Edited by Lester Brathwaite
LOOKBOOKS contributor Stacey Cunningham helms the regular feature, Kit & Kaboodle, taking a look at what makes stylists tick and keeps them sane. This week she profiled one of the busiest and most successful stylists in the industry, one Ms. Mary Alice Stephenson:
Edited by Jessica Lapidos
There’s a new shoe e-tailer that is catwalking into our hearts by bringing couture sky-highs together under one roof. Javari is celebrating their love of shoes and the opening of their site, and we’re celebrating the chance to see bepoke, one of a kind designer shoes up close. That is only if we could travel to London to see it. Hey Brits – let us know how it looks up close. For now, drool with us here over Louboutins, Nicholas Kirkwood, Gareth Pugh, Nina Ricci as they get taller and taller.
Edited by Amanda Gabriele
Famed makeup artist and Creative Advisor for Dolce & Gabbana The Make Up Pat McGrath has plenty of Fashion Week experience under her belt. With the Spring 2012 collection shows behind her, McGrath wants to share her backstage polaroids with the world. Not only can you see her brilliant makeup jobs on the industry’s top models, but these photos give you a glimpse of the most exclusive backstages in the fashion world. Click through for the gallery.
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
InStyle‘s fashion director, Hal Rubenstein waxes iconic in his new book, 100 Unforgettable Dresses (Harper Design, 2011). From Rita Hayworth in Gilda to Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman, Princess Diana to the Duchess of Cambridge, Grace Kelly to Grace Jones, Bob Mackie to Karl Lagerfeld, Rubenstein delves into fashion history and comes up with an informative and entertaining read. But what makes a dress unforgettable? Calvin Klein — one of several designers interviewed for the book — put it best: “an unforgettable moment is the combination of the right dress on the right woman at the right time.” Click through for a sampling of some of the dresses that made the list.*
Edited by Jessica Lapidos
New York already cut it out, but now Paris is playing this game too. The game is Peek-a-Boo and the goal is to show enough without showing everything. These are little slits that come in slight shapes, some veiled, some open straight to skin. These open slivers are the sexiest pseudo-exhibitionist cuts to come off of the Paris runway.
Edited by Jessica Lapidos
Vogue Germany turned to the golden age of old Hollywood glam to give Fall’s freshest a regal place in history. Crystal Renn plays the part of a starlett well, because she quite is one. In some moments, Fashion Editor Katie Mossmann has turned her Audrey Hepburn, in others a bit Jean Harlow. It’s kind of stunning how Miu Miu, Balenciaga, Rick Owens, Lanvin and others fit together now to transport us back to that über chic era.
Edited by Jessica Lapidos
While she is no longer the editrice of Vogue Paris, Carine Roitfeld is still turning it out, now on her own terms. In her latest project, she styled the Barneys lookbook, gathering a collection of werqing women that move her, and dressed them in that way that made French Vogue so epic. Here, we’ve taken five of our favorite looks and (though we’d love to go to Barneys for them, a. these pieces are not available online, and b. pshh we wish) found their essences for less.
Edited by Jessica Lapidos
Your little blacks are your solid steady and you know to use your accessories to shift the shape. These bags have gorgeous hues that will seriously enhance the whole attitude.
See them paired with fantastic LBDs to add to your collection.
Edited by Amanda Gabriele
Lace has been a collection frontrunner for a few seasons now, and we have completely fallen in love with this ornate, whimsically romantic trend. Here are 10 of our favorite lace pieces you just might see us rocking around town.
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
And goes into the museum. For her exhibit at the Museum at FIT, Daphne Guinness delved in deep into her magical wardrobe — which I think leads, if not to Narnia, at least to Bergdorf’s — and chose some 100 of her most enviable garments and accessories to go on display from September 16 through January 7.
