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Fashion in 50 Seconds 11/20/09 Remembering Daul Kim

coutorture — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:02:40 -0800

The Cut looks back at the career highlights of Daul Kim.

Fifteen gifts for your fifteen best friends-all under $50.

First look at the 2010 Pirelli calendar featuring Catherine McNeil, Miranda Kerr, Daisy Lowe and 27 others.

Heidi Klum walked in her twelfth Victoria's Secret fashion show six weeks after giving birth.

Paris-based Surface to Air will collaborate with band Kings of Leon for a menswear capsule collection.

Eva Mendes and Jamie Dornan signed on to appear in their second Calvin Klien Jeans advertisement.

Gwen Stefani designs a collection of accessories for Apple.

Based on sales increases for the spring collection, Giles Deacon will continue to show in Paris.

Source: NYMag/The Cut

Lucky Editorial Launches Online Shopping

coutorture — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:20:01 -0800

Just in time for the holiday shopping season, Lucky magazine's Editor-in-Chief Kim France has launched an e-commerce shopping section to Luckymag.com.

With products from over 450 brands (everything from Acne to Yves Saint Laurent), represented by 40 retailers, users can shop Lucky Editor-approved fashion, beauty and accessory items by price, brand, store, and category.

The cash back program Lucky launched with the site-users can accrue up to 25% of the price back for every purchase-is pretty genius and might actually attract new readers, as you have to be a subscriber to enjoy the perk.

Actual purchases are made on the retailer's website, and the search engine is powered by Mall Networks. The real news is that a magazine's editorial team has finally seen the value in a curated shopping experience, and, if there was ever a magazine that was well-suited for e-commerce, it's Lucky. Now, if only the thinking could also inspire Vogue. . .

The Row has an Aboriginal Moment in New Spring 2010 Look Book

coutorture — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:05:03 -0800

Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen are having a mud-paint-and-twigs-as-accessories moment in their spring 2010 look book for The Row. Despite the distracting dirty limbs, we are loving that they did indeed introduce denim into the collection and, as reported, the jeans do look like vintage Levis. The knits are superb as are a pair of black leather trousers, a red leather skirt, a satin night shirt, and perfectly wrinkled blazers in white and nude.

Source: Fashion Copious via Supreme

Yoox Offers Exclusive Eco-Friendly Margiela in Holiday Gift Guide

coutorture — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:24:28 -0800

Today Yoox.com is launching exclusive, one-of-a-kind items from Maison Martin Margiela as part of the online retailer's holiday gift guides. A series of Margiela jackets and tops (available for the first time online November 30) have been created using only recycled materials-think pink holiday tinsel, auburn-colored wigs, leather sandals, tiles from a disco ball and white elastic bands. It's a Project Runway-style challenge finally gone right.

Check out Margiela's recycled looks and some of our other favorite items from the gift guide-Yoox exclusives in high design home decor and rare vintage jewelry-in the gallery below.

Shopping: Draped Party Dresses

coutorture — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:35:23 -0800

Clockwise from left: Alexander Wang draped sequin mini dress $815 Net-a-Porter, Jason Wu embroidered chiffon drape dress $2350 Net-a-Porter, La Petite S***** Draped sequin dress $1275 Net-a-Porter, Yves Saint Laurent draped silk-satin dress $1490 Net-a-Porter, Michael Kors one shoulder jersey dress $1495 Net-a-Porter, Dolce & Gabbana draped silk dress $2173 mytheresa, Shoulder pad draped dress $70 Topshop, Diane von Furstenberg golden tiger draped dress $462 mytheresa.

Nothing says festive evening quite like a few sequins, velvet animal print, and draped detailing. To help you decide what to wear now that your events calendar is filling up, we've picked our eight favorite cocktail party looks in the gently draped category (which is pretty flattering on most). From vibrant jewel-tones (Yves Saint Lauren), to anything-but-basic black (Michael Kors) and full-on sequins (Alexander Wang, Jason Wu, and La Petite S*****), here's to a well-dressed party season.

