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SPOTTED: Designers On Gossip Girl

Hillary Frazier, Style Editor August 13 at 12:33 | Comments

Tory Burch and Georgina Chapman were spotted on the set of Gossip Girl in Long Island City…which means they will [possibly] be making cameo appearances on the next season.

What do you guys think about designers stepping out of styling and onto the camera?

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Designer Line Up for Mercedes-Benz Released

Rebecca Alexander, Editor August 3 at 11:16 | Comments

Designer Line Up for Mercedes Benz Released fashion
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week will kick off with Michael Angel followed by BCBGMAXAZRIA, Duckie Brown, Ports 1961, Cesar Galindo, Cynthia Steffe, Yigal Azrouel, Charlotte Ronson, Nicole Miller, This Day/Arise: African Fashion Collective, Venexiana, Lacoste, Georges Chakra, Andy & Debb, Academy of Art University, Christian Siriano, Chado Ralph Rucci, Vivienne Tam, Lela Rose, Derek Lam, DKNY, Thuy, Hervé Léger by Max Azria, Diane Von Furstenberg, Rebecca Taylor, Tuleh, Custo Barcelona, Carolina Herrera, Carlos Miele, Jill Stuart, Tracy Reese, Donna Karan, Yeohlee, Tadashi Shoji, TonyCohen, Gottex, Badgley Mischka, Brian Reyes, Toni Maticevski, Pamella Roland, MAX AZRIA, Dennis Basso, Willow, Tibi, Narciso Rodriguez, Toni Francesc, Tory Burch, Michael Kors, Nanette Lepore, 3.1 Phillip Lim, Milly by Michelle Smith, Alexandre Herchcovitch, Anna Sui, Doo.Ri, Ralph Lauren, Isaac Mizrahi, Trias, Calvin Klein, Chocheng, Argentinean Designer Collections and Tommy Hilfiger.

ADDICT: Sasha for Chanel Pre-Fall

Rebecca Alexander, Editor May 29 at 12:26 | Comments

Sasha Pivovarova stars in Chanel’s Pre Fall ad campaign, photographed by Karl Lagerfeld.

8th ANNUAL TULIPS & PANSIES – THE HEADDRESS AFFAIR IS BACK!

Rebecca Alexander, Editor April 21 at 2:35 | Comments

8th ANNUAL TULIPS & PANSIES THE HEADDRESS AFFAIR IS BACK! fashion

VILLAGE CARE OF NEW YORK’S 8th ANNUAL “TULIPS & PANSIES – THE HEADDRESS AFFAIR” will be on Thursday, May 14, and I can’t tell you how excited both Daniel and I are. We had such a great time last year (photos above). And this years designers are top tier: Tory Burch, Chado Ralph Rucci, Pamella Roland, Cynthia Steffe, Lilly Pulitzer, Alvin Valley, Thierry Mugler, Zang Toi, Michael Vollbracht, b.michael and others.

Each designer will be paired with NYC’s finest floral designers including Preston Bailey, L’Olivier, Ovando and Zezé in order to create a high-fashion runway show of elaborate floral headdresses made entirely from living plants and fresh cut flowers. The event, which raises funds for Village Care of New York, a non-profit organization providing vital health care programs to people living with HIV/AIDS, is Chaired by Jack Curry, Editor of USA Weekend and TV Guide and Kelly Cutrone, Founder of People’s Revolution.

Date: Thursday, May 14th from 7 PM to 10 PM
Ticket Price: $250 (Tickets are $300 after May 4th, 2009)
Venue: Edison BallRoom, 240 W. 47th St. New York, NY
For Reservations/ticket information/online auction: please visit www.vcny.org or call Shannon Lavin at 212-337-5743.

SHOP: French Sole Shoes Vanity Flat @ The Shoe Box

Kirby Marzec, Managing Editor March 23 at 7:02 | Comments

SHOP: French Sole Shoes Vanity Flat @ The Shoe Box fashion Let’s be honest, ballerina flats, which made a huge comeback in 2004, are absolutely everywhere. Every other girl on the street sports the Tory Burch logo flats, or some version of them, making the whole flat trend rather, well, flat. I rarely ever find a decent pair of flats, and although I’m not the biggest fan of the French Sole flats (pictured above), I’m a bit intrigued by the use of cork. Cork, like flats themselves, made a reappearance in the early 1990s, and after almost two decades of keeping it low key in wine bottles and on college dorm walls, cork is, once again, back. These flats are for the more conservative, classic dresser, but throw on a few studs or buckles and I think I’d be sold!

Shop French Sole Shoes Vanity Flat ($185) @ The Shoe Box here!

