Making a comeback this season is denim brand Les Halles which first launched back in the seventies. The husband and wife team behind Les Halles worked with their daughter this time around, as it was she who thought to revitalize the brand. Back when the brand first launched their signature style was a slouchy boyfriend-style jean which, their daughter noticed, would soon be fashionable again. The best part is that Les Halles jeans are low-priced by today's standards--they retail for quick $120 a piece.
Today marks the end of London Fashion Week and the beginning of Milan which means the Fall 2009 season is somewhat at a halfway point. While New York buyers are frantic with appointments, every editorial entity is also picking out their favorites. Because 100 is just too much to digest when we still have Milan and Paris shows ahead of us, we bring you 50 of our favorite shoes from New York Fashion Week.
We're not sure if the feeling is universal but we can't get enough of bra-tops for Spring. Pair them with high waisted trousers or layer them a la Louise Gray Fall 2009, and you're set. Speaking of Gray, her newest collection is full of her colorful, powerbabe pieces but, as she told WWD, paired with more substantial offerings as well. In this case, substantial translates to wearable, less-noticeable outerwear and lean trousers. All we can say is, Go Gray!
>> Chanel and Dior may go full-out with couture presentations, but Donatella Versace prefers to do private appointments in January for Atelier Versace. A gown from her pleat-centric Fall 2008 collection made it to the Oscars on Marisa Tomei last weekend, and now that that's over, it's time for the big reveal: Spring 2009. The collection, modeled by Georgina Stojiljkovic, who seems to be Donatella's favorite couture model, focuses on ruffled red carpet-ready gowns, with a couple of whorled cut-out confections thrown in for good measure. Sketches included.
Milan 02/26/09. Photos by GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP/Getty Images & S. D'Alessandro/WireImage.
After three jam-packed rounds of MAC face charts from the New York shows we bring you one whopping set of looks straight off the runway in London. From the tough girl looks at Vivienne Westwood Red Label to the utterly glamorous looks at Nicole Farhi and Roksanda Ilincic there's definitely enough Fall 2009 beauty to last the whole season.
In London, modern and minimal looks ruled and graphic transparency was a major trend. Like luxe turned inside out, transparent, colorless fabrics communicated a need for something special without even a hint of vulgarity. This season London was all about the personal, forward-looking fashion statement.
The Yves Saint Laurent auction--the largest private art auction in history--raised a total of $484.6M, singlehandedly putting Paris back in the center of the art world.
Lissie Trullie, the New York it-girl who is in more look books than we can count this season, is also starring in Moises de la Renta's look book.
Michelle Obama wears more Wu and Narciso in and around the White House and Tracy Reese on the cover of People Magazine.
The New York Times' Cintra Wilson reviewed Bird's new Brooklyn outpost and her comments are, well, specific.
