Word: thakoon
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Even antipurple people have gotten sucked in by the color's zeitgeistiness. "I always hated purple, and I hated people who were into purple," says Manhattan-based designer Thakoon Panichgul, a favorite of Michelle Obama's who in December will launch a collection at Target. "But it has an element of angst that I gravitated to this season...
...spend $150,000 of the RNC fund's money, why not go for something a little more remarkable - dare I say stylish - like a pinstriped Ralph Lauren pantsuit, a spiffy Chanel jacket, or anything by Giorgio Armani? Michelle Obama chose wisely when she picked a floral-printed dress by Thakoon for the convention. Instead Palin opted for bland approximations of what she always wears, a kind of textbook, "safe" Washington insider combo of colorful jacket over black skirt. What a waste...
...lists are already filling up for the fourth and final creation of Lancôme's Pout-à-Porter fashion-lipstick series. The first of the collection, a dazzling red by designer Behnaz Sarafpour, sold out before it even hit stores. Two more wildly successful shades later, up-and-comer Thakoon Panichgul takes his shot with Pixel Pink, a sheer raspberry, in stores this month...
...luxury and its core customer. And she has changed too. "She's a 50-year-old woman who has the attitude of a 30-year-old and in many cases the body of a 35-year-old," Katz says. She is also fluent in Chanel, conversational in Marni, and Thakoon curious. "And, obviously, you have to have a certain amount of affluence to afford the kinds of things we have to offer," says the Texas-born Katz, who began her career as a buyer at Foley's in Houston and whose second favorite store, she admits, is Target...
...ideas from the city's ancient polycultural society and translating them into toga-like dresses, and Bali, where Diane von Furstenberg found bold floral prints. Japan--specifically its traditional folded-and-dyed fabric-printing technique, shibori--turned up on the runways of designers like Narciso Rodriguez, Proenza Schouler and Thakoon Panichgul...