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J.Crew’s Coup, Beckham’s Jeans, And More…
Recession scorecard: J.Crew handily doubles its earnings. We swear we had nothing to do with it. [ WWD ] > WWD ] >
Rihanna is barf. It’s a compliment. [ NYT ] > NYT ] >
Victoria Beckham ’s ...
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Are You Ready For Web 3.0?
Call it a sign of the times. With the old world order seemingly hanging by a thread, designers kept things together by lacing and tying and weaving outfits all over the Spring runways. At Celine , Etro , and D&G , the approach was fairly ...
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Born Lippy
In Jade Jagger’s new collection for her namesake jewelry line, one motif stands out: the “lip” shape in necklaces and rings, which put us in mind of another famous Jagger (or, now that half-sister Georgia is pouting for the ...
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Yea, Nay, or Eh: Michelle Obama’s Fashion Diplomacy
She’s worn shorts on Air Force One and Tom Binns to the Kennedy Center—you don’t have to be an avid Huffington Post reader to know Michelle Obama is changing the rules of White House dressing. But at the Obamas first State ...
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In the Company of Snowmen
Thanksgiving may be tomorrow, but Michael Roberts was thinking more ho, ho, ho than gobble gobble . Donning a fuzzy Santa hat and faux white beard, the Vanity Fair style and fashion director (and perhaps the chicest Mr. Claus we’ve ...
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On Our Radar: Miu Miu Chandelier Earrings
Statement necklaces have been my thing (me and everybody else) for a few seasons now, and to be honest, I still can’t get enough of them. But ever since I saw these sparkly chandelier earrings from Miu Miu, I’ve been feeling ...
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By Invitation Only: VonRosen
An interesting invite came across my desk recently. Inside the leather-bound envelope was a card with a Web site address, www.vonrosen.com , and a private access code. Logging on, I was asked to provide a password and some personal data, after ...
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Siobhan Fahey’s Back And Better Than Ever
Her son Django and his girlfriend, Georgia May Jagger, were in the audience, but Siobhan Fahey needed no rock scion gloss to guarantee that her Hoxton gig was the hottest spot in London last Friday night, even after all her years off pop’s ...
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Yea, Nay, or Eh? Leonor Scherrer’s Head Games
Ce n’est pas juste: Not only do French women not get fat—so we hear, at least—but the lucky ladies also seem to be able to pull off outfits no Upper East Side social could even dream of. Take Leonor Scherrer. The daughter of ...
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Blasblog: Baby Love
Suri. Shiloh. Violet. Apple. Don’t be embarrassed—I love ‘em, too. I may not be ready for a kid of my own, but today’s baby craze—crazy as it is—has me totally enthralled. We see pictures of these kids all ...
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The Girls Of Crillon, Nonstop Natalia, And More…
This Saturday, 25 well-heeled newcomers will join high society at the Crillon Bal. Debutantes include Clint Eastwood’s daughter, Princess Diana’s niece, and Sea of Shoes’ Jane Aldridge (see: some girls, luck, all). [ WWD ...
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You’ll Not See Nothing Like The Mighty Boosh
The killjoy local council almost put the kibosh on Stella McCartney’s Christmas lights, claiming they would make her shop stand out too much on Bruton Street (where her neighbors include Matthew Williamson and Kenzo). It’s true, of ...
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Blasblog: A TEST In Online Magazines
Something in the water over at British Vogue ? While features editor Aimee Farrell’s been hard at work launching the new biannual Twin , the mag’s art director, Jaime Perlman, has been putting together TEST , a side project of ...
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Yea, Nay, Or Eh: Jennifer Lopez Hugs The Curves
It only takes a quick stroll through any fashion-forward boutique to realize that designers and retailers are still in the throes of body-con mania. What did we wear out at night before thigh-grazing hems and Lycra blends became de rigueur? You ...
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From Brooklyn To Hollywood, An Update On The Costume Institute’s American Women Show
Art lovers may be counting the days until Picasso in the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens on April 27, but fashion types have already inked May 5—the opening of American Women: Fashioning a National Identity —into their ...
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Presents Company
This holiday season it’s not only “about a dog” for Candy Pratts Price, it’s also about lions and tigers and bears, all of whom help to make Style.com’s 2009 gift guide an “Oh my!” experience. Pratts ...
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Natalie Portman Chooses Between Two Brothers—Or Does She?