The Victoria's Secret Angels are Getting Ready for Tonight's Big Show

coutorture — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:30:40 -0800

The Victoria's Secret angels are getting ready for the big show this evening (Doutzen is already in hair and makeup), and ELLE.com has a sneak peek at wing fittings for Doutzen Kroes and Miranda Kerr.

The show themes, according to stylist Charlotte Stockdale, range from forest nymphs to futuristic femme fatales and fairy princesses:

“We came up with the idea of this girl who lands from outer space in Paris. She gets on a train that comes to a halt in Pinkland, where pink girls get on and off. Then they go into this fairy-tale forest and little lady bugs and butterflies land on them and vines grow up on their clothes. Then, there’s Tick-Tock Time; the wings in this section are based on clocks-there’s one modeled after a pocket watch with metallic feathers. And she ends up in this regal realm of princess-ness, where the wings have Swarovski jewels and peacock feathers.”

There will be five sections in the runway show, each with 12 looks. Although the show is happening tonight in New York, it will air December 1 on CBS.

The Fashion Informer also has these backstage photos, taken earlier this afternoon.

Source: Kelly Stuart/Elle.com

Fashion in 50 Seconds 11/19/09 Supes in the Buff on i-D Cover

coutorture — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:49:10 -0800

Eva Herzigova, Helena Christensen and Claudia Schiffer naked and winking on the winter cover of i-D magazine.

Doutzen Kroes-MissDK-is tweeting from backstage at the Victoria's Secret fashion show.

Cheap Monday introduces geek chic eyewear.

Stella McCartney and Jil Sander will create second (spring) collections for GapKids and Uniqlo, respectively.

Thanks to the monetary prize for winning the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund, Sophie Theallet can now afford to finish her knitwear line for fall 2010.

Fashion's Night Out is rescheduled for one day later.

Michael Stipe and Maison Martin Margiela collaborate on a multifunctional microcassette tape made of sterling silver.

Source: Fashion Copious

Julien MacDonald's Campy Christmas Tree

coutorture — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:59:40 -0800

British designers Sir Paul Smith and Julien MacDonald have very different holiday decorating styles. According to WWD, Smith goes for a natural tree with just a few fairy lights and threatens to "tie and gag" the grandchildren if they add in any clashing colors. MacDonald, on the other hand, believes in a more festive look.

“I like to go for a camp tree, which I decorate with shells covered in glitter and fish dressed as drag queens with top hats and wigs," he told reporters at Tiffany's annual holiday party in London.

Source: Getty

Alicia Keys Launches Jewelry Collection Inspired by Pseudoscience

coutorture — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:40:52 -0800

Alicia Keys has founded a jewelry line, called The Barber's Daughters, with accessories designer Gisèle Theriault, whom Keys met backstage during one of her performances.

The collection is made up of sterling silver and gemstone necklaces and bracelets inscribed with the poetry and prayers of Masaru Emoto. Emoto is a Japanese author best known for his conviction that human thoughts can be directed towards water droplets which will in turn be beautiful or ugly when frozen, depending on the nature of the words, of course. His most recent book, "Messages from Water," contains photographs of these water crystals next to the words which transformed them.

According to Keys, the idea is to “to give people beautiful, unique pieces with messages that ignite them to find the best within."

“I fell in love with the individuality of the pieces, but more than that, the words that were written on them really resonated with the songwriter in me,” said Keys. “I knew at that moment, for the first time, that through a whole other medium I would be able to spread inspiration and that’s what got me started.”

Well, there's that, and she's always wanted to design accessories. Keys also states, "jewelry is a great first step." Meaning we can expect more product offerings from her newly created company, AK Worldwide.

[WWD]

A Look Back at Iconic Prada Advertising Campaigns

coutorture — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:31:43 -0800

A section of the 700-page Prada tome, "Prada: Creativity, Modernity, Innovation" documents decades of Miuccia Prada's iconic advertising campaigns-including a geek chic look from 1996, the pleated lip prints from 2000, and vintage Naomi Campbell and Kristen McMenamy. Click the gallery below for serious flashbacks.

Source: Prada via Grazia