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		<title>Designer Daily: Ajna</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Lapidos</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ajna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beryl man]]></category>
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			Designer Beryl Man has shifted her concerns from Donna Karan&#8217;s knitwear and Hussein Chalayan&#8217;s collection, to focusing on sustainability within her own label, Ajna. Man creates clothing that makes people think, and that makes the world a better place. Convertible, ever changing garments are made up of artisanal and organic textiles with low-impact dyes. She [...]
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			<p>Designer <strong>Beryl Man</strong> has shifted her concerns from Donna Karan&#8217;s knitwear and Hussein Chalayan&#8217;s collection, to focusing on sustainability within her own label, <strong><a href="http://www.ajnacollection.com/">Ajna</a></strong>. Man creates clothing that makes people think, and that makes the world a better place. Convertible, ever changing garments are made up of artisanal and organic textiles with low-impact dyes. She embraces the philosophy of the Tao: a life of simplicity with non-interference with the natural course of events. With that, Man is doing all in her power to create and produce in a way that won&#8217;t disrupt Mother Nature.<span id="more-237423"></span></p>

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		<title>16 British Fashion Designers &amp; Contemporary Artists Collaborate</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Lapidos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CULTURE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BFC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British Fashion Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cerith Wyn Evans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charming Baker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Francis Upritchard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gavin Turk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[giles deacon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[harper's bazaar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hussein chalayan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeremy Deller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jess Flood-Paddock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jonathan saunders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[london 2012 festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lucy yeomans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Titchner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Katrantzou]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mat Collishaw]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[matthew williamson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nicholas kirkwood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paul smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peter pilotto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Selfridges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon-periton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stephen jones]]></category>
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			A tight pack of British fashion designers and contemporary artists have paired off at the British Fashion Council&#8217;s discretion, to create eight installations for the London 2012 Festival. Backed by the BFC and Bazaar Fashion Arts Foundation, the event is set to raise funds for art and design scholarships. There are 16 creative minds already [...]
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			<p>A tight pack of British fashion designers and contemporary artists have paired off at the British Fashion Council&#8217;s discretion, to create eight installations for the London 2012 Festival. Backed by the BFC and Bazaar Fashion Arts Foundation, the event is set to raise funds for art and design scholarships. There are 16 creative minds already at work on the projects: <strong>Giles Deacon</strong> and Jeremy Deller, <strong>Hussein Chalayan</strong> and Gavin Turk, <strong>Jonathan Saunders</strong> and Jess Flood-Paddock, <strong>Mary Katrantzou</strong> and Mark Titchner, <strong>Matthew Williamson</strong> and Mat Collishaw, <strong>Nicholas Kirkwood</strong> and Simon Periton, <strong>Paul Smith</strong> and Charming Baker, <strong>Peter Pilotto</strong> and Francis Upritchard, and <strong>Stephen Jones</strong> and Cerith Wyn Evans. Flip through the gallery to see how the pairs&#8217; styles compare.<span id="more-236207"></span></p>
<p>They have until the VIP Gala on June 27th to finish, and will then be on display at the V&amp;A Museum July 6-29, to later go on display at <strong>Selfridges</strong>. <em>Harper&#8217;s Bazaar UK</em> EIC <strong>Lucy Yeomans</strong> will then pen a book to commemorate the collaboration.</p>
<p>Which are you most excited about?</p>

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		<title>Designer Daily: Luv AJ</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 00:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Lapidos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FASHION]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[designer daily]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[heavy metal lover]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hussein chalayan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[kim kardashian]]></category>
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			We discovered a Heavy Metal Lover in Luv AJ to balance out Hussein Chalayan&#8217;s Light Metal Lover from earlier today. Luv AJ designer Amanda Thomas is 23 and utterly rocking the LA jewelry scene with fans like Nicole Richie and Kardashians, and rad girls who like bad ass bling. This heavy collection is made from sheet metal, thick chains [...]
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			<p>We discovered a Heavy Metal Lover in <strong>Luv AJ</strong> to balance out Hussein Chalayan&#8217;s <a title="Hussein Chalayan’s Light Metal Lover Palladium Revealed on the Runway" href="http://fashionindie.com/hussein-chalayans-light-metal-lover-palladium-revealed-on-the-runway/">Light Metal Lover</a> from earlier today. Luv AJ designer Amanda Thomas is 23 and utterly rocking the LA jewelry scene with fans like Nicole Richie and Kardashians, and rad girls who like bad ass bling. This heavy collection is made from sheet metal, thick chains and gritty vibes. Her lookbook, shot by <a href="http://fashiongonerogue.com">Fashion Gone Rogue</a>, shows beautiful teen angst via exasperation, torn (and beer) sweatshirts, a skateboard and cuffs that could crack a chalkboard. Give me a handful of rings, and ring the bell. Present day Pink Lady, go on, get it. <span id="more-233791"></span><br />
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<p><a href="http://vimeo.com/31234722">Luv AJ Heavy Metal Lover Lookbook Video</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/thekitchykitchen">Claire Thomas</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>

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		<title>Hussein Chalayan&#8217;s Light Metal Lover Palladium Revealed on the Runway</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Lapidos</dc:creator>
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			This morning, Hussein Chalayan showed Paris his mastery for Fall 2012. Known for using technological materials in his designs, like a dress that turns into a coffee table, or a dress that moves independently (which inspired one of Lady Gaga&#8216;s Monster Ball gowns) this season he utilized the newest, lightest, strongest metal on the market: Palladium. He [...]
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			<p>This morning, <strong>Hussein Chalayan</strong> showed Paris his mastery for Fall 2012. Known for using technological materials in his designs, like a <a href="http://nikkigeorgeferguson.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/untitled-1.jpg">dress that turns into a coffee table</a>, or a <a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=N&amp;biw=1440&amp;bih=816&amp;authuser=0&amp;tbm=isch&amp;tbnid=7DoR0t6LkqiwyM:&amp;imgrefurl=http://www.forwardfashion.biz/commodity/turn-me-on/&amp;docid=Nv3wsw6XWX-QpM&amp;imgurl=http://www.forwardfashion.biz/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hussein-chalayan.jpg&amp;w=470&amp;h=336&amp;ei=09hQT7W_NITi0QG4sIW_DQ&amp;zoom=1&amp;iact=hc&amp;vpx=416&amp;vpy=152&amp;dur=707&amp;hovh=190&amp;hovw=265&amp;tx=94&amp;ty=99&amp;sig=109328156145303114242&amp;page=1&amp;tbnh=145&amp;tbnw=191&amp;start=0&amp;ndsp=30&amp;ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0">dress that moves independently</a> (which inspired one of <strong>Lady Gaga</strong>&#8216;s <a href="http://youtu.be/rKPMMrM1Zdo">Monster Ball gowns</a>) this season he utilized the newest, lightest, strongest metal on the market: <strong>Palladium</strong>. He partnered with the International Palladium Board as part of their initiative to make the metal not only appealing for industrial, but also that of luxury. Hussein Chalayan muses on the collaboration, “It was very appealing for me to develop an idea inspired by the lightness and strength of palladium. This partnership was a very natural gravitation; I am interested in materials that are not automatically associated with clothing. This is what my work is about.” <span id="more-233704"></span></p>
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		<title>Designer Daily: 10A Suspender Trousers Company</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Lapidos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FASHION]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[10A suspender Trousers company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AAAAAAAAAA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[daria dazzan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[designer daily]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hussein chalayan]]></category>
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			The name 10A Suspender Trousers Company is quite literal, like antiquated tailoring shops of eras past. What started as a small tailor workshop called AAAAAAAAAA™ between Daria Dazzan and Matteo Cibic, making 10 one-of-a-kind suspender trousers per month, two years later has become a full collection in a range of fabrics and sizes under the full name. [...]
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			<p>The name <strong><a href="http://www.lookk.com/10a-suspender-trousers-company/about">10A Suspender Trousers Company</a></strong> is quite literal, like antiquated tailoring shops of eras past. What started as a small tailor workshop called <strong>AAAAAAAAAA™</strong> between <strong>Daria Dazzan</strong> and <strong>Matteo Cibic</strong>, making 10 one-of-a-kind suspender trousers per month, two years later has become a full collection in a range of fabrics and sizes under the full name. With Daria&#8217;s experience under <strong>Veronique Branquinho</strong> and <strong>Hussein Chalayan</strong>, and Matteo&#8217;s expertise in product and art design, the men&#8217;s brand is concisely crisp and extremely well made.<span id="more-228459"></span></p>

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		<title>Hussein Chalayan Goes Gums-Deep in his Models</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:23:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lester Brathwaite</dc:creator>
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			Hussein Chalayan is one of the last great showmen left in fashion &#8212; now that McQueen is dead, Galliano is fired and Marc Jacobs is stolen. Over the past seventeen years of his career, the Cyprus-born designer has done his part to shake up the fashion industry and challenge people&#8217;s views of fashion and art.  How [...]
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			<p><strong>Hussein Chalayan</strong> is one of the last great showmen left in fashion &#8212; now that <strong>McQueen</strong> is dead, <strong>Galliano</strong> is fired and <a href="http://fashionindie.com/marc-jacobs-entire-collection-stolen/" target="_blank"><strong>Marc Jacobs</strong> is stolen</a>. <a href="http://fashionindie.com/hussein-chalayan-goes-on-display/" target="_blank">Over the past seventeen years of his career</a>, the Cyprus-born designer has done his part to shake up the fashion industry and challenge people&#8217;s views of fashion and art.  How can one forget his <a href="http://fashionindie.com/the-10-greatest-fashion-shows-of-the-past-10-years/" target="_blank">groundbreaking spring 2007 presentation</a> with its tiny little robots that allowed six dresses to cycle through 100 years of sartorial history? For his spring 2012 collection, Chalayan utilized micro-mechanisms again, but they served a completely different purpose this time.<span id="more-217954"></span></p>
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<p>Working with <strong><a href="http://www.thecreatorsproject.com/blog/hussein-chalayan-shows-a-new-image-of-the-body" target="_blank">The Creators Project</a></strong>, Chalayan and fashion show director <strong>Alex de Betak</strong> rigged champagne flutes with tiny, battery-powered, wireless cameras that activated when titled 15 degrees. The models received their champagne from a be-wigged Chalayan, disguised as a waiter to observe the action &#8212; then turned their attention to a blank wall behind the runway. Taking a sip, the cameras automatically lit up and projected onto the canvas an in-depth view of the models&#8217; mouths and throats. Part performance art, part fashion show, Hussein Chalayan once again demonstrated his unique ability to utilize technology  in his vision for fashion&#8217;s future. For him, technology is “really the only thing through which you can do new things.” [<em><a href="http://www.thecreatorsproject.com/blog/hussein-chalayan-shows-a-new-image-of-the-body" target="_blank">The Creators Project</a></em>]</p>