It was a small victory to make it to the bar at Abe & Arthur’s last night, where Details and DKNY hosted the after-party for the Cinema Society screening of Brothers . Luckily, the mood at the hot spot in no way matched the ...
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YSL Sells, Tavi To Tokyo, And More…
The YSL auction numbers are in, and they’re bigger than expected. Items from the beloved designer’s estate went for around $13.4 million, including an umbrella stand ($162,475) and Hermès luggage ($44,420). Maybe you can buy ...
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Getting Stoned With Solange Azagury-Partridge
Phoebe Philo, Saffron Aldridge, Tom Dixon, Matthew Williamson, Francesca Versace, and a clutch of other London VIPs descended on the private members’ club Home House on Friday night to see the premiere of Letter , a short promotional film ...
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Blasblog: Roberta’s New York Layover
“I love coming to New York,” Roberta Armani announced at Lauren Santo Domingo’s dinner in her honor at the Standard this weekend. “In fact, I’d like to move. Someone find me a good reason—a husband, ...
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Selma Blair, Woman of Simple Tastes?
It was a reunion of sorts: Ginnifer Goodwin, Selma Blair, a host of fabulous Bulgari jewels, and me. The occasion was Bulgari’s dinner at L.A.’s Sunset Tower last night, in honor of the upcoming Christie’s auction of the ...
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The Pratt Gallery’s Shades of Green
Sustainable design? “It’s nearly impossible,” says Bodkin designer Eviana Hartman. “But I definitely make an effort to try. I really consider fabrics, and not just your usual 100 percent organic cottons.” Looking at ...
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Delfina Delettrez Fendi Isn’t Afraid Of The Dark
Remember the silver finger ring and nail polish set we reported on earlier this month? Its designer, Delfina Delettrez Fendi, was at Opening Ceremony last night showing it off, along with other creepy-chic creations like bejeweled skulls, ...
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Forty and Fabulous
If Interview ’s now officially middle-aged—the Warhol-founded mag celebrated at its 40th at Indochine last night—it’s wearing it well. Editor Fabien Baron and publishing honcho Peter Brant had no trouble rounding up a ...
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Fashion at the Oscars, Scandal at Ungaro, and More…
Valentino could be Oscar-bound. The Last Emperor is “on the shortlist” for best documentary nominations, which means that if A Single Man makes the cut, this could be the most glamorous awards ceremony in history. [ WWD ...
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Shipley & Halmos Resort Lands At Barneys
Hard as it may be to believe that the holidays are right around the corner, it’s even harder to believe that Fall ‘09 clothes are already being supplanted at stores by Resort deliveries. (When was fall? Is it over?) Anyway, believe ...
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All That Glitters Is Victoria’s Secret
The gates of Heaven, as it were, are guarded by three PR checkpoints and one drug-sniffing dog. Those are the hoops you’ve got to leap through to get to the Angels—the Victoria’s Secret Angels, at least—who I met ...
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Cotton’s Candy
The It accessory for Spring 2010 just might be the cupcake headband, if Will Cotton has anything to do with it. The confection-loving artist—whose burlesque-ish ladies-in-Candy Land paintings have made him a hot commodity on the young art ...
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The News From Florence
Pitti Immagine CEO Raffaello Napoleone held a lunch today at Adour, the Alain Ducasse restaurant in the St. Regis, to promote his organization’s January trade fair in Florence. One of the schedule’s highlights will be Giles ...
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Thierry Mugler Says “No Sparkles”
Cross-dressing chanteuse Joey Arias has been a fixture on New York’s performance art scene since the late 1970’s, but he doesn’t look a day past fabulous. In his latest dramatic offering, Arias With a Twist , which opened to ...
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The Prada Book Tour, London Edition
Swedish fragrance kingpin Ben Gorham, in town for 24 hours, looked around him at the Prada book launch last night and wondered, “Is everyone always this happy at parties in London? It’s like they’ve just been let out of a ...
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Daul Kim Remembered
Fashionologie and The Cut report that the 20-year-old Paris-based Korean model Daul Kim has died. We loved her as a brunette, we loved her as a blonde, and we’ll always miss her. Click here for an appreciation of her beauty in ...
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Art Appreciation Night At Fendi
Fendi’s Fifth Avenue boutique served as a virtual melting pot of the arts last night, hosting a launch party for a book about artist John Baldessari and a piano performance by rock-and-jazz fusionist Eric Lewis. >
No mere ...
