Coutorture

Fashion In 50 Seconds 03/02/09 Leather Takes Over & More

coutorture — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 07:15:15 -0800

Mike & Chris is planning a well-timed expansion of their leather range with the debut of shoes this season and handbags this fall...

A Collab Mad gone wrong; the Raf Simons for Dr. Martins range is not fairing well with the fashion set.

Roberto Cavalli is being sued by his licensing company, Ittierre, for kicking them while they were down.

The photos from Ellen Von Unwerth's pop-up studio at the couture shows have been revealed.

Fashion In 50 Seconds 02/03/09 Fashion Week Lincoln Center Bound & More

coutorture — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 06:36:38 -0800

The New York Times is reporting that come 2010 New York Fashion Week will take place at Lincoln Center...

Copenhagen Fashion Week starts tomorrow and London based designer Louise Amstrup will open up the show.

Macy's has announced a plan to cut 7,000 jobs and centralize its divisions in order to cope with the economy.

Eley Kishimoto is the second hip designer to team up with EastPak, the last being Raf Simons.

Quote Of The Day: Cathy Horyn On Raf Simons Men's Fall 2009

coutorture — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:45:37 -0800

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The suits and the coats are slim but the fit seems more accessible and mature, and Simons is now making all the clothes in Italy. It shows in the quality of the materials and construction. Lots of designers explore tailoring but the results are often tortured or uninteresting or superficial. You don’t see what the designer means for us to see, or if there is remotely a valid connection to a young man’s life. Still photos will probably not capture the vital difference in this show, though maybe they will.

”"Raf Simons: Classics And Radicals" by Cathy Horyn.

Paris: Raf Simons Men's Fall 2009

coutorture — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:11:30 -0800

Paris 01/23/09. Photos by Antonio de Moraes Barros /Getty Images.

Paris: John Galliano Men's Fall 2009

coutorture — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:02:46 -0800

Paris 01/23/09. Photos by Francois Guillot/Getty Images.

Coutorture Community Must Reads 12/02/08

coutorture — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:06:31 -0800

Sample sale, check, weird beauty product, check, designer interview, check, Raf Simons, check---we've got everything a chicster could need on a Tuesday afternoon.

Did someone say Brian Reyes? This is one sample sale we might actually get dressed and leave our apartment for. Fashion First Lunch Later gives up the details on a Brian Reyes sample sale which starts tomorrow.

Okay how do we put this...there is this ball, and it's never ending, and you roll it all over your body whilst in the shower, and...well, go see for yourself. Today, The Daily Obsession writes up "The White Ball".

Bob Bland, designer of Brooklyn Royalty and co-host of our onetime feature called Garmento, gabs with The Smashing Darling Blog about all things design. In the interview, Bland gives her two cents on the design process.

Style Flavors gave a shoutout to a Raf Simons shirt that has a scarf sewn into the collar. We can't help but wonder how such a thing would look on the dance floor...

Jil Sander Changes Hands

coutorture — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:48:50 -0700

Here are some new clothes from a brand who just recently changed hands. While officially Out Of The City for the weekend, we were perusing the advertisements in a September glossy when along came a Jil Sander ad. Our boyfriend's mother asked, rightly, 'what sort of woman might wear heels so, so, uncomfortable looking' to which we answered (from the back seat of her smooth gliding non-taxi brand of automobile), that a more forthcoming question would be to ask what kind of woman wouldn't wear them. That is, most. Whatever you are left with, that lone woman with her hand raised, is your Jil Sander customer and you better believe she's not embarrassed to be poised as such. Jil Sander, ever defined by its slick, androgynous, aggressive aesthetic, has just been purchased by Onward Holdings Company for a clean 244 million. The brand, energized by Raf Simons and their previous holding company Change Capital Partners, is expected to keep Raf on board. Here's to a new chapter of Jil Sander and a seemingly confident change of hands. Now if only we could get Yoox to photograph the clothes so that they don't look like they're straight out of a Coldwater Creek catalog.

Yohji and Simons Collab Mad: Accessories Edition

coutorture — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:34:22 -0700

These shades will blow those coveted Grey Ant pairs out of the water. The Yohji Yamamoto for Linda Farrow Sunglasses unisex collection, named Prototype, will launch in conjunction with Spring 09 deliveries and include four original styles made from titanium, aluminum, silver, and antiqued gold. You can pick them up at Yohji and Farrow shops. No word yet on the numbers in production, or the cost, but we're guessing they'll conjure a pretty penny from many a chicster.

In other collabo news, Raf Simons will be designing limited edition Doc Martins come Spring 09. Our Network Partner, Chic & Untroubled, reported on the collaboration as it was revealed during the Milan trade show Bread & Butter. If that (for lack of a better word) chunky sole never bothered you, this might be a very exciting day indeed. We're not particularly stoked to see the naked foot of a (admittedly fashion-forward) man peeking out from a cut-out Doc Martin, but alas, it's Raf Simons.