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Quote of the Day

“He has been known to walk through his office in underwear, and conduct meetings in a thong (his defence – he designs underwear, so why not model it?)” – on Dov Charney, in the Guardian.

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Quote of the Day

“For those of you who may be a little behind with this month’s glossy magazines and weekend supplements, here is the digested read: if you don’t own these shoes, you are a loser. Granted, they don’t spell it out quite as starkly as that, but the message is nonetheless pretty clear” – Jess Cartner-Morley, on [...]

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Quote of the Day

“Can you wear Topman at 67? Or is it just mutton dressed as ram?” – Nicky Haslam, on men dressing young, to the Guardian.

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Models

“Someone somewhere along the line decided that we need a new culture-by-way-of-fashion icon as a sort of generational figurehead. That Moss chick, well, she’s just been around a bit long now, hasn’t she? And Lily Cole, well, rather unjustly, she somehow became the visual symbol for any discussion about anorexia, so citing her as an [...]

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Quote of the Day

“The British are the new Japanese, and New York is the new Italy – the place to come to stock up on designer clothes.” – Raegan Morgan, sales specialist at Diane von Furstenberg, to the Guardian.

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Quote of the Day

“That makes me laugh…People who are like, ‘I’m dressing for myself!’ But Rihanna! You’re wearing a latex bikini!” – Alexa Chung, on modesty in her modeling career, to The Guardian.

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Explain

A Retail Conundrum

John Galliano kicked off Couture week in Paris yesterday with a spectacular-as-always show for Dior, while the rest of the world mourned the crashing stock market and slowing economy. Meanwhile, Jimmy Choo, the British luxury shoe brand, announced that while most retail outlets continue to suffer, their profits reached record highs last year. And last [...]

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Would You Wear

Would You Wear a Jumpsuit?

When we saw that the Guardian was making a case for the male jumpsuit (it’s as quick and simple as women’s day dresses, they say) we thought they had a good point. When we saw that the Daily Telegraph was challenging women to make a jumpsuit work, we thought it was a little Project Runway. [...]

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Shopping

Bamboozled

We’ve always thought of bamboo- when we’ve thought about bamboo at all– as the snack of adorable panda bears. Or else, a furniture material found in homes more “zen” or “beach-y” than our own. So we were a little surprised when we read in the Guardian today that bamboo is the latest and greatest arrival [...]

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