Steve Madden’s officially on track to win copier of the year. This time, he’s appropriated Fendi‘s suede basket booties. The Steve Madden version‘s patent leather – because fake patent leather’s the cheapest material one can get. But the key points are practically identical – from the front platform to the skyscraper heel to the angular [...]
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The Dress is Back
Remember when Sex and the City: The Movie came out and that Vivienne Westwood wedding dress Carrie gets stood up in turned out to be available in real-life, costing certain SATC obsessives around 30,000 pounds to have the dress made-to-order? Well, the dress has been rescaled and re-imagined for the average customer (who has about [...]
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Would You Not Wear Pants?
I am a big fan of short. Come Spring/Summer, my dresses/skirts/shorts are as short as they can possibly be without causing a scandal. But even I’m thinking twice about the recent crop of pants-less pants. Stella’s Spring 09 runway kicked off the trend (actually, Vlada did at SS08 McQueen). Her little suits and rompers are [...]
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Spring 09 Marc: The Reality
Marc’s rather kooky mash-up of references for Spring 09 was a big hit with critics, and we expect that to show editorially. But some of the key pieces have finally hit Net-a-Porter, offering close-up shots at what looked like a genius show in terms of styling. Take, for instance, the dress at left. On the [...]
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Video Killed the Sale Button
If you frequent Net-a-Porter‘s “Newest Reductions” page as much as we do, then you might have noticed that their entire sale section recently disappeared (we’re assuming it’s been shipped over to the OutNet, but we’ll see). In its place? A new section dedicated to video content, including re-runs of the Spring 09 shows and commentary [...]
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