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Wednesday February 6th, 2013

Fashionista 50: The Most Influential People in New York Fashion Right Now
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Fashionista 50: The Most Influential People in New York Fashion Right Now

To survive in this business, you’ve got to have more than talent. You’ve got to be shrewd, savvy, determined—and a crazy-hard worker.

So here’s our list of the 50 most influential people working in New York fashion right now. To compile the list, we used our own knowledge of the industry combined with advice from inside sources.

Let us know what you think: You’ll find the entire Fashionista 50 list below. Click on the person’s name to read a full bio. And if you really want to click through the whole slideshow, you can do so here.

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Published at 12:40 PM

Thursday November 24th, 2011

Happy Thanksgiving! Designers and Other Fashion Folks Put Their Spin on Paper Hand Turkeys
Fashion Is Fun

Happy Thanksgiving! Designers and Other Fashion Folks Put Their Spin on Paper Hand Turkeys

The holidays are all about nostalgia and one of the things we’ve been nostalgic about lately is hand turkeys! You know, that childhood arts and crafts thing where you trace your hand and make it look like a turkey? To be honest, we aren’t all that crafty anymore, but our fashion friends, like Erica Domesek from P.S. I Made This for example, are like the craftiest people ever, so we asked them to help us out with this little project and they obliged.

Erica helped us assemble hand turkey-making kits, which we then sent out to some of our favorite designers, editors and other fashion peeps who then created some of the most impressive hand turkeys we’ve ever seen (we are super thankful for all of you!!). Click through to see them and find out what these brilliant artists are thankful for this year, and have a very happy Thanksgiving (or just a nice Thursday).

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Published at 10:01 AM

Wednesday August 17th, 2011

Fashion Horror Story: Tucker’s Entire Studio Burned Down (and They Didn’t Miss a Single Shipment)
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Fashion Horror Story: Tucker’s Entire Studio Burned Down (and They Didn’t Miss a Single Shipment)

Fashionista favorite Of-a-Kind, a cool e-commerce site that sells small quantities of special edition merchandise from emerging designers, is launching a blouse by Tucker as their latest featured product today. This is despite the fact that Tucker’s New York studio burned down the weekend of July 23 (yes, that’s just a little over three weeks ago). And it wasn’t just a little smoke–shit burned. down. Luckily, no one was hurt, but they lost every single thing in the studio, including their computer servers and all their current stock (including the pieces for Of a Kind). Could you imagine?

This is the kind of thing that could put a company out of business–at least temporarily. Instead, here’s the crazy story of how they turned around and went right back to work without missing a single shipment, as told to us by the Of a Kind peeps:

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Published at 11:11 AM

Wednesday December 1st, 2010

Fashion News Roundup: Julianne Moore Stars in Lagerfeld’s Calendar, A Backpack Inspired by Saved by the Bell and Hillary Swank To Host a Fashion Trivia Show on the CW?
Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Julianne Moore Stars in Lagerfeld’s Calendar, A Backpack Inspired by Saved by the Bell and Hillary Swank To Host a Fashion Trivia Show on the CW?

Julianne, Calendar Girl: Actress Julianne Moore is among the mostly nude models in the Karl Lagerfeld-shot Pirelli calendar. She, however, is clothed, posing as Hera, the Greek goddess of marriage. At a recent press conference, Karl called himself “the visual version of Homer.” {WWD subscription required}

Hillary Swank to Host Fashion Game Show? File this under things that make no sense. Oscar winner Hillary Swank is apparently developing a game show for the CW where fashion diehards are tested on their knowledge of fashion trivia and such. We guess Hillary dresses ok most of the time, but never would have guessed she’d end up hosting a fashion television series. Would you watch? {The Cut}

Alexa’s Holiday Surprise: If you didn’t get a chance to snag Alexa Chung’s blink-and-you-missed-it line for Madewell, you have one more chance before the holidays. Madewell is releasing one more piece tomorrow–a long tunic version of the bat tee. Alexa has even offered suggestions for styling: “Wear with tights and a grandad cardigan this winter or wear it to bed so you can look ace even as you sleep.” {People Style Watch}

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Published at 12:41 PM

Wednesday November 17th, 2010

11 Questions for Of a Kind Founders Claire Mazur and Erica Cerulo
Retail

11 Questions for Of a Kind Founders Claire Mazur and Erica Cerulo

We are super excited about Of a Kind, a new fashion site that launched today, which seamlessly blends retail and editorial content in a way that we’ve never seen before. What we think makes Of a Kind really amazing is that the product is comprised solely of limited-edition one-offs exclusive to the site (Very limited edition–like 30 units). And, they make a point of featuring emerging designers, allowing accompanying exclusive editorial content to introduce shoppers to new brands. They’re also the first shopping site on Tumblr.

For their initial sale, Mandy Coon created a special version of her adorable bunny bag.

We’ll let the site’s founders Claire and Erica tell you more. Thankfully, despite launch day nerves and sleep deprivation, they answered all of our questions.

Fashionista: What is the main idea behind Of a Kind and why is it unique?

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Published at 5:30 PM