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		<title>Top 11 Classiest Fashion Schools in the World</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 21:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Lapidos</dc:creator>
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			Welcome to our month of Fashion Education. To start you off in the right direction, let&#8217;s examine your choice of design university, or more importantly, the fashion schools of choice. Certain alma maters produce an exceptional level of talent, consistently. Let us see where you stand, and who stands out as your alumni and professors. [...]
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			<p>Welcome to our month of Fashion Education. To start you off in the right direction, let&#8217;s examine your choice of design university, or more importantly, the fashion schools of choice. Certain alma maters produce an exceptional level of talent, consistently. Let us see where you stand, and who stands out as your alumni and professors. (Note: we are only looking at schools that speak English. Paris has burned.)</p>
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<p>11. <strong><a href="http://udel.edu">University of Delaware</a></strong> Newark, DE</p>
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<p><strong>Campus Tour: </strong>The smallest state also has a small design program that is focused on quality garment making from every angle. The program follows a garment through its entire lifecycle, from the creative design and tailoring, to a focus on sustainably producing goods on both small and large scale in a socially and environmentally minded manner. An entirely student run fashion magazine, UDress, and fashion shows exist outside of class, working to show and pull fashion out of this college driven town.</p>
<p><strong>Programs: </strong>Apparel Design, Merchandising, Sustainability</p>
<p><strong>Student Body:</strong> 16,500</p>
<p><strong>Tuition:</strong>  $27,000</p>
<p><strong>Star Alumni: </strong>Well, me. And a fierce force that is the backbone of the garment industry.</p>

<p><img class='alignleft wp-image-60' alt='' src='http://fashionindiemedia.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/alexander-mcqueen.jpeg' width='620' height='365' /></p><p></p><h1>Alexander McQueen</h1>
<p><img class='alignleft wp-image-60' alt='' src='http://fashionindiemedia.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/gg-catherine-zeta-jones.jpeg' width='392' height='594' /></p><p>BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JANUARY 16:  Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones arrives at the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at The Beverly Hilton hotel on January 16, 2011 in Beverly Hills, California.  (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)</p><h1></h1>
<p><img class='alignleft wp-image-60' alt='' src='http://fashionindiemedia.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/339839940-02160837.jpeg' width='499' height='750' /></p><p>attends the "Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty" Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2011 in New York City.</p><h1></h1>
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<p><img class='alignleft wp-image-60' alt='' src='http://fashionindiemedia.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/alber-elbaz-dancing-lanvin.png' width='1280' height='800' /></p><p></p><h1>Alber Elbaz</h1>
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		<title>10 Exhibits to See Now That Savage Beauty Has Closed</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:23:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lester Brathwaite</dc:creator>
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			A noticeable cloud has fallen over Manhattan. Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, the critically-acclaimed and commercially record-breaking retrospective on the late designer, hath closed. What to do?! Where to go?! Why go on?! But before you stab yourself in the face with an armadillo heel, check out these five fashion-related museum exhibits in and around New [...]
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			<p>A noticeable cloud has fallen over Manhattan. <em><strong>Alexander McQueen</strong>: Savage Beauty</em>, the critically-acclaimed and commercially record-breaking retrospective on the late designer, hath closed. What to do?! Where to go?! Why go on?! But before you stab yourself in the face with an armadillo heel, check out these five fashion-related museum exhibits in and around New York. Sure, it may not fill the McQueen-sized hole in your heart, but at least you&#8217;ll have the memories of the <strong>Met</strong>. Unless you missed the exhibit, in which case just end your misery now.</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>NEW YORK</strong></span></p>
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Illuminating Fashion: Dress in the Art of Medieval France and the Netherlands</a></em></div>
<div><strong>The Morgan Library &amp; Museum</strong>, 225 Madison Ave. (thru September 4th)</div>
<div>&#8220;This exhibition will explore the evolution of fashionable clothing in Northern Europe—from the fashion revolution of the early fourteenth century to the dawn of the Renaissance. Drawn from the Morgan&#8217;s collections, over fifty illuminated medieval and Renaissance manuscripts and early printed books are featured.&#8221;&#8216;</div>

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		<title>Hussein Chalayan Goes on Display</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lester Brathwaite</dc:creator>
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			Cyprus-born designer Hussein Chalayan gets his first major retrospective at Les Arts Décoratifs, opening Tuesday in Paris. “Hussein Chalayan: Fashion Narratives” charts Chalayan&#8217;s elaborate constructions and innovative presentations over the past 17 years of his career, beginning with his graduation show from Central Saint Martins in 1993. Missing from the exhibit, however is Chalayan&#8217;s 1998 &#8220;chador&#8221; [...]
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			<p>Cyprus-born designer <strong>Hussein Chalayan</strong> gets his first major retrospective at <strong>Les Arts Décoratifs</strong>, opening Tuesday in Paris.</p>
<p><span id="more-200197"></span>“Hussein Chalayan: Fashion Narratives” charts Chalayan&#8217;s <a href="http://fashionindie.com/the-10-greatest-fashion-shows-of-the-past-10-years/" target="_blank">elaborate constructions and innovative presentations</a> over the past 17 years of his career, beginning with his graduation show from <strong>Central Saint Martins</strong> in 1993. Missing from the exhibit, however is Chalayan&#8217;s <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/21/style/hussein-chalayan-s-high-wire-act.html" target="_blank">1998 &#8220;chador&#8221; collection</a> because, as the designer puts it, “I don’t need more headaches.”</p>
<p>The exhibit is supported by <strong>Swarovski </strong>and features six designs bearing the precious crystals, including a dress with lasers and one with a morphing hood. &#8220;Hussein Chalayan: Fashion Narratives&#8221; will be on display through November 13th. [<em><a href="http://www.wwd.com/eyescoop/chalayan-s-world-3694708?module=today" target="_blank">WWD</a></em>]</p>

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		<title>MUSE OF THE WORLD: LVMH Not Taking Back Galliano&#8230;Conde Nast September Issues to Double as Coke Mirrors&#8230;Michael Kors&#8217; Walks Down the Gay Marriage Aisle</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 21:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lester Brathwaite</dc:creator>
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			- Bernard Arnault whipped out the .38 and shot down rumors &#8212; sparked by Cathy Horyn, no less &#8212; that John Galliano would return to LVMH. [NYT] - Hussein Chalayan was &#8220;devastated&#8221; when Tom Ford passed him over in 2001 for being &#8220;too avant-garde.&#8221; I guess birthing eggs weren&#8217;t what Gucci was looking for back [...]
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			<p>-<strong> Bernard Arnault</strong> whipped out the .38 and shot down rumors &#8212; <a href="http://fashionindie.com/gallianos-return-to-lvmh-actually-a-possibility/" target="_blank">sparked by <strong>Cathy Horyn, </strong>no less</a> &#8212; that<strong> John Galliano</strong> would return to <strong>LVMH</strong>. [<em><a href="http://runway.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/25/lvmh-chief-says-galliano-will-not-return/" target="_blank">NYT</a></em>]</p>
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<p>- <strong>Hussein Chalayan</strong> was &#8220;devastated&#8221; when <strong>Tom Ford</strong> passed him over in 2001 for being &#8220;too avant-garde.&#8221; I guess birthing eggs weren&#8217;t what <strong>Gucci </strong>was looking for back then. [<em><a href="http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2011/06/27/hussein-chalayan-tom-ford-snub" target="_blank">Vogue UK</a></em>]</p>
<p>- <em>Vogue</em>&#8216;s coveted September cover will go to <strong>Kate Moss </strong>and her wedding, shot by go-to <strong>Wintour</strong> lensman, <strong>Mario Testino</strong>. And <em>Vanity Fair</em> is going decidedly classy by shooting <strong>Lindsay Lohan</strong> while under house arrest for their September issue. [<em><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/kate_lilo_make_fall_covers_Q7fMacxk0hQCJGA3hzI6dJ" target="_blank">Page Six</a></em>]</p>
<p>- Apparently, <strong>Princess Beatrice</strong> has been listening to the haters and has hired full-blown fashionista <strong>Emma Watson</strong>&#8216;s stylist for $2400/day. Meanwhile, throw that glorified basketball hoop of a <strong>Philip Treacy</strong> hat back on and stop boring me. [<em><a href="http://www.styleite.com/media/princess-beatrice-new-stylist/" target="_blank">Styleite</a></em>]</p>
<p>- Ice queen <strong>Johnny Weir</strong> will be the face of <strong>MAC Cosmetics</strong>&#8216; holiday collection, &#8220;Glitter and Ice.&#8221; [<em><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/holiday_face_pMhaCOtXqh793CVeYSDNfM" target="_blank">Page Six</a></em>]</p>
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<p>- And if that isn&#8217;t gay enough for you, check out the windows of <strong>Michael Kors</strong> Bleecker Street  location in celebration of the recently passed same-sex marriage bill. Those brides are actually drag queens, FYI. [<em><a href="http://ny.racked.com/archives/2011/06/27/rainbow_windows_michael_kors_now_pronounces_you_wife_and_wife.php" target="_blank">Racked</a></em>]</p>

