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Accessories, Affordable Fashions, Designer Fashions, Fashion News, Handbags, Retail News
By Andrea Kiliany Thatcher on March 18th, 2008
The latest news to come out of the super secret Target designer lab is that of a handbag line by Botkier.
The limited edition handbag collection will be called Botkier for Target and is the fifth handbag collection to be released.
Designer Monica Botkier launched her handbag label five years ago when she couldn’t find a design that suited her. Her brand now sells in some of the biggest department stores in the world, including Barneys New York, Saks Fifth Avenue and Harvey Nichols.
For the first time Botkier’s latest spring ’08 collection (pictured left) has branched out into shoes, belts and other small leather goods which we reported on here.
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Tags: Botkier, Botkier bag, Botkier for Target, Richard Chai, Richard Chai for Target Go International, Target, Target fashion
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award show fashion, Celebrity Style, Designer Fashions, jewelry
By Andrea Kiliany Thatcher on March 17th, 2008
Anne Hathaway certainly chose an interesting ensemble from Derek Lam for the ShoWest awards, where she picked up the title of female star of the year.
We think the tiered skirt combined with the ankle-strap heels breaks up her lower half a little too much. The shoes make the skirt length look extra awkward.
What do you think? Tell us in the comments below.
Tags: anne hathaway, Derek Lam, ShoWest
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Designer Fashions, Fashion News, Models, New Fashions, New York Fashion Week - Runway
By Andrea Kiliany Thatcher on March 17th, 2008
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Japanese fashion is so fun and creative, and so many of the things all fashion should be but too rarely is, that it is surprising that more attention isn’t paid to Japan Fashion Week. We’re doing our part to correct that by bringing you these images from the Takumi Hatakeyama fashion show. Not only is the collection fun, with a fierce sense of personal style, it’s easily relatable. You can take pieces from your own wardrobe to create similar looks. A fashion show is at its best when it gets you thinking about how you can wear pieces you own in new ways. But so many designers are so focused on having the next new exclusive shape or design that that’s often impossible.
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Tags: Coterie, Japan fashion week, Japanese Fashion, Takumi Hatakeyama
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Celebrity Style, Designer Fashions
By Andrea Kiliany Thatcher on March 17th, 2008
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By exclusive they mean that you have to pay to get in. But we’ll debate their definition of exclusive another day since the event is being held for charity – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Design Cares is presenting the event called A Night of A Thousand Lights. In addition to the live Marchesa runway show, the evening will include restaurant, wine and spirits tastings, a silent auction, music and dancing.
It’s all going down April 23 at 7 p.m. at the Roseland Ballroom. It would certainly be a ritzy, tax-deductable evening for any fashion fan. Stylist Philip Bloch will be on hand, which is sort of ironic considering how uncharitable some of his fashion commentary is.
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Tags: A Night of a Thousand Lights, charity event, Marchesa, Marchesa fashion show, Philip Bloch, Real Housewives of New York City, St Jude's Children's Research Hospital, St. Jude's charity event, stylish Philip Bloch
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Accessories, Celebrity Style, Contests and Giveaways, Designer Fashions, Footwear, Red Carpet
By Andrea Kiliany Thatcher on March 12th, 2008
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While you’re waiting for the Sex and the City movie, while away the time bidding on a Sex and the City experience on Ebay!
The exclusive charity auction will benefit Oxfam America, an international relief and development organization that creates lasting solutions to poverty, hunger and injustice.
The winning bid will receive two tickets to the movie premiere in June and the chance to meet Kristin Davis, aka Charlotte, at the event, hair and makeup at the Privé Salon, and a chauffered car so you don’t hurt your feet walking in your brand new JIMMY CHOOS!
“Hello lover!”
[Images: Ebay]
Tags: celebrity auction, ebay, Jimmy Choos, Kristin Davis, Oxfam, sex and the city, Sex and the City movie
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Accessories, Designer Fashions, Footwear, New Fashions, Yay or Nay
By Andrea Kiliany Thatcher on March 12th, 2008
For many of us, booties themselves were questionable enough. So what do you think of this Christian Louboutin cutout bootie, $860?
And furthermore, when you see a shoe or bag or any item that you’re not sure about – does it help sway you when it’s by a favorite designer?
Would you buy a shoe by Christian Louboutin that you would never buy from a less iconic designer? Why?
Tags: Christian Louboutin bootie, Christian Louboutin cutout bootie, Yay or Nay Wednesday
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Celebrity Style, Designer Fashions, Fashion News, Models, New Fashions, New York Fashion Week - Runway
By Andrea Kiliany Thatcher on March 12th, 2008
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Nicky Hilton debuted another collection from her Nicholai by Nicky Hilton line at L.A.Fashion Week yesterday in front of a crowd which included her famous family: Rick, Kathy, and Paris Hilton, as well as Paris’ boyfriend Good Charlotte guitarist Benji Madden (pics after the jump.)
Read about Lauren Conrad’s L.A. Fashion Week show at Catwalk Queen.
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Tags: Benji Madden, Good Charlotte, Kathy Hilton, LA Fashion Week, Nicholai by Nicky Hilton, Nicholai fashion show, Nicky Hilton, Nicky Hilton Fashion Show, Paris Hilton, Rick Hilton
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Affordable Fashions, Designer Fashions, Fashion News, New Fashions, Retail News, Swimwear
By Andrea Kiliany Thatcher on March 12th, 2008
While most of us are just shopping the Target Go International Jovovich-Hawk collection, Target is announcing its next designer phenom: Richard Chai.
