July 8, 2010 | Alexis J.
Sixteen year old Taylor Momsen has recieved massive amounts of criticism for her absolutely, horrific music sense of style. We have all seen it - and heard it, right? "She is far too young to dress like this." "She looks like a homeless person." "She is another Lindsay Lohan waiting to happen." "Does she not have any sense of decency?!" So on and so forth. I won't lie, I agree with the things said above. She h...
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July 6, 2010 | Arushi Khosla
"If you don't like fashion magazines, don't buy them. Don't buy them and then bitch about them."- Cindy Crawford A few months back, while evading my Science textbook (these were the horror days before the Boards), I came across an article (I’m not naming any names) by the columnist of a reputed British publication. It was headed “Why I Hate Fashion”. Following was an article outlining why the writer has long...
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July 1, 2010 | Alexis J.
Ever since Gossip Girl kicked off, headbands have become oh-so-stylish curtsey of none other than Blair Waldorf herself. Kelsi Smiths divine range of hair accessories is perfect for every girl out there from the shy to the more flamboyant. I sat down for a tete-a-tete with the designer behind Style Smith and here is an excerpt for your benefit: Out of the many options out there from clothes to shoes to handbags, w...
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June 30, 2010 | Arushi Khosla
Meet Jesse Dorsey and Wannasiri Kongman, the brains behind Boyy, a line of uber luxe handbags and accessories. A former musician and scenester from Canada and a former FIT grad from Thailand get together to create one line of effortlessly fabulous bags. 9 seasons of partnership past, the globe trotting twosome, who spend their time between 3 cities continue their accessory takeover. The focal point and main conce...
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Last week the first ad for Marc Jacobs' new fragrance for men 'Bang' was released - or unleashed you might say as it's a wild one. The designer himself played muse for his long-time collaborator, photographer Juergen Teller. After they "first tried it with clothes" he found himself lying naked a...
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Lina Tipnis is one of India's top designers and her latest bridal collection is currently being prepped for the Hydrabad Bridal Fashion Week 2010. Amidst all the madness, I managed to score some down time with the designer to chat about her latest collection and all things fashion. Here is an exc...
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Judging from the literal heat wave outside, it's time to pull out those totes and tanks. I'm usually largely put together and well-dressed during the fall and winter periods of the year but the second summer hits, I recoil and am reduced to a melting puddle of inappropriate clothing. Deprived of t...
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The most notorious, prolific and ultimately commercial of the Surrealists - that revolutionary group of artists, poets and provocateurs that grew out of Dadaism in 1920s Paris - was undoubtedly Salvador Dalí. The Spanish Catalan best known for his masterly technical skill as a painter and perve...
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"What if your closet was big enough to hold all the latest runway trends? What if, just for a night, you could experiment a little - say, try a one-shoulder dress in a deep, sexy red? What if that dress you saw in Vogue, the one with the stratospheric price tag, was suddenly affordable? What if you ...
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It's quite a possibility that a large section of you all reading this website are interested in working in the fashion industry some day or are probably already there. As a prospective student, I've met with counselors, ex students, alumni and researched, researched, researched. Here's my top 5 l...
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The pairing of fashion and celebrity has been a long and fruitful partnership. Beauty and fashion brands promote their products by getting them on the faces and backs of stars and the celebrities up their exposure by dabbling in the fashion world. Photo shoots featuring movie stars and music...
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"Let me have men about me that are fat, sleek-headed men and such as sleep a-nights. Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look. He thinks too much. Such men are dangerous" ~ William Shakespeare An interesting attitude I've encountered is that eating disorders are a "women's problem" so...
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Rachel Zoe is the best known - and to most people, the only known - stylist today. She dresses some of Hollywood's biggest A-list names such as Cameron Diaz, Demi Moore and Anne Hathaway and even has her own reality show, The Rachel Zoe Project, confirmed for a third season. She's also published...
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Topshop is one of the most popular go-to places for a fashionista's fashion emergency. Kate Moss is not only one of the world's most famous models, she is also one of the most scandalous, most talked about and highest paid. So is Kate Moss+Topshop a match made in fashion heaven or a dis...
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