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		<title>RED CARPET REPORT CARD: The Good, the Bad &amp; the Gaga at the CFDA Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
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			The CFDA Awards red carpet fell somewhere in between Grammy gauche and Oscar opulence. I thought there would be more formal, black-tie, floor-grazing-gown business à la the Met Ball, but some people showed up in jeans while there was enough leg on display to put KFC out of business. But the fashion grab bag of [...]
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			<p>The <strong>CFDA Awards</strong> red carpet fell somewhere in between <strong>Grammy</strong> gauche and <strong>Oscar</strong> opulence. I thought there would be more formal, black-tie, floor-grazing-gown business à la the <strong>Met Ball</strong>, but some people showed up in jeans while there was enough leg on display to put KFC out of business. But the fashion grab bag of last night&#8217;s red carpet provided a few hits, a ton of misses and then of course there was the Gaga factor.</p>
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<p><strong>Head of the Class</strong> &#8212; <strong>A</strong>s and high<strong> B</strong>s all around:</p>
<p><a href="http://ficdn.fashionindie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cfda71.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-197677" title="cfda71" src="http://ficdn.fashionindie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cfda71.jpg" alt="RED CARPET REPORT CARD: The Good, the Bad & the Gaga at the CFDA Awards" width="529" height="385" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Lady Gaga</strong> in <strong>Mugler</strong> &#8212; Leave it to Gags to show up shitting tulle in a bodysuit, 24-inch tranny heels and an aquamarine wig. You don&#8217;t win the Fashion Icon award by resting on your <strong>Hussein Chalayan</strong> rebirthing egg laurels.</p>
<p><a href="http://ficdn.fashionindie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Daphne-Guinness-2011-CFDA-Fashion-Awards-Arrivals-pi6olDZ3HDcl.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-197764" title="Daphne Guinness 2011 CFDA Fashion Awards Arrivals pi6olDZ3HDcl" src="http://ficdn.fashionindie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Daphne-Guinness-2011-CFDA-Fashion-Awards-Arrivals-pi6olDZ3HDcl.jpg" alt="RED CARPET REPORT CARD: The Good, the Bad & the Gaga at the CFDA Awards" width="319" height="480" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Daphne Guinness</strong> in <strong>Abed Mahfouz </strong>&#8211; Another member of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Tranny Heel, the always impeccable Daphne Guinness chose relatively unknown Beirut designer,  Abed Mahfouz to wonderful effect<strong> </strong>.</p>
<p><a href="http://ficdn.fashionindie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/06_cfda15_kdunst.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-197679" title="06_cfda15_kdunst" src="http://ficdn.fashionindie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/06_cfda15_kdunst.jpg" alt="RED CARPET REPORT CARD: The Good, the Bad & the Gaga at the CFDA Awards" width="375" height="560" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Kirsten Dunst</strong> in <strong>Patrik Ervell</strong> &#8212; I feel like I&#8217;m experiencing a Kirsten Dunst renaissance. First she wins the <a href="http://gawker.com/5804391/kirsten-dunst-tree-of-life-win-at-cannes" target="_blank">top acting prize at <strong>Cannes</strong></a>, now I actually like her choice in red carpet attire? What goes on here? Though honestly, I&#8217;m always a sucker for a woman in a tux and a high bun.</p>
<p><a href="http://ficdn.fashionindie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cfda47.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-197680" title="cfda47" src="http://ficdn.fashionindie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cfda47.jpg" alt="RED CARPET REPORT CARD: The Good, the Bad & the Gaga at the CFDA Awards" width="361" height="526" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Karolina Kurkova</strong> in <strong>Diane von Furstenberg</strong> &#8212; An emerald, hooded jumpsuit, sashed at the waist? Karolina literally looks like the ghost of <strong>Grace Jones&#8230;</strong>and she very well might be since god knows where the hell that brick house full of crazy is these days.</p>
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<p><strong>Chloë Sevigny</strong> in <strong>Chloë Sevigny for Opening Ceremony</strong> &#8212; Leather and lace and giving face. Nothing&#8217;s wrong with a little free self-promotion, though her lady humps seem to be angling for some attention all their own.</p>
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<p><strong>Betsey Johnson</strong> in <strong>Betsey Johnson</strong> &#8212; Why the hell not? Betsey looks great &#8212; and in all black! &#8212; but the tulle ballerina skirt remains in tact, if only a few inches south. But for girls our age, Bets, everything ends up heading south eventually.</p>
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<p><strong>Chanel Iman</strong> in <strong>BCBG Max Azria</strong> &#8212; Lady and the vamp! Looks like Chanel and Karolina both hopped on the same 70s soul train, but with a bit of leg, a flash of cleav and a shoulder or two, Chanel is ready to steam up some mirrored disco balls.</p>
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<p>Call me crazy just as long as you call <strong>Michelle Harper</strong> perfect. I&#8217;m not sure what she&#8217;s wearing, but I want one in every color.</p>
<p><strong>Thanks for coming </strong>&#8211;  Solid effort, solid <strong>C</strong>&#8216;s, high <strong>D</strong>&#8216;s</p>
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<p><strong>Ashley</strong> and <strong>Mary-Kate Olse</strong>n in <strong>The Row</strong> &#8212; I&#8217;m convulsing over MK&#8217;s gold lamé jacket, I just wish Ash had chosen to accessorize a little more. Hair up, statement necklace and a cat eye never hurt anyone. The Row bags, while cute, also look like mini-briefcases, which for an evening dress, is a little jarring.</p>
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<p><strong>Vera Wang</strong> in <strong>Vera Wang </strong>&#8211; Vera, Vera, Vera. While I love a cowl neck, this look makes Morticia Addams look like <strong>Patricia Goddamn Field</strong>. Where&#8217;s the color? Where&#8217;s the fun? I would&#8217;ve taken a beading wedding gown over this funereal frump any day of the week.</p>
<p><a href="http://ficdn.fashionindie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/059m.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-197693" title="059m" src="http://ficdn.fashionindie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/059m.jpg" alt="RED CARPET REPORT CARD: The Good, the Bad & the Gaga at the CFDA Awards" width="320" height="480" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Erin Fetherston</strong> in <strong>Erin Fetherston</strong> &#8212; The CFDAs might have to instill a ban on designers dressing themselves. Though the dress is lovely &#8212; and that bang is flawless &#8212; the color washes Erin out completely. Also, another lack of accessories! Does no one wear jewelry anymore?</p>
<p><strong>Expelled</strong> &#8212; Failing grades, <strong>F&#8217;</strong>s, you</p>
<p><a href="http://ficdn.fashionindie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/06_cfda14_jbryantrroy.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-197696" title="06_cfda14_jbryantrroy" src="http://ficdn.fashionindie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/06_cfda14_jbryantrroy.jpg" alt="RED CARPET REPORT CARD: The Good, the Bad & the Gaga at the CFDA Awards" width="375" height="560" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Joy Bryant (and Rachel Roy)</strong> in <strong>Rachel Roy</strong> &#8212; For the permanent record, Rachel looks good, not her best look, but she gets a passing grade. Barely. Because after all, she also dressed Joy, who&#8217;s going to have to stay after school and bang the erasers. And from the looks of that dress, she might also be banging the janitor.</p>
<p><a href="http://ficdn.fashionindie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/015m.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-197692" title="015m" src="http://ficdn.fashionindie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/015m.jpg" alt="RED CARPET REPORT CARD: The Good, the Bad & the Gaga at the CFDA Awards" width="320" height="480" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Tory Burch</strong> in <strong>Tory Burch</strong> &#8212; You can try to dress up a burlap sack as much as possible, but then it&#8217;s just a burlap sack with some awful polka dots and some even more awful ill-placed beads. Or bottlecaps. What are those actually?</p>
<p><a href="http://ficdn.fashionindie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/06_cfda49_zposenslopez.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-197699" title="06_cfda49_zposenslopez" src="http://ficdn.fashionindie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/06_cfda49_zposenslopez.jpg" alt="RED CARPET REPORT CARD: The Good, the Bad & the Gaga at the CFDA Awards" width="375" height="560" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Sessilee Lopez </strong>in <strong>Zac Posen</strong> &#8212; One question: why? An old lady dress on a stunning, young supermodel still looks like an old lady dress. And frankly, I doubt any dames of a certain age would be caught dead wearing this. It&#8217;s unflattering, there&#8217;s too much going on about the bodice and worst of all it looks cheap. Zac, I would like to see you in my office. Bring the butt paddle.</p>
<p><strong>Photos</strong>: <em>WWD, Style.com, NY Mag</em></p>

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		<title>The 10 Greatest Fashion Shows of the Past 10 Years</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lester Brathwaite</dc:creator>
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			The fashion show has evolved from its earliest incarnations in the salons of department stores into the opulent, theatrical, exorbitant circuses they are now. Over the past ten years, especially, the fashion show has become a multi-media juggernaut, as crucial to a designer’s collections as the collection itself. Along with its commercial peak, fashion shows [...]
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			<p>The fashion show has evolved from its earliest incarnations in the salons of department stores into the opulent, theatrical, exorbitant circuses they are now. Over the past ten years, especially, the fashion show has become a multi-media juggernaut, as crucial to a designer’s collections as the collection itself.</p>
<p>Along with its commercial peak, fashion shows have also reached their creative peaks – moving, visceral, dramatic productions that have elevated them into an art form. <strong>Alexander McQueen</strong> emerged as the true master of the genre, blending the disparate elements of entertainment and ideology while creating beautiful works of clothing that could stand on their own without the hype and hoopla with which he was so famously associated.</p>
<p>Below is a list of the 10 fashion shows that stand as the greatest achievements of the last decade, based on their technicality and theatricality, their influence on fashion and of course, the clothes themselves.</p>
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<p><img class='alignleft wp-image-60' alt='' src='http://fashionindiemedia.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/McQueen-FashionIndie.jpg' width='640' height='480' /></p><p><strong>1. <a href="http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/F2006RTW-AMCQUEEN/" target="_blank">Alexander McQueen</a></strong> – <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do99BE5Q6lo" target="_blank">“Widows of Culloden”</a> (<em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E7owtOq6EM" target="_blank">Fall 2006</a></em>) 

