I don’t question why he did it. I am thankful that he dropped the big knits with the logos and the rapperwear. I’m just wondering why I have to wait until the fall to experience it. It is that good.

In an interview with Times Online UK, Tommy Hilfiger describes his new line as:

“more classic, refined, more luxurious and well-thought out. It is without logos, without the red, white and blue, without a lot of bells and whistles. We are more dressed-up.”

Somewhere in between puffs, rappers are lamenting the loss.

See full article here | See photos from the line here (style.com)

A cross between medieval torture device and spring’s gotta have/must have/(insert cliche’d need/have adjective here) fashion item for Spring. Interlocking buckle check, stacked heel check, strap that I am hoping doesn’t pinch, check. The French definitely have a twisted sense of humor.

From the Chloe Spring 07 collection

I really hope Ms. Roitfield is not putting the idea to rest that one day she may want to do American Vogue once the headmistress decides to pass on the crown (read from that any way you want).

‘I have more fun doing my magazine. We French, we small! We can smoke on the cover, we can show tits, we can do crazy calendar; we have a lot of freedom that they don’t have in America. I think I would be very frustrated not to be able to do all my craziness that I’m able to do here in France.’

Show tits indeed.

Read the full article here.

We’re hoping this student designer from Central St. Martins is the next big thing in fashion. Read our Interview.

From the Chailie Ho Interview and snapshots photo story.

photography Josh Bilton

I was on Cathy Horyn’s On the Runway blog and read some of the comments and realized no matter where (who) you are you’re never immune to biting criticism. For example a commenter wrote on her blog (in response to her review of Rei Kawakubo’s Comme des Garcons show):

In the March 3rd NYT fashion review Cathy Horyn referred to Rei Kawakubo’s Comme de Garcons velvet jersey jacket with appliqued hands as imaginative…imaginative???? Ms. Horyn someone at your level reporting fashion should have some fashion history background; don’t you think? The applique hands are not imaginative…have your heaerd of Elsa Schiaparelli…if not research it and you will find applique hands on a Schiaparelli design…it’s not imaginative if it has already been done!

Ouch. In all fairness to Ms. Horyn, breaking down the significance of the word imaginative to the subatomic level is arguing semantics. Kawakubo’s show was in it’s totality imaginative. The high-belted deconstructed jackets, sheer mesh thrown all around were truly imaginative in it’s usage as applied to the Comme des Garcons line.

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As an aside and still targeting Horyn for a second, I’m going to have to agree with her on her assessment of the Karl Lagerfeld show. What a beautiful photo on her blog (from Getty images) that illustrates what happens when you’re given a shitload of money to put on an amazing show. New York is the Hudson River compared to Paris’ Pacific Ocean Fashion shows.

-Eva