Hand Painted Chanel on the Lower East Side

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

Down on Stanton St, the lively boutique A. Turen does more at than just stock the hottest young things like Timo Weiland, Rad Hourani, Jonathan Simkhai and Dannijo. Store owner Ashley Turen is an artist that gets abstract on vintage wares. She takes already valuable pieces like vintage Chanel bags, rare rock tees, motorcycle jackets, and just-plain-cool Levi cutoffs, and paints upon them a cosmic melange of lustrous hues. So what if that Kiss t-shirt is already worth several hundred dollars? A Turen is going to make it more trick it out and add value of her own. 

New York Fashion Week Elite Raid Celebrity Closets

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

Whilst daydreaming about the wardrobes of the Fashion Week Elite, we found ourselves wondering whose closets they, in turn, covet. Style icon Iris Apfel, budding designer & Eco Domani winner Titania Inglis, and front row celeb staple Kristin Chenoweth and stunning others let us peek inside their imagination at whose wardrobe they’d go all Winona Ryder on. Who wants in on Tom Ford‘s dressing suite? Who’d take on Daphne Guinness? Take a look. 

Our Top 3 Avant Gardians Abroad

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

To create something new in fashion is strangely a rarity. Think: McQueen, Kawakubo, Margiela… We’ve imported them from abroad, the three that are turning it out right now. It’s the kind of fashion that makes your cutting jaw hit your 7 inch platforms in sartorial lust. Our top 3 Indie Imports are:

Dozens of Rad Jackets in One

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

Rad Hourani’s Unisex Transformable Jacket costs $1,765. If you divide that number by how many ways he shows you can wear it, it’s roughly $50 per look. That’s Rad.

His asexual, aseasonal, no boundaries approach to design comes from no place or time at all. It evolves with his curiosity about clothing, how it can morph and what it can do. His pieces are forever basics for the non-conformist.

More ways to wear after the break.

Sex Sells, Sex Smells

Edited by Hilary Beck

Every year, we eagerly await the Six Scents perfume collection, and this series is no exception. That said, perhaps Rad Hourani and his fragrance team got a bit too hot ‘n’ bothered over the excitement.

Six Scents Will Have You Smelling Fly, Designer Style

Edited by Amanda Gabriele

Each year, Six Scents pairs visionary fashion designers with leading perfumers, pushing for creative olfactory interpretations around a central theme, with its sales supporting a charitable cause.

FASHION FAIL: Aldo for Rad Hourani

Edited by Amanda Gabriele

This is a two out of three fashion fail for me. The Aldo for Rad Hourani collaboration is disappointing, as I would only consider wearing the slingback heel. What do you think indies, rad or bad? See more…

STREET HERO: The Gareth Pugh Protégé

Edited by Kirby Marzec

Oh, hey there Nikki Moose, don’t you look amazing! Corey and I ran into our dear Dirty Flaws friend at Rad Hourani’s Fall 2010 show last week and looked on as our girl, decked out in her FABULOUS Gareth Pugh coat, got photographed by Phil Oh of Street Peeper. Honestly, a style photographer should follow this chick on a daily basis, she looks rad all the time!

STREET HERO: Blogger Edition

Edited by Rebecca Alexander

Blogger Hanneli in a white Martin Margiela fur coat, Rad Hourani leather pants, and Alexander Wang bag. So jealous!!!

Where Oh Where Has My Little Kate Gone?

Edited by Kirby Marzec

For those of you out and about during New York Fashion Week, you probably noticed something missing from the front row: Kate Lanphear, Fashion Editor at Elle Magazine . As my favorite fashion person, I tend to keep my eyes peeled for Lanphear, especially during Fashion Week. But this season, Lanphear was MIA from the shows she typically shows up at. Rebecca attended about 25 shows and only spotted Lanphear at BCBG and William Rast. Last season, Lanphear was the front row favorite at shows like Rad Hourani and G-Star (although she didn’t actually sit front row last season) but she was missing from both this season!

Perhaps we weren’t as intuitive this season, but did anyone else see Lanphear at any other shows? I’m worried.