Perhaps McQueen’s greatest show, the clothes were utterly sublime but the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIcsYBZSQ48&amp;feature=related" target="_blank">final hologram of</a><strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIcsYBZSQ48&amp;feature=related" target="_blank"> Kate Moss</a> </strong> floating ethereally above the audience is a moment in which legends are created.</p><h1><strong>1. <a href="http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/F2006RTW-AMCQUEEN/" target="_blank">Alexander McQueen</a></strong> – <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do99BE5Q6lo" target="_blank">“Widows of Culloden”</a> (<em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E7owtOq6EM" target="_blank">Fall 2006</a></em>) </h1>
<p><img class='alignleft wp-image-60' alt='' src='http://fashionindiemedia.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Chayalan-.jpg' width='640' height='400' /></p><p><strong>2. <a href="http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/S2007RTW-HCHALAYA/" target="_blank">Hussein Chalayan</a></strong> – <em><a href="http://www.style.com/fashionshows/video/S2007RTW-HCHALAYA" target="_blank">Spring 2007</a></em> 

The breathtaking future of fashion -- and over 100 years of its history -- were presented in six dresses outfitted with <a href="http://we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2006/10/earlier-this-mo.php" target="_blank">tiny computers</a>, literally giving them a life of their own . Equal parts creepy and brilliant but completely unforgettable.</p><h1><strong>2. <a href="http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/S2007RTW-HCHALAYA/" target="_blank">Hussein Chalayan</a></strong> – <em><a href="http://www.style.com/fashionshows/video/S2007RTW-HCHALAYA" target="_blank">Spring 2007</a></em> </h1>
<p><img class='alignleft wp-image-60' alt='' src='http://fashionindiemedia.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dior.jpg' width='640' height='400' /></p><p><strong>3.</strong> <a href="http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/S2007CTR-CDIOR" target="_blank"><strong>Christian Dior</strong></a> - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxWhwyAa6FM&playnext=1&list=PL852DE562DD0EC23D" target="_blank"><em>Spring 2007 Haute Couture</em></a>

<strong>John Galliano</strong>'s reputation as a showman and expertise as a couturier helped redefine Christian Dior for a new generation. This poetically beautiful collection, however, stands head and origami-detailed shoulders above as the  greatest couture show of the last decade.</p><h1><strong>3.</strong> <a href="http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/S2007CTR-CDIOR" target="_blank"><strong>Christian Dior</strong></a> - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxWhwyAa6FM&playnext=1&list=PL852DE562DD0EC23D" target="_blank"><em>Spring 2007 Haute Couture</em></a></h1>
<p><img class='alignleft wp-image-60' alt='' src='http://fashionindiemedia.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/balenciaga.jpg' width='640' height='400' /></p><p><strong>4.</strong><a href="http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/F2006RTW-BALENCIA/" target="_blank"> <strong>Balenciaga</strong></a> – <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zq_PNbbVKo" target="_blank"><em>Fall 2006</em></a>

<strong>Nicolas Ghesquière </strong>is lucky enough to have the rich Balenciaga archives, of which he has made great use over the years.  With this collection, he made the past and the house his own by reimagining and redefining the female silhouette, just as <strong>Cristobol Balenciaga</strong> had done decades earlier.</p><h1><strong>4.</strong><a href="http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/F2006RTW-BALENCIA/" target="_blank"> <strong>Balenciaga</strong></a> – <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zq_PNbbVKo" target="_blank"><em>Fall 2006</em></a></h1>
<p><img class='alignleft wp-image-60' alt='' src='http://fashionindiemedia.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/McQueen2.jpg' width='640' height='400' /></p><p><strong>5. <a href="http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/S2005RTW-AMCQUEEN/" target="_blank">Alexander McQueen</a></strong> - "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAAIaOGQ-4M" target="_blank"><em>It's Only a Game</em></a>" (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5gY5DXrb48" target="_blank"><em>Spring 200</em>5</a>)

McQueen's "Game" was both fun and provocative, taking some of his most striking and whimsical designs (the king as a football player, a knight in a dress with a built-in pony-hair ponytail) and presenting them in a high-concept cultural chess game between East and West.</p><h1><strong>5. <a href="http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/S2005RTW-AMCQUEEN/" target="_blank">Alexander McQueen</a></strong> - "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAAIaOGQ-4M" target="_blank"><em>It's Only a Game</em></a>" (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5gY5DXrb48" target="_blank"><em>Spring 200</em>5</a>)</h1>
<p><img class='alignleft wp-image-60' alt='' src='http://fashionindiemedia.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/viktorrolf.jpg' width='640' height='400' /></p><p><strong>6. <a href="http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/F2001RTW-VIKROLF" target="_blank">Viktor & Rolf</a></strong><a href="http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/F2001RTW-VIKROLF" target="_blank"> - </a><em><a href="http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/F2001RTW-VIKROLF" target="_blank">Fall 2001</a> </em>

<strong>Viktor Horsting</strong> and <strong>Rolf Snoeren</strong> love to put on a show, and this was one of their first shows to introduce them not only as master showmen but master craftsmen. Workig in a palette of all black, the design duo decided to take it one step further by covering their models -- and themselves -- in all black. If getting away with black face doesn't qualify you as a greatest fashion show, nothing will.</p><h1><strong>6. <a href="http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/F2001RTW-VIKROLF" target="_blank">Viktor & Rolf</a></strong><a href="http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/F2001RTW-VIKROLF" target="_blank"> - </a><em><a href="http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/F2001RTW-VIKROLF" target="_blank">Fall 2001</a> </em></h1>
<p><img class='alignleft wp-image-60' alt='' src='http://fashionindiemedia.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Chanel.jpg' width='640' height='400' /></p><p><strong>7. <a href="http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/S2010CTR-CHANEL" target="_blank">Chanel</a></strong> - <em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maciJCZ01cc" target="_blank">Spring 2010</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8G3MnOTMvg" target="_blank">Haute Couture</a></em>

<strong>Karl Lagerfeld</strong> rarely makes a false move -- I mean, <a href="http://fashionindie.com/5-things-horribly-wrong-with-karl-lagerelds-short-film-starring-rachel-bilson/" target="_blank">no one's perfect</a> -- but he hit every step perfectly with this couture show. Aside from being brilliantly conceived -- the metallic elements flowing through were an especially inspired touch -- the Kaiser actually seemed to be having fun, while remaining true to the most prestigious fashion house in the world.</p><h1><strong>7. <a href="http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/S2010CTR-CHANEL" target="_blank">Chanel</a></strong> - <em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maciJCZ01cc" target="_blank">Spring 2010</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8G3MnOTMvg" target="_blank">Haute Couture</a></em></h1>
<p><img class='alignleft wp-image-60' alt='' src='http://fashionindiemedia.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/img-tom-ford-3_164919847398.jpg' width='1753' height='1200' /></p><p><strong>8. <a href="http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/tom-ford-returns/" target="_blank">Tom Ford</a></strong> -<em> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cipuNKK9dms" target="_blank">Spring 2011</a></em>

How fitting that one of the driving forces behind the rise of the fashion show to public spectacle would precipitate its return to the more personal atmosphere of the salon. Tom Ford's decision to debut his first womenswear show in six years free from the tents and the all-seeing eye of the blogosphere is slowly inspiring other designers who might also prefer their collections with a hint of privacy and control. However, it is still too early to know <a href="http://fashionindie.com/muse-of-the-world-tom-ford-is-influential-cindy-crawford-is-a-fashion-outsider-and-smokers-are-fcked/" target="_blank">exactly how influential</a> this trend will be.</p><h1><strong>8. <a href="http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/tom-ford-returns/" target="_blank">Tom Ford</a></strong> -<em> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cipuNKK9dms" target="_blank">Spring 2011</a></em></h1>
<p><img class='alignleft wp-image-60' alt='' src='http://fashionindiemedia.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/marc.jpg' width='893' height='474' /></p><p><strong>9. <a href="http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/S2008RTW-MJACOBS" target="_blank">Marc Jacobs</a></strong> - <a href="http://www.style.com/fashionshows/video/S2008RTW-MJACOBS" target="_blank"><em>Spring 2008</em></a>

Though most famous -- or infamous -- for starting a whopping two hours late (gotta keep the audience on their toes), Jacobs's ditzy, disheveled backwards romp through a woman's dressing routine proved to be worth the wait and included his most fun and irreverent designs -- and accessories -- to date<em>.</em></p><h1><strong>9. <a href="http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/S2008RTW-MJACOBS" target="_blank">Marc Jacobs</a></strong> - <a href="http://www.style.com/fashionshows/video/S2008RTW-MJACOBS" target="_blank"><em>Spring 2008</em></a></h1>
<p><img class='alignleft wp-image-60' alt='' src='http://fashionindiemedia.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/prada.jpg' width='843' height='478' /></p><p><strong>10. <a href="http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/S2011RTW-PRADA" target="_blank">Prada</a></strong> -<em> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdbi0cNYiPw" target="_blank">Spring 2011</a></em>

