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CUTE AND SEXY: Sending Postcard Underwear
9.30.10We know Paris Fashion Week is underway and we promise you our unique and insightful coverage is coming, but remember how we have the same philosophy regarding fashion immediacy as Tom Ford? That, and we’re feeling a tad bit lazy, so we’d like to blog about cute underwear!
Nous adorons these Embroidered Tourist Knickers by Stella McCartney.
Blush-colored and sheer, this bikini is embroidered with the phrase “From Paris with Love” and packaged inside a box styled as a post card. There’s even a place to write your very own message on the outside of the box. Nothing like sending someone your underwear to really show you care!Available at Underwear for $45.
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Photo of the Day: Marcel Briaire for Het Huis Opticiens
9.29.10Check out this cool photo from Dutch photographer Marcel Briaire for a campaign for Het Huis Opticiens. (Yes, that’s spelled correctly. It’s Dutch and shiz.)
Even though the ad campaign will only be seen in The Netherlands, you can see more of Briaire’s work here. He is represented domestically by Reynolds & Associates.
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Black, Blue and Turbans at Giorgio Armani S/S 2011
9.28.10The title pretty much says it all. For his S/S 11 collection, Armani brought a desert feel to his distinctive tailoring with head wraps that looked strangely chic paired with his covetable tailored jackets and trousers. Our tastes lean more towards the sheer separates and tailored jackets rather than the gowns. More than a few of them looked dated and recycled, but we know they’ll inevitably show up on Julia Roberts at an awards show. But sign us up for the head wraps–they’re perfect for bad hair days!
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Naomi Campbell Cries at Dolce & Gabbana Party Celebrating Her 25 Years in Fashion
9.28.10Dolce & Gabbana threw a party for Naomi Campbell at their Milan shop to celebrate her 25 years in the fashion biz. Ms. Campbell gets emotional, throws no phones and watches models dancing in tees bearing her likeness. Enjoy!
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WANT: Marc by Marc Jacobs Embellished Dot Perfect Purse
9.27.10
This is one of the cutest bags from Marc by Marc Jacobs in a long time! Rich suede, a chain link gold strap and gold floral details combine to make this a party-perfect bag. The cross-body styling is perfect for our your drunken stumbles home.Dot Perfect Purse, $280 at Net-a-Porter
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Viva L’Italia! Milan Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2011: Not Garish, Still Sexy and Bright
9.26.10Milan Fashion Week S/S 2011 presented us with a pleasant surprise, for the most part. We’ve often dismissed the lot of Italian fashion as garish, loud and way too bright. Wrong, we know, just like, rationally, we know that all Asians aren’t bad drivers, we just like to think they are every time they cut us off in traffic. This time around, however, the Italians brought it with modern minimalism, calculated color and sleek silhouettes.
GUCCI- Frida Giannini married vibrant jewel tones and high-gloss sheen to maximum glamour and threw in safari-inspired fabulosity for good measure. Gold accents touched almost everything, to the relief of the middle eastern girl in me (can I make any more ethnic stereotypes? geez). Perfect for a nightclub in Morocco in the 70s or in NYC’s Meatpacking district today. All in all, an infinitely wearable and aspirational collection.
Etro, Moschino Cheap & Chic- Bold color and patterns were the name of the game at Etro and Moschino Cheap & Chic. The comfortable flared and wide pants are a welcome reprieve from circulation killing skinny jeans. The non-annoying floral and checkered prints seemed fresh without being overbearing.
Max Mara, Versace- Black, white and fabulous at Max Mara and Versace! Of course, not everything was black and white–there were tribal prints and brilliant Mediterranean colors at Versace, too. These two collections were minimal and body-conscious, yet still sexy without being blatantly vulgar.
Sheer Metal- Emporio Armani’s collection maintained a cohesiveness without sameness. Sheer fabrics and a neutral metallic sheen touched most pieces with the unexpected, fresh layering of longer skirt sand shorts underneath longer tunics.
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MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA E-Boutique Private Opening
9.23.10Maison Martin Margiela has answered our prayers (and killed our dreams of a healthy savings account) by opening up its very first e-commerce site (or e-boutique, as they call it) in a private online preview. Never fear, the public can access the site starting October 1st.
Check out what awakened sartorial yearnings we haven’t felt, well, since last week:
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7 For All Mankind Warehouse Sale!
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Burberry Spring/Summer 2011 Collection Faves and Mehs
9.22.10Christopher Bailey revealed his new S/S 2011 collection for Burberry Prorsum to the adoring masses via live-streaming video yesterday. I didn’t think anything could top the last collection, and I was right. While there were many wearable pieces and Burberry’s signature structured jackets and coats, a few of the pieces, including studded snake print motorcycle leather jackets and silver leather panel pants, seemed more appropriate for Adam Lambert than the usual Burberry-loving woman. Plus, too much leopard print reminds me of my first NYC roommate who had splashed leopard print all over the bathroom–the shower curtain, the bath mat, the towels–that scarred me for life.
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VIDEO: KATE MOSS Interview at Longchamp about Her Bag Collab and Acting like a Diva
9.22.10Three days, three videos in a row! Wow, that’s called laziness.
Sorry, peeps, but we couldn’t pass up posting an interview with Kate Moss (whose voice we’ve never heard, by the way) at a party in London unveiling her collaboration with Longchamp. Bespoke Banter‘s Scott Wimsett talks to her and Longchamp’s CEO, Jean Cassegrain about their new and exciting collaboration. She does look she’s tossed back a few, but beautiful nonetheless.
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VIDEO: Jude Law Shows up for Sienna Miller at the Twenty8Twelve Show
9.20.10London Fashion Week is going full force and our favorite home-wrecking hussy, Sienna Miller, showed her line, Twenty8Twelve to a packed house, which included her off and on lover Jude Law. The clothes, as a whole, are unremarkable, and the most fun we had watching was playing the Jude Law version of “Where’s Waldo?”.


















































