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“I’m not very fond of following the norm,” Alexander McQueen told WWD yesterday, explaining why he had chosen Target rather than a certain Swedish retailer for his upcoming fast-fashion collaboration. “I didn’t want to follow Stella [McCartney] at H&M or Karl Lagerfeld at H&M. I like to infiltrate an area that’s not aware of me, [...] (original story)
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“In the beginning photography helped me to socialize,” confessed Annie Leibovitz last night in Los Angeles, narrating her way through a 60-minute slideshow presentation of her latest book, titled At Work, which went on sale this week. The 240-page volume is a career retrospective of sorts, including her discovery of the métier (with a Minolta [...] (original story)
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It always seems as if e-tailer Net-a-Porter is pretty nimble in staying a couple steps ahead of our online needs, helpfully aiding any laptop shopping ventures to function successfully with the least frustration. Today, the site launches another feature that will make getting a fix of Roland Mouret or Rick Owens even easier for NAP [...] (original story)
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It bag addicts and contemporary art mavens take note: The Flashbag has arrived. The first prototype, a collaboration between architect/sculptor/artist Ron Arad and Notify jeans, touched down at last night’s opening of the Arad retrospective at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. (The show, which is sponsored by the denim label, runs through March 2009.) The [...] (original story)
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Jason Wu is on a roll. Just this year, he won Fashion Group International’s Rising Star Award and made it to the top ten in the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Awards. Then last night, MySpace Fashion and Lucy Liu hosted a trunk show and sneak preview of his Spring 2009 collection at Satine in Los Ang... (original story)
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“It’s about wearing one of our shirts with a pair of jeans and loose hair and having the grace of Jane Birkin,” says Paris-based stylist Alix Thomsen, the female force behind Thomsen, a new unisex line of shirts. “The prints are classic but at the same time they’re joyful and poetic, you know?” Oui, oui. [...] (original story)
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Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is in town this week doing the talk show circuit. Last night on the Late Show, David Letterman drooled over La Première Femme in the sweetly hilarious way that only he can do, cracking wise about how President Sarkozy ever gets anything done. In spite of the flirtation, the ... (original story)
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Alexander Wang, Vena Cava, and Albertus Swanepoel nabbed the three prizes last night at the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Awards, but the evening also featured a couple of prevalent looks, which we’d like to think of as winners in their own right. The first is the pant—particularly one that’s carrot-shaped and cropped—a trend which reached critical [...] (original story)
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Katie and Tom’s spawn, Suri Cruise (you know, that adorable thing with the playground’s best bob), has claimed the coveted World’s Most Powerful Tot Under Age Five title, bestowed by Forbes. There’s always next year, Shiloh. Floundering retailer-to-the-masses Steve & Bar... (original story)
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It’s no secret that women in the art world don’t mind going there a little with their fashion. (Please see: Cindy Sherman in Comme des Garçons’ bump dress.) Last week, prompted by his love of those ladies and the fact that the seven-day stretch was stacked with arty activities... (original story)
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Style File [Editor's note: Great name!] is the well-deserved title for the collection of 55 stylemakers compiled by aRUDE magazine editor and consummate art-world dandy Iké Udé. “When you look at an urban landscape, it is a pleasure to see someone dressed as immaculately as Iké ... (original story)
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The night of November 4, when Senator What’s-His-Name was announced President-Elect, was a momentous occasion for lots of people. But Genevieve Jones, the former girl-about-town accessories designer, was celebrating a slightly different victory. “I was at a friend’s pad watching the election results and got an e-mail from Julia [Restoin-Roitfeld] saying that Kate Moss was [...] (original story)
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Miu Miu opens its doors tomorrow on 57th Street, in Jil Sander’s old digs, with a nearly 5000 square-foot space over three floors dedicated to the label’s sweet-yet-subversive wares. But it’s a sneak preview of images that will be on display on the store’s third floor that may really get the Miu Miu-philes going—and remind [...] (original story)
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Since I amortize all fashion purchases by number of wears over time, buying jewelry always seems like a good investment. Any fellow trinket-heads (yes, I just coined that term) should click on over to Yoox.com, which today launches an online bijoux boutique. The range includes some fantastically inexpensive pieces from names you love, like House [...] (original story)
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It looks as young as ever, but this year the peace sign turns the big 5-0. To mark the occasion, Barneys New York not only chose a Hippie Holiday theme but along with Earth Pledge asked 30 designers, including Maison Martin Margiela, Stella McCartney, Rodarte, and Giambattista Valli, to create susta... (original story)