The <a href="http://fashionista.com/2011/04/pradas-spring-collection-lands-15-covers-so-far/" target="_blank">now ubiquitous</a> Spring 2011 collection saw <strong>Miuccia Prada</strong> in bold and Technicolor top form. Not only her best collection in seasons, those Baroque monkeys and<strong> Josephine Baker</strong> homages cemented Prada's reputation as one of the most influential houses in the world and one of the most sought-after brands for women.</p><h1><strong>10. <a href="http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/S2011RTW-PRADA" target="_blank">Prada</a></strong> -<em> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdbi0cNYiPw" target="_blank">Spring 2011</a></em></h1>			]]>
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		<title>How to Transform Fall Trends into Spring</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 13:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Lapidos</dc:creator>
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			Extending your clothing from Spring to Fall is relatively simple – they become your bottom-most layers as you build above them for the cold. But what about Fall into Spring? Those pieces are thick and warm, often too much so for the weather. It&#8217;s tricky, but I’ve plucked out some pieces you might have scooped [...]
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			<p>Extending your clothing from Spring to Fall is relatively simple – they become your bottom-most layers as you build above them for the cold. But what about Fall into Spring? Those pieces are thick and warm, often too much so for the weather. It&#8217;s tricky, but I’ve plucked out some pieces you might have scooped up this fall, and I’ll show you how to work them into your wardrobe this spring.</p>
<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-195497" href="http://fashionindie.com/how-to-transform-fall-trends-into-spring/fall-to-spring/"></a><a rel="attachment wp-att-195497" href="http://fashionindie.com/how-to-transform-fall-trends-into-spring/fall-to-spring/"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-195497" title="Fall to Spring" src="http://ficdn.fashionindie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/fall-to-spring-560x272.jpg" alt="How to Transform Fall Trends into Spring " width="560" height="272" /></a><br />
<span id="more-195481"></span> (L-R) <a href="http://www.bluefly.com/Just-A-Cheap-Shirt-navy-plaid-cotton-button-front-shirt/cat1000022/307612701/detail.fly">Just a Cheap Shirt</a>, <a href="http://www.net-a-porter.com/product/111566">Stella McCartney</a>, <a href="http://www.my-wardrobe.com/mm6-by-maison-martin-margiela/super-wide-leg-trouser-206507">MM6 by Maison Martin Margiela</a>, <a href="http://www.stylepaste.com/shop/carin-wester-nairi-7696p.html">Carin Wester</a>, <a href="http://www.harveynichols.com/womens/categories-1/designer-coats/capes/s352002-hooded-cape-coat.html?colour=NAVY">See by Chloé</a></p>
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<p>Long Sleeves:</p>
<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-195487" href="http://fashionindie.com/how-to-transform-fall-trends-into-spring/3-117/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-195487" title="Iceberg Plaid Long sleeve" src="http://ficdn.fashionindie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/3.jpeg" alt="How to Transform Fall Trends into Spring " width="360" height="540" /></a></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">So 90&#8242;s but like totally, whatever. You can take it with you. Tie it around your waist. A slim long sleeve or button up will make a fabulous belt as you wait for the nightly chill. Plaid is rad. <strong>Iceberg</strong> is cool.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Oversized blazer</strong>:</p>
<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-195492" href="http://fashionindie.com/how-to-transform-fall-trends-into-spring/5-69/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-195492" title="Sonia Rykiel Oversized Blazer" src="http://ficdn.fashionindie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/5.jpeg" alt="How to Transform Fall Trends into Spring " width="360" height="540" /></a></p>
<p>A bulky blazer, especially in tweed like this <strong>Sonia Rykiel</strong>, can be quite warm. Just remember that your office might be quite cold and air-conditioned. I showed you how to take your look from <a title="Office to Nightclub in 5 Minutes Flat" href="http://fashionindie.com/office-to-nightclub-in-5-minutes-flat/">office to party</a> with an oversized sport coat. Use yours from fall.</p>
<p><strong>Cape</strong>:</p>
<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-195491" href="http://fashionindie.com/how-to-transform-fall-trends-into-spring/hussein-chalayan/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-195491" title="Hussein Chalayan cape" src="http://ficdn.fashionindie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Hussein-Chalayan.jpeg" alt="How to Transform Fall Trends into Spring " width="360" height="540" /></a></p>
<p>Ah that cape you invested in like this <strong>Hussein Chalayan</strong> piece that made the perfect top layer to seal in extra warmth is now your only source of cover. No, you’ll be dressed underneath, but keep it the layers light, and the bottom tight.</p>
<p><strong>Wide Leg</strong>:</p>
<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-195494" href="http://fashionindie.com/how-to-transform-fall-trends-into-spring/matthew-ames-behnaz-sarafpour/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-195494" title="Matthew Ames &amp; Behnaz Sarafpour wide leg" src="http://ficdn.fashionindie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Matthew-Ames-behnaz-sarafpour.jpg" alt="How to Transform Fall Trends into Spring " width="360" height="540" /></a></p>
<p>These  <strong>Matthew Ames</strong> pants are more of a harem while <strong>Behnaz Sarafpour</strong> works it wide, but any pant with volume (and light enough texture) can stay a staple in your wardrobe as we move into summer. Pants like this would werq at work.</p>
<p><strong>Crop Top Sweater</strong>:</p>
<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-195488" href="http://fashionindie.com/how-to-transform-fall-trends-into-spring/17-15/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-195488" title="Timo Weiland crop top" src="http://ficdn.fashionindie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/17.jpeg" alt="How to Transform Fall Trends into Spring " width="360" height="540" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Timo Weiland</strong> has sandwiched this thick knit crop top between a button down and a heavy coat. For spring, take those layers away and rock the crop with a high waist skirt or shorts. Throw a bandeau underneath for that extra in-case-I-get-warm layer.</p>
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		<title>The College Dropout Going Back to School?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 13:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lester Brathwaite</dc:creator>
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			Kanye West is taking the next logical, Louis Vuitton-loafered step in his ardor for couture by applying for a Master&#8217;s degree in fashion at London&#8217;s prestigious Central Saint Martins College. Photo: Anna Dello Russo&#8217;s Twitter Ye reportedly met with the head of the course, Professor Louise Wilson, to discuss his future matriculation before jetting off [...]
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			<p><strong>Kanye West </strong>is taking the next logical, <strong>Louis Vuitton</strong>-loafered step in his ardor for couture by applying for a Master&#8217;s degree in fashion at London&#8217;s prestigious <strong>Central Saint Martins College</strong>.</p>
<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-188026" href="http://fashionindie.com/the-college-dropout-going-back-to-school/kanye-anna/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-188026" title="kanye-anna" src="http://ficdn.fashionindie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/kanye-anna.jpg" alt="The College Dropout Going Back to School?" width="461" height="665" /></a><span id="more-188025"></span></p>
<p><strong>Photo</strong>: <em>Anna Dello Russo&#8217;s Twitter</em></p>
<p>Ye reportedly met with the head of the course, Professor <strong>Louise Wilson</strong>, to discuss his future matriculation before jetting off to Paris to hang with <strong>Anna Dello Russo</strong> and take in the shows at Fashion Week.</p>
<p>A source tells <em><a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/3448501/No-style-Kanye-West-to-study-fashion.html" target="_blank">The Sun</a></em>:</p>
<p>&#8220;Kanye spends a lot of time with fashion students and often hooks up with Central&#8217;s arty pupils when he is in London. The rapper already has work experience with <strong>Fendi</strong> and Louis Vuitton on his CV. Now that he has been interviewed the school&#8217;s board will have to decide whether to allow him to start the MA fashion course later this year.&#8221;</p>
<p>West&#8217;s few high-profile internships may not be enough to sway the notoriously intractable Wilson, as rumors abound hat &#8221;he has been turned down for a place because his portfolio wasn&#8217;t up to standard.&#8221;</p>
<p>If Kanye does make it through the program, however, he will join CSM&#8217;s list of luminary alumni, which includes designers A<strong>lexander McQueen</strong>, <strong>Stella McCartney</strong>, <strong>Gareth Pugh</strong>, <strong>Christopher Kane</strong>,  <strong>Zac Posen</strong>, <strong>Matthew Williamson</strong> and <strong>Hussein Chalayan</strong>.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s just hope he was taking notes while sitting front row so he can get that portfolio up to snuff.</p>
<p><strong>Link Love</strong>: <em><a href="http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/kanye-west/news/260961-kanye-west-to-go-to-school-in-uk" target="_blank">MTV.co.uk</a></em></p>

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		<title>Comme des Garçons&#8217;s Reclusive Rei Kawakubo Speaks to WWD</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 18:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Lapidos</dc:creator>
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			Rei Kawakubo, the brilliant mind behind Comme des Garçons, is typically almost as quiet as Martin Margiela. However, there being nothing typical about her, she&#8217;s let WWD into her black-clad world. She talks about her new Beijing store, what new designers are doing wrong, and the growing strain to create something undeniably new. What&#8217;s going [...]
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			<p>Rei Kawakubo, the brilliant mind behind Comme des Garçons, is typically almost as quiet as Martin Margiela. However, there being nothing typical about her, she&#8217;s let WWD into her black-clad world. She talks about her new Beijing store, what new designers are doing wrong, and the growing strain to create something undeniably new.</p>
<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-180019" href="http://fashionindie.com/comme-des-garconss-reclusive-rei-kawakubo-speaks-to-wwd/it-beijing02/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-180019" title="Rei Kawakubo" src="http://ficdn.fashionindie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/it-beijing02.jpeg" alt="Comme des Garçonss Reclusive Rei Kawakubo Speaks to WWD" width="529" height="385" /></a><span id="more-180006"></span>What&#8217;s going on in Beijing, you ask? The grand opening of a store stocked with more than a range of Comme des Garçons lines. The brand new I.T Beijing Market features pieces from Maison Martin Margiela, Rick Owens, Hussein Chalayan, Dior Homme, Ann Demeulemeester and other avant-garde visionaries.</p>
<p>What you really want to know &#8211; what are so many new designers doing that disappoints this fashion oracle? They are too soft on themselves, they design things that already exist! It is a sin against fashion. She firmly believes that the point of fashion is to design what has never been done. And that is why we revere her.</p>
<p>To that end, she is finding it harder to create new collections. She&#8217;ll never make the same thing twice and humbly admits that the &#8220;breadth of possibility is getting smaller.&#8221; The thought of selling her company has occurred to her and she hasn&#8217;t written it off as an impossibility, but she wonders who would want it? The company is so essentially <em>her. </em>Her current staff that she is training will hopefully be up to the Comme des Garçons challenge: to create something resolutely new. Though more hopefully, that won&#8217;t be necessary any time soon.</p>
<p>Link Love: <a href="http://www.wwd.com/fashion-news/rei-kawakubo-on-the-record-3411195#/article/fashion-news/rei-kawakubo-on-the-record-3411195?page=1">WWD</a></p>

