Fashionista’s Fashion Week Essentials
The invites have been sent out, the seating charts are being filled, and fashion folks everywhere are resoling their Manolos (and setting their DVRs–can’t miss Girls!): Fashion week is upon us!
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Tuesday January 29th, 2013
Friday January 25th, 2013
Street Style: Siovonne Won’t Wear Anything Too Crazy
Name: Siovonne Persaud
What do you do? I’m a pharmacy director.
What would you never be caught wearing? Snake print or anything crazy.
What was the last thing you bought? Tea.
What’s your New Year’s Resolution? I didn’t make one…
What was the last song you listened to? I was listening to the We Barbarians album.
What are you wearing?
Tuesday January 22nd, 2013
Street Style: Model Veneda Would Never Wear Yellow
Name: Veneda
What do you do? I’m a model
What was the last thing you bought? A pair of Nike sneakers.
What would you never be caught wearing? Anything yellow.
What is one beauty product you can’t live without? Benefit’s powder in “Hoola”
What’s your current favorite song? “Long.Live.” by A$AP Rocky.
What are you wearing?
Thursday January 3rd, 2013
Only Three Fashion and Luxury CEOs Made It Onto Harvard Business Review’s List of 100 Top CEOs
Looks like fashion and luxury CEOs have room for improvement in 2013.
The Harvard Business Review just released its list ranking the 100 best-performing CEOs–and only a paltry three fashion and luxury CEOs made the cut.
Thursday December 27th, 2012
Street Style: Kat Keeps Some Australian Warmth in Her Coat
Name: Kat
Occupation: Works in Advertising
Where are you from originally? Australia.
What was the last thing you bought? A pink BCBG sweater with silver threading.
What is on the top of your shopping wishlist? An iPad.
How do you take your coffee? Skim latte with 2 splenda.
What would you never be caught wearing? Jeggings.
What are you wearing?
Friday December 21st, 2012
Andrej Pejic Scores Another Cover, a Look at Duro Olowu’s JCPenney Collection, and an Hermès Bag Sets an Auction Record
Queen Elizabeth II is getting downright festive in her holiday dress (well, for her, anyway). {HuffPo}
Jane Fonda is 75 (!) and credits her youthful looks to good genes…and, okay, a good plastic surgeon. {US Weekly}
A new study shows a majority of women prefer 1950s-eqsue men; let’s not try to unpack the feminist implications of that and just enjoy looking at Jon Hamm as Don Draper, shall we? {Daily Mail}
Andrej Pejic covers Elle Serbia in head to toe Jean Paul Gaultier. {Styleite}
Wednesday December 19th, 2012
Street Style: Christopher Doesn’t Consider Sneakers Shoes
Name: Christopher Griffin
Occupation: Student
What would you never be caught wearing? Sneakers. I’ll always wear shoes.
What was the last song you listened to? “We Own the Sky” by M83.
What was the last thing you bought?
Thursday December 13th, 2012
Levi’s Goes Toxic-Free Following Elaborate (and Creepy) Protests
Following Zara’s lead, another major apparel brand–the world’s largest denim brand, actually–has committed to changing its manufacturing practices following pressure from Greenpeace and its recent report on the hazardous chemicals clothing companies use to manufacture many of their products.
This time, the protests were right in line with the offending brand’s own marketing.
Monday December 10th, 2012
20 Party-Ready Jewel Box Clutches
The holiday party season is in full swing now, but it’s still not too late to put together that perfect outfit. We already gave you a headstart with our guide to dresses under $100 and the sparkliest collection of party shoes ever, but you’re not quite done yet. You need a bag!
Thursday November 29th, 2012
Zara Commits to Going Toxic-Free
Pretty soon, we can all start feeling a little less guilty about shopping at Zara.
Wednesday November 28th, 2012
100 Holiday Party-Ready Dresses for Under $100
While attending holiday parties may be fun, shopping for them ain’t. Neither is spending boatloads of money on a dress you’ll only wear once–particularly during the holiday season when you’re already hemorrhaging money on travel, gifts, and that aforementioned champagne.
So, to make the holiday season a little lighter, we searched the ‘net high and low (seriously) to find you the coolest party-ready frocks for under $100. Click through to see them all. Happy shopping!
Tuesday November 20th, 2012
Fast Fashion is More Dangerous Than We Thought: How Shopping at Zara Could Be Giving Us Cancer
Add toxic, cancer-causing chemicals found in fabrics to the list of reasons why fast fashion is really, really bad.
