Jeff Halmos

It’s summer! And that means on Fridays, everyone should be sneaking out of work a little bit early to go on a weekend jaunt or grab a drink on a sunny rooftop. The fashion industry, which works very hard, also knows a thing or two about how to cut loose. In our weekly Summer Friday column, we catch up with industry insiders to find out what they do, where they go, and what they bring with them when they escape the daily grind. Last week we went on a journey with Bag Snob's Tina Craig and this week we go on vacation with the cuties behind Shipley & Halmos, Sam Shipley and Jeff Halmos!

Angelina Jolie Will Reportedly Rake in $10 Million as the New Face of Louis Vuitton: The print-only campaign will be shot by Annie Liebovitz and is scheduled to launch this summer. {E!} Jessica Simpson Discusses Her Grueling Work Hours: In an interview with US Weekly, Simpson notes how hard she works for her fashion empire, stating: “I'm in the workroom in [L.A.'s] Westwood a few times a week from 11 to 7 at night.” {US Weekly} GOOP Gives You Organic Skincare: We were totally going to do this roundup for Earth Day, but of course Gwyneth did it much better. Check out her comprehensive list of organic skincare brands. {GOOP} Kate Middleton and Princess Di Love(d) the Same Handbag: Vogue Italy figured out that Kate has been carrying around Tod’s D-bag, which was named for Lady Di. Coincidence? We think not. {Vogue Italia}

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Last night was Fashionista’s first ever panel discussion! Bringing our “How I’m Making It” feature to life was so much fun and incredibly informative. Our fabulous panel included Timo Weiland and Alan Eckstein (of Timo Weiland), Rebecca Minkoff, Jeff Halmos (of Shipley & Halmos), Nellie Partow, Michael Mente (of Farfetch.com and Revolveclothing.com) and Paul Birardi and Eddy Chai (Odin and Pas de Deux). If you weren’t able to come, we didn’t want you to completely miss out, so here’s a rundown of what we feel were the evening’s most enlightening points. (Some good news for out-of-towners: We'll be livestreaming our next event.) And if you did come, well, we (and our panelists) hope you didn’t leave too discouraged. If last night proved anything, it was that this business ain’t easy. Lesson #1: Be ballsy.

more We asked Jeff Halmos of Shipley & Halmos to fill out our pre-fashion week mad-libs, and we liked what he sent back.