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Despite many of us having
some financial difficulties right now, one one hand the recession
is making our fashion dreams come true! High end designers—even
couture designers—are making cool items we can afford. Remember how Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (6) | Blog
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It seems to be a very good year for that sector of the population that aims to dress well but doesn’t care to spend even what we in the fashion world deem to be lower prices. A couple of weeks ago, the first round of Jil Sander’s new line +J bowed at Uniqlo—a collection with a not-obvious…
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One of my all-time favorite
designers, Betsey Johnson, was honored with a Lifetime Achievement
Award this week at the National Arts Club here in New York City.
Prior recepients include Carolina Herrera, Jeff Koons, Lynn
Redgrave, Salvador Dali, Martin Scorsese and Whoopie Goldberg.
I've loved… Read More »
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Just ask an Olsen: When you have more money than God, sometimes there arises an inexplicable attraction to things that make you look way less affluent than you are. Some would call this boho chic, some would call it slumming it; either way, it's not just the Olsens who are afflicted. Witness the burlap-upholstered antique chairs selling for $1,400 a pair at Paris Hotel Boutique (yes, similar to those featured in the Country Living House of the Year bedroom tour), or the new line of recycled-feed-bag pillows from SOWN that are burnin' up the design blogs, or the classic: a $220 designer version of a plain wooden box. I have to say, I feel a little torn about these developments. On one hand, almost all the stylish people I know are adept at mixing high and low in their wardrobes and their homes, and it's pretty much the style tactic that won Kate Moss her eternal icon-hood, but isn't part the of the fun that the low is actually low, and not an expensive thing designed to look cheap or run-down (hello, designer jeans that are so "distressed" they fall apart after three washings)? Read More »
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