Monday, July 31, 2006

HOT SPOTS

HOT SPOTS
SAYS ALEX BILMES SAYS SIMON MILLS
Daily Mail
31 Jul 2006

O F NE essential fashion truth us men have learned over the past few years is this: sartorially speaking, where Kate Moss leads, you girls tend to follow. So I hope you’ll forgive my purr of approval on spotting a photo of Ms Moss arriving for... read more...

MY STYLE Screen siren UmaThurman reveals her style secrets

MY STYLE Screen siren UmaThurman reveals her style secrets
By Saffron Lyons
Daily Mail
31 Jul 2006

NO, I wasn’t considered beautiful before I became a movie star. I’m high up on the movie screen, so I’m there to be fantasised about. I don’t believe what’s written about me in magazines. At school, I was the girl who had a funny name, a funny face... read more...

Thursday, July 27, 2006

Me and my flip-flops What men are wearing

Me and my flip-flops What men are wearing

The Guardian
27 Jul 2006

George Tsakraklides, 32, biologist My feet are ugly and my nails are horrible — I just hope people don't look down. I grew up in Greece so have always worn sandals but until a few years ago I would never have worn sandals in the city Ian Kay, 43, works... read more...

Style guide Hepburn dress for sale

Style guide Hepburn dress for sale
Hadley Freeman Deputy fashion editor
The Guardian
27 Jul 2006

The dress that has inspired more fashion designers, more high street copies and more celebrities in search of fashion credibility than any other is to go on sale at Christie’s in December. The little black dress worn by Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at... read more...

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Designers help rockabilly rebels capture retro look

Designers help rockabilly rebels capture retro look
By TENLEY WOODMAN
Boston Herald
24 Jul 2006

When rockabilly women go out on the town, they step back in time. Retro stylists Marcella Termini of Hollywood Ultra and Adina Hepworth of Hot, Rock & Dye cater to this 1940s and ’50s revivalist culture in Boston. “I’ll turn on Turner Classic Movies... read more...

Sunday, July 23, 2006

Fashion

Fashion

Stella
23 Jul 2006

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JUSTINE PICARDIE is THE CLOSET THINKER



JUSTINE PICARDIE is THE CLOSET THINKER

Stella
23 Jul 2006

Ihavealways associated gladiator sandals with an alarming ferocity – which has less to do with their Roman antecedents than with the fact that these were the chosen footwear of my first and most forbidding schoolteacher. Her name escapes me, but the... read more...

Saturday, July 22, 2006

HOT from work

HOT from work

Weekend
22 Jul 2006

A“Eureka” moment has forced me to entirely rethink my summer style. It happened at a Groucho Club gathering of London fashionistas. The event was midweek, so I knew I’d have to get ready in the office. Like most women pushed for time, I’ve perfected... read more...

Thursday, July 20, 2006

Are you sitting comfortably?



Are you sitting comfortably?
MODERN FURNITURE Colin Gleadell
The Daily Telegraph
18 Jul 2006

Last Sunday, Christie’s in South Kensington, London, was knocking out modern and contemporary furniture designed by household names for a few hundred pounds each. A rocking chair by Ron Arad, Britain’s best-known living designer, was sold for 264.... read more...

Designer knockoff

Designer knockoff
By KERRY PURCELL — kapurcell@bostonherald.com
Boston Herald
19 Jul 2006

Is “Project Runway” a victim of a fashion crime? Contestant Keith Michael allegedly plagiarized his audition portfolio for the Bravo network fashion reality show (tonight at 10), according to Internet reports. Following his victory in last week’s... read more...

Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Animalmagic

Animalmagic

The Herald Section 2
19 Jul 2006

If you fancy injecting a bit of primal scream into your denim attire, head down the high-fashion route and try a spot of leopard-print, a favourite on catwalks this summer. This long and lean leopardprint cotton vest top fromTopshop (14) is the... read more...

