Beauty Blog (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Zac Posen is joining the leagues of designers creating affordable lines to make some money during tough times. Z spoke will be sold at Saks Fifth Avenue and feature separates like knits, shorts and blazers. He has called the collection...
Frillr - It's the little frills tha (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Tokidoki has immortalized Karl Lagerfeld in a collectible figurine - 10 inches tall. Lagerfeld say he is flattered to be a Tokidoki. read more
Luxist (Free subscription) | yesterday
Chanel is opening a new boutique in Shanghai on November 25. Peter Marino is the architect for the new space and was inspired by the Paris apartment of Mademoiselle Chanel. It is a fitting city for the famous couture house to unveil a new store as Shanghai is known as "the Paris of the East". According to the architect, the idea was to give this new boutique a residential feel by combining...
If It's Hip, It's Here (Free subscription) | yesterday
For Tokyo Fashion Week and Snoopy's 60th Birthday year, designers displayed the plush pup clad in couture. Snoopy will celebrate its 60th anniversary next year, 2010, and as a kick-off event to celebrate the anniversary, original costume designs for Snoopy by Japan Fashion Week participating designer, G.V.G.V. and global brands such as Chanel, Hermes, Balenciaga DVF, Givenchy, Karl Lagerfeld, Jean...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
How did fur, once taboo, become so acceptable – desirable even – again? Elizabeth Day investigates an ethical dilemma that goes to the heart of the fashion industry – and meets the animal rights campaigner who refuses to be defeated On an otherwise unremarkable grey autumn day in London last month, a few hundred protesters took to the streets around Knightsbridge armed with home-made...
Switched (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Paul Budnitz has amazingly sent young adults scrambling after collectible vinyl figures as if they were children after toys. And toys, in essence, those figures are, but not in the child-friendly sense of the word. (In fact, Budnitz points out that his company's products often come armed with cigarettes and machine guns.) Kidrobot , which Budnitz conceived while collecting figurines during a stay...
ideeli (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Magazine publishers might be facing more competition for print readers. Retailers are now getting into the glossy game. Today, Forever 21 launched their budget-conscious fashion, beauty, and lifestyle magazine. Their "book" is available in all Forever 21 locations and is free with a purchase of $40 or more. The magazine will also be available online starting Monday. On a high end note, Chanel...
amberlust (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The Tawaraya Ring Bed. One that caught Karl Lagerfeld's attention, he took one home. Designed by The Memphis Group (a Milan-based handful of extraordinary creative minds in furniture and product design) and a Japanese architect, Masanori Umeda . Currently exhibited in Azzedine Alaia's gallery in Paris. via stylefrizz
Pursed Lips (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
We just posted that Karl Lagerfeld is nutty with a serious case of verbal diarreah. But Lagerfeld is so off his rocker-bound-butt that he leaves behind his roots. His own heavy roots; “No one wants to see curvy women. You’ve got fat mothers with their bags of chips sitting in front of the television and saying that [...]
Show & Talk - New York Fashion Week Blog - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Models are often known for their legs or eyes, or the way they walk, but rarely does the industry find a model with real personality. We were lucky enough to have met Daul Kim , and we can safely say she had personality and then some. Born in Seoul, South Korea, her career kick-started with spreads in Korean Vogue . It helped that she had impeccable street style that was praised by bloggers and editors....
Off The Rack (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Courtesy of Chanel For anyone who wondered why fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld picked British pop star Lily Allen to be the new face of Chanel’s Coco Cocoon collection, he cleared it up for Elle.com. The Kaiser explained that he “loves Lily’s humor, her cheekiness, her talent.” And the fact that she’s cute doesn’t [...]
The rest is still unwritten . . . (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The new Shanghai Chanel Boutique will open on November 25th. Karl Lagerfeld has created a Shanghai exclusive line of products just for its store opening. Picture above, 2.55 Chanel Jumbo Classic quilted flap bag. Address: Chanel Peninsula Boutique 32 Zhong Shan Dong Yi Road, Shanghai, China 200002 More pictures from this collection after this -
Show & Talk - New York Fashion Week Blog - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Alber Elbaz. • Jil Sander is doing another +J collection for Uniqlo for spring. She shoots the campaign in New York this week. [ FWD ] • Frost French wants to cast Gemma Ward at her current weight for its ad campaign, because founders Sadie Frost and Jemima French want a real girl. [ Fashionista ] • Alber Elbaz : “A few seasons ago I decided to have a screen in my studio, so when...
The WOW Report (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Chanel is opening a new boutique at the Pennisula in Shanghai's historic riverfront promenade. And because nothing sells women's clothing like a shirtless guy, Karl Lagerfeld has designed the ad campaign around his boytoy and muse Baptiste Giabiconi. But of course, darling. Don't get me wrong: I love it. I love Baptiste, and I love Chanel. I'm just a little worried about the depth of Karl's passion...
SASSYBELLA.com (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
…. what Heidi Mount did with Karl Lagerfeld yesterday. She Twittered that she did a film with the Kaiser… so it begs the question: Was the film for Chanel (unlikely as Claudia Schiffer is the face of their Spring 2010 collection)? Was it for his own line? Could it be for Fendi, who hasn’t announced a Spring 2010 face? We’re [...] -- This post originally appeared on: SASSYBELLA.com...
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