China's Sweatshops, Pollution & Inferior Goods Keep Prices Low, But at What Costs? Second City Style Fashion Blog
Temperley at Target Do you ever wonder how it’s possible to buy a cute sweater at H&M for $40, but you can’t find one for under $300 at Bergdorf’s? On the other hand you also question how China can keep manufacturing inferior goods and get away with it? Maybe our insatiable appetite for cheap goods …
Paris Fashion Week Spring '08. Post Fall-Out Fairytale. Vivienne Westwood
If I had a fashion fairy godmother she would most likely end up being somewhat like Vivienne Westwood– you know, a little nuts in that well-meaning crazy cat lady kind of way. And this season at the Paris shows Ms. Westwood, whom I adore btw, doesn’t disappoint. Using a melage of fabrics, patterns and “personas” …
Shoe News. DSW to Begin Selling Online. Second City Style Fashion Blog
Welcome to the millennium DSW! Finally, the shoe super-store is going online! Mind you, I have never seen a place so stocked with shoes I rarley want in my life. I digress. After years of Zappos kicking their butt, DSW is trying to even the score. Too little too late? You decide. According to CNN …
Milan Fashion Week Spring '08. The Retail Buyer's Verdict. Second City Style Fashion Blog
6267 Even though the strong euro made it ridiculously expensive, the pace was impossibly fast (shortened to 4 days)and the weather grim, retailers left Milan in high spirits thanks to a gust of fresh, colorful and feminine fashions, according to WWD. Collectively, buyers said they welcomed a shift from overt hard-edged sexiness to something softer …
Milan Fashion Week Spring '08. Alberta Ferretti's Beauty and the Greek. Second City Style Fashion Blog
I have to admit, I’m partial to the beauty of Alberta Ferretti. Her Spring 2008 collection was a mix Greek goddess and cinematic metallic glam. The color palette was rather muted mostly employing colors like white, grey, beige and blush but there were some bursts of color and shine like, chartreuse, blue, burnt orange, purple …
