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According to the fashion industry bible Women’s Wear Daily, Harvard students would benefit from pulling their noses out of their books and taking a long look at Vogue, an episode of The O.C. or even (especially?) a full-length mirror. North Face? Ubiquitous. Ribbon belts? Not a trace of irony. Pashminas? Multiplying every...
...deal with J.C. Penney in 1982, the once-worshipped designer’s business crumbled as J.C. Penney sales disappointed. Wary of the bad rep, Goodman and Giorgio quickly dropped Halston’s designer line. When Pierre Cardin licensed his name to a line of ready-to-wear clothes, he diluted his brand and his value plummeted. And few know that Isaac Mizrahi only launched his Target line after he had to close his own couture line after a few bad seasons, as reported by The Advocate’s Sept. 2003 issue...
...team from Women’s Wear Daily, fashion’s leading trade magazine, descended upon the Harvard campus last spring to research their second-annual assessment of Ivy-League style. Though WWD ranked Harvard a lowly fifth, they acknowledged that “it’s a rare situation in which a Harvard student isn’t at the head of the class.” The top ranking went to the artsier, left-of-center Brown...
...trimmed hood, or a formal mid-calf black down jacket with a real fur-trimmed hood, scarves have thus been rendered unnecessary (or supplemental.) “The fox fur on my evening coat actually serves as a perfect neck-warmer so I don’t need to wear a scarf,” says Elizabeth R. Whitman ’06, “which I guess is sort of useful...
...moccasins arriving on the fashion foot scene. These trendy little pairs have replaced loafers and Pumas on chic females. Although they’ve been around since early fall, mocs are still going strong, despite rain and light snow. Perhaps it is their Native American tradition of winter wear par excellence...