Edited by Emily Draznik
The website that allows you to pre-order your favorite designer goods before they hit the stores, is now allowing you to purchase items in-season. Moda Operandi is switching up their business model to attract customers who do not want to have to wait months to receive their purchases.
Edited by Emily Draznik
Normally the day a H&M collaboration line debuts in store, you can find the entire collection on eBay. Now for the first time those that were privileged to pre-shop the Maison Martin Margiela x H&M line are looking to make a quick buck and are reselling their items early, but for three times the retail price.
Edited by Amanda Gabriele
A vision of chic simplicity, can you thing of an outfit this Marni Small Crossbody bag would’t match? No? Us either. In fact, patent calfskin in this sweet neutral color, aptly named Honey, pretty much makes for the perfect bag.
Edited by Amanda Gabriele
Festive. Can you think of a better adjective to describe these black suede and metallic gold leather platform Mary Janes from Marni? The opposing textures of leather and suede gorgeously meld with the scalloped design in this smart and sexy sandal that will take you right into fall.
Edited by Jessica Lapidos
These nine necklaces have fascinating backstories. They were all something else before besides raw materials. Some were broken china. Some were bullets. Some were vinyl records, and all were found by their crafty creators. Marni even dabbled in the recycled jewelry front. It’s far better to wear the world’s trash in a beautiful (clean) way, than to have the discarded materials sit forlorn in landfills. See nine necklaces you can feel great about wearing.
Edited by Zosia Baroody
Looks like Cruella De Vil is in luck because black & white spots are trending this season. Put your paws up for this edit of our favorite polkadot shoes to satisfy your dotty Dalmatian needs. Woof.
Edited by Jessica Lapidos
After a period of somber (and cheap) blue, Pablo Picasso broke out of his depression and into his Rose Period. ‘Twas a time of harlequins and acrobats, Parisian nightlife and a deep cheerfulness. The palette is a burning red, with yellow-orange accents and black and bronze undertones. Picasso’s two-year red phase started in 1904; get inspired by the turn of the century look.
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
When one thinks “luxury,” H&M is perhaps not the first brand to pop into one’s head, despite high-profile high fashion collaborations with Versace, Lanvin and most recently Marni. Well, all that might change as the fast fashion retailer is rumored to be planning a luxury brand all its own.
Edited by Jessica Lapidos
Probably more than we could begin to count, much of fashion is being sourced in China; it’s that sweet sweet price that keeps bringing us back. But now designers are taking something completely different and free from the Chinese: Inspiration. There’s a turn toward the orient that is translating in a traditional manner. Gilded birds glide down Dries Van Noten and Proenza Schouler garments, referencing Song Dynasty’s luxurious governmental garb. Marni dipped a toe into splashes of mod Chinese red, but stepped full foot into kabuki shoes that translated the collection into Mandarin. Josie Natori may take the prize for who took the theme most literally, with obi belts, Mandarin collars and a feathered fan. Meanwhile, Jason Wu twisted his own heritage into Maoist jackets and looks that lean toward what Americans in the 1930s thought Chinese clothing was like. Ironically, most of these designers produce locally.
Edited by Jessica Lapidos
Sofia Coppola burst her fashion film virginity all over Marni for H&M - she must be in love with the collaboration as much as we are. In distinct Coppola style, the scene is set in a swanky locale; a house in Marrakesh that she had been to once before with friends. It involves beautiful people giving meaningful glances, becoming slightly forlorn, then ending with a sense of harmony, all set to uptempo jazz. Fusing vivacious Marni prints with the eclectic nature of this Middle Eastern abode, Sofia Coppola captures the copacetic capsule du jour. Indulge the short film, then go behind the scenes with the Oscar winning Coppola herself. Then just wait it out till the Marni for H&M launches on March 8th.
