Why, yes it is. Ah, the element of surprise. Despite official word that it would go live this weekend, Net-a-porter’s discount site theOutnet.com—hotly anticipated by bargain huntresses worldwide—launched this morning around three am. True to NAP style, the site has a super clean design and navigates like buttah. According to its Twitter feed, the first [...]

Get briefed on a fitting inauguration day fashion scandal, courtesy of the men’s shows: Trousergate. Apparently there is room for only one pair of quilted trousers in Italy, and Giorgio Armani says he made them first. Domenico Dolce & Stefano Gabbana (whose quilted Fall 2009 look is pictured here) feel otherwise.
In other trouser news: It’s [...]

Tom Ford has cojones (not that we were in any doubt). His newest store opens in L.A. across the street from Gucci, his former employer. Game on.
Legendary French couturier Ted Lapidus died Monday at 79; the safari jacket, however, robustly lives on.
We know launch dates are merely vague proposals for when business will actually [...]