Shop Indie: Vintage Edition

Rebecca Alexander, Editor December 15 at 4:36 | Comments

Gucci Clutch, purple satin with leather interior, embellished with glass.

I love Housing Works just as much as the next New Yorker, so for today’s Shop Indie edition I thought I would round up some things currently up for bid at great prices…

Tory Burch, 100% silk, sleeveless, hot air balloon print

Italian Huntress Boots, grayish suede exterior with chocolate leather heel back detail

Vintage Gucci Briefcase, uptown label with downtown bohemian beat, lined with purple fabric

Malandrino Chain Metal Pumps, pewter tone chain mail metal exterior, chain mail covered heel

Yohji Yamamoto, navy blue with screened polka dots, button closure with open neck

And my fave:

Dolce & Gabbana Boots, heavy weight grainy leather boots with rounded toe and buckle detailing, gray contrast stitching, buckle and rivets are gold tone

Scoop Gets Pooped On

Kirby Marzec, Managing Editor November 21 at 3:50 | Comments

Ever have one of those friends that will ditch you when they get invited to a better party? Well Scoop doesn’t have just one of those “friends,” they have four. It all started when the top selling designer Diane Von Furstenberg decided to open her own shop across from the Meatpacking District location in March of 2007. After Diane hit the ground running, Tory Burch became the best selling label at Scoop with her logo flats and cardigan sweaters. I guess it doesn’t matter how much business Scoop did for Miss. Burch because she, too, decided to pack up and open her own place across from the Washington and W. 12th street location. If that wasn’t bad enough, Vince and Paige Jeans are opening shop right around the corner from other New York Scoop stores.

Granted, I’m not the biggest fan of Scoop, but I would hate to see a store that so many people love, go belly up because designers don’t want to sell there anymore. I get it, times are tough, but we’ve got to give one another a break every now and then.

Thanks Fashionista!

Street Zero: Heidi Montag

Lilith Valsoe June 19 at 1:44 | Comments

As if she isn’t annoying enough, Heidi Montag and her shoes officially win the award for the most egregious abuse of a logo. It’s even worse than Tory Burch, because you know that the ginormous looped C’s of Chanel added a few hundred dollars to the price tag of those sandals, while Tory’s logo only adds a few dozen. Sure, I could choose to blame Chanel, but the house has brought so much to fashion and has designed many gorgeous pieces. Heidi, well, her only service is providing us with the assurance that as long as she’s around, there’s someone more self-centered and vapid than we are.

Street Zero: Heidi Montag fashion

Healthy Yet Skinny Models? Feeding Program Doomed to Fail

Rebecca Alexander, Editor June 11 at 12:49 | Comments

Healthy Yet Skinny Models? Feeding Program Doomed to Fail fashion

Anyone remember the “Feed Kate Moss” campaign? I do. About sixteen years ago, when pre pregnant Kate, the original waif, starred as a CK model, some journos planted a spoof in papers with her photo, asking for donations, as in “Feed the Children” infomercials.

Fast forward, this evening and a panel of fashion designers including Donna Karan, Nicole Miller, Doo-Ri Chung, fugly shoe designer Tory Burch, and Francisco Costa — the healthier modern Calvin Klein — will meet a MIlk Studios in the West Village to discuss model health, how to encourage these gals to fatten up! Hmmmn, maybe it’s me, but who are we kidding?

Think of the upwardly mobile model rush. To dress up in gorgeous clothes, skinny enough to project a long lean line underneath, pliable enough to morph into positions, then to go home with a sack of chic rags. To wind down with some champagne post shoot, a few tapas here and there, a shower, a party, so much love from so many friends, admirers offering lines of coke. To be buzzed, warm, fizzy like fresh soda poured. To be so ecstatic that all you want to do is dance the night away, and you do. Maybe someone will love you till morning. Maybe someone won’t, but tomorrow’s a new adventure, a plane trip, a beach, a drug rush of attention.

Written by Susan Kirschbaum

Read entire article on It’s that Time Again

Tory Burch Get’s Some Cred

Daniel Saynt, Editor-In-Chief June 10 at 12:31 | Comments

I’m cool. I’m hip. I disco.

Tory Burch has just hired Surface 2 Air to bring a fresh vibe to her collection. The Paris-based label will be moving into Burch’s studio and will be her official downtown “guru”.

This news is surprisingly exciting to me. The Misshapes Leigh Lezark is a Tory fan and other scenesters have been seen rocking her over hyped looks. Hopefully, the brand will bring some real cool to Upper East Soccer Mommies and Hampton House Wives.