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June 25, 2010
CFDA Fashion Awards 2010 Recap
On June 7 the 28th annual CFDA Fashion Awards were held in New York at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center. These awards honored the remarkable contributions made to all areas of the fashion industry over the past year. Many amazing designers came out to support the event and its nominees. Here is a recap of the results:
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Womenswear Designer of the Year Marc Jacobs
Menswear Designer of the Year Rag & Bone
Accessory Designer of the Year Alexis Bittar
Board of Directors Special Tribute Alexander McQueen
Swarovski Award for Womenswear Jason Wu
Swarovski Award for Menswear Richard Chai
Swarovski Award for Accessory Design Alexander Wang
International Award Christopher Bailey for Burberry
Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award Michael Kors
Eugenia Sheppard Award Paper’s Kim Hastreiter
Eleanor Lambert Award Vogue’s Tonne Goodman
L’Oréal Popular Vote Award Ralph Lauren
-Claire Schmidt
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February 26, 2010
Web Snob Links of the Week
Stiletto Jungle covers “Kimmie,” the first 7 For All Mankind curvy fit jeans.
Allie is Wired peeks at preview photos from Lady Gaga’s Telephone music video.
Bag Bliss is obsessing over the rad new Alexander McQueen Long Skull whipsnake Clutch!
Coquette loves the look of modern pleats in fashion for spring.
Fashion Pulse Daily gives the scoop on the Tory Burch Fall/Winter 2010 Collection – you will be surprised
The Jet Set Girlspeek inside Lauren Conrad’s carry on.
KRISTOPHER is wanting, wearing, and hating Giuseppe Zanotti riding boots.
Second City Style reviews New York Fashion Week Fall ’10 trends and tells you what to buy now to be a style-maker come fall.
Shopping and Info loves the nude Sergio Rossi platform pumps worn by Megan Fox.
StyleBakery wants you to wake up your winter wardrobe with styling tricks straight from the Fall 2010 runways
Stylehive has found a cheapy pair of sunnies that look just like the coveted Alexander Wang/Linda Farrow frames!
The Beauty Stop has the details of the Illamasqua Create Your Own Lacquer contest.
The Fashion Bomb takes a look at Vogue Italia’s new site, Vogue Black.
Visit The Shoe Goddess for a chance to win an OPI “Alice in Wonderland” Mini Nail Polish Set!
October 20, 2009
Paris Fashion Week Spring 2010 Recap: Chanel, Hermès, Alexander McQueen
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Chanel
Chanel S/S 2010 was, hands down, my favorite collection of the season. It managed to be fun yet sophisticated and was showcased amidst farm scenery, though the clothes were not overshadowed by the uniqueness of the down on the farm set. The show had a very “Marie Antoinette” feel to it: a charming and romanticized take on rustic country life full of sweet and delicate dresses paired with a pale color palette of black, red, and blue accents. Though the collection was nothing truly groundbreaking, it stayed true to Chanel’s aesthetic and played up its own trends instead of giving us yet another take on trends we have seen over and over again this season.
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Hermès
Tennis was the theme at Jean Paul Gaultier’s Spring 2010 Hermès collection. I wasn’t too keen on the idea upon hearing the pitch for the line, but as soon as I saw the clothes — and, of course, the impeccable bags — I quickly changed my mind. Gaultier delivered a sophisticated, timeless collection for Hermès that is on-trend without veering too far overboard nor disposable once the next season rolls around. Each piece was beautiful, wearable, and effortless, from the tennis skirts to the silver chain-linked belts.
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Alexander McQueen
Appropriately titled “Plato’s Atlantis,” Alexander McQueen’s Spring 2010 RTW collection was out of this world and was truly one of my favorite shows of the season. Inspired by mankind’s evolution from the sea and the idea that we may someday return, the dramatic collection featured 10-inch heels, belle-skirt silhouettes, braided asymmetrical hairstyles, aquatic colors, and intricate, digitally printed dresses. Evolution is still stuck in McQueens head, and ours, from the Darwinian-inspired collection that featured large to small taxidermied animals framing the runway. With this collection, McQueen proved he still knows how to put on a show — the hair, makeup, clothing volume (not to mention the shoes!), and overall primitive/futuristic aesthetic were combined in a slightly unsettling, almost scary, way — and the outcome was a brilliantly creative work of art.
-Sarah Nason
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