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		<title>RUNWAY: Hussein Chalayan Fall/Winter 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Alexander</dc:creator>
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			A very mixed, almost all over the place, collection from Chalayan. Some pieces were very out there, while many were just too safe. Entire collection on NY Mag
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			<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-89762" title="12" src="http://fashionindie.lookbooks.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/121.jpg" alt="RUNWAY: Hussein Chalayan Fall/Winter 2010" width="360" height="540" /></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-89760" title="1-1" src="http://fashionindie.lookbooks.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/1-1.jpg" alt="RUNWAY: Hussein Chalayan Fall/Winter 2010" width="360" height="540" /></p>
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<p>A very mixed, almost all over the place, collection from Chalayan. Some pieces were very out there, while many were just too safe.</p>
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<p>Entire collection on <a href="http://nymag.com/fashion/fashionshows/2010/fall/main/europe/womenrunway/husseinchalayan/" target="_blank">NY Mag</a></p>

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		<title>T-CRITIC: Brian Lictenberg/Blood Is The New Black &#124; Names Tee</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hillary Frazier</dc:creator>
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			Hedi Slimane, Martin Margiela,  Nicolas Ghesquière,  Hussein Chalayan, and Vivienne Westwood. By Brian Lichtenberg for Blood Is The New Black.  Even more than the people on this shirt and the fabulous one that made it, I&#8217;m in love with the fit of this shirt. BITNB is doing the whole &#8216;boyfriend tee&#8217; thing now and that&#8217;s [...]
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<p>Hedi Slimane, Martin Margiela,   Nicolas Ghesquière,  Hussein Chalayan, and Vivienne Westwood. By Brian Lichtenberg for Blood Is The New Black.  Even more than the people on this shirt and the fabulous one that made it, I&#8217;m in love with the fit of this shirt. BITNB is doing the whole &#8216;boyfriend tee&#8217; thing now and that&#8217;s just how I like my clothes. (One size fits most!)</p>
<p>This tee is only $38, a total steal! <a href="http://www.bloodisthenewblackstore.com/store/store.php?crn=2679&amp;rn=7761&amp;action=show_detail" target="_blank">Buy it here</a></p>

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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirby Marzec</dc:creator>
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			Un coup de foudre, that&#8217;s the French phrase for &#8220;love at first sight.&#8221; It&#8217;s a rare occasion when I find something I&#8217;d lie, cheat and steal to have, but an evening stroll in Tribeca led me into a girl wearing the leather studded booties pictured above. I contemplated kicking her knees and swiping the boots [...]
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			<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://fashionindie.lookbooks.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Picture-36.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-70567" title="Picture 3" src="http://fashionindie.lookbooks.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Picture-36.png" alt="DESIGNER: Elsa Shoes " width="361" /></a><a href="http://fashionindie.lookbooks.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Picture-55.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-70568" title="Picture 5" src="http://fashionindie.lookbooks.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Picture-55.png" alt="DESIGNER: Elsa Shoes " width="361" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Un coup de foudre, that&#8217;s the French phrase for &#8220;love at first sight.&#8221; It&#8217;s a rare occasion when I find something I&#8217;d lie, cheat and steal to have, but an evening stroll in Tribeca led me into a girl wearing the leather studded booties pictured above. I contemplated kicking her knees and swiping the boots off her feet, but I decided a compliment  would be the less delinquent route. Introducing shoe designer Els Proost, her company, Elsa Shoes, easily ranked at the top of my latest obsessions.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Proost has quite the resume having designed shoes and accessories for Dries Van Noten, Emporio Armani, Maison Martin Margiela, Costume National, Hussein Chalayan, Angelo Figus and more, so there&#8217;s no doubt why they&#8217;re so damn gorgeous. Craftsmanship,comfort and a &#8220;fashionable amusing twist&#8221; reign among Proost&#8217;s design goals, and it&#8217;s safe to say she achieves them with every pair she constructs. Like the <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5972632/Woman-getting-married-to-fairground-ride.html" target="_blank">woman who married a rollerc0aste</a>r, maybe i&#8217;ll join the bandwagon and marry Elsa Shoes. Now that&#8217;s what I like to call a bright future!</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Check out more from Elsa <a href="http://www.elsa-antwerp.be/?page=selector" target="_blank">here</a>! Oh, and if the girl with the studded booties is reading, watch your back!</p>

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		<title>RUNWAY: Hussein Chalayan Spring/Summer 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirby Marzec</dc:creator>
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			Excuse me for my 90&#8242;s references, but Hussein Chalayan&#8217;s Spring 2010 collection reminded me of sexy and sinister Jessica Rabbit (from &#8220;Who Framed Roger Rabbit&#8221;). Blame it on those oversized, shadowy sun hats, but the whole collection screams evasive class. Cut-out suits complimented see through skirts and shorts, bringing a little drama back to the [...]
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			<p><a href="http://fashionindie.lookbooks.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/00210m1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-66812" title="00210m" src="http://fashionindie.lookbooks.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/00210m1.jpg" alt="RUNWAY: Hussein Chalayan Spring/Summer 2010 " width="320" height="480" /></a>Excuse me for my 90&#8242;s references, but Hussein Chalayan&#8217;s Spring 2010 collection reminded me of sexy and sinister Jessica Rabbit (from &#8220;Who Framed Roger Rabbit&#8221;). Blame it on those oversized, shadowy sun hats, but the whole collection screams evasive class. Cut-out suits complimented see through skirts and shorts, bringing a little drama back to the workplace.</p>
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<p>Thanks <a href="http://www.style.com/fashionshows/complete/S2010RTW-HCHALAYA" target="_blank">Style</a>!</p>

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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:21:34 +0000</pubDate>
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			Taking inspiration from throwaway materials and Frankenstein&#8217;s legendary monster, Dazed &#38; Confused this month presents its &#8216;Franken-Fashion&#8217; masks project… a unique creative collaboration with some of the world&#8217;s top designers, including such names as Alexander McQueen, Gareth Pugh, Martin Margiela, Hussein Chalayan, Roberto Cavalli, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac and Riccardo Tisci. Each of the 13 designers [...]
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<p>Taking inspiration from throwaway materials and Frankenstein&#8217;s legendary monster, Dazed &amp; Confused this month presents its &#8216;Franken-Fashion&#8217; masks project… a unique creative collaboration with some of the world&#8217;s top designers, including such names as Alexander McQueen, Gareth Pugh, Martin Margiela, Hussein Chalayan, Roberto Cavalli, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac and Riccardo Tisci. <span id="more-62188"></span></p>
<p>Each of the 13 designers involved created a mask especially for Dazed, using scraps lying around the designers’ studios – look out for rubber gloves, leather offcuts and even an old lampshade! Modelled by the fabulous Guinevere van Seenus, shot by Daniel Jackson and styled by Dazed senior fashion editor Karen Langley, while more Franken-fashion comes from Richard Burbridge, Magnus Unnar, Mark Pillai and Max Farago.</p>
<p>Turning green on the Hackney streets, Dazed also meets Laura Mulleavy of fast-rising label Rodarte to talk horror chic, while talented British actress Rebecca Hall take a break from theatre to discuss Dorian Gray, Woody Allen and sex dolls. Dazed also freaks out with the next generation of psychedelic artists, cutting up internet graphics and 80s TV ads to create mind-bending new works that reflect our media-saturated age. Meanwhile, the scuzzy musicians at the heart of the underground lo-fi music scene get real about whether it&#8217;s a movement or just a bunch of people making noise – with Wavves, Blank Dogs, Times New Viking, Woods, Kurt Vile, A Grave With No Name and many more.</p>
<p>Elsewhere in October&#8217;s Dazed, notorious installation artist Nancy Kienholz, cult comedy duo Tim &amp; Eric, the world&#8217;s first black supermodel Donyale Luna, the Slits&#8217; Ari-Up, Brigitte Bardot dressed as a superhero, and the most snappily dressed 60s apocalypse cult you&#8217;ll ever see.</p>
<p>The Dazed &amp; Confused October &#8216;Franken-Fashion&#8217; special issue is on sale on Thursday September 17.</p>
<p>Written by Dazed &amp; Confused</p>
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		<title>QUOTABLE: Hussein Chalayan</title>
		<link>http://fashionindie.com/hussein-chalayan-%e2%80%98weirded-out%e2%80%99-by-models-who-design-clothes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirby Marzec</dc:creator>
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			It seems to me that I&#8217;m not the only one annoyed by celebrity multitaskers, because designer Hussein Chalayan had this to say about models, like Kate Moss, Erin Wasson, Elle Macpherson, and Amber Valletta, who also design clothing: “If you have a really strong sense of style and people want to aspire to being like [...]
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			<p><a href="http://fashionindie.lookbooks.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/husseinchalayan-100309.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-54793" title="husseinchalayan-100309" src="http://fashionindie.lookbooks.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/husseinchalayan-100309.jpg" alt="QUOTABLE: Hussein Chalayan " width="320" height="480" /></a>It seems to me that I&#8217;m not the only one annoyed by <a href="http://fashionindie.com/the-ten-annoying-celebrity-multitaskers/" target="_blank">celebrity multitaskers</a>, because designer Hussein Chalayan had this to say about models, like <a style="text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" href="http://nymag.com/fashion/models/kmoss/katemoss/"><span style="color: #000000;">Kate Moss</span></a><span style="color: #000000;">, </span><a style="text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" href="http://nymag.com/fashion/models/ewasson/erinwasson/"><span style="color: #000000;">Erin Wasson</span></a><span style="color: #000000;">, </span><a style="text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" href="http://nymag.com/fashion/models/emacpherson/ellemacpherson/"><span style="color: #000000;">Elle Macpherson</span></a><span style="color: #000000;">, and<span style="color: #000000;"> </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><a style="text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;" href="http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2009/07/amber_valletta_puts_her_design.html"><span style="color: #000000;">Amber Valletta</span></a>, who also design clothing: </span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="color: #000000;">“If you have a really strong sense of style and people want to aspire to being like you, I can understand that,” he says. “But if you really are doing it just because you think of yourself as a brand and you haven’t had the training and you know nothing about clothes, it kind of demeans all the training that designers have had.”</span></p></blockquote>
<p>Thanks <a href="http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2009/07/hussein_chalayan_weirded_out_b.html" target="_blank">NY Mag</a>!</p>

