Well, the fashion deck keeps reshuffling itself. This week, as we continued waiting for word on who will be taking the reins at Dior, two surprise—and surprising—announcements came from fashion’s headquarters over in Paris. First, it was revealed that Opening Ceremony founders and local kids-made-good Humberto Leon and Carol Lim are setting up shop at [...]

Should any of you ladies out there find yourself lacing up a pair of menswear-style oxfords today, spare a thought for Robert Clergerie. The venerable French footwear brand, which turns 30 this year, was the first to create a classic men’s-style oxford for women (on a man’s last, no less), and the ones Clergerie turns [...]

Think Mediterranean. Opening Ceremony is: The Spring ‘11 collection Humberto Leon and Carol Lim showed this morning conjured a whistle-stop trip through the French Riviera, complete with mariner stripes and blooming rosettes, followed by a seafaring pilgrimage to Morocco. The Moroccan pieces included intricate embroidered knits—a development from last spring’s India-inspired collection, O.C.’s first foray [...]

“Rich” is the word Carol Lim and Humberto Leon kept coming back to as they described the Fall ‘10 Opening Ceremony collections this morning. They were rich in color and rich with embellishment, that’s for sure. Standout pieces included maxi and baby-doll dresses in an eye-blazing digital print, skirts and tops covered in Technicolor sequins, [...]

It’s been a good run. Chiropractors and podiatrists the world over have no doubt scooped up a fair number of second homes thanks to the craze for skyscraper platforms and wedges, but the glory days may be coming to an end. Flats have shown up on several runways this season, and in the front row, [...]

Great minds, as they say, think alike. So it pleased me greatly to find out that Vena Cava designers Sophie Buhai and Lisa Mayock, two girls for whom I have a ton of respect, are going to be using the Clergerie shoes I’ve been obsessing on since March at their show tomorrow. “I have no [...]

What: Court Shoe Vamp + Platform Oomph = Le Chic Parisienne
Why: All that French fashion on the runway has got me in the mood for la mode; Robert Clergerie’s Douz platform fits the bill to a T. One of several platform styles in Clergerie’s pre-fall collection, which was inspired by Edith Piaf, the Douz in [...]

For several months now, I’ve been on the hunt for a pair of flat black oxfords. Inasmuch as the oxford is one of this season’s key shoes, I’d assumed the hunt would be akin to shooting caged quail—in other words, not much of a hunt at all. Alas, the experience has been more like Goldilocks [...]