Bound For Brazil: Marina Larroude’s Packing List
Style.com’s senior fashion editor, Marina Larroude, is finishing packing for her trip home to Brazil next week. Here, she shares her holiday travel essentials.Unlike most places in the States at this time of year, it’s hot and desertlike in Brazil right now, so I always think about Christmas as more of a summer party. Needless [...]
On Our Radar: Current/Elliott Leopard-Print Jeans
The summer heat is on, but so is the air-conditioning in our office. Most days it’s a bit too chilly in here to wear shorts or a flirty floral dress, so we’re looking forward to the moment when these leopard-print jeans from Current/Elliott land in Barney’s. To avoid a Ke$ha moment, we’re planning to pair [...]
Rebuilding Equipment
Once upon a time in the late seventies, Christian Restoin—the longtime partner of Carine Roitfeld—married the aesthetics of Network and disco with a line of breezy silk menswear-styled shirts for women called Equipment. Throughout the eighties and nineties, they were the linchpin day-to-night item in a smart city girl’s wardrobe. For a label to shutter [...]
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]
Rihanna is barf. It’s a compliment. [NYT]
Victoria Beckham’s jeans are back. dVb has morphed to Victoria Beckham Denim, and now that Ms. Vic is something of a real designer, we’re guessing this line may actually take off. Could we [...]
R13 Is Jean-ious
Attention, denim hounds: there’s a new line vying for your attention. And trust us, it’s amazing. R13 is produced in Italy from Turkish denim, but the edgy, rocker silhouettes are equal parts Tokyo and NYC. While labels like Current/Elliott and PRPS have cornered the high-end jean market with their slouchy, distressed boyfriend styles, R13 is [...]






