Paris Fashion Week Spring '08. Pirate Jenny. For All the Ladies Who Want to Be a Pirate or Just Marry One. Jean Paul Gaultier
Come on, you couldn’t buy a better metaphor. You know, modern women as pirates out and conquering the world until they walk the plank and take the final plunge into marriage. Or maybe it was a commentary on all the fashion pirates out there– the Forever 21s and the other teen garbage galleries that rip …
Celebrity Fashion Smackdown. Who Wore It Better? Second City Style Fashion Blog.
Padma Lakshmi vs.Jacquetta Wheeler in Temperley LondonWinner: Lady Padma rules the court! I’m not so fond of the floaty empire-waist trend; it makes most pin thin A-listers look like they’ve ballooned twice their size. But something about this punchy orange Temperley London frock really pops against the Top Chef host’s bronzed skin. Unfortunately, it looks …
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” …