October 05, 2009

Image via The Cut
Jean Paul Gaultier’s Spring/Summer 2010 collection, shown over the weekend at Paris Fashion Week, included a softer take on his iconic cone bra, which has appeared many times on the catwalks this season. And who was to model Gaultier’s pièce de résistance – a chocolate-coloured padded cone and dome top – a pregnant Jourdan Dunn of course.
The designer, who adorned the majority of his looks with chest add-ons, also worked in his signature underwear as outerwear trend throughout a show which was described as “funny at times” by New York Times fashion critic, Cathy Horyn.
May 20, 2009

Bee Shaffer worries about job-hunting [Intelligencer]
Posh has more Birkins than you, if you care [Daily Mail]
Is beauty spending affected by race? [WWD]
Cathy Horyn is not impressed [The Cut]
Norma Kamali will let you try before you buy [Fashionista]
May 04, 2009

Helena Christensen and Lorenzo Martone
Only the Parsons School of Design can bring in a guest list of the who's who in the fashion and entertainment industry. At their 2009 Fashion Benefit last week, the fashion school honored Calvin Klein designer Francisco Costa.
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by: Naomi Mdudu
Filed under: Events
Tags: lorenzo martone, marc jacobs, Eva Mendes, Francisco Costa, Donna Karan, Helena Christensen, Cathy Horyn, parsons, Dree Hemingway, Olivia Palermo, Andre Leon Tally, russell simmons, Parsons Fashion Spring Benefit, Clavin Klein
April 20, 2009

Even if you're a fashion critic for the New York Times, salespeople sometimes get a bit snippy.
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March 19, 2009
"I am convinced that there can be luxury in simplicity. One glass of water doesn’t equal another. One may just appease the thirst, the other you may enjoy thoroughly. In Japan, people know about this difference. Details are everything here. The challenge for me is to establish premium quality in a democratically priced brand: Quality for everyone."
Jil Sander tells Cathy Horyn about her new collaboration with the chain