Words of Wisdom: 5 Editors Waxing Fashionably

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

When in need of sartorial inspiration or fashionable advice, look no further than the editors from some of the top fashion magazines.

Cheap Eats & Outfit Splurges: Manhattan Lunch

Edited by Amanda Gabriele

One of our favorite reads at FashionIndie, New York Magazine, just came out with its “Cheap Eats” issue, including 20 mouthwatering pages with the best food under $25 in New York City. Being in fashion and all, we frivolously spend most of our hard-earned cash on clothing and accessories. But that doesn’t mean we resort to street dogs and bad pizza (ewww). Over the course of three days, we will show you where you can get a cheap tasty bite while wearing the outfit you splurged on. Today, lunch in Manhattan.

Gentlemen Should Smell Like Matthew McConaughey

Edited by Samantha Lim

We gathered at Manhattan’s swanktastic Core Club (typically a gentleman’s club, we were offered scotch and pork loins at the door!) for the announcement of the Dolce & Gabbana The One Gentleman Charity Auction.

When Fashion Terms Go Out of Fashion

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

The New York Times has selflessly taken it upon itself to enumerate 2010′s “Worn-Out Fashion Terms” and among the violators are “couture”, “statement outfit” and “fashionista.” So out with the old and in with the new as Fashion Indie has selflessly taken it upon itself to enumerate 2011′s “Soon to Be Worn-Out Fashion Terms.”

QUOTABLE: Cathy Horyn

Edited by Rebecca Alexander

‘The recession could turn out to make designers better designers.  Fashion houses, anticipating reduced orders, cut out the theatrics as they sought to appeal to a relatively new demand in luxury fashion: value.  By the end of the shows, retailers were praising the level of craft and fabric research — and complaining when it was obscured, as at Chanel, by French-maid ruffles. Out of necessity, a lot of designers put on smaller shows. It meant that they couldn’t flub a seam.” [NY Times]

LINKAGE: Fashionologie

Lily Cole Gets Hired by The NY Times

Edited by Saynt

Seems the publishing industry isn’t suffering from the economy as much as everybody thought. The struggling Daily has decided to go into the movie industry and one of their movies is getting the attention of Lily Cole.