Super-malls lure Aussie fashion retailers

Super-malls lure Aussie fashion retailers
by Georgina Bond
New Zealand Herald
19 Jul 2006

Auckland’s new shopping malls are luring new fashion retailers across the Tasman, bringing more choice for shoppers but not necessarily tougher competition for Kiwi retailers. Six Australian clothing retailers will set up shop here for the first time... read more...

Tuesday, July 18, 2006

What is the Secret of Parisean Style?



What is the Secret of Parisean Style?

Stella
16 Jul 2006

In Sofia Coppola’s film Marie Antoinette, due out in October, Paris’s most famous victim of fashion (it was, after all, a 2,800-carat diamond necklace that led to her downfall) is engaged in a shop-a-thon. To the soundtrack of ‘I Want Candy’, the woman... read more...

You shall go to the ball

You shall go to the ball

The Guardian
18 Jul 2006

There is only one fashion commandment when it comes to costume parties but it is, strangely, the very one that is most commonly overlooked: only wear an outfit that makes you look good. This, however, often gets confused with its distantly related, but... read more...

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Pinking Shears at 20 Paces



Pinking Shears at 20 Paces
By Robin Givhan
The Washington Post
12 Jul 2006

B ravo’s “Project Runway,” which begins its third season tonight, has recruited the most insufferable contestant ever to appear on reality television. For a show fueled by manic fashion design challenges, the biting bons mots of judges and, most... read more...

THE WINNING WEST



THE WINNING WEST
Amlie.
Globe and Mail Weekend
08 Jul 2006

Shisomiso Designer: Victoria Lee and Irene Rasetti The look: Ladylike. Inspired by the 1950s and 1960s. This is the private label line for the pair’s in-town boutique, and the mood works a little Mod into classic feminine silhouettes. There are plenty... read more...

Friday, July 07, 2006

Dior dream Grand designs in Paris



Dior dream Grand designs in Paris
Hadley Freeman Paris Photographs: Francois Guillot/ AFP/Getty Images
The Guardian
06 Jul 2006

Couture fashion week began in Paris yesterday, the biannual event in which some of the world’s most famous designers show the world’s most expensive clothes to some of the world’s wealthiest or most famous clients. But what should be an exercise in... read more...

Flower power, love-ins — and lies



Flower power, love-ins — and lies
Martin Wainwright
The Guardian
07 Jul 2006


History records that it was the Swinging Sixties. A decade that included the summer of love, the Beatles, hippies and outrageous drug-taking.


And if it ever seemed odd that everyone who was around at the time seemed to be indulging in all of the above, a survey today reveals why.


Fibs. Lots of them.


Parents who have been trying to impress their children have resorted to exaggeration and outright lies over what they did during the flower power decade. Claims of liberated teenage years at love-ins and being at live Beatles gigs have led to the coining of a new phrase — generational gazumping — to describe 50-somethings desperately trying to appear cool.


The number of false claims also raises wider questions about the supposed scale of drug taking in the 1960s, which emerges as almost innocuous by today’s standards. Although a quarter of respondents admitted boasting that they had been “too stoned to remember the sixties”, only 8% had actually taken cannabis and fewer than 1% acid or LSD.


The 60s generation also emerges as being as starstruck as any other, with large numbers pretending that they met famous figures of the decade. The favourite fantasy friends by far were the Beatles, with Paul McCartney top at 12%. The model Twiggy came next at 5%, followed by Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones two points behind.


The survey questioned 3,000 adults including control groups who were teenagers in the 1970s and 80s, and whose flair for invention was notably more controlled. They were on average a third less likely to come up with whoppers comparable to “The 1966 World Cup Final — I was there” or “Sure I was at the Isle of Wight rock concert, and I took off all my clothes.”... read more...

Monday, July 03, 2006

taketwo



taketwo

Daily Mail Weekend Magazine
01 Jul 2006

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