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Julianna Margulies rarely gets it wrong on the red carpet, but I thought her look at the SAG Awards last night was just exceptional. She stunned with simplicity in a strapless YSL gown that had just the right amount of oomph for an event that’s supposed to be a little quieter than the Oscars. That [...]
Well, it is her month – January had to look good. She not only looked good, she looked golden. If Flamenco were Victorian, this is how she would move! Images courtesy of JustJared.com.
The Tom-Fordification of the magazine world continues. After Anna’s first dibs and after taking over the December 2010-January 2011 and Carine’s last issue of Paris Vogue, Mr. Darling is back. Well, he’s been back for a while, actually. He’s just everywhere. The latest mag rack appearance of our fave rich rag-trade royal is on the [...]
I loved how this look from Kenzo matched my exshoesme.com decor. Image by Jessica Michault.
Haider Ackermann is a poet of prolific proportions, smoothing the syllables of silks and satins into sublime rhymes. I fell in love with this jacket – seen here on Gisele in the February issue of Vogue China. It would be equally divine over a pair of black cigarette pants (cut in the same fabric, natch) [...]
It’s that time of year again: Spring/Summer 2011 campaigns are starting to bloom. Vivid colours, clean, sculptural silhouettes and a play on proportions all make us lust for Spring at Costume National. I don’t know about you, but I am rejoicing over the return of the suit 2.0 – the suit you can interact with [...]
Dior Haute Couture made me scream those words out loud: “Now thaaaat’s coutuuuuure!” Inspired by the wonderful, whimsical and other-worldly illustration of Rene Gruau, John Galliano put on a jaw-dropping parade of beauty. Just a couple of teasers for now…with much more sumptuous detail to come… Images courtesy of Style.com and Artnet.
And no, I don’t mean the anti-couture label by you know who. I mean K as in Karl and K as in Kristen. He designed it. She wore it. So nice to see the Ks connected via couture. Image courtesy of WWD.
Menswear FW11 is reviving my fashion spirit. After a quietude of creativity amidst the volume of the screaming masses, I am starting to see flights of fancy. I am starting to see surreal, cerulean skies, amongst congested brand-buildings (and there are real people present, too!). Am I imagining it, or is the purity of creative [...]
Movie stars and mod Mumbaikars, alike wear a lot of M.A.C. makeup these days – and it’s all thanks to Mickey. That’s Mickey Contractor, the brand’s Director of Makeup Artistry in India for the past six years and the man behind its recent makeup collection launch, aimed at women with brown skin tones. While the [...]
Surf and turf: a popular combo platter of culinary delights from land and sea. Well, the surf was definitely on at Jean Paul Gaultier’s FW11 menswear show – but so was the turf – and often in one outifit…a couture-esque combo platter. It, of course, instantly reminded me of Hamish Bowles from the June 2010 [...]
Everyone (and their grandmother) has been posting the drama around the latest LOVE mag cover. It’s 2011, people. It’s Kate Moss. It’s the Androgyny issue. Images of kissing girls, Kate + rock-star behaviour and magazine controversies are no big deal, anymore. But those Chanel gloves on Kate? Now those are worth talking about.
It’s been raining men all week (quite literally at Burberry, actually), with men reigning the runways. Photographs of the FW11 menswear collections have been seeping into my consciousness between emails and conference calls and tweets. Amongst the digital debris was the delight of the Dries Van Noten show. It may have been shot in full [...]
These heels will leave you hankering for a hideaway in the country. Question is wood you, could you, wear these Margielas? As for me and my Margiela-loving sole sister, we can see the fashion forest for the trees and totally wood…elle, in Paris and me, in Toronto.
As some of you may remember from last year, I help organize and co-curate Social Media Week Toronto (SMWTO) as part of my other life. SMWTO is part of a global series of simultaneous, week-long events happening in New York, San Francisco, Rome, Paris, Toronto, São Paulo, London, Hong Kong and Istanbul Feb 7-11, 2011 [...]