Edited by Brittany Crane
Our Uptown Chic/Downtown Sleek feature showcases a shoppable fashion piece we love, and two super-styled ways to wear it. This week, we are playing with the Elizabeth & James black rabbit fur & goat hair jacket that makes us fashion d-i-e and wish for colder weather. Here we go:
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
What happens when getting dressed in the morning loses the fun and adventure it once had? After all getting dressed in the morning should have fun and adventure – a sense of style is really the only thing separating us from the other primates. Monkeys can pretty much do everything we can except walk in heels. So before losing your humanity, try these 10 easy tips to transform your style and breathe some new life into your wardrobe.
Edited by Jessica Lapidos
Buckling under the weight of such beautiful objects, and body falling into a standing broken-down doll, this outfit may take you down the rabbit hole. This outfit is seeped in French history; several pieces have a long lineage in Paris. Sought out by store owner Katherine Virketiene, she’s brought into Ava Maria pour toi.
Edited by Jessica Lapidos
Vivienne Westwood‘s influential existence in the realm of fashion evolved through its powerful early stages between 1980-89. The Museum at FIT has gathered photos, press and groundbreaking garments into an exhibit that opened yesterday that demonstrates her profound effect on the punk revolution, and how she garnered international interest for the London fashion scene. She created by the philosophy, not of change, but rather surprisingly of tradition. It is how she manipulated past traditions to fit the changing times that resonated with so many.
“If you look at any movement… it’s people rejecting what’s just behind them and pulling something out of the past.” – Vivienne Westwood, 1986
Edited by Jessica Lapidos
After a flurry of press over Karolina Kurkova being in the front row and not on the runway, Hervé Léger started with a seat shaking vibrating techno bass that only got heavier throughout. Max Azria infused metal links into the Léger signature bandage. Houndstooth found itself growing and shrinking on alternating strips. Corsetry was pronounced in both leather and stretch, and linked cutouts made the body con even sexier. 
Edited by Josh Linam
“Today I’m wearing huge breasts,” Helena Bonham Carter said after being stopped on the Golden Globes‘ red carpet and asked about her attire. The actress walked home with two Golden Globes in hand, though both were on her chest.
Edited by Rebecca Alexander
Love her lingerie and spaceship inspired corset!
Edited by Kirby Marzec
Unless you are a die hard Trekkie, I have a really hard time believing that anyone would drop $200 for, let alone wear, one of these awful Star Trek corsets. I know some people get really into their Halloween costumes, but really, you could make a much more convincing Star Trek costume for a fraction of the cost. Just you guys wait and see what I pull off come October 31st…
Thanks Like Cool!
Edited by Hillary Frazier
This girl loves her girdles and corsets on the outside instead of in. I think it’s a cool way to create a nice shape, first by wearing a girdle as a belt, and then by layering a corset over a shirt. I can’t say I’m going to run out and try this, but it’s a cool idea.
