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Posts for January 26th 2011

Pre-Fall's Layering Obsession — How to Wear It
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Pre-Fall's Layering Obsession — How to Wear It Now

>> Chloe's Pre-Fall 2011 offering was overflowing with chic layered looks.
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>> Chloe's Pre-Fall 2011 offering was overflowing with chic layered looks. The collection may be months away from hitting stores, but we can't help getting a jump start on Hannah MacGibbon's smooth styling techniques. Evoke the same layered '70s chic vibe with picks from J Brand, Gap, Kova & T, and of course, Chloe, right now.




Left to right: Chloe Pre-Fall 2011 look, Chloe Billie Bag ($1,560), Kova & T Chambray Shirt ($68, originally $225), Gap Deep V-Neck Sweater ($40, originally $50), Chloe Leather Boots ($425, originally $850), J Brand Trouser Jeans ($180)

Photos of Tim Hamilton Spring 2011 Collection Lookbook
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A Look at Tim Hamilton's Artfully Minimal Spring 2011 Lookbook

>> Tim Hamilton took a minimally modern approach to his third women's collection, for Spring 2011.
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Photos of Tim Hamilton Spring 2011 Collection Lookbook

>> Tim Hamilton took a minimally modern approach to his third women's collection, for Spring 2011. Inspired by artist Michaël Borremans, the designer created pieces like coats sans lapels, tailored pencil skirts, and dresses with asymmetrical hemlines made out of silk and nylon. Peruse the slideshow for more austere, yet smooth Spring offerings from Hamilton.

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W Reporter Recounts a Tale of Carine Roitfeld Being Snippy, Talks Sex with Peter Dundas
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W Reporter Recounts a Tale of Carine Roitfeld Being Snippy, Talks Sex with Peter Dundas

>> Emilio Pucci's Peter Dundas dressed both Carine Roitfeld and Julia Restoin-Roitfeld for Julia's intimate 30th birthday party, held at Indochine back in November.
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>> Emilio Pucci's Peter Dundas dressed both Carine Roitfeld and Julia Restoin-Roitfeld for Julia's intimate 30th birthday party, held at Indochine back in November. He also dressed a W reporter, who he then brought along to the fete. That reporter writes of the experience in W's February 2011 issue: "The music is deafening; the cigarette smoke is blinding; champagne is flowing copiously; canapes are being shunned. The dancing falls into two camps: conga line (Carine) versus on the banquette (Julia)." And later: "When I explain to the hostess [Carine] that I am writing a profile of Dundas and that I’d be grateful for a quote about the dress she’s wearing, she glares at me, then answers extremely slowly, with the labored patience of a teacher addressing an obtuse child: 'Peter made. This dress. For me. It is Pucci. PUCCI.'"

Dundas, for his part, enlightened the reporter on how he keeps his tan: “I’m building this house in Greece, and there’s a fantastic hippie beach where they go nude nearby.…” His thoughts on sex: “The truth is, it’s something that’s incredibly important to me. I think it should be important to everybody. I mean, it’s fantastic. It’s why we’re here.” And how he ends up making such sexy dresses for Pucci: “It’s not that I think, Oh, I need to make the dress sexy. It’s that the body is just so beautiful to me. The same way that when you make love to somebody many times, you notice different parts of the body, and you celebrate them.”

Photos of Jean Paul Gaultier Spring 2011 Haute Couture Collection
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Jean Paul Gaultier Chooses Androgynous Male Model Andrej Pejic As His Spring 2011 Couture Bride

>> Despite the fact that his Spring 2011 couture show was inspired by the English punk rock movement and the French can can, Jean Paul Gaultier didn't play any musical soundtrack.
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>> Despite the fact that his Spring 2011 couture show was inspired by the English punk rock movement and the French can can, Jean Paul Gaultier didn't play any musical soundtrack. Instead, the models paraded in their mohawks and their individual outfits — named things like "The Clash," "Belle Epoque," "Anarchy in the UK," and "Moulin Rouge" — carrying a number in the old school couture way, with Catherine Deneuve calling out the number and then describing the looks in a voiceover. The show, which started over an hour late, culminated in the androgynous male model Andrej Pejic — Gaultier's new favorite — appearing as couture bride in a semi-sheer gown. As the model parade ended, Gaultier finally let the music loose, unleashing a Crazy Horse can can dancer to do splits and kicks down the runway to Offenbach as Deneuve and Pedro Almodovar cheered. The designer took his bow with Farida Khelfa, who walked and also recently completed a documentary on him.

Backstage, Jeanne Beker reports, Gaultier said he "has disdain for the red carpet. Loved seeing Marion Cotillard in his mermaid dress [at the 2008 Oscars] BUT.....He wonders why some houses actually PAY actresses to wear their dresses. And he misses CHER!"

