What's Your Favorite Vintage Pieces
New York Times
Are you a fan of vintage fashion? The New York Times is calling on readers to submit their favorite vintage pieces. Don't forget that you will likely lose rights to your photos, so read the fine print before submitting...but either way, HOW FUN!?!
Designers’ Mantra: Learn in Chicago, Then Leave
Civil Rights Leader Dorothy Height had fashion flair, including stunning hats: Washington Post
New York Times
April 30, 2010
April 30, 2010
by: Jessica Reaves Big enough and diverse enough to inspire young designers, Chicago is also affordable and accessible, two things that fashion powerhouses New York and Los Angeles (and Paris and Milan and London) are not. Throw in a top-notch design school — the School of the Art Institute of Chicago — and you’ve got an enormously appealing training ground for the next generation of Marc Jacobses and Phoebe Philos. Click here to read the rest of the article.
Civil Rights Leader Dorothy Height had fashion flair, including stunning hats: Washington Post
April 28, 2010
"As the country has celebrated the life of civil rights activist Dorothy Height, who died in April at 98, few folks could resist commenting on her distinctive style. She was known for her formal wardrobe of feminine suits in lush colors and, most specifically, her glorious hats."
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The Examiner has great fashion advice...some of it includes Washington, DC --even though it is a Baltimore publication. Check out the fashion section here.
Can Sackcloth Have Fur Trim?
New York Times
March 9, 2010
by Eric Wilson: "Clean lines and a lack of obvious embellishment are typically translated in the corporate world as dress code for “Let’s get down to business — now!” You could also say that this has been a theme of the Paris shows."
Washington Post
March 9, 2010
New York Times
March 8, 2010
New York Times
March 8, 2010
by Cathy Horyn: "The fall ready-to-wear collections continued their clean sweep as Stella McCartney sent out linear coats with only a little notch in the front for a detail and crewnecks and slacks so plain and simple, you had to remind yourself you weren’t looking at Ann Taylor."Webcasts Change the Runway
Washington Post
March 7, 2010
R2D2 Would Love It
New York Times
March 5, 2010
by Ruth La Ferla: "In keeping with a pervasive futuristic theme, androids stalked trancelike down the runways of Gareth Pugh, Balenciaga and Rick Owens, among others. Models encased in stiffly worked, rainbow-tinted fabrics or, more often, in the requisite silver or black gave off a sinister air."
Washington Post
March 3, 2010
Washington Post
March 2, 2010
by Robin Givhan: "The designers who presented their fall 2010 collections here focused on intellectual rigor, sexual power and professional strength."
by: Ruth La Ferla -- "You can count on the Oscars for a night of epic glamour meant to pump adrenaline into viewers’ veins. As for fashion — the kind that pushes boundaries and fires creative minds — its advent on the red carpet is as rare as an ice storm in Belize....(click for more)"
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