vanderloo will be at the 59th Street Bloomingdale’s, in the men’s fragrance section, at 1pm. Officially, he’ll be there to promote the brand’s latest men’s [...]

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Natalie: Have you noticed all the press watches are getting lately? I feel like I’ve seen at least three or four round-ups in the past month alone. Brett: So..? Natalie: But who still wears a watch? I mean, isn’t that what cell phones are for? Brett: I wear my watch every day! Britt: Well, I [...]

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Here’s an exciting rumor: Balenciaga’s been calling in models to Paris for castings. Male models. Yes. We don’t know if this means a full line of menswear or just boys in drag, but keep your eyes peeled, especially since his next show is just next week. Obviously, we really want to see if Nicolas can [...]

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Ombre is normally something reserved for flowing silk chiffon dresses in vibrant colors (see Badgley Mischka’s Resort 09 for some current examples). And our love for Lacroix’s ombre leggings made us start dip-dying everything we own. So we were pleasantly surprised to see an abundance of ombre effects in menswear for Spring 09, and with [...]

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On a SoHo shopping excursion earlier this week, I was running to the subway and looked up only to be greeted by two ass cheeks peeking out from underneath a floating shirttail. That’s right. No tights, no shorts and nothing to hide. We’re all for pulled together shirt dresses that take a menswear standard and [...]

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I’ve been carrying around a zippered Y-3 wallet under my arm for a week, and suddenly, life is easier. I grab everything I need, all at once on my way out the door, which is too much to fit into a pocket-sized wallet. So I’m particularly delighted with the newest unexpected twist from this season’s [...]

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There’s something strange happening on the runway at the men’s Spring 2009 shows, and we’re kind of liking it: First, Vivienne Westwood sent out a rather burly man to model little sandals and an enormous gold chain (he was actually an actor/bodyguard). Then, Dean and Dan Caten cast almost all black models for their line-up, [...]

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Silvia Venturini Fendi dedicated the latest Fendi menswear collection to poverty, but that wasn’t the only strange thing about it. Enter wedges for men. We’re not really sure where they came from, or how they made it to the runway, but what we do know is that this is right up there with Mcqueen’s one-piece [...]

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We know more than a few of you have already noticed the models at the Dsquared¬≤ show this week. In reverse of how shows usually go, the majority of the models were black, with just a couple majorities. Now, there’s a delightful rumor on COACD, that next week’s Lanvin show will have an “all ethnic” [...]

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