Karl Lagerfeld continues his quest for fashion domination with the launch of his second collection on Net-A-Porter, which will be available August 29th.
The new collection is quintessential Karl, with edgy black-and-white separates, slick footwear, and studded accessories (including those legendary biker gloves). But the edgy pieces are softened by some more delicate items, including a breezy maxi skirt, printed blouse
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Yayoi Kusama, Louis Vuitton and Selfridges continued to turn heads with a 24-hour dot-covered installation in the store's London windows on Friday, August 24th.
The event marked the beginning of a special area dedicated to the collaborative collection in Selfridges' Concept Store space on the ground floor. The windows were decked out in the Japanese artist's signature polka dot prints in
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Julia Chaplin's gypsy caravan makes its second stop with the upcoming launch of her latest book, Gypset Travel (Assouline, ISBN: 9781614280620). Following the success of her 2009 Gypset Style, Chaplin takes readers to her 10 most coveted places around the world for you to relax, explore...and be the envy of all your friends.
Chaplin is a modern day Talitha Getty, exploring the magical hidden
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(Images left to right: Lolli Swim, Stylesight Trend Lounge, George, Gina & Lucy, One Teaspoon, Rebecca Mink, Lacoste Live, Billy Reid, Parke and Ronan, Blesse'd Are the Meek)
Stylesight's editors hit the ground running on Monday at Project, one of several trade shows that the team will be covering while in Las Vegas this week. Although there is still much more to see, several trends for
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Revelers were transported to the Roaring 20s on Governors Island last weekend at the second installment of the 7th Annual Jazz Age Lawn Party in New York City. The two-day event saw thousands of guests in period garb enjoying '78 records and live music by Michael Arenella and His Dreamland Orchestra, along with dance performances, a motorcar exhibition, Charleston contests
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Minne Mouse, Disney's first style icon, moves from the silver screen to the runway this September when a host of designers present original "Minnie Mouse Must Haves" at London Fashion Week. Designers include Giles Deacon and Richard Nicoll, along with Michael van der Ham, Lulu Guinness, Piers Atkinson, Bunney, Husam el Odeh in collaboration with Luke Hersheson, Katie Hillier, Tatty Devine
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Hennes & Mauritz, better known as H&M, celebrated the grand re-opening of its Lexington Ave. & 59th Street store this past Thursday, August 9th. After seven months of renovations, the fast-fashion retailer debuted a brand new, modern interior for its Midtown East location, which first opened in 2004. With approximately 26,500 square feet of space, shoppers were the first to
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Legendary editor of Cosmopolitan magazine, Helen Gurley Brown, passed away yesterday at the age of 90. A modern woman, Brown published her best seller Sex and the Single Girl in 1962, which was followed by 30 influential years at the magazine. A self-proclaimed feminist and a pioneer in bringing risqué topics to the forefront of mainstream media, Brown revamped Cosmo
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Respected fashion journalist, fearless trendsetter and muse to many, Anna Piaggi died yesterday at the age of 81. A longtime contributor to Vogue Italia, Piaggi also penned articles for Vanity, Panorama and Arianna, and counted the discovery of a fledgling Missoni and starring in a 2006 exhibition at London's Victoria & Albert Museum among her long list of accomplishments. She
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Capsule touched down last week for the trade show's S/S 13 New York edition for Men, offering us a glimpse of what we can expect to see more of later this month at Capsule Las Vegas. Let this preliminary roundup of New York's apparel trends wet your appetite for Vegas' upcoming trade show extravaganza.
ELECTRIC OLIVE: Greens get acidic; the latest
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Pulling from his 30+ years of experience working in fashion as a designer, stylist, journalist and professor, Robert Leach outlines the inspiration cycle and examines the significance of trends in his new book, The Fashion Resource Book: Research for Design.
The book’s first section tackles the challenge of creating a distinct aesthetic as a fashion designer in a global marketplace. Leach illustrates how
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Last weekend, Stylesight had the opportunity to stop by the final destination of Rookie Road Trip - a seventeen city tour that style blogger wunderkind Tavi Gevinson embarked on earlier this summer with artist and founder of The Ardorous, Petra Collins. The girls made stops in major cities across the country, beginning in New York and ending in Los Angeles,
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The 2012 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Competition is on, as this year's ten finalists were announced earlier this week. Following an extensive application process, the designers will now show their collections to a panel of judges, participate in challenges - like creating a one-of-a-kind piece for Tiffany & Co., and stage a runway show at Los Angeles' Chateau Marmont. Up for
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Stylesight's London team had an epic weekend at the Hard Rock Calling festival in Hyde Park, thanks to our buddies over at Hard Rock who put on an awesome retrospective show that included three amazing headline acts: Soundgarden, Bruce Springsteen and Paul Simon. The rainy weather (welcome to England, guys!) didn't stop our editors from rocking out all weekend in ponchos and
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On July 9th at The Crosby Street Hotel in NYC, The Woolmark Company announced the first winner of its International Woolmark Prize, a materialization of a 60-year history of design awards supported by The Australian wool industry. This year’s prize brings together 70 designers and their unique capsule collections featuring Australian Merino wool woven and knitted fabrics across 15 countries,
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