Coachella 2012, a celebration of music and fun in Southern California, just finished over a week of festivities to the largest crowd they’ve ever entertained. Coachella has long been a favorite of hipster music lovers (this year’s line-up included Bon Iver and The Black Keys,) but it has also garnered a following among the fashion [...]
Women’s Wear Daily, the beacon of fashion direction for fashionistas, has declared that puffer coats will be one of the hottest trends for Fall 2012. Wait – what?!? Yes, you read that correctly…puffer jackets, like those fluffy, poofy down-usually-encased-in-nylon marshmallow jackets that everyone in Ithaca wears from late autumn to spring and sometimes through the [...]
Victoria’s Secret “Angel” model, Miranda Kerr received a different type of wings when she visited Ellen DeGeneres’ talk show this week. The model is the proud (and incredibly photogenic) mother of 15 month old Flynn Bloom (her baby with, yep, you guessed it, the Orlando Bloom.) After gifting a pink bikini to Ellen, Miranda received [...]
After a few precarious seasons of being director-less (after John Galliano’s notorious falling out,) Dior has now appointed the newly-let go Raf Simons as the new artistic director for the prestigious French brand. Simons was recently let go from Jil Sander, where his work lauded much critical acclaim with his innovative color blocking brights, minimalist [...]
Studs have been making appearances on clothing and accessories this spring. Formerly associated with punk rockers, studs are being used at brands like Valentino and Givenchy to give an edge to otherwise ladylike looks. With the slew of dainty pastel shades, eyelet and lace fabrics and feminine silhouettes trending this spring, using studs as an [...]
Spring has finally come to Milan, and I’ve been keeping tabs on the South Hill – goodbye Ithaca cold and hello sunshine! It’s time to start embracing the spring and one of the easiest ways to do that is a few wardrobe updates, starting with color! Things will be getting rosy this spring with the [...]
Vogue Italia just released their Haute Mess editorial, which depicts runway favorites Jessica Stam, Karen Elson and Coco Rocha among others in full-on loud, tacky and trashy high fashion. The spread, which has been eagerly anticipated, has already gained some notoriety for possible “racist” depictions, since the shoot was supposedly “ghetto glam” inspired. And this [...]
