New Details About Katniss’s Catching Fire Wedding Gown, Peeta’s Rick Owens Duds and More
No, Katniss is not wearing McQueen.
No, Katniss is not wearing McQueen.
All the glamour of the Paris shows. All the comfort of your sweat pants.
Check out what’s inspiring us this month.
Ever wonder where Rick Owens shops for socks, or where the staff of Colette hides away to work out? Go Go Paris, a fashion insider’s guide to the City of Lights, wants to tell you the city’s best secrets.
Started by transnational hipster and journalist Kate van den Boogert, the series of pamphlets aims to shed light on another, more relevant side of the city to people who are sick of hearing about the Eiffel Tower and the Mona Lisa.
Having lived in Paris most of my life, I can honestly say I’ve seen as many tourists as I’ve witnessed bad guidebooks. (And the same applies to New York–how many Europeans come over and only know about Time Square?)
Well, you’ll be happy to hear that I’m impressed with Go Go. An example of the goodness: In the latest issue, Guillaume Henry, new artistic director of Carven, reveals that he likes to rummage through vintage books in a tiny bookstore on the rue de Rivoli, and his favorite hangout is a taxidermy haunt on the Left Bank.
The long skirt (and dress) comeback is steadily gaining momentum. Whether it’s a backlash against the plateauing popularity of minis, or just another ‘90s trend revival, we’re kind of digging this look. And, given its prevalence on the Fall ’10 runways and even Resort, this trend isn’t dying down anytime soon. But we wondered: Can everyone pull it off?
Name: Stephanie
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What is your favorite restaurant in NYC? Pure Food and Wine
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The more you hear about Facebook, the more you feel like you’re constantly being watched. This morning, the social networking site de-activated Peter Davis’ account. Paper‘s Editor-at-Large posted a picture of a statue at Rick Owens’ house—a statue that looks like a real naked person and is, if you want to click through to his Read more →
This week, Anna Dello Russo, Rick Owens, Keira Knightley, Giovanna Battaglia and Bianca Brandolini d’Adda ruled the streets.
I don’t know much about men’s fashion – other than what I do and don’t like – but I’m making an effort to learn. Step One: Study GQ.com. So far, I’ve learned that men’s runway collections are even less realistic than women’s, but also that major trends for women, from SS10 in this case, influence Read more →
The Rosie O’Donnell/Eileen Fisher debate’s made its way into WWD. Today’s paper talks to a handful of designers about their customers – both their fantasy and reality customers. They discuss the lack of control they have over clothes once they leave their studio and what it’s like to see their collections on not-fifteen-year-olds. Most answer Read more →
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