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New York Fashion Week: Tommy Hilfiger Spring 2010

coutorture — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:09:39 -0700

New York 09/17/09. Getty Images

M.A.C. Makeup Looks From The Fall 2009 Shows: Part Three

coutorture — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:19:19 -0800

Today marks our third and final installment of MAC makeup looks from the Fall 2009 shows--and it's a good one. The face charts behind Matthew Williamson and Rodarte--two of our favorites--are both in this batch so prep your your M.A.C. shopping list and get started. Considering the fifteen beauty looks provided by M.A.C. this season, we're pretty sure there will be no shortage of beauty inspiration come Fall 2009.

New York Fashion Week: Tommy Hilfiger Fall 2009

coutorture — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:31:10 -0800

New York 02/18/09. Photos by Scott Gries/Getty Images.

Fashion In 50 Seconds 12/19/08 We Love Sprouse, Hilfiger Back To Bryant Park, Obedient Goes E-Commerce, Beauty Goes On Sale

coutorture — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:00:18 -0800

The highly anticipated limited-edition Louis Vuitton for Stephen Sprouse collection has landed, called We Love Sprouse, and the offerings, bright and optimistic as they are, just might jump-start the economy. Well, we can hope. Check out the collection right here.

Tommy Hilfiger has announced that he will be showing his Fall 2009 collection in the tents after a three-year hiatus from Bryant Park. Recently, Bryant Park mainstays Betsey Johnson, Carmen Marc Valvo, and Vera Wang have booked their runway shows elsewhere.

Obedient Sons & Daughters has launched an e-commerce site for their men's collection and the results are quite handsome. The brand has yet to launch women's but here's to hoping...check out their Spring 2009 men's and women's collection right here.

Prestige beauty products are succumbing to mark-downs as shoppers are unwilling to purchase anything this season, without a discount. The only upside to this is that retail clerks won't have to get stuck working the returns line the day after Christmas.

Spring 2009: Nude Makes A New York Comeback

coutorture — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:00:00 -0800

For Spring 2009 head to toe nude looks are back and better than ever. Ralph Rucci, Carmen Marc Valvo, Tommy Hilfiger, Aurelio Costarella, Chris Han, Anna Sui, Milly by Michelle Smith, Doo Ri, Catherine Holstein, Calvin Klein, Proenza Schouler, Thakoon, Chris Benz all went for trend.

Inauguration Sketches For Barack Obama

coutorture — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:15:02 -0800

Image Source. Clockwise from top left: Sean John, Tommy Hilfiger, Thom Browne, Richard James Savile Row, Marc Jacobs, and Salvatore Ferragamo.

Barack Obama has already selected a Hart Schaffner Marx suit for inauguration night, but that didn't stop WWD from putting menswear designers to the test. Not only do we find these sketches fascinating (some headless, some digitally rendered, some downright creepy) we also think WWD brings up a good point: menswear has a new icon to dress and an opportunity for his presence to breathe some life back into the genre. Having appeared on the cover of every popular men's fashion magazine in recent months, there's no doubt Obama is an influence to menswear. As for Michelle, don't even get us started on how much fun fashion is having hypothetically dressing their soon-to-be first lady. Check out links to such happenings right here.

Buttoned Up: Androgyny Du Jour

coutorture — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:33:08 -0800

A friend of ours went to visit one of the designers of Mexican brand, TEAMO, and sent us this picture of one of their Spring 09 blouses. Buttoned-up and cropped to perfection, it got us thinking about how many blouses were styled this way on the Spring 09 runways. Crop tops we're written about, but the buttoned-up look is just now permeating in our minds. We remember seeing a similar look, right off the bat, at the Karen Walker show. It was similarly cropped but, in this case, floral. There were also fabulous examples of buttoned-up tops at Behnaz Sarafpour--these came with strong shoulders too. Tommy Hilfiger and Ralph Lauren both did it in creams with full fledged androgynous styling to boot. Even Marc Jacobs, as feminine as was his Spring 09 collection, kept things tidy with this look. 'Buttoned up', admittedly, is something we'll see every season but there seemed to be a plethora of examples this Spring. Just like the choice to tuck-in, buttoning up is a subtle yet marked trend in its own right.

To see that pink TEAMO blouse in action, click here.

In The Showroom: Tommy Hilfiger Spring 2009 Handbags

coutorture — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:22:36 -0700

After having such a great time interviewing Tommy Hilfiger backstage at his Spring 09 show, we were delighted to see his handbag range at the Paul Wilmot press preview. In the interview Hilfiger talked to us about putting the consumer first and so it came as no surprise that his Spring 2009 handbags will be offered in every color and in as many shapes as you can wrap your mind around. To see our video of the Spring 09 show and interview with Tommy Hilfiger, click here. For a photo gallery of the Spring 09 collection, click here. For the showroom shots of the Spring 09 handbags, click here. For Justin William Lin's backstage photography at the Spring 09 show, click here.

In The Showroom: Tommy Hilfiger Spring 2009 Handbags

coutorture — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:21:03 -0700

Tommy Hilfiger Spring 2009 handbags at Paul Wilmot.

New York Spring 2009 Trend Reports: Stripes

coutorture — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:07:53 -0700

Forgive us the awkward turn of phrase but stripes of all stripes were out in force on the catwalk for Spring 2009. Horizontal, vertical, or criss cross the pattern made its way onto dresses, shirts, skirts, and even slacks. Sabysachi, Mara Hoffman, Tommy Hilfiger, Aurelio Costarella, Leifsdotter, Doo Ri, Derek Lam, Iodice, Ports 1961, Carmen Marc Valvo, Marc Jacobs and Marc by Marc, Tibi, Y3, Catherine Holstein, Alice McCall, Rag and Bone, Michael Angel, and Thakoon all showed a variation on the theme.