Phillip Lim

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When we’re in a funk, we go shopping for dresses. When Esprit is having a bad day, they go shopping for entire companies. So which one will they buy? Bloomberg News announced today that the famous sweatshirt company is hunting for a luxury brand. Even though they sell loads of sportswear to Germany and the [...]

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Irina Lazareanu likes reading Turgenev, running around in 3.1 Phillip Lim, and channeling sixties French chanteuse Francoise Hardy. These things keep her pretty busy. Too busy to start designing for Ralph Lauren. In an interview with Canadian paper Macleans, today Irina says she turned down an offer to design wtih the American sportswear giant. At [...]

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Bows, ruffles, and hearts are everywhere this summer. We’ve been seeing them on blouses, dresses, headbands, jewelry – you name it. While a bow is one of Marc Jacobs’ signatures, at what point does it cross the line from cute to cloying? If you add one too many bows, ruffles, or hearts to your look, [...]

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Teen Vogue’s Kimball Hastings brings new meaning to the term “Olsen Twin”: In a recent blog post, he compares an Elizabeth & James dress with one worn by Mary Kate to a Zac Posen party. The dresses are nearly identical, right down to their slight bell sleeve and the width of the sequin stripes. In [...]

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There’s a line halfway down the block for Phillip Lim’s Uniqlo designs, which hit stores today. Lines are always a little humiliating, and surely you have better things to do than stand between Prince and Spring St. looking bewildered, but here’s why it might be worth it to go: The actual Phillip Lim is standing [...]

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Today, the CFDA announced that Ashley and Mary Kate Olsen will host their pre-awards dinner in June. (Note to entry-level Fashionistas: The CFDA is the governing board of the fashion industry. Their awards are akin to the Oscars but with more Marc Jacobs references. Andre Leon Talley’s booming presence on the red carpet will probably [...]

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Lisa Armstrong is one of our favorite fashion writers – we should say “favourite,” because she’s British – and she just profiled Phillip Lim, one of our favorite designers. The piece describes how Phillip got his Katayone Adeli job by calling the phone number on a box of pants, and how he slept on a [...]

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David and Kristin, 25 and 26, stylists for Harper’s Bazaar (D) and Teen Vogue (K) Got them: At the Tribeca Grand Hotel Stalked them: Because we get a million emails asking what to wear to a fashion interview, what to wear to a fashion show, what to wear to a fashion party… Shot them: Because [...]

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