Word: fashionization
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...fashion's loftiest ranks, the concepts of luxury and discount go together about as well as navy and black, except in one rarefied setting: the sample sale. Alexis Maybank and Alexandra Wilkis Wilson set out to re-create that élite, high-adrenaline environment with their members-only retail site, gilt.com Every day the site plays host to fashion sales, which, just like the real thing, fling open the doors to the current wares of a single designer?Zac Posen, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Donna Karan, Alessandro Dell'Acqua?at insider prices ranging from 50% to 70% off. All sales...
From The Roaring Twenties, when flappers danced the night away in basement speakeasies, to the 1960s, when Tina Turner kicked up her heels in mod minidresses, fringe has been a fashion mainstay. For spring 2009, designers really got into the swing of things, finishing off everything from evening gowns at Jil Sander to peep-toe suede boots at Christian Louboutin and sexy cocktail dresses at Alberta Ferretti with a swish of fringe. Forget about the Western connotations for a minute, because even when it comes to lamps and costume jewelry, this season's fringe is strictly boudoir...
Sometimes change blows into fashion at unexpected moments. Back in September, just as the stock market began to plunge, fashion designers, journalists and buyers were taking in the fall 2009 runway shows in Paris and trying to rationalize what they were seeing. Even at its most frivolous, fashion always reflects the moment, so how would designers interpret the collapsing Dow and skyrocketing unemployment? Clarity came for me at Junya Watanabe's poetic show, a tribute to African style expressed in hand-blocked prints paired with recycled-denim skirts. As the first model appeared, a hush of recognition settled over...
...Frugality is in fashion. The alligator belts are tightening ... Who knew a wallet could hibernate?' ?Burt Tansky, president and CEO of Neiman Marcus...
...five-star hotel decked out in multicolor stripes and zigzags, but come May, Scotland's capital will be home to the first Hotel Missoni (a second branch opens in Kuwait in June). The family-owned company follows the well-heeled footsteps of Bulgari and Versace as the latest Italian fashion house to venture into the hospitality business. Rosita Missoni, co-founder along with her husband Tai of the Missoni brand and now head of Missoni home collections, partnered with the Brussels-based hotel group Rezidor to translate the company's signature colorful knits into a luxurious hotel environment. "I want...