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february 12, 2012

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Saturday Night At Milk Studios: Alejandro Ingelmo And Ostwald Helgason

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Laird Borrelli
Senior features editor Laird Borrelli-Persson studied at Boston College and Oxford University, but didn't let that stand in the way of a career in fashion. She received her master's in fashion history and museum studies from FIT, and she is the author of five books, the most recent of which is Fashion Illustration by Fashion Designers.
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Style Hunter

How Do You Take Your Trench?

With the holidays upon us, you’re probably looking forward to wrapping up in a cashmere blanket and settling down for a long winter’s nap. Don’t get too comfy. The Spring collections will be arriving in stores a few weeks after New Year’s, and the season’s must-have coats will go fast. In 2010, you’re going to [...]

December 23, 2009  4:10 pm

Dept. of culture

The Nordic Fashion Association Has A NICE Idea

Hopenhagen, a.k.a. Copenhagen, isn’t hosting just the United Nations Climate Summit this week. Yesterday, the Nordic Fashion Association held a summit of its own in Denmark’s capital. Featuring lectures, networking, and locally sourced cuisine (herring, anyone?), the day closed with a runway show of sustainable fashions by 20 emerging designers, four each from Denmark, Finland, [...]

December 10, 2009  3:32 pm

Shopping alert

ConfettiSystem’s Paper Pushers

Need help making your holiday bright? If tinsel seems a little been-there-done-that, head over to Urban Outfitters (or go online) to check out the new garlands, sparkly crowns, and disco-ball-esque piñatas from ConfettiSystem’s limited-edition PartyParty line. Look familiar? Might be because ConfettiSystem, the brainchild of Julie Ho and Nicholas Andersen, has been glamming up some [...]

December 3, 2009  5:45 pm

Trend tracking

Yea, Nay, or Eh? Ferocious Fergie

It’s said that imitation is a form of flattery, and looking at this snap of Fergie at the Grammy Nominations Concert, we think Rihanna should feel complimented, indeed. Clearly, Mrs. Duhamel has been studying RiRi’s style trajectory in depth, combining in one ensemble Rihanna’s current obsession—shoulder spikes—with the half gloves the “Umbrella” singer rocked prior [...]

December 3, 2009  2:01 pm

Style Hunter

Tie-Dye: Tired Or To Die For?

Are the eighties over as a source of fashion inspiration? Tommy Ton’s recent street-style photos seem to indicate a move toward easier seventies styles, and we found further evidence of the trend in the tie-dyed looks that brightened the Spring runways. “There’s something about tie-dye that speaks to everyone,” says Tory Burch, adding, “it’s a [...]

December 2, 2009  8:52 am

Shopping alert

Photography’s Budding Talent

Why not say it with flowers this holiday season? No, that doesn’t involve picking up the phone and calling FTD, but rather a visit to the Meatpacking District, where Torkil Gudnason will be exhibiting his intriguing (and gift-worthy) floral images at Ports 1961 from December 2 through January 2. (The opening party is this Thursday.) [...]

December 1, 2009  5:48 pm

Shopping alert

On Our Radar: Swedish Hasbeens Slip-in Super Highs

You could’ve knocked me over with a feather when I saw the models come out in clogs at Chanel. When I was in Sweden this summer, I fell for a pair of high-heeled Hasbeens clogs. Who could have guessed that what I thought of as a pair of homey kick-arounds in August would be topping [...]

December 1, 2009  11:14 am

Style Hunter

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 straightforward, with looks lashed shut safari-style. Things got more interesting at Gareth Pugh, [...]

November 25, 2009  11:20 am

Trend tracking

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 couturier Jean-Louis Scherrer and object of Riccardo Tisci’s affection (”I’m completely in [...]

November 24, 2009  2:50 pm

Style Hunter

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 be the easiest (and, for us, coolest) way to get the look. Giambattista Valli topped a [...]

November 19, 2009  9:08 am