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		<title>ADDICT: Hussein Chalayan Fall 09</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[amy troost]]></category>
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			A very different kind of ad, featuring models Serafima, Iekeliene, Tanya D &#38; Ann Catherine photographed by Amy Troost. LINKAGE: Fashion Copious
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<p>A very different kind of ad, featuring models Serafima, Iekeliene, Tanya D &amp; Ann Catherine photographed by <a href="http://amytroost.com/" target="_blank">Amy Troost</a>.</p>
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<p>LINKAGE: <a href="http://fashioncopious.typepad.com/fashioncopious/2009/06/hussein-chalayan-fw-09-ad-campaign-by-amy-troost.html" target="_blank">Fashion Copious</a></p>

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		<title>Lady Gaga Inspires Daisy Balloon</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[NEW FACES]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hussein chalayan]]></category>
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			Or should I say Hussein Chalayan, since he was the originator of her bubble outfit&#8230;Japanese artist Daisy Bubble makes haute couture outfits from balloons, amazing! LINKAGE: PopGloss
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			<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-46067" title="6a00d83451599c69e201156faf2324970c-450wi" src="http://fashionindie.lookbooks.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/6a00d83451599c69e201156faf2324970c-450wi.jpg" alt="Lady Gaga Inspires Daisy Balloon"  /></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-46068" title="6a00d83451599c69e2011570a47a63970b-450wi" src="http://fashionindie.lookbooks.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/6a00d83451599c69e2011570a47a63970b-450wi.jpg" alt="Lady Gaga Inspires Daisy Balloon"  /></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-46069" title="6a00d83451599c69e2011570a47b63970b-450wi" src="http://fashionindie.lookbooks.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/6a00d83451599c69e2011570a47b63970b-450wi.jpg" alt="Lady Gaga Inspires Daisy Balloon"  /></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-46066" title="6a00d83451599c69e201156faf2316970c-450wi" src="http://fashionindie.lookbooks.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/6a00d83451599c69e201156faf2316970c-450wi.jpg" alt="Lady Gaga Inspires Daisy Balloon"  /></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-46065" title="6a00d83451599c69e201156faf23c2970c-450wi" src="http://fashionindie.lookbooks.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/6a00d83451599c69e201156faf23c2970c-450wi.jpg" alt="Lady Gaga Inspires Daisy Balloon"  /></p>
<p>Or should I say <a href="http://demicouture.ca/2009/03/31/now-i-know-where-id-seen-gagas-bubble-outfit-before/" target="_blank">Hussein Chalayan,</a> since he was the originator of her bubble outfit&#8230;Japanese artist Daisy Bubble makes haute couture outfits from balloons, amazing!</p>
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<p>LINKAGE: <a href="http://popgloss.com/home/news/haute-couture-de-ballons/8379/" target="_blank">PopGloss</a></p>

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		<title>TRENDSPARK: Crazy Eyes</title>
		<link>http://fashionindie.com/the-pipeline-wild-eyes-7-freaky-frames-crazier-than-kanyes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saynt</dc:creator>
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			The Pipeline put together a list of 7 pretty awesome glasses perfect for getting you some needed attention including frames from Bernhard Wilhelm and Slow and Steady Wins the Race. Check them out&#8230; Above, clockwise from left: Linda Farrow X Bernhard Wilhelm, $175, available at Seven New York; Duo Fringe Glasses by Bless, $200, available [...]
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<p><span>The Pipeline put together a list of 7 pretty awesome glasses perfect for getting you some needed attention including frames from Bernhard Wilhelm and Slow and Steady Wins the Race. Check them out&#8230;</span></p>
<p><em>Above, clockwise from left:</em> Linda Farrow X Bernhard Wilhelm, $175, available at <a href="http://sevennewyork.com/designers/linda-farrow/s9lifa-bwgold">Seven New York</a>; Duo Fringe Glasses by Bless, $200, available at <a href="http://www.colette.fr/#/eshop/article/24400/bless/220/">Colette</a>; White Resort Sunglasses by Lenny LeLeu, $498, available at <a href="http://www.newhighmart.com/shop/detail.php?id=269">New High (M)Art</a>.</p>
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<p><em>Above, clockwise from left:</em> Hussein Chalayan glasses, $400, available at <a href="http://www.colette.fr/#/eshop/article/27365/hussein-chalayan/220/">Colette</a>; Cyber Sunglasses, $18, available at <a href="http://www.newhighmart.com/shop/detail.php?id=103">New High (M)Art</a>; No. 16 Sunglasses by Mary Ping, $100, available at <a href="http://www.slowandsteadywinstherace.com/#21_SUNGLASSES">Slow and Steady Wins the Race</a>; Delfina Delettrez/Alain Mikli sunglasses, $1500, available at <a href="http://www.colette.fr/#/eshop/article/54049/delfina-delettrez-alain-mikli/220/">Colette</a>.</p>
<p>LINKAGE: <a href="http://pipeline.refinery29.com/the_goods/wild_eyes_5_freaky_frames_craz.php" target="_blank">The Pipeline: Wild Eyes: 7 Freaky Frames Crazier Than Kanye&#8217;s</a></p>
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		<title>Kanye And GF Sit Front Row at Paris Fashion Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Alexander</dc:creator>
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			Kanye West and his girlfriend Amber Rose were front row at many shows during Paris Fashion Week, including Hussein Chalayan, Sonia Rykiel, and Givenchy. Amber Rose wore one of my fave dresses from the Alexander Wang Spring 09 show, which she accessorized with Louis Vuitton heals and bag (also straight off the Spring 09 runway). [...]
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Kanye West and his girlfriend Amber Rose were front row at many shows during Paris Fashion Week, including Hussein Chalayan, Sonia Rykiel, and Givenchy.</p>
<p>Amber Rose wore one of my fave dresses from the Alexander Wang Spring 09 show, which she accessorized with Louis Vuitton heals and bag (also straight off the Spring 09 runway).</p>
<p>&#8216;The risky dress is completely sheer, with a few strategically placed black embossed swirl coils.  Another feature is that the mini dress has cut-out thumbs at the sleeves.&#8217;</p>
<p>According to <a href="http://www.redcarpet-fashionawards.com/2009/03/runway-to-front-row-at-givenchy-amber.html" target="_blank">Red Carpet Fashion</a> only 2 other girls wore this dress,  Erin Wasson, and Sarah Harding and it&#8217;s available at <a href="http://www.barneys.com/Net%20Embossed%20Dress/500075672,default,pd.html">Barney&#8217;s</a> for $995.</p>
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<div>LINKAGE: <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RedCarpetFashionAwards/~3/AelrMPJleVo/runway-to-front-row-at-givenchy-amber.html" target="_blank">Red Carpet Fashion<br />
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		<title>FEATURE VIDEO: Hussein Chalayan Retrospective</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Alexander</dc:creator>
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			A retrospective of all Chalayan&#8217;s work, from his St. Martin’s graduate show to his later experimental designs with Architecture, design, technology, science and philosophy. LINKAGE: Wallpaper
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			<p><img src="http://fashionindie.lookbooks.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/picture-156-300x235.png" alt="FEATURE VIDEO: Hussein Chalayan Retrospective" title="picture-156" width="300" height="235" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-31512" /></p>
<p>A retrospective of all Chalayan&#8217;s work, from his St. Martin’s graduate show to his later experimental designs with Architecture, design, technology, science and philosophy.</p>
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<p>LINKAGE:<a href="http://www.wallpaper.com/fashion/hussein-chalayan-retrospective-london/3036"> Wallpaper</a></p>

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		<title>SPREAD UM: &#8220;Hussein in the Brain&#8221; Shot by Mel Bles for Dazed &amp; Confused</title>
		<link>http://fashionindie.com/spread-um-hussein-in-the-brain-shot-by-mel-bles-for-dazed-confused/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Gabriele</dc:creator>
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			Hussein Chalayan always plays with my mind through design. I love the overly conceptual feel of this clothing, and his spring 09 collection is no different. His amazing garments are shown off in the most ethereal way with a spread in the latest issue of Dazed &#38; Confused. Shot by Mel Bles, these photos capture [...]
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<p>Hussein Chalayan always plays with my mind through design. I love the overly conceptual feel of this clothing, and his spring 09 collection is no different. His amazing garments are shown off in the most ethereal way with a spread in the latest issue of <em>Dazed &amp; Confused</em>. Shot by Mel Bles, these photos capture the dream-like, outer-worldly experience Chalayan&#8217;s spring 09 collection brings to mind.</p>
<p>GALLERY: <a href="http://fashindie.ning.com/photo/photo/slideshow?albumId=2394740:Album:13145" target="_blank">&#8220;Hussein in the Brain&#8221;</a></p>
<p>Thanks to <a href="http://fashioncopious.typepad.com/fashioncopious/2009/01/hussein-in-the-brain-in-dazedconfused.html" target="_blank">Fashion Copious</a> for the photos.</p>