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Red and Black Winter Street Style Outfit
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Layering Genius

>> It's slippery and slushy outside — instead of fretting, brighten up your day with a pop of color.
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>> It's slippery and slushy outside — instead of fretting, brighten up your day with a pop of color. This street-snapped cutie responded to the bitter cold by wearing a layered look: bright red trousers tiered with a black sweater coat, leather jacket, tee, and nubby scarf. Emote the same high-contrast vibe with our finds from Topshop, Maison Martin Margiela, and Preen.




Left to right: Preen Woven Pod Coat ($1,540), Madewell Somerset Tee ($32), Topshop Leather Waterfall Jacket ($250), Topshop Red Trousers ($80), Maison Martin Margiela Tote ($480), Aldo Chunky Scarf ($22), Alberto Fermani Leather Ankle Boot ($294, originally $490)


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Karl Lagerfeld Is Currently Over High Heels, Vivid Colors, and Florals
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Karl Lagerfeld Is Currently Over High Heels, Vivid Colors, and Florals

>> After Karl Lagerfeld sent out a Chanel couture collection of muted pastels yesterday, with nothing but flat patent mules on the models' feet, he told Style.com: "I was sick of all those Eiffel Towers, sick of all those violent colors."
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>> After Karl Lagerfeld sent out a Chanel couture collection of muted pastels yesterday, with nothing but flat patent mules on the models' feet, he told Style.com: "I was sick of all those Eiffel Towers, sick of all those violent colors." He later told Cathy Horyn of the collection, she writes: “'There’s no flower design.' This is a little like Eve ignoring the apple, but I guess he didn’t think this was a moment for Chanel flowers. 'I don’t think it’s very modern,' he said." [Style.com, On the Runway]

Photos of Spring 2011 Jean Paul Gaultier Ad Campaign, Featuring Karolina Kurkova and Andrej Pejic
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Jean Paul Gaultier Has Taken Quite a Liking to Androgynous Male Model Andrej Pejic

>> Jean Paul Gaultier seems quite enamored with androgynous male model Andrej Pejic — late last week, Gaultier had Pejic walk his men's show both as a man (with Veronica Lake-like hair), and then as a woman (closing the show in a fur gilet and high heels).
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>> Jean Paul Gaultier seems quite enamored with androgynous male model Andrej Pejic — late last week, Gaultier had Pejic walk his men's show both as a man (with Veronica Lake-like hair), and then as a woman (closing the show in a fur gilet and high heels). Then, Gaultier's Spring 2011 women's campaign debuted yesterday, showing Pejic with lookalike Karolina Kurkova — both in fishnets and matching trenchcoats — as photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. And finally, word is that Pejic just walked Gaultier's Spring 2011 couture show as bride — perhaps the first time ever that a man has worn the couture bride's dress.

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Spring 2011 Trend — Lace
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Spring 2011 — Into the Lace

>> Designers like Dolce & Gabbana, Erdem, and Valentino showed plenty of lace creations on their runways, which only means one thing: Spring will be blooming with fresh femininity.
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>> Designers like Dolce & Gabbana, Erdem, and Valentino showed plenty of lace creations on their runways, which only means one thing: Spring will be blooming with fresh femininity. We suggest you get in gear and amp up your current Winter wardrobe now with cozier key picks, like a sharp lace and leather coat from Valentino, and then later, come warmer weather, with a perfect pair of shorts from Diane von Furstenberg.

MURRAY Blush Chiffon Lace Up Brogues Sandro Jet lace-trimmed mini skirt Beyond Vintage Embroidered Lace Blouse Warehouse Lace Shorts Rachel Comey Lace Overlay Sweater
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Emmanuelle Alt — Vogue Paris "Will Be the Same, But Different"
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Emmanuelle Alt — Vogue Paris "Will Be the Same, But Different"

>> Hilary Alexander caught up with Emmanuelle Alt after the Chanel couture show yesterday, marking Alt's first interview since her appointment as Vogue Paris editor.
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>> Hilary Alexander caught up with Emmanuelle Alt after the Chanel couture show yesterday, marking Alt's first interview since her appointment as Vogue Paris editor. Alt revealed that she plans to attend London Fashion Week this season (which former Vogue Paris editor Carine Roitfeld rarely did), and that she hadn't dreamed of being Vogue Paris editor before the opportunity was presented to her: "I never thought about my future. I'm not somebody looking at tomorrow, I really live like today. So I never thought about it, but it was like — why not? It's great news!"

And despite her personal leanings toward rock and roll style, Alt maintains, "The magazine is not going to be like that — only rock and roll. French Vogue today is a successful magazine and it has a strong identity, so it will probably stay along the same lines. But, I mean, some things will change of course, because we have a different eye — It will be the same, but different!"