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FASHION / January 27 2012 11:28 AM

Candice Swanepoel is an Urban Warrior for Vogue China

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Bronzed and beautiful as always, only Candace Swanepoel could pull-off a sweaty, matted-down hair, I-just-worked-out look this well. Photographed by Daniel Jackson for the February 2012 issue of Vogue China, Candy sports sporty looks from Alexander Wang, Stella McCartney, Balenciaga, Y-3 and Narciso Rodriguez, artfully styled by Alastair McKimm. Take notes ladies – this is what a city workout should look like.

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CULTURE, FASHION / January 23 2012 2:05 PM

Look of the Day: Futuristic Femme Fatale

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During Tech Month at FashionIndie, we’ve been exploring the excellent scientific advances in fashion and looking to the future for what we might be wearing tomorrow. In today’s Look of the Day, we thought about what a super duper, crime-fighting, futuristic femme fatale should look like. Click to see her badass style.

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FASHION / November 28 2011 10:30 AM

SHOE ENVY: Balenciaga Embossed Carreaux Stiletto Low Boots

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At first glance, the black and white ankle grid on these Balenciaga stiletto boots appears an illusion. Is that background or supple white calfskin leather? With a Lady James Bondage kind of feel, this pair is a little sexier than your average shoe. A pointed toe is complemented in the back by a zip closure fastened by press studs. A goatskin lining ensures your foot never wants to leave its new home.

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CULTURE / November 26 2011 12:53 PM

INDIE REWIND: A Lesson in Opulence — 5 Profiles in Fabulous

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Fashion is as famous for its outsized personalities as its outsized skirts. The drama of a neckline is birthed — loudly, and often involving an unceremonious  firing — by a complicated genius no one could hope to understand…let alone care to try to understand. Below are five profiles in the kind of batshit crazy you just can’t teach. This elegance is learned, kids.

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INTERVIEWS / November 18 2011 4:33 PM

Alice Ritter Tells Tales and Recommends Some Fashionable Reading

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Jessica paid a visit to designer Alice Ritter as part of LOOKBOOKS.com‘s new feature, “Tales of the Atelier”:

Through the concrete and brick columned hall of the CFDA Incubator, past glass doors with names like Bibhu Mohapatra, House of Waris and Prabal Gurung etched upon them, sits a room on the end that houses the studio of a French expat with a beautiful concept. Alice Ritter works seemingly solitary in a tidy, brightly lit room with a towering cubic bookshelf, a sewing machine and inspiration all around. Her style rings from the authenticity of growing up in the late 70s in France, where Yves Saint Laurent was god and high power glossies were sacred. Having studied economics, she created a fashion lab within her home with her Brooklynite husband to pursue her true art of design. Poring over books and dissecting vintage clothing lead to her creating an aesthetic that is uniquely hers. 

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