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		<title>Has Fashion Gone Ugly?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Alexander</dc:creator>
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			Judging by the latest spring/summer collections, the fashion industry has taken a deliberately ugly turn. Dowdy or even monstrous silhouettes, discordant combinations of fabrics and colors along with unsightly hair and makeup ruled the runway, while show-goers frequently hid behind oversized glasses in a mock-display of concealment. An abundance of looks featured odd shapes, such [...]
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<p>Judging by the latest spring/summer collections, the fashion industry has taken a deliberately ugly turn. Dowdy or even monstrous silhouettes, discordant combinations of fabrics and colors along with unsightly hair and makeup ruled the runway, while show-goers frequently hid behind oversized glasses in a mock-display of concealment.</p>
<div id="attachment_18787" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 326px"><a href="http://fashionindie.lookbooks.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/1_fendi.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-18787" title="1_fendi" src="http://fashionindie.lookbooks.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/1_fendi.jpg" alt="Has Fashion Gone Ugly?" width="316" height="477" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Fendi</p></div>
<p>An abundance of looks featured odd shapes, such as Hussein Chalayan&#8217;s fierce molded latex spikes and Alexander McQueen&#8217;s skirts with colossal hips and body suits set off by sharp winged shoulders. Many collections also featured grossly oversized garb—a bulky, rigid white dress at Calvin Klein draped over the model as naturally as a cardboard box, a bulbous top at Fendi shifted stiffly from side to side with the model&#8217;s steps and a model swimming in a huge top and cuffed capris at Isaac Mizrahi resembled a little girl dressing up in her mother&#8217;s clothes.</p>
<div id="attachment_18792" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 328px"><a href="http://fashionindie.lookbooks.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/5_husseinchalayan.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-18792" title="5_husseinchalayan" src="http://fashionindie.lookbooks.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/5_husseinchalayan.jpg" alt="Has Fashion Gone Ugly?" width="318" height="475" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Hussein Chalayan</p></div>
<div id="attachment_18789" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 327px"><a href="http://fashionindie.lookbooks.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/2_mcqueen.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-18789" title="2_mcqueen" src="http://fashionindie.lookbooks.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/2_mcqueen.jpg" alt="Has Fashion Gone Ugly?" width="317" height="476" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Alexander McQueen</p></div>
<p>Jumbling together unexpected materials was another trend: Junya Watanabe layered rich African-print skirts over baggy cuffed jeans; Gaultier mixed things up by showing a body suit worn on top of a pair of pants; and Christopher Kane had a garish, transparent pumpkin-orange dress trimmed in black fur. Some styles were more sinister in their hideousness. The unsettling, aggressive silhouettes at Comme des Garàons featured cutouts that revealed a misshapen, unattractive portion of the model&#8217;s stomach. Maison Martin Margiela&#8217;s spectacular and spooky collection featured decidedly unsexy nude-and-white body suits, and disturbing looks such as models bound in ribbons of fabric, their faces concealed by stockings or a cascade of hair.</p>
<div id="attachment_18791" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 327px"><a href="http://fashionindie.lookbooks.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/4_commesdesgarcons.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-18791" title="4_commesdesgarcons" src="http://fashionindie.lookbooks.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/4_commesdesgarcons.jpg" alt="Has Fashion Gone Ugly?" width="317" height="476" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Commes des Garcons</p></div>
<div id="attachment_18790" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 327px"><a href="http://fashionindie.lookbooks.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/3_calvin.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-18790" title="3_calvin" src="http://fashionindie.lookbooks.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/3_calvin.jpg" alt="Has Fashion Gone Ugly?" width="317" height="476" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Calvin Klein</p></div>
<p>The unsightly trend even extended to accessories and beauty. Gaultier featured a fur stole, complete with all four legs, while Rick Owens had his models&#8217; feet wrapped in trash bag like leather fabrics. Behnaz Sarafpour and Balenciaga showed models who looked like they hadn&#8217;t slept in days, their eyes rimmed in shiny brown shadow. At Fendi, runway mane had been teased into spikes, and a rats nest was the hairstyle of choice at Alberta Ferretti.</p>
<div id="attachment_18793" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 327px"><a href="http://fashionindie.lookbooks.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/7_christopherkane.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-18793" title="7_christopherkane" src="http://fashionindie.lookbooks.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/7_christopherkane.jpg" alt="Has Fashion Gone Ugly?" width="317" height="476" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Christopher Kane</p></div>
<div id="attachment_18794" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 325px"><a href="http://fashionindie.lookbooks.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/8_rickowens.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-18794" title="8_rickowens" src="http://fashionindie.lookbooks.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/8_rickowens.jpg" alt="Has Fashion Gone Ugly?" width="315" height="478" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Rick Owens</p></div>
<p>This ugly aesthetic is also reflected in everyday society. Too—chipped nails are being flaunted on the streets of Manhattan as well as the fingertips of celebrities, while dentists report that patients are requesting their veneers appear less-than-flawless (adding a rounded corner or slight rotation of a tooth here and there, gradating their shade instead of making them snow white). More women are also opting to go sans makeup, wearing baggy tops or pants that disguise rather than show-off their shape.</p>
<p>It doesn&#8217;t take more than an awkward smile from Ugly Betty to prove that perfection is pretty boring in its stagnant singularity. The real intrigue sets in when you let yourself branch out from the paragon and explore more multifaceted possibilities. Even if the look isn&#8217;t &#8220;pretty,&#8221; it grabs attention and penetrates the surface—you can&#8217;t just glide blissfully by.</p>
<p>Written by Molly Triffin of<a href="http://jcreport.com/intelligence/ugly-betty/151008/fashion-now-pretty-ugly" target="_blank"> JC Report </a></p>
<p>What do you think indies, has fashion gone UGLY?</p>

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<p><img class='alignleft wp-image-60' alt='' src='http://fashionindie.lookbooks.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/5_husseinchalayan.jpg' width='318' height='475' /></p><p>PARIS  Fashion week  september  2008
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Christopher Kane</p><h1>Christopher Kane</h1>
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			Hussein Chalayan has announced that his first shoe collection will be ready for autumn/winter 2009-10. Wonder what the master of gadgets and incorporating tech into garments, will have in store for footwear. Hopefully, it will be something just as cool as these sock boots (above) that he did for his fall/winter 08 collection. Also, Hussein [...]
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<p>Hussein Chalayan has announced that his first shoe collection will be ready for autumn/winter 2009-10. Wonder what the master of gadgets and incorporating tech into garments, will have in store for footwear. Hopefully, it will be something just as cool as these sock boots (above) that he did for his fall/winter 08 collection.</p>
<p>Also, Hussein just announced his upcoming partnership with Comme des Garcons, and another collaboration on the table with Louis Vuitton. Keep you posted on all that good stuff.</p>
<p>Source: <a href="http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/daily/080701-new-chalayan-and-vuitton-footwear-.aspx" target="_blank">Vogue UK</a></p>
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			Acne is marking up to 40 percent off. You’ll also find goods by Opening Ceremony, Band of Outsiders, Hussein Chalayan, and Proenza Schouler. While supplies last. 10 Greene St., nr. Canal St. (212-625-2828); Mon.–Sat. (11–7), Sun. (noon–7).
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<p>Acne is marking up to 40 percent off. You’ll also find goods by Opening Ceremony, <a href="http://nymag.com/fashion/fashionshows/designers/bios/bandofoutsiders/">Band of Outsiders</a>, <a href="http://nymag.com/fashion/fashionshows/designers/bios/husseinchalayan/">Hussein Chalayan</a>, and <a href="http://nymag.com/fashion/fashionshows/designers/bios/proenzaschouler/">Proenza Schouler</a>. While supplies last. <em></em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>10 Greene St., nr. Canal St. </em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>(212-625-2828); </em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Mon.–Sat. (11–7), Sun. (noon–7).</em></p>
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		<title>Technology Takes Over Fashion</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 13:13:10 +0000</pubDate>
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			With technology becoming more and more a part of our daily lives, designers are using gadgets to their advantage and incorporating them into fashion. &#8220;Led by Hussein Chalayan—who gives us a peek of the near future every season with his wildly inventive tech couture—a vanguard of young designers are reconfiguring fashion as wearable technology, creating [...]
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://fashionindie.lookbooks.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/wt_chalayan_big_bang.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3730" title="wt_chalayan_big_bang" src="http://fashionindie.lookbooks.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/wt_chalayan_big_bang.jpg" alt="Technology Takes Over Fashion" width="320" height="480" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://fashionindie.lookbooks.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/wt_bogner_future_suit.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3729" title="wt_bogner_future_suit" src="http://fashionindie.lookbooks.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/wt_bogner_future_suit-280x300.jpg" alt="Technology Takes Over Fashion" width="319" height="342" /></a></p>
<p>With technology becoming more and more a part of our daily lives, designers are using gadgets to their advantage and incorporating them into fashion. <a href="http://jcreport.com/intelligence/wearable-technology/280508/shine-light-new-developments-wearable-technology" target="_blank"></a></p>
<p>&#8220;Led by Hussein Chalayan—who gives us a peek of the near future every season with his wildly inventive tech couture—a vanguard of young designers are reconfiguring fashion as wearable technology, creating clothing and accessories that change shape, capture solar energy and even provide therapeutic services such as massage and phototherapy.&#8221;</p>
<p>Keep reading the article <a href="http://jcreport.com/intelligence/wearable-technology/280508/shine-light-new-developments-wearable-technology" target="_blank">Here.</a></p>

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