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5 Classic Handbags That Are Worth The Investment” y 10 mas

5 Classic Handbags That Are Worth The Investment” y 10 mas

5 Classic Handbags That Are Worth The Investment

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 04:04 PM PDT

A reader came to us with what we imagine to be a fairly common dilemma: She wants to invest in a quality designer handbag, but also wants to make sure she picks one that is worth the exorbitant price tag. We think handbags are a little more important than other “investment pieces” (like shoes) and thus require even more careful consideration.

Unless you can afford to buy a new it bag every season, you want one that will withstand the passing of trends and continue to look amazing for years to come. We also think it’s important that you really, really love it and aren’t just buying it for status or–not that we think we have that much influence–because it’s on this list.

Also, remember that just because it’s marked down doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the bag for you. Lauren advises, “Don’t buy a bag that’s on sale unless it’s the one you really want. If you’re going to spend a lot of money regardless, pay full price for something you’ll love for a long time. I know from experience.” Here are five very expensive but, in our opinion, very worth it, handbags.

A Concrete Explanation For Why Our Favorite Runway Looks Don’t Get Made

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 03:21 PM PDT

Okay, so you may not be happy with my choice of shoes (I’m looking at you, Ian!) but I think most of you have experienced what I wrote about earlier. That is, finding something you love on the runway or in a magazine, only to later discover it was never put into production.

Anyways, I mentioned that department store and boutique buyers have something to do with this. If no one puts in orders for these items, they won’t be made. But my very knowledgeable friend Jessica Gold, who runs a fashion business consultancy called JG and Co., has a much more in-depth, educated explanation that I thought I’d share with you:

“You’re right-this stuff happens all the time. But it’s not exactly anyone’s fault, It’s the process’ fault.

As you point out, the first problem is the fashion cycle. All of these companies are on this wild ride to present editors, boutiques, dept stores, international accounts the best, hottest most fashion-forward pieces. In reality, what sells in showrooms and at trade shows is either a more basic color of an item, a cheaper version of an item, wardrobe basics, etc.

However, the actual problem is more complex. Even if there is interest in an editorial piece by a boutique or department store’s buyers, if the demand doesn’t reach the minimum they need to produce, it just never gets made. The buyers are pure number crunchers and are dealing only with wholesale or retail projections. The editorial stuff they mostly see as fluff that doesn’t impact numbers.

Another part of the puzzle is PR, which needs to present editors with stand-out, amazing stuff that can be picked up for magazines or blogs. Often the sample was very expensive to produce and the companies just don’t have the dollars to make mass amounts of them if there is no assurance it will sell. Again, the timing is also not lined up properly–magazines work many months out and pieces are sometimes dropped last-minute. [Which explains why I can't get my Sigerson Morrison's.]

The last part of the puzzle is everyone–in the business and regular shoppers alike–is seeing runway pieces and samples online the second they are shown to editors. This is both good and bad. Excitement is built. But buys are based on wholesale and so the average consumer really does lose their say. And of course it’s upsetting when the pieces companies couldn’t afford to make never show up in stores.”

So there’s the full story. A big thanks to Jessica, who really knows her stuff!



More Fashion’s Night Out Details From Around the World, Including Where Hamish and Rachel Zoe Will Be

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 02:45 PM PDT

Sick of hearing about Fashion’s Night Out? If so, you’re going to be suffering for the next month–and not just here, but all over the world. We have for you another round up of new details–the last one you’ll get from us before Monday’s big reveal on Nyc.gov (which won’t include events outside of New York, by the way).

New York

Bryanboy is judging a contest at Bergdorf Goodman alongside Trish McEvoy, Catherine Malandrino and Hamish Bowles. Called “Face-Off!” the contest is to find the “Next Great Makeup Artist.” If you’re an aspiring makeup artist, you have until August 24 to enter and five finalists will be chosen to bring their makeup look to life on a model before the fashionable judges on FNO. The prize? Lunch with Trish McEvoy, a $1,000 gift card and a selection of Trish’s products. Not bad. Click here for all the deets.

In addition to their rumored appearance at Barneys for The Row, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen will be heading to the West Village to appear at an Elizabeth & James pop up shop. It will include an exclusive presale of Resort ‘10 sunglasses and will be co-hosted by FabSugar.

Online shopping destination Piperlime will also be hosting a pop up and Rachel Zoe is involved. FNO will serve as the launch event for the store, which will last until October 3. Zoe will be on hand to give style advice and pose for pictures along with the cast of Project Runway.

