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Grey Ant Collab News & Summer Sales

coutorture — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:51:20 -0700

Grey Ant, our favorite contemporary brands from this summer, will be participating in one of the eponymous Urban Outfitters collaborations. The collection will be cleverly titled Grey Antics, and feature the same kind of seventies inspired bottoms and billowy tops that the ready to wear line puts out. Last time we went to Urban Outfitters (while in SF) we picked up a jumper from some jumbled pile and discovered it was one by Geren Ford (we think, we can't remember). You have to be carefully skilled in deciphering what, to us, feels like waaay too much information and waaaay to many piles of crap that need to be folded, to find the 'special' pieces. We're not sure, but we fear that these neat little collaborations get lost in the piles of other jumpers and other tshirts and other billowy tops that the retailer stocks in the first place. We suppose that's fitting though--if you can't decipher the collaboration from the Free People offer, what's the point in caring that they be separate and tidy within the shop anyway. On that note, let's forget all about Urban Oufitters and just shop the real Grey Ant collection--it's marked down to an Urban Outfitters price point which kind of solves all of our problems right here and now.

Acetate Frames: Shades Report

coutorture — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:09:07 -0700

Clear shades are popular with the fashion folk this summer. Hardly a day goes by that we don't see a pair of acetates staring back out at us. For Fall acetate frames will still be around, but in the form of eyeglasses (we're down with going it seventh grade style and wearing them even if you don't require them), our pick in that regard is the Selima pair for J. Crew. Alas, we are still in shades weather and in that regard the Nicole 002 by Benjamin Eyewear takes the cake (left). Forget looking like the Terminator with thick all-black shades, the acetate trend is letting the real thing show-off (i.e. your face!). If you're stuck in between two worlds, Wayfarer put out a two-tone number that we've seen a few chicsters sporting. We think the two-tone kind of makes you look like your eighty years old but in a good way. Also on our radar is this pair, by Grey Ant. The case these shades come in is as big as a briefcase but the shades are pretty amazing and aptly named, The Status Sunglasses. If you can't be asked to drop some dough, Urban Outfitters has a pair of acetate shades for less than it costs to fill up your tank (minus a million).

Grey Ant High Waist Belted Slack

coutorture — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:17:48 -0700

This weekend we popped into Opening Ceremony and picked up a pair of Grey Ant High Waist Belted Slacks that nearly blew all of our other trousers out of the water. That said, a Coutorture Immaterial is borne. These trousers rightly fit in with our new fashion kick of the moment, namely, sophisticated clothing that enhances ones curves. The high waist silhouette always did this for us but with new Herve Leger-type frocks also making a huge comeback, we're going to apply the rule to our entire wardrobe. These trousers come even higher than mid waist (hello, 11 inch rise) and turn wide leg (no, they do not flare) by the bottom. A good pair of trousers never hurt anyone and we're going to say that this pair is a choice we wholeheartedly endorse. For more on women looking like women, check out our other super high waist picks below, and, Alexander McQueen's menswear collection which featured a few bombshell looks for the gals.

Grey Ant Red Cape Dress

meganzanke — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:44:04 -0700

How do you dress when it's ninety degrees outside and you've fourteen errands to run before a cocktail party at 8? You wear this Red Cape Dress with some stacked sandals and call it a (successful) day. Just imagine the kind of breeze that will come wafting in this frock when you're running the remaining six blocks to your destination because the cab is stuck in traffic. It's also tie dyed which kind of makes us even happier. After all, tie dye is undeniably back. The skeptic in us anticipates someone reading this and saying, "Meh, four hundred dollars for a cotton sack doesn't do it for me." To which we say, you might reconsider when your wearing high waisted shorts and sweat-stained thin tee, makeup running down your face like your the newest member of the Insane Clown Posse (we say this because this has been us at one point or another). In these moments, we imagine someone wearing the Red Cape Dress, gliding by with a knowing smile.