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Tuesday December 7th, 2010

Seven Lessons Learned at Our “How I’m Making It” Panel
How I'm Making It

Seven Lessons Learned at Our “How I’m Making It” Panel

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Last night was Fashionista’s first ever panel discussion! Bringing our “How I’m Making It” feature to life was so much fun and incredibly informative. Our fabulous panel included Timo Weiland and Alan Eckstein (of Timo Weiland), Rebecca Minkoff, Jeff Halmos (of Shipley & Halmos), Nellie Partow, Michael Mente (of Farfetch.com and Revolveclothing.com) and Paul Birardi and Eddy Chai (Odin and Pas de Deux). If you weren’t able to come, we didn’t want you to completely miss out, so here’s a rundown of what we feel were the evening’s most enlightening points. (Some good news for out-of-towners: We’ll be livestreaming our next event.) And if you did come, well, we (and our panelists) hope you didn’t leave too discouraged. If last night proved anything, it was that this business ain’t easy.

Lesson #1: Be ballsy.

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Published at 4:33 PM

Wednesday November 24th, 2010

Black Friday Sales We Might Actually Leave the House For
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Black Friday Sales We Might Actually Leave the House For

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I’m not exactly writhing in anticipation over Black Friday. Personally, the combination of waking up early, crowds, tourists and waiting in line makes me want to die. I could barely handle Fashion’s Night Out and that was at night, with alcohol. I mean, sure a DVD player for 90% off sounds awesome, but I don’t think I’ll ever stand in a line at four in the morning and risk physical injury for one. However, 50% off Alexander Wang might make me reconsider. So, here are a few Black Friday sales that might actually be worth checking out.

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Published at 10:57 AM

Friday August 6th, 2010

Odin Launches a Floral Scent for Girls and Boys
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Odin Launches a Floral Scent for Girls and Boys

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In 2008, Paul Birardi and Eddy Chai, owners of perennial favorite menswear boutique Odin, opened Pas de Deux, a lovely, perfectly edited female counterpart. Basically, if our entire wardrobe could be from Pas de Deux and our boyfriend’s entire wardrobe from Odin, life would be perfect.

Appealing to both a male an female customer must have proven successful because last year, Paul and Eddy debuted a set of three unisex fragrances: 01 Nomad, 02 Owari, and 03 Century. This week their newest addition, 04 Petrana hits stores. Impressively, each of the first three scents are truly unisex, as in I don’t think any of them would be completely shunned by one sex or the other.

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Published at 5:00 PM

Friday April 9th, 2010

Monday November 24th, 2008

Maguire Steele Needs Interns

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Maguire Steele’s looking for interns and we think it’d be the perfect place to start. The relatively new PR firm reps both the big, Rag & Bone, to the small, Billy Reid, to the very cool, Odin, Den, Pas de Deux. They need interns who can work three days a week from 10am to 7pm. Read more →

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Published at 11:21 AM

Thursday November 13th, 2008

Buy, Buy, Baby

If You Change Your Mind…

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Entermodal Leather’s based in Portland, Oregon. They make bags, wallets, luggage, you name it, in both stiff briefcase-like leather and soon, for Spring, a soft, slouchy alternative. When you buy one of their pieces, it comes with a card telling who crafted it, since it’s all done by hand, and who you can send it Read more →

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Published at 11:01 AM

Wednesday November 12th, 2008

Shopping

Pas de Deux Gets Chai, Yamamoto, Our Love

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If you’ve spent years listening to your boyfriend/intern/best man friend rave about Odin and you’re like, “OK, I get it. Enough,” then it’s finally your turn. Eddy and Paul, the revered team behind the beloved men’s store, opened a women’s outpost in September, called Pas de Deux on 11th between 1st and 2nd, and we Read more →

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Published at 5:11 PM