One of the highlights, of many, at this year’s Paris Fashion Week was the Stella McCartney presentation, which included lots of silk prints evocative of Japanese textiles (handkerchiefs, headwraps) you’d find at flea markets at fashion-centric cities around the world. PHOTOS: Stella McCartney Launches Resort Collection! For S/S 2012, McCartney sees women relaxed in pajama-like clothes […]
The mixture of art and fashion has happened again, this time with German contemporary artist, Anselm Reyle and Christian Dior. Dior is launching a handbag collection with Reyle and the brand will operate a pop-up store at in November at Miami’s Art Basel. Christian Dior’s earliest venture was actually in the art world, with a […]
After a successful collaboration with Missoni, Target has gone right back to the high end/low end fishing pool and announced that their next collection will be with none other than Michelle Obama’s baby boy Jason Wu. STORY: Missoni For Target Is Worth The Wait! Wu, in a statement about the collection, said that the presentation […]
We’ve seen a lot of growth from the Balmain fashion house. They have one of the only Black designers at the helm and the quality of their work is always second to none, which explains their prices for the most part. However, the average fashionista was having a little trouble affording a pair of jeans […]
One brand that never ceases to amaze with their runway show is Maison Martin Margiela and this year was no different! Following the fashion house’s trend of obstructing the model’s face, this year Margiela made sure that each model had hair in their eyes. Whether or not the models could see, is a mystery to us, […]
Are you sitting down? If you’re not sitting down and if you’ve been waiting for the iPhone 5 since like, forever, then you need to sit down, because you might faint … We’re hearing that Apple will not be releasing the iPhone 5 tomorrow. Instead Cook & Co. will unleash an improved iPhone 4. STORY: IPhone […]
Kanye West has been known to be an influencer to many. And as cool as Celine is, let’s be honest, a lot of us would not know anything about the brand if he had not brought it into the public eye by wearing a blouse from their Spring/Summer 2011 Collection at Coachella. The blouse got […]
Running rampant as a mafia affiliated character in the real world will surely aid in your escort to the slammer. Running rampant as a mafia member in the cyber world? That just means you’re playing Mafia Wars 2. The Facebook game created by Zynga is marking the arrival of the first direct sequel to Mafia Wars […]
Building on their history of quality and individualism, Dr. Marten has announced their “Dr. Martens Bespoke” collection, which will focus on two styles: the 1460 8-eye boot and the 1461 3-eye shoe. You can now also customize almost every aspect of the shoe’s construction! STORY: Our Favorite Mountain & Hiking Boots For The Urban Jungle […]
After all of the speculation and rumors swirling around the release of Kanye‘s womenswear collection, it seems that a presentation by Kanye is actually going to happen! So when’s the big day? October 1st, 9:30pm in Paris. We know this because official invitations for Kanye’s show have been sent out and the most interesting thing is […]
“Ask For” bumps like the Left Coast late in hip hop’s golden age, especially when that G whistle slinks in behind the hook. What sounds like the ghost of a murder victim in a Scandinavian crime novel near-whispering, “It’s time for you to go”, is what keeps The Chronic comparisons at bay. That, and an almost apocalyptic Herz […]
Two collections we enjoyed looking at today and yesterday at Paris Fashion Week included similarly named Carven & Lanvin. Lanvin’s collection for S/S 2012 had plenty of prints on the runway, some of them involving snakes, knits and sheers, pushing a ’60s feel, evocative of some of the looks seen on runways last week in […]
