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The skinny stiletto has gone on a long walk for the fall 2012 season, replaced by chunky heels with a more masculine edge. Boots fall in two lengths — ankle length or thigh-high, leaving the mid-calf field all but bare. And black, unsurprisingly is big, but burgundy is a strong color for the season as seen on the runways for Tommy Hilfiger, Alexander Wang, Derek Lam and Diane von Furstenberg, among others.
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Looking around the scene at Tommy Hilfiger’s fall 2012 runway show I thought I had mistakenly wandered into an English garden. Vines of ivy twisted their way along brick columns and trees fully in bloom sat in their own separate little fields. If not for the giant catwalk winding around those fields, I would’ve expected a tea party to commence at any second. From this setting I also expected very light, dainty, ladylike fare – but from the first look it was apparent that the house that Tommy built was not serving tea. A thread of military dressing ran through the collection, centered heavily on coats in shearling, bonded leather and Melton wool. Dresses in silk suggested a ladylike quality, but this lady’s ready to face the ravages of fall and stare it down till the spring.
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Ever since its inception in February, Male Model Humpday has proven to be one of our favorite and most popular features on FashionIndie, but then again it doesn’t take a degree in rocket science to figure out that hot, shirtless and occasionally fully naked male models equals a good time had by all. Join us, won’t you, on a stroll down Humpday Memory Lane as we take a look back at the boys and mens that got our pulses racing in 2011.
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It’s a multi-national, mutli-continent affair in Vogue Australia‘s December issue as photographer Max Doyle, stylist Naomi Smith, actress Isabel Lucas and model Katie Fogarty pack up for the African frontier.
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There’s a definite consensus around the FashionIndie office regarding this season at the tents: lackluster. Gone was the excitement and the thrill of the new and in its stead stood a circus comprised of the old guard impatiently appraising the crop of would-be streetstyle stars and the army of bloggers hanging about as they waded through the muck of the nameless and the irrelevant to find a collection onto which to pin their ever-dwindling hopes . Still, there were a few shows that set the five barely-beating hearts of FashionIndie racing and had our backs aching to be clothed in their bright and bold designs.
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Betsy Ross may have fashioned the first ever American flag, but the Council of Fashion Designers of America is more likely to tap Betsey Johnson to design theirs.
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- As if her trophy shelf isn’t full enough, Meryl Streep is among the new class of Kennedy Center honorees. [NYT]
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Ever since Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week moved from the tents at Bryant Park to the metaphorical tents at Lincoln Center, more and more designers have opted instead of external sites to hold their fashion shows. One of the most popular venues, Milk Studios, is now in direct competition with Lincoln Center for both sponsors and designers.