Seen at left with a look from his Fall 2008 runway show, Chai is an Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation winner.
He joins fellow GO designers Jovovich-Hawk and Rogan Gregory, Target’s latest recruits, in offering new ranges this year.
Jovovich-Hawk’s collection is selling quickly, while Rogan Gregory’s collection, which could be limited to swimwear, is due around May. Chai will launch a limited-edition womenswear collection in early August.
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Tags: Jovovich-Hawk, Richard Chai, Richard Chai for Target Go International, Rogan Gregory, Target, Target Go International
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Celebrity Style, Designer Fashions, Fashion News
By Andrea Kiliany Thatcher on March 12th, 2008
LA Fashion Week is kind of the you-know-what stepchild of the fashion weeks. Sure, it’s sunny and fun, but as far as editors and celebrities it’s typically very c-list. But that’s been changing in the past few years.
However this year, an even bigger celeb-centric presence has meant that tensions have risen within the ranks of the designer mainstays and they’ve got the claws out.
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Tags: ed hardy, fashion shows, LA Fashion, LA Fashion Week, Lauren Conrad, Nicky Hilton, Pussycat Dolls, Sue Wong, The Hills
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Accessories, Designer Fashions, Fashion News
By Andrea Kiliany Thatcher on March 11th, 2008
In honor of the announcement that Candy Pratts Price will receive the Eugenia Sheppard Award at the CFDA fashion awards, we decided to spotlight Price’s CandyCast on Style.com.
The executive fashion director of Style.com, seen at left with Christian Louboutin, voices her animated self as she narrates a video on cool containers.
The video begins with Chanel’s mobile art container that will travel the world, and includes everything from the Ecopod recyclable coffin to a Goyard bowtie box.
Tags: Candy Pratts Price, Candycast, CFDA Fashion Awards, Chanel mobile art container, Ecopod coffin, Eugenia Sheppard Award, Goyard, Goyard bowtie box, style.com
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Celebrity Style, Designer Fashions, Fashion News
By Andrea Kiliany Thatcher on March 11th, 2008
Talk about a who’s who of American fashion. Tommy Hilfiger, Candy Pratts Price, Diane Von Furstenberg, Reed Krakoff, Carolina Herrera and Francisco Costa all pose for the paps above at the Swarovski and CFDA announcement of the nominees for the 2008 CFDA Fashion Awards at the Rockerfeller Center Rooftop Gardens last night.
The tastemakers fetted Style.com’s Candy Pratts Price who will receive the Eugenia Sheppard Award, Carolina Herrera who will receive The Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Acheivement Award, on the heels of her nomination for the Fashion Walk of Fame, and Francisco Costa for his nomination for womenswear designer of the year for Calvin Klein.
For a complete list of nominees, continue reading.
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Tags: American fashion, Calvin Klein, Candy Pratts Price, Carolina Herrera, CFDA, CFDA Fashion Awards, Coach, Council of Fashion Designers of America, diane von furstenberg, Eugenia Sheppard Awards, Fancisco Costa, Fashion Walk of Fame, Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Acheivement Award, Reek Krakoff, Rockerfeller Center Rooftop Garden, style.com, swarovski, Tommy Hilfiger, womenswear designer of the year
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Designer Fashions, Fashion News
By Andrea Kiliany Thatcher on March 10th, 2008
The Fashion Center is ready to honor its next inductee into the fashion walk of fame after a hiatus since 2002, and it’s asking for your help!
You can now vote on which one living and one deceased designer you think deserves the accolades.
Nominees include Carolina Herrera, Michael Kors, Diane Von Furstenberg, Vera Wang, Oleg Cassini and Liz Claiborne.
Tags: Carolina Herrera, diane von furstenberg, Liz Claiborne, michael kors, Oleg Cassini, The Fashion Center, The Fashion Walk of Fame, Vera Wang
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Designer Fashions, Fashion News, Retail News
By Andrea Kiliany Thatcher on March 10th, 2008
For the first time since 2005, Gucci will not be showing its cruise collection in New York.
Creative director Frida Giannini will show her Cruise 2009 collection in Rome this July. The show will be staged during Rome Fashion Week though it’s not likely to be on the official schedule.
It is hoped that the move will help publicize the 70th anniversary the newly redesigned Via Condotti Rome store.
The upgraded store held a grand reopening on February 5, the same day Gucci opened their new Fifth Avenue store here in New York – the largest Gucci store in the world.
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Tags: Cruise 2008, cruise collection, gucci, Gucci Cruise 2009, Gucci cruise collection, Rome Via Condotti Gucci store
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Designer Fashions, New Fashions, Retail News
By Andrea Thatcher on March 7th, 2008
While most retailers are struggling right now, Urban Outfitters seems to be coming up roses. Could it be that consumers are embracing unfinished hems, sloppy construction and faded fabrics to represent their economic troubles? I kid, I kid…
One of the store’s new pursuits is Space 1520. The new concept will include a large Urban Outfitters store, which will act as landlord to other boutiques. At the shopping mecca food, entertainment and beauty will be complimentary, and the building will open out into a farmers’ market.
While this concept may be expanded to other cities, something everyone can expect at their local UO is new designers. Miss Sixty, Fred Perry, and Insight were all recently introduced, and collaborations with Steven Alan, Charlotte Ronson, Corpus, Geren Ford, Paul & Joe Sister and Bing Bang are impending.
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Tags: new designers at Urband Outfitters, Space 1520, Urban Outfitters
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