Charitybuzz.com has gone fashion crazy. After announcing a couple of days ago that they were auctioning off a week at Vogue to benefit the RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights, they’ve sent over a list of items up for grabs in honor of Earth Day’s 40th Anniversary. You can bid on a bespoke suit, Read more →
It seems like fashion has never been more obsessed with getting married. J.Crew‘s been doing bridal for years now. Anthropologie recently hopped on the bandwagon. Cynthia Rowley just announced that she’s creating a collection of bridesmaid dresses. Even Rodarte–hardly the brand you’d associate with weddings–showed several chapel-appropriate gowns for Fall 2010. In a sort of Read more →
Save for Michelle Kwan’s obsession with Vera Wang, women’s figure skating costumes typically go from bad to worse. With the ladies competition starting tonight, the Fashionista office has been abuzz with ideas on what we would wear if we were lucky enough to grace the ice in Vancouver. Of course, it’s all from the Fall Read more →
photo courtsey jak&jilJulia Roitfeld takes Fashionair inside her closet in this video. She names her favorite pieces, models a few outfits, and answers the inevitable question, “What’s the best style advice you’ve gotten from your mom?” Her answer? That it’s not just acceptable to mix navy blue and black, but that one should. Even though Read more →
What we learned from the official Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Calendar, released yesterday: 1. Charlotte Ronson’s finally showing in the big tent. No more sitting on laps in rows one through three. 2. Prabal Gurung’s staging a proper runway show. It’s scheduled for Saturday, February 13th at 4pm in the Salon. 3. Vera Wang’s returning Read more →
Vogue‘s tackling a major issue, who’s the best dressed of the decade? They’ve selected the top ten looks from each of the past ten years and would like you to vote. After picking your favorite look from 2000, they’ll direct you to 2001, 2002 and so on; on January 25th they’ll announce the ten winners Read more →
photo courtesy WWD At left is this morning’s cover of WWD. In our sleepy haze we thought, “Wow, um, Rodarte’s really taking things in a different direction for pre-fall.” In an ideal world, this is what Rodarte for Target would look like. It’s a simple shift shape bursting with texture, a cage-like shoulder, tulle peeking Read more →
This morning’s WWD has a big story about the now-flailing retail sector in Los Angeles–specifically areas like Third Street, the Melrose corridor (home to stores like Marc Jacobs, Maxfield and Alexander McQueen), Robertson, and Montana in Santa Monica. Specialty boutiques have been shutting down at a more rapid rate lately. And commercial real estate is Read more →
Last night Teen Vogue celebrated their super cute handbook with a little cocktail party at the Rose Bar at the Gramercy Park Hotel. Amy Astley and her crew were of course all there in the cozy confines, with Amy’s kids and their friends taking over the pool table. The rest of the crowd out to Read more →
This is just fun to watch. Again, the more excited we get for Fashion’s Night Out – it’s really going to be epic – the more worried we get about people not shopping. Sure, the stores will be packed, but no one’s going to head to the dressing rooms when they’re struggling to catch a Read more →
“I mean, I was there for seventeen years. I didn’t get the job that Anna got. I guess that was my most memorable experience.” –Vera Wang to New York Magazine on her most memorable experience of working at Vogue.
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