Odin will be hosting an FNO event for the boys at their SoHo menswear boutique. They’ve partnered with amazing men’s footwear brand Florsheim by Duckie Brown and Brooklyn-based band The Drums will bring their Joy Division meets The Zombies sound to Odin’s hip clientele.

Mulberry will be hosting events at both their Bleecker Street and Madison Avenue boutiques and creative director Emma Hill will make appearance at both. There will be face-painting, masks and jumbo glitter leopards to take pictures with. There will also be an in-store DJ (Alexa Chung, perhaps?) and chances to win Mulberry goodies like the new Mini Margaret bag or two tickets to their NYFW show at Soho House.

Realm boutique’s SoHo flagship (which officially opens in November) and Alexis Mabille are throwing a “fabulous celebration of all things French” as an opportunity for guests to preview the chic new boutique. Mabille, whose collection is being carried exclusively in the US by Realm, will be signing t-shirts at the event which boasts a live dj, champagne, pastries, and an Eiffel Tower – shaped cake!

Los Angeles

For our So Cal – based readers, more details have emerged regarding LA’s Fashion’s Night Out:

They now have their own Fashion’s Night Out Tee, replete with a downtown skyline and palm trees. It was designed by a FIDM student and proceeds will go to the California Fashion Foundation, which will fund scholarships for fashion students. Hmm. Other details:

-There will be red carpet arrivals at 4pm at the Beverly Center and “remarks from the mayor” at 5pm.
-There will be a “Denim Rocks” fashion show, also at Beverly Center
-Events will also take place in the following shopping areas: Melrose, Robertson, West 3rd, Abbot Kinney in Venice, Los Feliz and the Cooper Design Building
-There will be a Ferris wheel in the 200 block of North Rodeo Drive
-There will be a “post-retail fashion celebration” open to shoppers who can produce a minimum of $25 of receipts upon entry. It will be held at a club called Industry from 10:30pm until 2am and include a fashion presentation.

Milan

Milan’s Fashion’s Night Out is being pulled together by Italian Vogue editor-in-chief Franca Sozzani. The Fashion Quad will serve as a headquarters for the shopping celebration. We don’t have a lot of details, although one blog has reported that fuel-efficient car brand Fiat is partnering with Vogue on a bike helmet design contest, giving Fashion’s Night Out an
eco-friendly spin. Perhaps this will appease the reporter at yesterday’s FNO press conference who wanted Bloomberg to comment on the fashion industry’s ecological irresponsibility.

Portland, Oregon

Downtown Portland will be the hub of their Fashion’s Night Out and events include a public fashion show in Director Park and an after party in the Nines Hotel. Nordstrom, Macy’s, Banana Republic, J. Crew, Kate Spade and Betsey Johnson will also be holding events.

Seattle

The Bravern in Bellevue will host a slew of store events throughout the weekend of September 10 as well as fashion shows and live music. Seattleites will also be able to view a live broadcast from NYC by Neiman Marcus fashion director Ken Downing.

Be sure check back on Monday for our official top ten list of the FNO events we’re most looking forward to!

John Varvatos Wants to Send Two Fans to Its Epic Party During New York Fashion Week

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 02:04 PM PDT

John Varvatos is turning 10 this year, and the label is hosting a big party during New York Fashion Week to celebrate. In honor of all those who’ve bought special edition Chuck’s, smartly tailored suits and waffle tees over the years, JV is flying out a winner and a guest to New York City for the September 11 extravaganza, which includes a concert at the Bowery flagship.

Details on who’s performing yet have not yet been released, but past celebrations have included Axl Rose, Joan Jett, Perry Farrell, Alice Cooper, and Slash…so you get the idea. Along with transportation and tickets to the show, the winner will also receive two nights hotel accommodation. Who knows, maybe you’ll even get thrown tickets to a runway show or two.

Wanna sign up? Go to www.facebook.com/johnvarvatos and click on Contests.

Attention Makers of ‘Fashionista’ Rubber Bands: Brianne Wants Her Missing Pink Hanger

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 01:30 PM PDT

Here’s a weird one. We rarely get reader snail mail, so I was pretty excited when I received a letter addressed from a 4th grader, if her handwriting was any indication. I thought she might be a little too young to be surfing our site, but still unsealed the envelope with zeal.

Instead of a letter to the Fashionista staff, I found this note:

Apparently, poor Brianne has been screwed by a Silly Bandz knock off called Fashionista. We’re assuming Brianne, or one of her parents, Googled the name and found our address instead. These guys were made in China, so we doubt that there’s an American subsidiary of the company. However, we plan on buying Brianne a new pack of bands and sending it to her soonest. Just because we can.



