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Remember that episode of I Love Lucy in which Lucy and Ethel are desperate for dresses from a specific designer? They’re heading to a horse race and insist upon these fancy dresses so Ricky and Fred cut head and arm holes in potato sacks and sew the designer label into the burlap and convince the [...]

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This season’s all about the leather pants – a wonderful change from last season’s wannabe leather liquid leggings – but it looks like next season’ll welcome the leather top. In New York, Phillip Lim showed leather tanks and tees over slouchy pants and tucked into little skirts. In Paris, Phoebe Philo showed more structured leather [...]

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This morning come reports from London that Celine has very quietly closed its London store on Bruton Street, its only standalone in the city. The company is keeping quiet about what this means, if it’s a sign of things to come, or what the future holds in the London retail game. We couldn’t have loved [...]

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Phoebe’s Back!: At last we get to see Phoebe Philo’s first collection for Celine. Girl has not lost her touch. {Style} Graduation Day: The kids at the Royal College of Art show off their wares with dreams of becoming the next Christopher Bailey. {FabSugarUK} Non-Actress Fragrance News: Some designers still like models in their perfume [...]

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Last week, the big non-Fashion Week news was Phoebe Philo’s Bicyclette collection. Turns out, the original reporters had some incorrect info, so here’s the real deal for those who were excited about Phoebe’s return: 1. The collection was not designed by Phoebe, but by Ivana Omazic, the designer Phoebe’s been hired to replace. Bicyclette marks [...]

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Ride, Phoebe, Ride

If you don’t think you can hold out until this fall to see Pheobe Philo’s return to the runway for Celine’s Spring 2010 Collection, there’s now a solution: The designer is due to put out a capsule collection of cycling attire for the French line, appropriately called, Bicyclette. Due out this August, Philo fans will [...]

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Quote of the Day

“I didn’t really follow fashion. I don’t think I ever really have, though. I don’t buy fashion magazines and read them cover to cover.” – Phoebe Philo, in WWD.

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Dear Everyone, We get it, fast fashion is where it’s at. No one’s enjoyed Go International more than us, we’re still eagerly awaiting Comme for H&M, and we’re counting the days until another GAP shirt collection. But, as often as we’ve reported on the ins and outs of designers at Chloe, Gianfranco Ferre, Valentino; we [...]

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WHICH well-respected fashion journalist called Ivana Omazic, the soon-to-be former head designer of Celine, “the worst designer in the world” post-show? As if being enthusiastically replaced by Phoebe Philo wasn’t hard enough…

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LVMH just handed Phoebe Philo Celine on a silver platter. If we had to imagine a designer’s ideal progression through the industry, we can’t think of anything better than having your coming out party at ChloĆ©, going on a really long vacation, then marrying a name as recognized, yet as undefined, as Celine. Since Michael [...]

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