Just back from Bread & Butter in Berlin, Stylesight's Youth Culture editors have some early callouts:
JUNIORS
*Neons and metallics continue to be strong messages
*Western and Military themes were widespread
*Platform sneakers are a must-have
YOUNG MEN
*Intentionally, permanently upturned collars look fresh
*Micro prints are key
Stay tuned for our full reports on each market!
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Last weekend, Stylesight editors had the privilege to attend CREATE and CULTIVATE, a 2-day event put on by (No Subject) LA and Foam magazine at Ruschmeyer's hotel of Montauk, NY with the objective to inspire bloggers and digital influencers to embrace the low-tech and the hands-on. The experience was purposely different for those involved, as most hailed from the digital world.
Participants attended workshops hosted by top
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“The Chanel jacket is a man’s jacket which has become a typically feminine piece. It has crossed that boundary. I love that.”
When Karl Lagerfeld shows enthusiasm about something, you know that it’s going to be newsworthy. His love for the iconic Chanel jacket inspired the upcoming book, The Little Black Jacket: Chanel’s Classic Revisited, a project that has been over a
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Responsible for many an iconic look in cinematic history, eyewear company Persol continues to explore the art of movie-making with the second installment in their series, Magnificent Obsessions: 30 Stories of Craftsmanship in Film. Stylesight was on hand for the opening party last night at the Museum of Moving Image, as were costume designer (and guest of honor) Arianne Phillips,
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Luxury e-commerce site Farfetch – which hosts more than 250 brands from Europe, the US and Brazil – recently named Cartel 011 Edition Store the winner of the website's 2012 "Superstore Brazil Contest". The hybrid gallery, salon, showroom and restaurant space was chosen out of ninety independent Brazilian boutiques, which were judged based on customer service, product mix, website and decor by
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Selfridges department store on London’s Oxford Street just opened a nine-hole, 2,500 square-foot crazy-golf course on their roof, surrounded by 200 trees.
The course looks like a display of cakes, one for each hole, representing London landmarks such at St Paul’s Cathedral and Tower Bridge. The score card emits the aroma of Bakewell tarts. The rooftop also houses a Daylesford Organic
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In honor of this year's CFDA International Award recipient, Comme des Garcons designer Rei Kawakubo, Style.com asked some of the label's most enthusiastic devotees to pose in their cherished Comme pieces. The resulting images show off Kawakubo's clothes at their most charming and are sure to make a fan out of anyone who views the site's slideshow.
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Prada unveiled a special short film directed by Roman Polanski and starring British actors Helena Bonham Carter and Ben Kingsley at the Cannes Film Festival on May 21. The film sees a Prada-clad Bonham Carter's character visiting a psychiatrist (played by Kingsley) to discuss a bad dream. The doctor isn't listening though, as he becomes captivated by her purple fur
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The moment we've all been waiting for has arrived — the first trailer for Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby has arrived. The star-studded adaptation of the iconic novel that almost everyone on Earth has read at one point, showed up online last night, and it features many of the Australian filmmaker's hallmarks, including spectacular visuals (the film will be in
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The Royal Mail's latest stamp collection showcases ten of Britain's notable fashion houses. Sølve Sundsbø photographed looks from designers like Paul Smith, Vivienne Westwood and Alexander McQueen to be featured in the series, which was just issued last week on May 15th.
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The time-honored team over at Pendleton offers up images from their F/W 12 Portland Collection, designed by Nathaniel Crissman, Rachel Turk and John Blasioli, with fabrics woven exclusively in their Northwest Mills and made in the U.S.A. Lots of crisp, textured and patterned looks for the rustic-favored gents, with some pillows and blankets for good measure. A good deal of
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On Tuesday evening, our menswear team checked out the unveiling of the new Todd Snyder tailor shop at Odin. The first shop-in-shop of sorts dedicated to the designer's tailored pieces (in collaboration with traditional American manufacturer Southwick) is the perfect addition to Eddy Chai and Paul Birardi's menswear emporium, rounding out their stock of Snyder's rough-meets-refined sportswear.
Says the designer, one
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Stylesight recently attended the press day for the Fashion in Film Festival at the Museum of Moving Image. Located in Astoria, the pristine three-story museum is one of New York's hidden gems, serving as a time capsule and education space for film. Now in its third year, the annual festival is the New York edition of a program devised by
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Woolmark, owned by the Australian Wool Innovation company, presented the Fashion + Retail Market Report seminar in New York on May 8th. The conference aimed to provide insight into future market opportunities and allow the Australian wool industry to better understand the American market and to be inspired by recognized icons of the American retail industry. The featured speakers provided
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Photo by Joyce Culver for 92Y
Last night, several of Stylesight's editors had the privilege of attending the newest edition of 92nd Street Y's wildly-popular Fashion Icons with Fern Mallis series. The focus of attention this go around was the always dapper Mr. Tom Ford. While it’s little surprise that the mastermind of style is incredibly well spoken (and has amazing
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