Editorial Musical Chairs: New Editors at i-D, GQ Style, Architectural Digest and More

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 12:45 PM PDT

This week in Editorial Musical Chairs, two former T employees found new jobs. Bifen Xu, formerly T’s associate fashion editor, has been named fashion editor at New York Magazine. T’s former fashion market editor Melissa Ventosa Martin is now style director at Glamour.

Town & Country snapped up W’s Jamie Rosen to fill Janet Carlson’s position as beauty director. Town & Country’s former beauty and health editor (which is different from beauty director) Nina Judar was named Good Housekeeping’s beauty director.

WSJ’s new EIC Deborah Needleman brought on another former Domino staffer–Lauren Goodman–to consult on fashion coverage for the Wall Street Journal’s new lifestyle section.

Ben Reardon, former editor of i-D has been named editor of British GQ Style. He has been replaced by former deputy editor Holly Shackelton.

Former Elle Decor editor-in-chief Margaret Russell has been named editor-in-chief at Architectural Digest, replacing Paige Rense Noland, who retired.

In yet another editor-in-chief switcheroo, Diane Salvatore left Ladies Home Journal to take the top position at Prevention.

eBay’s style director for seven years, Constance White, is leaving the company.

Street Style: Mirabelle in Marant

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 11:45 AM PDT

Name: Mirabelle

Age: 31

Occupation: Photographer

What are the most prominent colors in your wardrobe? Black and blue.

What is your current favorite song? “Everything You Wanted” by Kele

What is your favorite hangout in New York? The Smile

What is your favorite thing on their menu? I love their snap peas and the lemonade is great because they add basil to it.

What is your favorite color? Red

Who is your favorite artist? I just saw Bruce Nauman at MoMA and I'm a big fan.

If you were to get a tattoo today, what would it be? I've only wanted one tattoo and I already got it on my wrist.

Where are your pants from? Isabel Marant

Where are your bracelets from? They’re vintage.

And you ring? Greece

**All photos by Ashley Jahncke.

Why Does the Good Stuff Never Actually Get Produced?

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 10:45 AM PDT

It’s easy to critique American Vogue, but there are things I really admire about the magazine. For instance, Meredith Melling Burke’s Index pages. They accomplish what so many market pages don’t–they tell a compelling story while also legitimately attempting to sell the reader on the items featured. In a recent issue–I think it was July–she offered up a pair of gorgeous red suede Sigerson Morrison kitten heels. They were immediately added to my list of fall Needs.

Problem is, they didn’t get produced.

The Fashionista office is right near Sigerson Morrison’s boutique in Nolita, but before I even stepped a foot in the door, I emailed my PR contact to see if the shoes were in the store yet. He said that they weren’t in the New York store, which had only purchased the black version, but the LA store had bought them in red. I figured I’d place a phone order with the LA boutique after I saw the black version in person. So yesterday after work, I popped over to Sigerson, only to be told that the black kitten heels were still in production and wouldn’t be on the floor for another week or so.

Oh, and the salesperson also informed me that NO red shoes were produced, and that my PR friend had lied to me. There weren’t enough orders, so it wasn’t worth producing them. “Was it the English guy?” said the salesperson. “I need to tell him to stop giving out false information!”

Whether or not the salesperson or the PR guy were right I’m still not sure. But I am a little disgruntled. Over the last couple of years, I’ve begun to do what I already was telling everyone else to do: Buy a few things that I really love instead of a ton of things that I only like. The problem? The things I really love are either never produced or, if they are, they don’t look the way they did on the runway.

I get that buyers believe most women would prefer the sleeveless version of the bracelet sleeve Erdem dress I so desperately wanted for my wedding. But in an era when women can peruse runway looks hours after they’ve debuted, is it right for buyers to make decisions like that for us?

Have you ever badly wanted something, only to find out it was never made?



Fashion News Roundup: Halle Berry’s Vogue Cover, Alexander Wang’s Ad Campaign, and Mrs. O In The Row?

