Edited by Lester Brathwaite
It seems like you can’t turn on the radio, or more realistically open up your Pandora, without hearing some serious name-dropping in your favorite tunes. But label-whoring in lyrics goes way back in the day before Kanye West was the Louis Vuitton Don and Gwen Stefani‘s Harajuku-mania.
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
The annual 1.618 event, founded in 2010, was held in Paris this weekend where the focus was on “Sustainable Luxury.” With the luxury industry under mounting pressure to provide transparency and accountability, 1.618 brought together some 40 firms, foundations and innovators to discuss cleaning up luxury’s act. However, the three largest industry players — LVMH, PPR and Richemont — were largely absent. Since they control the majority of the luxury industry, will luxury ever truly green its ways?
Edited by Amanda Gabriele
Gilded, studded and buckled, this Chloé ankle boot is a biker bitch’s dream. They call her Susan, created with beautiful black leather set handsomely on a Cuban heel. One, two, three times a buckle holds the whole thing together as golden studs create intricate patterns that tickle the eye. Would you not live in this pair every day?
Edited by Jessica Lapidos
This is a call to arms, to remove them from the narrow shafts of coat sleeves. Let them live with the rest of the body underneath a cape or a drape. The shape is free and flowing, the cuts are crafty and they’ve got a wrappable capacity that keeps you roasty toasty. As they say, keep the chest warm, the arms will take care of themselves.
Edited by Jessica Lapidos
Later this week, Spring 2012 will permeate the interwebs, making us go googly eyed over trends we won’t fully appreciate for another six months. Meanwhile, I stepped outside today to the first NY chill of the season. So before I get Spring Fever over New York Fashion Week, let’s chat about the looks we’ve been lusting over for Fall that we finally get to put to werq.
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
As part of our “Art, Architecutre and Design” month, we at FashionIndie want to keep you culturally stimulated. But what good is cultural stimulation if you’re wardrobe leaves you limp? So combining the best of both worlds, here’s a handy dandy’s guide to some interesting exhibits opening around the city and what to wear to them.
Edited by Samantha Lim
Ok so we didn’t exactly watch the Teen Choice Awards, but that certainly isn’t going to stop us from showcasing (and judging) the red carpet choices of megastars between the ages of 15-21. Tighten up your Tiger Beat loins and let’s take a journey through pop culture’s most popular kids on the red carpet…
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
Barneys’ famous windows get an imaginative makeover under new creative director Dennis Freedman. His “Roomscapes of the Imagination” is his first full-scale display since taking over the post from Simon Doonan in January.
Edited by Jessica Lapidos
Summertime, and the living’s easy, yet a little bit sweaty, too. But you’re a lady, and thus you always smell like angel dust. That being said, a new summer fragrance is in order. A light breath of fresh air, if you will. Well we did, and we turned up our noses at dozens of perfumes at The Fashion Indie Scent Lab, i.e. our collective desk, to bring you the most scintillating scents of the summer.
Edited by Samantha Lim
One of the things we love about summer are the extra shoe options to keep our legs long and lean. Today in the FashionIndie loft, we spotted 7 pairs of wedges on editor stems, and it inspired this roundup of 15 fierce pairs that will top off your mid summer looks.
