Some exciting news on the New York Fashion Week front, now some of the highest profile shows can be viewed streaming live online. Alexander Wang and Rodarte will be on Nick Knight's popular website SHOWtudio and Marc Jacobs will be on his own site. Grab a glass on wine and enjoy! These shows are guaranteed to be great.
Alexander Wang - February 13th at 5pm EST, SHOWstudio
Rodarte - February 16th at 12pm EST, SHOWstudio
Marc Jacobs - February 15th at 8pm EST, Marc Jacobs site
This "Paris Shopper" tote bag seems like the perfect carry-all for the spring and summer. It's a collapsible tote, as shown folded and zipped, with re-purposed leather finishing and removable pompoms. Shop here!
“My fall 2010 collection is inspired by Irving Penn, by both his work and personal style. I applied the grainy textures of his photo negatives to intricately woven and printed fabrics and paired them with a slouchy menswear silhouette he often favored.” —Jason Wu
“A fusion of extremes.” —Max Azria, BCBG
“I turned my attention to the pauses in life. I’m working with a blank, restorative palette. It’s like a blank page . . . look at it one way, it’s empty. Look at it another way, and it’s full of possibility.” —Erin Wasson, RCVA
“For FW10, our collection revolves around the elements reveal, conceal, wrap, gap, clean, and texture.” —Justin Thornton and Thea Bregazzi, Preen
“We started out by looking at photographs of early-twentieth-century British explorers, specifically the conquest of Mount Everest in the twenties, so the fall collection references England in all its colonial glory, in contrast with the people of the Himalayas. This is translated in the collection with ikat-printed silks, shearling, superfine wools, and boucle fabrics.” —Marcus Wainwright and David Neville, Rag & Bone
“Fall 2010 started when we secluded ourselves in a house in Woodstock one long weekend. We researched the work of Sheila Hicks and female artists of the seventies craft movement. The collection is what the Vena Cava woman wears to the cabin upstate: pieces that read more minimal, American, seventies-tinged, and somewhat classic, but with singular Vena Cava detailing and a moody rainy-day palette.” —Sophie Buhai and Lisa Mayock, Vena Cava
“This collection, my first, was inspired by all the beautiful girls I know or wish I knew, like Lauren Bacall. These women exude a modern elegance, wearing exquisitely tailored clothes with a certain twist and edge—not unlike themselves. My goal is to design pieces that combine creativity and fun.”—Wes Gordon
Lonny Magazine comes out with their third issue tomorrow, Wednesday, February 10th. Since I've found myself reading Lonny more regularly than most printed monthly publications of late, I can't wait to see what's in store! I'll be sure to have some postings in the next couple of days.
I love this image captured by The Sartorialist- tagged "friends and family" spotted in Milan. So chic!
"And one day, a ladder appeared. Julien climbed with guarded optimism; could this be the way out for which he’d been searching all these weeks?"
"You can come out when you can properly explain the differences between Modernist architecture and postmodern ornamentation."
"Well aware of her ability to unnerve house guests, she’d become scarily self-possessed."
