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BOOTS Edie Sedgwick wannabes are snapping up the season's must-have accessory: mod-inspired over-the-knee flat boots. Some of the best come from young New York City designer Devi Kroell. Big luxury houses like Dior are putting their twist on the trend, equestrian-style...
CHARITY When Kenneth Cole appeared on the runway at the end of his spring show wearing a Red Cross T shirt signaling a call to help victims of Hurricane Katrina, the message was clear: the biggest trend in fashion this year might just be charity. Cole, the board chairman of the American Foundation for AIDS Research, will debut a showstopping ad campaign next month on World AIDS Day. Other fashion insiders are on the same track. Polo Jeans Co. Ralph Lauren held a national denim drive, targeting college campuses and challenging young Americans to help affordable-housing groups by donating...
...HOTELS The new trend in luxury lodging is the creative lifestyle hotel. Breaking from traditional cookie-cutter conformity, five-stars are inviting artists to reimagine guests' aesthetic experiences without sacrificing comfort. To achieve this harmony of form and function, Hotel Fox in central Copenhagen let loose 21 graphic designers, urban artists and illustrators in 61 of its rooms. From wacky comical styles and fantastical street art to Japanese manga and simply spaced-out fantasies, each residence is an individual work of art. Madrid's Hotel Puerta América has also gone eclectic. The boutique's 12 floors have been transformed...
...When Ronald Lauder, son of beauty legend Estée Lauder, opened the Neue Galerie on New York City's Upper East Side, he knew he was sharing his love of Viennese art and design with the world, but he probably didn't think he would be setting a fashion trend. The Wiener Werkstätte and the Secessionist movement that came out of Vienna in the early 20th century are influencing fashion and home design. Fabric manufacturer Maharam has reissued the fabrics of Dagobert Peche, and young designers like Proenza Schouler are picking up on the colors and graphic detail...
...comedy show came about as a result of a group of members coming up with the idea on their own and spearheading it, he added.McCambridge said that the HCC’s partnering with student groups for charitable causes has the “potential to be a trend.”“We would still try to do the fall and spring concert shows and still shoot for having one comedy show per year,” McCambridge said. But that comedy show wouldn’t necessarily be held for a charitable cause, since...