Yesterday brought news that Paul Wilmot is shuttering his west coast operations saying, “I opened up the Los Angeles office to see if there was there was business for us out there, and we just didn’t find it.” But others, like Starworks, are finding business booming. In fact they just doubled their office size by Read more →
Be the Last Intern: Magnus Berger and Tenzin Wild’s The Last Magazine needs design and production interns. You need experience and three to five days free to work. {Starworks} Break It Down: Peter Brant spends $500,000 a month on his polo ponies. He doesn’t understand why his soon to be ex, Stephanie Seymour, spends $50,000 Read more →
The Cat’s Pajamas: Catherine Holstein talks past, present and future collections and about how hard it is for a small designer to make quality clothes at a reasonable price point. {Coutorture} Hair Raising Good Time: We’re just completely obsessed with this picture. And Agyness clearly agrees with our stance on pants. {Jezebel} Ohh Johnny: This Read more →
La Perla’s having a party and you’re invited. Next Tuesday, March 24th, their CEO’s hosting a shopping shindig at their Meatpacking District store (425 West 14th Street). The new Spring 09 collection will be available for previews and since it’s the first official week of spring, and it’s been a very gloomy winter, we’re all Read more →
If you happen to know Kate Bartle, Starworks’ Director of Accessories, then you may or may not already know this: Kate’s left her PR job at Starworks as of yesterday. Her mega destination? Working in the PR department of DVF. Which, I’m sure you’ve all put together by now, means she’s Whitney Port’s newest co-worker Read more →
Alice Temperley’s the latest designer to cancel her Fall 09 runway show and the first outside of New York. The British designer, who just returned to London Fashion Week after years in New York, has been planning this for over a year. She, along with various directors, artists and photographers, will stage a series of Read more →
Starworks, the fashion PR company that reps Costello Tagliapietra, James Jeans, La Perla, Sari Gueron and Temperley, needs interns to start in January. They’re looking for young people who know they want to be publicists, and who don’t mind that it’s unpaid. The position is specifically to help with fashion PR and events, which means Read more →
We noticed Joy Bryant snapping pictures from her usual front row seat at more than a few shows this past Fashion Week. We thought they were just for some kind of personal wardrobe management plan, but it turns out she’s been guest blogging the shows for Starworks. We have no idea if the Next model Read more →
“Fashion has to be political. Fashion is the first flag of culture, which is necessarily hemmed by politics.” –Daphne Guinness discussing her film, Phenomenology of Body, on Starworks’ blog.