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 09:43 AM PDT

You Heard it Here First: See, we don’t make these things up. Halle Berry is on the cover of September Vogue. She tells Jonathan Van Meter, “What that means for a woman of color and what that means in the fashion world, what that means to pop culture, there was no way I could say, ‘No, I’m not going to be on the biggest issue of the year.” We’re kind of into the high-drama feel of the shoot, but what is up with the Cleopatra hair? {Vogue.com}

Would Michelle Obama wear The Row? Ashley Olsen thinks so, saying “I’d love to get Michelle Obama in The Row. The simple suits and things. It’s all made in America, so why not?” We think The Row might be a little lacking in color for Mrs. O, but you never know. {In Style UK}

American Apparel’s Filing Failures: In case you were wondering, American Apparel’s financial woes are not getting any better, because Dov and co. are super late filing their financial reports. They keep trying to delay reporting their last two quarters (for which they expect a loss), which is really bad considering they’re a publicly traded company. Things don’t look good. {Going Concern}

Wang’s Campaign: Alexander Wang’s Fall ad campaign starring Zoe Kravitz and model Max Motta is set to hit the streets of New York today. {Fashionologie}

Underground Fashion: Apparently, the MTA has 345 retail spaces and wants to start filling them with luxury/high-end stores. They’re perusing downtown Manhattan for hip stores that might be into going even further “downtown.” The only problem? Most people who shop at luxury stores take the subway. {Racked}

Heavy Metal: CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalist Pamela Love created a line of metal purses exclusively for Revolveclothing.com. They come in either silver or gold and will set you back $3,000. {Vogue.com}

Want Your Hair to Look Like Lauren Conrad’s? Take Advantage of 50% Off at Warren Tricomi

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 09:13 AM PDT

Affordable hair salons are hard to come by in New York. Especially for those of us who don’t want to look like a less cute version of our dog.

Enter Gilt City and Warren Tricomi. The local deals site and legendary salon have teamed up to offer Fashionista readers three pretty impressive packages. The first is five blowouts for $215 (regular price–$430), the second is three cuts and three blowouts for $234 (regular price–$468), and the third is three highlighting sessions for $331 (regular price–$663). That a 50% discount–not bad for a world famous salon, whose clients include Jessica Alba, Kate Beckinsale, and Lauren Conrad. (Who, even if you don’t like her style, has undeniably great hair.)

To take advantage of the deal, sign up here.



Diane Pernet on Tavi, Fashion Film, and the Future of Catwalks

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 08:30 AM PDT

PARIS–Diane Pernet's enlightened view on fashion, combined with her support of budding talents, has made her one of today's great ladies of La Mode. September 24-28 marks the third edition of her annual film festival ASVOFF (A Shaded View on Fashion Film) in Paris: true to her style, she brings together big stars and fresh faces to reflect on the power of the moving image.

The deadly exciting jury was recently announced and includes Mike Figgis, Paolo Roversi, Elisabeth Quin, Olivier Saillard, Michael Nyman, Bryan Adams, and Dita Von Teese. Also involved are Tavi for Talent House and Nick Knight’s SHOWstudio.

Last night, Fashionista had coffee and grapes with the lady of mystery in her office in Paris' 11th arrondissement. We talked Tavi, tomorrow's talents, and her trendy tribes and tribulations.

Fashionista: How was it working with Tavi?
Diane Pernet: She was great, she took the whole thing very seriously, she was extremely professional. But of course we had to talk to her parents, because, well, she is 14. In the end, we didn't end up choosing the same film, so we'll each have our own individual selection.

Where does your interest for film come from?
I've been interested in film forever; my first degree was actually in film, and I've been making small low-fi movies for years.

As for the link to fashion, as you know, I had my own brand for thirteen years, but also worked as a costume designer for, amongst others, director Amos Gitai. So I know the importance of a fashion in a film: you have to pay attention to the smallest details–a thread, a sleeve, a button might reveal something profound.

I agree–this is why some directors even work with couture designers, such as Jean Paul Gaultier for Luc Besson's The Fifth Element…
Yes, and Paco Rabanne for Barbarella

Is fashion film considered cinema or video art?
Fashion film is a new format, it's its own genre, and there is a real difference between the way a fashion filmmaker and a classical director think.

Today, more and more brands are commissioning videos, because it's one of the core advantages of the Internet, you can share small films. Some designers have such a power to create a spectacle, and fashion must use this potential and create a unique form of entertainment.

Do you think that the Internet will continue to reinvent the way we look at fashion?
Of course. Think of the designers who have their shows on live streaming. Things will never be the same again. Fashion is no longer limited to 250 people, it’s being brought to the people. The curtain has been pulled. Bloggers were at the beginning of that, and they are interesting because they are consumers and not insiders–of course in my case, because of my experience in fashion, I'm more of a insider-outsider. But today, although fashion moves extremely slowly, the Internet is going to reorganize the whole landscape.



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