Girls in Vuitton

... they are just so rare


Louis Vuitton | by Ellen Von Unwerth | for Ten Magazine

Going Polar

Contemplating ways to survive the winter in the season's much-discussed pantless look? The trick here is isothermal tights (ideally paired with some Christian Loboutin ankle boots and a towncar)
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Gemma's got back

You know what's cool? Vanity Fair has revamped their website, launched a blog and posted lots of good photos. So if anyone really wanted to know for certain whose naked back that was on the George Clooney cover - it was Gemma Ward's...
And lest anyone accuses us of being Clooney-crazy, we'll pre-empt by saying we're totally not.

Bags of Horror

When did they start making them this repulsive?!
from Radar

Anti-gloss and anti-glam

Grainy, poorly lit and intentionally un-retouched photography a la Juergen Teller has not only proven to sell luxury bags and shoes but has also caught on as an art form. Plus we've never seen Mariacarla's arse portrayed quite so graphically.

Photography by Richard Prince | W | The Art Issue

Irina Sighting

Guess who we saw: La Belle Irina Lazareanu - running around town in a gorgeous white/purple plaid coat [Chanel?] , signature bangs and headphones. My friend Kate taught me everything I knew in my life *sniffle sniffle*

Alexander Wang's Spring '07 Look Book

Usually we can't stand Californian sensibility in clothing. We like it much more pulled together.. But if you're one of those free spirited car-driving beach-going tan girls AND you have an interesting mind we really can't imagine you in anything but Alexander Wang. We hear he's the hottest new thing right now...

Kiera by Serge Leblon for 10 Magazine

I like this so much better than that annoying Eden editorial in W's art issue

You can have the wedding gown

I'm taking the tux
meow

Eye -> Robot

Remember Miuccia's uncanny fascination with robots? She used to clip them on Prada bags and put them in her stores. They seemed so eccentric back then. Well now the robots are hot. Again.

Nicolas Ghesquiere and Hussein Chalayan took this robot motif and made it really intense. While everyone was going crazy for Marie Antoinette, Ghesquiere had been watching The Terminator and Hussein Chalayan was being inspired by Paco Rabanne's metal-link outfits. (Chalayan's actual collection was rather normal and machine washable but the several clockwork orange style dresses created by the robotics firm in London made the big splash.)

The sci-fi trend was so big and gimmicky that Karl Lagerfeld was accused of not making the retro-future theme convincing enough! As if he was supposed to. Luckily there was Alber Elbaz, who made this star trek thing seem just right. Any way you look at it the verdict is still the same: we're heading into the season of space age fashion with its man-made fabrics, robotic shoulder pads, space cadet haircuts (thank Agyness) and sci-fi goggles. Miuccia's trinkets seem nice and harmless now, don't they?

Yves Saint Laurent, 1962

When ready-to-wear was for the hoi polloi and no American store could replicate Monsieur Laurent's exceptional "Le Smoking".
And you could light up a fag right there, in front row

"Can you recognize me by my breasts?"

Kate Moss is like your old girlfriend. You've seen her every conceivable way, you're bored to tears but you just love the comfort zone >>>>

Best of Paree

OH HOW WE LOVE YOU, ALBER
AND YES, WE COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU, MIUCCIA

But then there were the robots and we were not convinced...

"YOU DON'T NEED A BODY - I'LL GIVE YOU ONE"

The tables have turned

The joke's on counterfeiters now. Louis Vuitton's S/S 2007 collection's latest is the Chinatown grocery tote.

Get it while it's hot!

Trans-Johansson

You might have heard that androgyny is a happening notion right now which means that eventually you're going to have to wear wide mannish pants and ruffled blouses. You might hate this at first because you just bought your hundred and tenth pair of skinny jeans but the faster you get used to this idea the better off you are. For full effect, apparently, you have to accessorize with cigarettes and bourlesque showgirls.
Sca Jo. Pretending to be Helmut-Newton-edgy in Flaunt Magazine