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Our Favorite Hi-Los Return, And More…
Collab department, item 1: +J returns! Jil Sander is working on a second line for Uniqlo. [Catwalk Queen] > >
Collab department, item 2: Stella McCartney is coming back to the Gap for Spring 2010. This time we’re ...
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Frank Tell, Birthday Boy
Frank Tell may have only turned 23 yesterday, but the young designer had wisdom to spare. “I worked all day and I actually can’t stay out that late because I’m working on my pre-fall collection,” the Scorpio designer ...
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Minnie’s Getting Major
If you’ll recall, SoCal-via-U.E.S. socialite Minnie Mortimer Gaghan started her label quite organically by running up a few things that she (and soon her friends) wanted to wear and couldn’t find. Her second full collection for ...
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Will You Borrow From The Boys?
The tomboy trend continues apace for Spring. You saw it in the plethora of pantsuits , and it surfaced in some of the active sports references to linebackers and latter-day Jacques Cousteaus. But the crisp white men’s shirt will always ...
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The Eagle Has Landed In Times Square
We can almost hear Gossip Girl’s announcement now: “B. spotted checking out trucker hats at American Eagle in Times Square last night.” Not to worry, obsessed fans: Blair isn’t losing her trademark headbands—it was ...
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Yea, Nay, Or Eh?: Twin Set
Johnny Depp and Patti Smith are two of the most oft-referenced style icons in the world, so no big surprise that they’d also turn out to be potent influences—on each other. At MoMA’s party for Tim Burton last night, the ...
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Karlie Kloss, Table Tennis Ace
In case you missed the link on Style.com’s homepage (which wouldn’t be easy), we’re here to urge you to check out our latest Model Challenge video. In it, runway superstar Karlie Kloss schools Ping-Pong pro the Notorious ...
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Found In Translation
Fashion and art may spawn some serious enfants terribles, but Zorya Fine Art founder Zorianna L. Altomaro had a different creative type in mind. “We were looking for somebody both internationally sophisticated and genuine,” the art ...
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Lanvin’s Big Business, Zac’s Lower Line, And More…
Alber Elbaz got a present: “a capital injection estimated in the tens of millions of euros” for Lanvin . We’ll take two. [ WWD ] > WWD ] >
Monday night’s CFDA/ Vogue Fashion Fund winner Sophie ...
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Lerario And Geller Are A Match Made In Retail Heaven, And Otherwise
I’m sure I shot Ana Lerario a quizzical look when she told me that one of her new retailers for the upcoming season is Fred Segal Men’s. Was there something she wasn’t letting on? Not quite. It turns out that the West Coast ...
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On Our Radar: Joseph Leopard Coat
They say leopards don’t change their spots—and that’s fine with me, because I am obsessed with them. I’ve been collecting leopard-print pieces for a few years, but I never managed to find the perfect coat. Until now. I ...
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Viv Will Survive
“It’s very sad, but English fashion will survive, and be stronger,” Vivienne Westwood said of Luella’s recent closing. “It’s a bit of a cautionary tale for all involved on tightening up the business side of ...
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Yea, Nay, or Eh: Dakota Fanning Gives Us The Slip
On a red carpet populated with the likes of Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Lautner (vampire, moody starlet, and werewolf, respectively), the best strategy for a secondary star may be not to show up at all. Not so Dakota Fanning. ...
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Marc Jacobs
Choo Times Two
Those that missed the Jimmy Choo for H&M launch this past weekend are in luck. We hear the frenzy-inducing collection will be restocked at three NYC stores (34th and Seventh, Herald Square, and 51st and Fifth) on the morning of November ...
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Lindsay Gets Confused, Alber Gets Pinned, And More…
Cleared up: Lindsay Lohan is not designing jewelry for Pascal Mouawad, despite Lohan’s red-carpet claims stating otherwise. [ WWD ] > WWD ] >
Speaking of celebrity lines, Robin Givhan employs the best analogy yet for ...
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Simon Doonan, Conehead To Be?
The holidays are fast approaching, so ’tis the season…to dread the throngs of holiday shoppers in midtown. But a quick visit to Barneys should set even the grumpiest gifter to rights. The store’s holiday windows, unveiled last ...
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T Minus 72 Hours: A Sneak Peek At The Victoria’s Secret Show
Alessandra Ambrosio has walked Victoria’s Secret’s Fashion Show so many times—eight, maybe nine—she’s lost count. But she won’t forget this Thursday, when she’s scheduled to open the show, an honor ...
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