Designer News. CFDA's 2007 Fashion Awards Are Over. And the Winners Are…Second City Style Fashion Blog

Host Ellen Barkin Whoops. Nothing like being late to your own party. Host Ellen Barkin arrived fashionably late (as did Oprah) to last night’s 2007 CFDA Fashion Awards at the  New York Public Library, however…the red carpet show did not disappoint. Oprah delivered the American Legend Award to Ralph Lauren and he picked up this …

Fashion Finds. Faves Under $50. Second City Style Fashion Blog

Here is the challenge…find items that make you go NO WAY when you see them. The requirement? All items have to be under $50. Let’s face it, dropping $50 on something adorable is a lot less painful than dropping serious coin on said items. Let’s see what we came up with. Industry White Floral Print …

"WTF Was She Thinking?" Bad Celeb Fashion Week in Review. Second City Style Fashion Blog

This week was looking pretty bad, but then by the grace of God…the Diesel celebrated the grand opening of their new Melrose flagship store and were blessed with L.A. tacky fashion! Let the games begin. Dominica Walsky at the Diesel Grand Opening in L.A. Comment: Where are her pants? I bet men were dropping Tic …

Guest Post. Unsung Sings Indie Designer Praises. Second City Style Fashion Blog

By Grace Wang, Co-Founder/Owner of Unsung By now you must have heard about the recent closings of independent online boutiques Girlshop and Mighty Flirt (as reported by Second City Style). Unsung wishes to commend both for being trailblazers in the industry. For bringing emerging designers to the fashionably wretched and bored. For putting independent designers …

Industry. Net-a-porter Pushes Ahead. Revenue up Almost 75%. Second City Style Fashion Blog

Anna Sui Kissing Leaves Bow top $334 from Net-a-porter 3.1 Phillip Lim Rosette Tank Dress $445 from Net-a-porter Kate Corcoran reports for WWD that Net-a-porter’s revenues keeping going up: almost 75%. After almost seven years as one of the premier online retailers this is more than a bit of good news for the purveyor of …