Loubous Pour Vous

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While Eva and Meryl this week were off recommending designers for the Spring, I decided to go in the other direction simply because no one designer has got my heart this season. I’m still on the fence about Chloe, but I liked the direction this season. What I do love is the smattering of [...]

J’s Spring

Typo not withstanding, our photographer’s journal of J. Mendel’s Spring collection succinctly describes what the line appeared to be: a strong revival of the 70s. Where Meryl on Monday went for Sue Stemp’s “kaleidescope whimsical shape bent”, my preference is J Mendel’s 70s “WKRP in Cincinnatis” look. Don’t believe that the designer totally went Loni [...]

What Will Hussein do at Puma?

Really wondering how Hussein Chalayan can help out Puma. While I am very familiar with Chalayan’s successful and storied career, I’m wondering exactly internally and now via this blog for world to see what he can do to add to Puma’s flair for the fashion/athletic dramatics. It’s not that I question his skill, far from, [...]

Shoe Crazy

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I really can’t take full credit for these. Manolo the ShoeBlogger found these Elie Tahari flats and I can steal his/her/whatever’s thunder. Anonymity is truly golden at times. What’s even more hilarious is the breakdown behind why you’re wearing these flats and I quote:
Manolo says, here is the delightful pair of the silver peep-toe [...]

How to Pronounce Designer’s Names

The Wall Street Journal has an article that was long in coming for this fashion industry thing we love: how to pronounce designer’s names. The article gives phonetic spellings for each designer’s names. Some of the names are difficult to pronounce from an English speaker/reader’s perspective. A good chunk of the hard to pronounce names [...]