Julia Restoin-Roitfeld Gets Intimate
“It’s hard to know what to expect, but this is all quite amazing,” Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, who is pregnant with her first child, tells Style.com. “What I do know is I definitely need a bigger bra size!” Luckily for her, Restoin-Roitfeld has designed a new capsule collection for Kiki de Montparnasse to fit those needs. She [...]
Prabal Gurung Takes The Reins At ICB, Designers At Midlife, Spring (Campaigns) Are In The Air, And More…
The Japanese label ICB, formerly designed by Michael Kors and then Victor & Rolf, stopped distribution in the West in 2002, but it will soon be back on these shores. Owning company Onward Kashiyama has announced that Prabal Gurung will helm the relaunch of the collection in U.S. and Europe, beginning here in Fall 2012. [...]
The Celebs’ Loss, Your Gain
The Decadestwo pop-up at Soho’s Kiki de Montparnasse is quickly becoming a New York tradition among bargain hunters in the high-stakes game of keeping up appearances. For the past several seasons, Christos Garkinos has packed up more new-with-tags Chanel purses than one man should rightfully possess and installed them—along with a trove of designer consignment [...]
A Decades In The Making
“I have 75 appointments today. I feel like an Amsterdam prostitute!” Decadestwo co-owner Christos Garkinos joked as he sorted through a rack of Chanel tweed. Such is the appeal of the L.A. vintage and consignment mecca, which has finally opened on our coast in the form of a three-day pop-up store on the second floor [...]
Fleet Ilya’s Sexy Restraint
Warning: The following post may not be suitable for children. Husband-and-wife team Ilya Fleet and Resha Sharma are the minds behind accessories label Fleet Ilya, and for the most part, the goods they design are decently PG. But perhaps you may detect a touch of the perverse in the Fall ‘09 Fleet Ilya collection’s deployment [...]
Is Jewelry Sexy? Kahn and Kiki Say Yes
The association of jewelry and love is long-standing—or, at least as long-standing as De Beers’ “A Diamond Is Forever” ad campaign. (That debuted in 1947, for you advertising and diamond buffs out there.) The link between jewelry and sex, however, has been more under wraps, until now. Meredith Kahn is taking that relationship aboveground. The [...]






