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november 23, 2009

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Presents Company

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This holiday season it's not only "about a dog" for Candy Pratts Price, it's also about lions...

Social intelligence

Natalie Portman Chooses Between Two Brothers—Or Does She?

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Outside sources

YSL Sells, Tavi To Tokyo, And More…

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Outside sources

Galliano’s Christmas Spirit, Bailey’s New Role, And More…

More info on John Galliano’s Dior Christmas tree for Claridge’s has surfaced since we first reported on it , and it sounds as awesome as we expected. In lieu of pine needles there will be “crystals, orchids, vines, and lianas,” as well as a leopard, which we’re pretty sure will be fake, but really, we [...]

November 11, 2009  12:15 pm

Shopping alert

If It’s Haute Enough For Salma…

When buying vintage, provenance is important. Which is why this 1980’s black Chanel ball gown is sure to be one of the first items to go today at the special Decades and Decadestwo sale on HauteLook. An early Karl Lagerfeld creation for the French fashion house, the tulle and satin L.B.D. “is fit for a [...]

November 9, 2009  10:48 am

Trend tracking

Fashion Is Going Country, Australian Label Lover Catches A Ride

Gingham check at Christopher Kane. White eyelet, Swiss dot, and jagged swaths of suede at Altuzarra. Crochet at Alberta Ferretti, peasant dresses at YSL, clog heels and hay underfoot at Chanel. After several seasons of urban warrior looks, fashion is teasing out a more bucolic mood for Spring ‘10. Add the desert-inspired looks from brands [...]

October 27, 2009  10:05 am

Designer update

Edmundo Castillo Steps Back In Time

For centuries the espadrille was relegated to peasant status, and since 1927 the Spanish shoe company Castañer was content producing jute-soled footwear for country-dwelling Catalonians. That is, until the sixties, when Yves Saint Laurent went to the brand with a sketch of a previously unheard-of heeled espadrille, and the resulting collaboration kicked off a fashion [...]

July 29, 2009  4:09 pm

Shopping alert

Party Like It’s 1989

If our exclusive with 1stdibs.com wasn’t temptation enough, tomorrow marks Yoox.com’s first installment of themed jewelry sales, featuring the 5,000-plus piece collection of vintage and costume jewelry expert Deanna Farneti Cera. The theme of the debut sale is “Revisiting the ’80’s,” and it features work from designers including Christian Lacroix, Yves Saint Laurent, Ugo Correani [...]

July 7, 2009  4:01 pm

Social intelligence

Blasblog: Stefano Pilati Has Come To Town

Up until the very moment that the party celebrating the Yves Saint Laurent “New Vintage” collection was scheduled to begin at Barneys last night, it was unclear how the evening would proceed. Would the label’s creative director, Stefano Pilati, engage in a conversation, as originally advertised, with Barneys’ Simon Doonan about the line of YSL [...]

June 9, 2009  11:45 am

Shopping alert

Do Sales With Expiration Dates Work Retail Magic?

Being indecisive, I tend to avoid any form of stressful shopping, whether it’s a YSL sample sale or even a boutique with a pushy owner. But my interest was piqued yesterday when I found an e-mail from Neiman Marcus in my inbox touting its Midday Dash, an exclusive two-hour online sale with prices slashed in [...]

April 10, 2009  1:48 pm

Virtual front row

Michel Gaubert: Smaller Venue, Better Sound

Fashion week notes from the legendary Parisian sound designer.
 
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March 10, 2009  12:29 am

Designer update

The Science Of Shoes

Up-and-comer Raphael Young throws around a handful of adjectives when describing his footwear—rock ‘n’ roll, punk, haute couture—but they’re all just dressing for the main modifier: sexy. “Women are the fantasy of men,” Young, who hails from Paris, told Style.com. “But the relationship isn’t reciprocal. The woman is dominant.” With this righteous imbalance in mind, [...]

March 5, 2009  8:55 am

Dept. of culture

Yves Saint Laurent’s Final Sale

The five-volume, 22lb, 200-euro boxed catalogue of the sale of the century had nearly sold out before the doors of the Grand Palais opened to Pierre Bergé and Yves Saint Laurent’s friends on Friday night. Supporters—ranging from petites mains to French high society and selected A-listers (plus a few unabashed line-jumpers)—were among the 2,500 guests [...]

February 23, 2009  9:56 am