Isabel Marant
Leave it to fashion’s darling and pioneer Isabel Marant to transform her entire collection to the Wild Wild West and head to Paris…Texas. Yoked cowboy shirts, lace prairie blouses, leather goucho pants– that’s right gouchos, and suede booties slide into an effortless covetable collection. What a sweet french take on... Read More
Stella McCartney FW 2012
From the looks of it, Stella McCartney held one of her best presentations ever this morning in Paris, as the most important shows of the season got underway. Elegant, wearable, and luxe are the adjectives I would use to describe the collection. Both smart and sporty, Stella really knows how... Read More
From Milan Part 2
As I mentioned yesterday, I am finishing my roundup of the shows in Milan with Dolce and Gabbana, Jil Sander, and my favorite of the lot, Prada. Just to put the timing of all this into perspective, as I write this I am also watching jeweled toned dresses pop-up on... Read More
Milan FW 2012 shows
Milan has come and gone but after many scrupulous hours hunting down the latest, I have come up with some of my favorites. Today’s focus is all names ending in the letter “i” — tomorrow I move onto other vowels. Starting off with Gucci, the romance quotient has returned in... Read More
More Milan
Hat Balenciaga , coat Prada Photographs by Phil Oh for Vogue.com Today was the final day of the Fashion shows in Milan and the lineup today went like this: Alberta Ferretti, Dsquared2, Roberto Cavalli, Versace, Versus, ending with Armani. The troops have marched onto Paris for the finale, the pièce de... Read More
McQ Fall/Winter 2012 show London
McQ, the late Alexander McQueen’s lower priced line, showed its first runway show ever this season. Sarah Burton, McQ’s Creative Director, presented a beautiful collection– an homage to the late McQueen. The show is likely to drum up buzz — the McQ’s first flagship shop in London is opening in... Read More
On the streets of Milan
Shoes Prada , photo Grazia.It Here is how fashion lives on the streets. The shows moved to Milan quicker than you can check the internet sites, and although the crazy creativeness appears right now on the runways, here is how you wear lust-worthy objects such as these shoes outside of the... Read More
A teenage dream cheat sheet
When asked to do a style spread for teens on the upcoming spring months, I thought how great it would be to borrow from the cool it girl’s closet. Teenagers have the advantage of borrowing from the boys, from the runways, from super high-end designs and mixing it up to... Read More
The styles on the street
Has Fashion Week become one big beauty pageant? The runway shows are one part, the celebs in the front row another, but the poser begging to be photographed is the true unspoken battle on the streets outside of Lincoln Center, Milk Studios, and the Piers. What are the rules? Getting... Read More
My booty from the Barneys Warehouse sale
Yesterday I hauled it over to 17th between 7th and 8th Avenues for the bi-annual Barneys Warehouse sale. Lucky for me there were no lines and incredible bargains to be had. It was more civilized than in year’s past and there was no grabbing, pushing and fighting for that Alåia... Read More