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The Elusive Relationship Between Fashion Bloggers and Brands
Blogger Rumi Neely stars in Forever 21 ad campaign f you remember the days of Livejournal, you know what the dawn of blogging was like. It was completely independent opinion, free from the constraints of sponsor reliability and...
High Fashion, Hard Labor: Are Fashion Brands Crossing the Lines of Social Responsibility?
Fashion Designer Marc Jacobs. Photo: Ed Kavishe for fashionwirepress he lines between high fashion and art are by definition not very sharp. Which is why it’s sometimes easy to forget all of the commerce behind a runway show ...
The Style Dialogues: Is it Okay to Mix Gold and Silver Jewelry?
Though this used to be a faux pas of the highest order (our moms agree, by the way), it started being a no-no in a time when your purse had to match your shoes and your hat as well as your skirt set and your hairclips. If yo...
NYFW Report: Irina Shabayeva A/W 2012 Presentation
It was a bit confusing walking into Irina Shabayeva’s A/W 2012 presentation at the Eventi Hotel, and even more so if you’d walked up 29th Street to get there and seen the live projection of the collection on a cinem...
NYFW Report: Badgley Mischka A/W 2012 Presentation
Courtesy Photo The promise of pooling hemlines and liquid sequins made by Badgley Mischka’s Pre-Fall collection was quite fulfilled in their A/W runway showing. It was almost too luxurious, too golden and furred and glowi...
NYFW Report: Norisol Ferrari A/W 2012 Presentation
Courtesy Photo “I thought she did corsets? This is just wonderful,” marveled a guest as she pointed to a heavy, flowing brown overcoat with a lush fur collar at Norisol Ferrari’s Lincoln Center debut last Tu...
NYFW Report: Daniella Kallmeyer A/W 2012 Show
As the little girls of the 90s have grown older and more nostalgic about the days of tie dye and their older sister’s grunge, they’ve (okay, we’ve) started to gravitate towards nouveau nineties lines. It’s sometimes har...
NYFW Report: Sobotka A/W 2012 Show
Though Burning Man attendees may disagree, Sobotka has a bit of growing up to do if it is to compete with the ever-swelling ranks of exceptional young lines. The showing, at the Tribeca Grand Hotel, was small and a bit inconsis...
NYFW Report: Custo Barcelona A/W 2012 Show
Courtesy Photo As other lines bounce between minimalist and Muppet-esque from year to year, there is one certainty: Custo Barcelona will never dip in to that clean and architectural side of the spectrum. So flamboyant that th...
