Fashion At The Edge
February 2008 | Required Reading
In Fashion At The Edge, Caroline Evans looks at the experimental and the transgressive in fashion design, presentation, and photography in the 90s with a heavy dose of London.
Required Reading Section
Star Von Bunny - A Model Tale
December 2007 | Required Reading
The life of an aspiring model is a difficult one to be sure. Having the right skin tone, being the right height, eating the right foods, knowing the right people. The endless list of “rights” that one has to be makes the modeling profession less a glamorous endeavor and more a “job”.
Parisiennes
October 2007 | Required Reading
Look past the cover of Parisiennes, A Celebration of French Women, a large format coffee table book fronted by a photo of a trio of three gorgeous women…
The Fashion Designer Survival Guide: An Insider
July 2007 | Required Reading
If you could sell good ideas, many of us would be rich. It’s getting the idea into object or working project that’s the trick. And when it comes to making a fashion business out of your unique aesthetic…
Paris Fashion, A Cultural History
June 2007 | Required Reading
Designers at many of fashion’s most important houses may not be French, but the capital of the fashion world is still Paris. In spite of World War II, in spite of the rise of American…
Disco Years
May 2007 | Required Reading
In these times when we’re gleefully remixing our retros, leggings (oh, and oversized shirts) which you’ll recall from the mid ’80s, ’60s a-line dresses
Against Fashion
March 2007 | Required Reading
Sometimes we are so absorbed in our circumscribed worlds, dealing with daily questions of what, and who and how, that we are hard-pressed to take a step back and ask some good why’s.
The World In Vogue
February 2007 | Required Reading
It’s not a new book. In fact, it’s a giant tome that’s more than forty years old. But it tells us how we contextualize style today (and style here includes fashion but is larger than that), tells us something about how we think and write about it.
Fashion Today and other reading gifts
December 2006 | Required Reading
It is rare in the world of fashion books to find a book that is equal parts pretty pictures and smart writing. Leave it to Colin McDowell, one of the more authoritative fashion writers at work today—and a man who’s efforts…
A Good Swift Kick
November 2006 | Required Reading
Why Don’t You? won’t tell you which skirt shape looks best on a girl with hips as would a more practical guide to dressing. It won’t point you to the bag of the season as the magazines will.
Sewing the Seeds of A DIY Fashion Revolution
October 2006 | Required Reading
Maybe you know just the trouser shape you are looking for but can’t find it in shops. Maybe you’ve always imagined yourself in a dress from a photo shoot from the movie Blow-Up.
Be your own fashion designer? It’s a notion that’s not as crazy as you think, particularly
The Daily
Nicole Kidman Dropped from Chanel
Starting in 2009 Chanel No.5 fans will have to get used to seeing Amelie star Audrey Tautou as the face of the brand instead of actress Nicole Kidman. Kidman has been the face of the brand since 2004 taking part in various photoshoots and acting in a 3 minute...
May 8, 2008
Kanye West Does Ksubi for Pastelle
Kanye West's fashion label is off to a promising start with news that he will be teaming up with Australian fashion label Ksubi. West is just coming off a super successful album titled Graduation Day, is looking to branch off into fashion with his Pastelle fashion line...
May 7, 2008
Francisco Costa wins Spirit of Design Award
Calvin Klein womenswear designer Francisco Costa won the 2008 Spirit of Design Award at Philadelphia University's fashion show. Since arriving at the helm of Calvin Klein, Costa has taken home a variety of...
May 6, 2008
Rock & Republic Getting Sued by Victoria Beckham
The wires are abuzz this morning with news that the blissful marriage that was Victoria Beckham and Rock & Republic may be ending in a nasty divorce. The initial relationship was one of creative splendor, Beckham ...
May 5, 2008
Australia Fashion Week Deemed a Success by All Measures
Australia fashion week ended yesterday the same way it came in with much fanfare. Though not without it's share of incidents and controversies, the event proved that the talent in the south pacific can give their brethren around the world a run for their money.
May 2, 2008
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